Six
In the ER, the x-rays had come back and Dr. Braden was examining them.
"His knee is definitely broken," he said, then looked at the next one. "Doesn't look like the metal hit any bone, but we won't know the full extent of the damages until I go in."
"His friends are up in the ICU waiting room," one of the nurses told him.
"Have them get OR5 ready," he told her.
Most of the guys had drifted off to sleep when Dr. Braden came in the room.
"I'm not going to lie to you," he said. "Mr. Dunne has some pretty bad injuries. His left knee is definitely broke. The piece of metal in his leg doesn't seem to have caused a lot of damage, but I'll know more when I operate."
"What about his back?" Nathan asked.
"I'm scheduling a CAT scan for earlier today," he said. "He does have bruising around his spine, but we won't know much til he wakes up."
After Braden left, they tried to get comfortable once again and they were soon drifting off to sleep again.
It didn't seem like too long before Josiah was awakened by a nurse.
"Mr. Larabee's out of surgery," she said. "They'll be bringing him up shortly. I'll come get you then."
"Thanks," Josiah said and she left.
Glancing at his watch, Josiah saw it was 3:16 a.m. Over nine hours had passed since the explosion.
"What time is it Josiah?" Buck asked waking up not long after the nurse had left.
"A little after 3," Josiah said. "Chris is out of surgery. They'll be bringing him up soon."
An hour later, Dr. Miller came in and everyone was awake.
"The surgery went well," he said. "He's down in 403. Only two visitors at a time though."
Buck and Josiah followed him down the hall and he left them at the door. A nurse was checking his vitals when they entered the room.
"He'll wake up in a couple hours," she told them before leaving.
Buck and Josiah sat in the chairs near the windows. The only sounds in the room was the beeping of the machines and the oxygen monitor.
"We're darn lucky none of them was killed Buck," Josiah said glancing out the windows.
"Yeah, you're right," Buck said. "We'll get Robinton for this though."
Two hours later, they glanced up as they heard footsteps coming down the hall, then Nathan appeared in the doorway.
"They just brought Vin up," he said.
"Any word on JD?" Buck asked.
"Still in surgery," Nathan said. "Vin's in 406."
They nodded and he disappeared, Ezra not far behind him on crutches.
Nathan watched as they carefully settled Vin in the room. He had casts on his right leg and left arm.
"We had to remove his spleen, but the surgery went great," Dr. Baker said coming in just then.
They settled into chairs to wait for news on JD and wait for Vin and Chris to wake up.
Time seemed to pass by fast before Buck was shaken awake by a nurse.
"Mr. Dunne's out of surgery," she said as he wiped the sleep out of his eyes. "He'll be in 410 when they bring him up from recovery."
"Thanks," Buck said.
"What time is it?" Josiah asked as he stretched.
Buck glanced at his watch. "Almost 10:30," he said. "After JD's settled, I'm calling Travis and find out what he wants to do next."
Movement from the bed drew their attention and they saw that Chris was starting to wake up.
"It's okay Chris," Josiah said placing his hand on his leg.
"How's Vin and JD?" Chris whispered.
"They're just down the hall," Buck said. "Vin got out of surgery about 7 and JD's still in recovery but will soon be up here."
Chris nodded and drifted back to sleep. Not long after, a nurse was motioning for Buck.
"I'll let Dr. Miller know Chris woke up," Buck said getting to his feet.
He followed the nurse down the hall and entered the room they had placed JD in. JD had a cast around his knee and his lower leg was wrapped in bandages.
Buck sank into the chair beside the bed and watched as JD's chest rose and fell.
"Buck?"
He glanced over to the door to see Casey and Mary standing there.
"Chris is down the hall in 403, Mary," Buck said as Casey walked into the room. "Josiah's with him."
Mary nodded and left, heading down the hallway.
"How is he?" Casey asked sitting down in the other chair.
"They just brought him up not long ago," Buck said, then got to his feet. "I'm going to make a phone call. You want anything?"
"A Coke will be fine," she said as she turned her attention back to JD.
Buck nodded and left, leaving Casey and JD to themselves. Casey reached over and took JD's hand, giving it a squeeze.
"You're going to be okay, JD," she said leaning closer. "You, Chris and Vin are going to pull through this."
Just outside the door, the male nurse grinned at those words. Feeling the vibration from his phone, he headed out the door leading to a terrace.
"You will meet Sanders downstairs in ten minutes," Robinton said. "He has your next instructions."