In Her Eyes

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Susan brushed her hair from her face, unknowingly wiping blood all over her cheek. She didn't care anymore. Depression filled her every thought as she sat in Abby's wreck of an apartment. It was all she could do to focus on stopping the immense bleeding coming from Abby's abdomen. Her mascara was smeared below her blood-shot eyes and she was shaking. She wasn't quite sure how long she sat there alone, with only the sound of her teeth chattering and the slow, quiet breathing of Sam and Abby. Every minute, she would change positions. She went between trying to wake Sam and Abby. Then, out of the silence of the night, she heard the blaring sirens of that stupid ambulance. Susan perked up and went to the door to show the paramedics in. After about thirty seconds, the police walked in, guns drawn. Susan held her hospital badge out so she could identify herself. Once the police nodded to her and got over the shock of all the blood on her scrubs, Susan led them to Richard, who was still out cold on the floor.

"Where are the paramedics?" Susan asked the head policeman. She didn't even recognize her voice. It was very small, almost a whisper, and she could hear the pain and fear very distinctly. Tears immediately sprang to her eyes as she saw the paramedics enter, an answer to her prayers. She felt angry with them for taking so long, but there was no time to waste. Susan led them to her friends, explained what happened, and who she was. One of the paramedics stopped her and spoke.

"Dr. Lewis, are you alright? Is this your blood?" There was a slight panic in his voice, but it went away as soon as he saw Susan shaking her head vigorously. "Okay...let's go. We have to hurry. We're going to County General, right?" Susan nodded and swallowed nervously, looking at her two friends on gurneys. They looked so weak and vulnerable. The ride in the ambulance was over before she knew it and she nearly jumped out to get to the back. When she walked out, Dr. Weaver and Neela were waiting. Their faces were shocked to see Susan and Weaver hobbled over to her and put a warm hand on her shoulder.

"Susan. What happened? Are you okay?" Weaver's usually hard eyes softened and she looked concerned. Susan stared at her wanting to answer, but nothing came out. She couldn't find her voice. The events of the night just kept playing over and over in her head. Tears sprung to her eyes and she had to force them to stay away. She snapped out of the horrid thoughts and spoke.

"Abby went back to her apartment after telling us that her ex-husband beat her and promised to do it again. Sam and I left to go find her. When we got there, Richard had already done all of the damage. Sam got mad and went after him. He was too drunk to know what to do, so he was still in her apartment. He hurt Sam...and I knocked him out." She was spitting out all of this and she hadn't noticed that the ambulance doors had been opened. Neither had Weaver or Neela. They quickly disregarded the information just thrust upon them and focused on helping Abby and Sam.

Susan followed hastily behind them to trauma one. Jerry watched them wheel two of his co-workers into the trauma room with wide, devastated eyes and blinked as if it would make it all go away. Chen ran after the two gurneys followed closely by Pratt, Ray, and Corday.

Dr. Carter sat peacefully in the quiet lounge finishing some charts, when he heard frantic yells coming from the hallway. He ran swiftly from the lounge, throwing his stethoscope around is neck and headed for admin desk. "Jerry, what's going on?" His voice was panicked. His hands were on the desk, tapping impatiently.

"They just wheeled in Abby and Sam." Jerry seemed as if he couldn't even believe the words that he just spoke. Carter stopped dead and stared at Jerry. He shook his head, not believing him. He turned around and ran straight to trauma one. The scene slapped him in the face. It confirmed Jerry's inconceivable words and he hated it. He saw nurses and doctors rushing around Abby's lifeless form. There was blood everywhere. Anger rose in his chest at whoever did this to her. Abby looked absolutely terrible. Chuny was bagging her and he could see no signs of life. He closed his eyes, not wanting to see it anymore.

"Carter!" He heard Weaver yell at him. "Go next door. They need you with Sam." Weaver, Susan, Chen, Corday, and Chuny were working on Abby. They had it covered. When Carter didn't move from his spot, Corday called out to him.

"Go, Carter! We've got it. They need you!" Her voice cracked and she waved him off. Carter walked to the next room and saw another bloody figure. Sam was beaten severely. He took a deep breath and started his work with Neela, Haleh, Pratt, and Ray.

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Meanwhile, Luka sat in an airplane on his way back to Chicago, thinking of Abby and missing her fiercely. He smiled as he imagined her beautiful smile and of him holding her tight. He closed his eyes, resting peacefully, not knowing the incredible danger he was in of losing the love of his life.

Sorry for all of these cliffhangers guys! :) They are just so tempting. The more reviews I get, the faster I update!!! :D Thank you all for reading my story! It means a lot. –soccergirlmich--