Tabby wandered back onto Keller and before she could take in the scene before her, she was grabbed by her hair and thrown to the ground. As she tried to get her head around what just happened she was straddled by a man and pinned down. Again he grabbed her hair and yanked her head back, resting a knife against her neck.
"Now, I wonder if you can help me." Came the sickening, dark voice of the man, dressed similarly to the first boy she saw earlier on.
Her eyes widened, "What do you mean- Ow!" The blunt force caught her and her head hit the floor.
"Nurse Lane, if you see Miss Rees may you tell her to come and see me please?"
"Sure thing, Mr Hanssen." She smiled.
"Mr Hanssen, I've just been to Keller ward." Arthur started.
Henrik placed his hands in his pockets, "And you're telling me this, why?"
"Well, um, it's empty." He snuffled wiping his nose.
Henrik's face dropped, "Show me." He ordered.
Light…light…light…light, bright lights they were as well. 'Ow, that hurts.' There was a burning sensation on her lower back and a tight warm band choking her wrist. 'Where am I going?' The more conscious she became the brighter the lights seemed to be and the more prominent the pains over her body were. 'Ouch.' She brought her free hand up to her forehead where the pain was, it felt damp and when she looked at her fingers there was a hint of blood on them. Finally they stopped, "Ooff." She was dropped.
"Now, where are they?" He began to fiddle around the top of her trousers.
"Wait, what are you doing?" She looked down at him, still slightly dazed, as he rummaged through her pockets, "No. Stop. What are you…? Don't." She fumbled to try and stop him but unfortunately he got what he wanted.
"Ah ha." He held the keys up proudly then went to unlock the door.
Tabby looked around her to try and figure out where she was when she noticed a familiar shoe. Looking further round she recognised the attire, "Serena." She puffed as she got to her hands and knees and crawled round to her. She checked Serena's pulse and breathing, "What have you done to her?" She shouted up at the man.
He laughed, "That's not my work." He sounded proud for some reason.
Then Tabby realised, "The boy." She breathed to herself.
"That must've been Carl; he's done some good work hasn't he?" He carried on trying to find the key for the cupboard.
"Serena, can you hear me?" She tapped the consultant on the cheek.
"Tabby, that's you isn't it?" She finally slurred putting Tabby's mind at ease for a moment.
"What happened?"
"Blood, I'm bleeding, he had a knife, what's happened to your head?" She reached for Tabby's forehead.
"W-well, I-I must've knock it, I th-think." She gently rubbed the fresh bruise.
Henrik strode onto the empty ward, geeky doctor hurriedly in tow. Hanssen halted just inside the door, then took a glance around, taking in whatever his senses could pick up on: silence, emptiness, cold, odd. There was definitely something not right about the place, apart from the lack of patients and staff. His eyes settled on the consultants' office door and he continued in that direction. Upon opening the door his face morphed into a look that was very rarely seen from the stoic man: utter shock.
Tabby had Serena's head rested on her lap as they clung to each other for support.
"What do you want? What are you looking for?" Tabby asked anxiously stroking Serena's hair as the man searched haphazardly through the array of drugs.
"Anything to get us high for the night." He called back out to the women.
"Wow, you don't beat around the bush do you?" Tabby commented.
"That wastes time." He grunted then finally picked out some drug boxes shoving them into his sports bag.
Tabby subtly reached into her pocket and brought out her phone. Quietly she searched through her contacts then pressed call, hiding the phone under Serena's head.
Terrified patients and wounded staff all huddled to each other in a corner of the office.
"What on earth…?" Henrik breathed, "What happened to you all?"
"The man…machete…big knife…told us…if we make a sound, he'll slice open our throats." A women in the back burst into a loud sob as the porter explained, traumatised and breathless. Henrik was just about to begin sorting the group out when his phone rang, "Henrik Hanssen…hello?"
"Why have you come here for drugs, can't you just find someone on the street?"
"NO! Because they charge a fucking fortune!" He growled at her causing to whimper, "Oh for fuck's sake save your tears for someone who cares." He turned back to the drugs.
"Security will find you, Keller's empty, it's ghost town, and it isn't normally like that. They will come searching for us, Ms Campbell's a consultant on the ward and I'm supposed to be doing my rotation there today so they will come and find us, I mean we're not far away from the ward so it won't be long."
Henrik turned to the door and listened carefully and silently.
"Shut up." He carried on.
"And you will get fined and put in jail for stealing this medication; these are life-saving drugs in this cupboard and you're nicking them just for what, a cheap fix?" Tabby carried on, "We're both injured and we need medical help soon.
He hung up, "Digby, I'm leaving you in charge, Tabitha and Serena need me." He headed for the door.
"But, where are they? You can't just leave I'm an F1."
"Keller's drugs cupboard and they're injured." He scowled before leaving.
"Just let us go, we can find you what you need quicker than you can, just agree to let us go afterwards-"
"And how do I know that you won't blab around my face to your boys in bibs, hm?" He leaned down to her.
She subtly hid her phone further under Serena's head, "We won't, just as long as you don't try it again and as long as you let us go so we can get treated for our injuries."
He pondered for a moment, "Fine, she knows the order." He pointed to Serena.
"Ok, Serena, go for it." She stood at the doorway, poised.
"5 morphine."
Tabby found them and packed the bag.
"2 gabapentin."
"Yep."
"7 diphenhydramine."
"Really?" She turned to the man astonished.
"Just put it in the bag." He mimicked her surprised voice.
