-Part 2 Of 2-

"Ethan..." Eliza abruptly blinked back the tear resting in her eye, before pulling herself back up, shaking slightly. The young doctor aprubtly turned her head to Jeff, small wisps from her bun flying out of place. Hastily, she walked over to the male paramedic, who was now taking in infomation from Connie.

"-And Tess hasn't had any damage from what I have seen." Connie tells, looking at each of her ED staff. As clinical lead, she couldn't feel but a bit guilty towards her staff. She was the one who suggested the trip.

"Right. Elsie. You take Connie and get her cleaned up. Then I need you back here." He ordered, passing the Clinical Lead over. She was a state. Shaking, trying to hold back tears, but was clearly upset.

The young doctor slowly lead her boss over towards the Ambulance, so she could sit down whilst she cleaned her up. Once she had made sure Connie was comfatable, and had retrived the antibacterial spray and tissues, she began to question.

"What happened?" She asked, simply, before spraying the tissues. Connie shook, before begining to spill the infomation.

"Ethan was driving, and his Sat-Nav went wrong. I looked round for a moment to check the map, and then, this driver came out of nowhere, and..." Connie trailed off. Elsie gave a sympathetic smile, before begining to gently scrub away the blood on her forehead. Connie squirmed a little at the sting, but remained composed. She knew she was a terrible patient already.

"What about Ethan?" Elsie murmured quietly. She began to spray another tissue, before her boss continued talking.

"He was unconcious. His BP and Heart Rate have dropped dramatically." She replied, before pausing. She began to pull herself up, before wincing at the pain in her wrist. Eliza took note, but before she could ask any questions, Connie had walked off, probally to call Charlie and break the news.

Elsie took no time before running back over to the incident, awaited to be told what to do next. Jeff was looking into the van, trying to work out who would be the best to get out. The paramedic ran a hand across his head, before Dixie appeared, back from the other vechile.

"We need to get Tess and Lily out." Dixie ordered. "Elsie, you give Tess a quick checkover, while we get Lily. Right?" She questioned. Eliza nodded in responce, before they began to help tess climb out of the van.

Tess was hardly in a bad way. She had several cuts trailing across her forehead, and seemed quite light headed. The young doctor, checked her over, before nodding towards her.

"Right. You seem fine, but your going straight to the ED, with Lily." She responded. Tess nodded, before walking over to the Ambulance, waiting for Lily to be released. Elsie looked over to Connie, who was being wrapped in Jeff's coat, and bade to go back to the Emergency Department.

"He's coming round." Jeff shouted. Eliza looked up, before running over, seeing the battered, bruised Ethan, before begining to compose herself - a van full of your work colleuges really wasn't the best begining.

"Ethan?" Tamzin, who had arrived earlier called. She seemed to slightly catch the attention, before he was drifting back off.

"Ethan, wake up." Elsie loudly spoke. The glasses clad doctor tried hard to keep awake, he knew it would be for the best.

"We're going to need to break the glass." One of the firemen told. Jeff nodded, before pulling himself and Tamzin back, whilst Dixie helped Elsie up. They all watched eagerly, as they began to break the glass. Whilst in the process, Dixie began to talk towards the Doctor.

"We need you to go to ED with Ethan. You need to get your hand checked." Elsie looked down, noticing her hand had a few deep cuts through her third pair of latex gloves. She nodded, before awaiting the release of Ethan. Dixie placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Go wait in the Ambulence." She asked. The doctor mouthed "Okay." Before she slowly paced towards the ambulence. Before she could get much further, Jeff had run over for a moment, obviously concerned.

"You'll be okay. Just get them cuts checked out, and then help out if you can," He said. Elsie nodded. Jeff sighed, before pulling her into a sideway hug. She was obviously seen as the new girl, but would be fine. She had to be.

The ride to the Hospital was anything but sensible. Elsie sat in the back, her eyes fixed on Ethan, who was now somewhat concious. He couldn't move his head, as it was fixed into a spleen, but he could talk. But he wasn't meant to.

"Elsie-" He croaked almost mutely. The young doctor snapped to attention, and cut him off.

"No, don't talk. Just focous on staying awake. Listen to my voice." She responded, as she watched the battered form, trying to keep himself awake. She sighed, before she continued talking.

"You know, I said that Sat Nav would be nothing but trouble." She joked slightly, trying to improve to mood. "Your just pushing your luck." Her voice trailed off. Silently, she streched out her good hand, the other now being covered in a thin layer of blood, before holding onto one of Ethans. The girl rubbed her thumb over the back of his hand, trying to soothe any bad thoughts in his head.

By this time, they had pulled into the ED. Elsie was abrupt to stand up, pushing the doors open, so they could quickly get Ethan. Tamzin ran in, begining to wheel the young doctor out. As for the girl. She stood for a moment getting her thoughts together, and left the ambulence.