"Ok, anything else?"
"10 sanitizers."
"Alcoholic." The man added.
"10?" She didn't believe him.
"10." He assured.
"Right is that- Ow!" Her hair was yanked back and he threw her to the ground again, "Please not again, I promise I won't say anything, I swear, please don't hurt me." She whimpered.
He then took his knife to her hair and chopped off her ponytail leaving her with a very short messy cut. He held up his prize, "Souvenir." He explained then headed for the door, "Au revoir." He waved casually as he swaggered away.
"Tabitha!" The tall man burst through the doors, too late to see the man leaving in the other direction. He knelt down beside the two, "Ms Campbell, are you alright?"
"Yes, yes I'm fine, don't fuss." She got to her feet.
"That looks nasty, shall I see to that?" Ric grimaced as he spotted the slash across Serena's back.
"Yes please, I'll take care of Tabitha." Henrik answered. As Ric escorted Serena back to the ward he placed his hand on the small of Tabby's back, "Who did this to you?"
"I don't know but he's gone now." She hung her head.
"Is there more than one?" They began to walk.
"Shit ye, I think there's 3." She looked up at him panicked.
"Alright, I'll get security on it. You go and get Dr Digby to take a look at your head ok?"
She nodded, "Ok." She then entered the ward.
"Mr Hanssen, there's a large group of reporters gathered at the entrance; they seem to have caught wind of the gang that has infiltrated the hospital." Ollie informed.
"Gang?"
"Yes, apparently they are known for causing chaos in hospitals around the area." He explained as they headed for the stairs.
"How come I haven't heard of them?"
"Well they haven't made front page news yet, but they are known around the area. Someone must have leaked the story here."
"Alright, we'll need to keep this under control, I will speak to the press but no-one else says a word to them got it? If they find out the hospital has been attacked by the infamous group then we will become a laughing stock." He strode towards the lift in a scowl.
As Tabby entered the ward Chantelle, Marie-Claire and the other nurses were working well at getting everyone back into bed. She then found Arthur at the nurses' station and headed over, "Arthur?"
He looked up from the notes and smiled, "Hi, how can I help?"
She sighed and pointed to her head.
"Oh, ok, I see. Um, do you want to take a seat?" He motioned to the chair behind the desk.
She sat as Arthur got the equipment he needed.
"How did you do this?" He asked curious as he dabbed the wound with cotton.
"I got attacked by one of the men." She explained unenthusiastically.
"Well you should feel privileged, those men are famous apparently." Arthur concentrated on what he was doing.
"Oh my God, they're the NHS Drugs Gang aren't they, I read about them, they broke into the Primary Care Centre on the other side of town didn't they?"
"Did they?" Arthur hadn't a clue.
She sucked in through her teeth, "Ow."
"Sorry." He smiled nervously, "And that is you done, Dr Rees."
"Thank you very much Arthur. Do you need a hand on the ward? I mean I can stay if you need an extra pair of hands."
"Um, no I think we've got it covered." He took off his gloves.
Tabby smiled then began to head for the doors.
"But thanks anyway." Arthur called after her.
"MR HANSSEN, MR HANSSEN!" They all crowded around the main entrance.
"Is it true the NHS Drugs Gang have attacked Holby?"
"Have there been any casualties?"
"Have any of the men been caught yet?"
"I only have a short statement to make." The press gang went quiet as he clasped his hands in front of him, posed for a media speech, "We do have a few injured staff members but patients have not been targeted. We are, however, planning to close off the hospital to visitors just to be sure no more injuries take place."
"Is this the work of the NHS Drugs Gang?"
"There is no confirmation as to who the criminals are yet but-"
"Have any of them been caught yet?"
"As far as I know, no, no one has been caught in connection with the attacks."
"How many staff have been injured?"
"Only a minute number."
"Can you be more specific?"
"I'm afraid I can't now until I know more that is it from me, thank you." He turned and headed back indoors.
"MR HANSSEN, MR HANSSEN!" They all continued to shout for him as the security guards held them back.
"Do you think they know already?" Ollie asked referring to the press.
"Unfortunately, yes. But to be honest I would rather get back on to dealing with the more important situation which is finding and catching the criminals that have infiltrated the building." He headed for the lift.
Tabitha left the ladies after finding a way to make her new haircut look a little less messy, "Henrik! Perfect person, I've figured it out." She kept up with him as he carried on to his office.
"Figured what out?"
"The men, they're part of the NHS Drugs Gang." She explained feeling pleased with herself.
"Well, I'm afraid Dr Valentine and a bunch of news reporters have already beaten you to it. How did you know about the gang anyway?" He entered his office.
"I read it in the newspaper." She replied simply, standing in front of his desk.
"Am I the only one who hasn't heard of this gang?" He sat down.
"You must be. Wait, you've never heard of them?" She was astonished.
"Have you heard anything about Dr Wilde and the others?" He began some paperwork.
"Gemma's stable and they've managed to stem the bleed and stitch her up; Serena's going to have a nasty scar on her back; Helen, the nurse, has been stitched and is begging to get back to her duties and Kevin, the porter, is stable but the next 12 hours are critical." She listed.
"And what about yourself?" He carried on writing.
"Oh, I'm fine. I'm just wondering about what you're planning to do to overcome this situation, Henrik." She leaned on the desk.
There was no reply.
"Right." She stood up as the phone began to ring.
"Henrik Hanssen…one?...ok, call the police and get him out of here, thank you very much." He placed down the phone, "They've caught one of the men."