Her good hand lead her, as it pushed the glass door open. A few of the patients stared at her, until she felt positively strange. Sighing, she walked over to the front desk. She knew for a fact, that Cal would want to treat Ethan, so she was staying away, so not to be dragged in.

Noel automatically looked up towards her, A look of sympathy and worry on his face. He showed a sad smile before the young doctor waked over, her hair a state, and the makeup she had on was becoming very worn.

"How was it?" Noel asked. Elsie shook her head.

"Connie and Tess were fine. Lily seemed to think the world was ending, and Ethan...he only woke up as we were getting him out." She blurted all at once, trying to forget about the horrid things she had seen. Noel coughed, looking down at her hand, before he raised his eyebrows.

"When are you getting that checked out?" He asked. Elsie shrugged.

"I'm waiting until Ethan is stable. He watched out for me, so i'm watching for him." She replied, before her eyes slowly glance over to Resus, hoping that the Hardy brother would be okay. Noel nodded, before he glanced over at Louise, obviously hoping he would not notice him.

"Need a drink?" He asked. The young Doctor nodded, before Noel and herself walked over to the almost abandoned Coffee Stand.

Elsie ended up avoiding having a drink, but instead had something to eat. A sugary, icing clad doughnut was being firmly held in her good hand, whilst the right hand was limping, now covered in dry blood.

Noel was sipping on a coffee, a cookie already crammed into his mouth, munching heavily. He continued to chew, as his eyes fixed on the worried form of Elsie.

"Had you ever done a callout before?" He asked, pushing the single dreadlock out of his eye line. Elsie took a small bite of her doughnut, before nodding slowly.

"One of my first jobs. We had to get a man out from a cave. He got stuck between the rocks." She explained, the vision trailing her back to her mind. "His wife got worried that he would have to live there."

Noel smirked slightly, before he sipped on his drink once again, the warm liquid embedding his throat. At that moment, Elsie's eyeline saw that Caleb had left the ED, his head resting on the door. Placing down her food item, Eliza slowly walked over, seeing Cal trying to compose herself. Slowly, she reached out, placing her good hand on his back, as he seemed to flinch slightly.

"How is he?" She said quietly, trying to help him in anyway.

"He's stable. We had to give him a ECG, but, he's stable." He responded, pulling away from the door, towering over Eliza. His eyes fell from her dark ones, to her lips, all the way down to her hand. A look of fear washed over him, as he saw the deep cut.

"I'm going to dress that." He said, pointing at the battered hand. She sighed, before Cal placed a hand on the small of her back, leading her towards the cubicle only a few steps away. Quietly, Cal drew back the curtain, one both of them were inside, and helped Elsie to sit down, and make herself comftable. Once he had done, the Registrar scampered off, trying to find some cleaning items.

He returned not too soon after he had departed, holding the instruments in his hands. He carefully placed them down beside Eliza, before taking hold of her bad hand, prodding it slightly.

"It dosen't seem to be broken..." He murmured. The female doctor rolled her eyes.

"I could of told you that much." She responded. Cal chucked slightly. He then reached out for the spray, and began taking to Elsie, as he repeated the process she had done to Connie earlier.

"How was it?" He asked, trying to distract her from the stinging.

"Horrible. All of your collegues, friends, people you know, trapped in a van, and it's scary." She said, feeling a large lump in her throat begin to form. Cal was quick to notice she needed comfort, and finished dressing the wound by bandaging it. He then stood the young doctor up, pulling her into a hug, which they both needed.

Their breaths seemed to sycronise, as they comforted eachother. Cal, being taller than Elsie, rested his chin on her head, before pressing a gentle kiss to it. He continued to rock her gently, before she murmured "I'm fine."

She pulled away, reaching up to stroke Cal's cheek as a sign of comfort. They both proceded to leave the cubicle, leaving the cleaning items where they were, but drew back the curtains, so they were hidden.

Eliza noticed there was a lot of people huddling around the front desk. She tapped the lower part of Cal's arm, before he instantly snapped to attention, noticing the crowding. Himself and Elsie wandered over,somewhat intriged by what was happening.

At the door, Dixie appeared, looking upset, feared, lost of all hope. From the front, Tamzin stepped forward, begining to talk.

"Dixie. Where is he?" She asked. The paramedic shook her head, tears begining to form in her eyes. Tamzin paused.

"Dixie, go get him...p..please." She began to break down in tears, as the older paramedic pulled her into a hug, looking around the entirety of the crowd. Cal clung onto Eliza's arm, as she did to him.

Jeff Collier was dead.

It was late in the evening. Ninty percent of the staff Elsie would talk to had gone home, leaving herself to be with her thoughts.

The young doctor paused, her presence outside one place - Ethan's room. She took a moment to compose herself, before slowly entering the room, seeing the battered form of the Senior Registrar, lying, his eyes shut as he seemed to be sleeping somewhat peacefully.

Sighing, the young doctor found herself wandering over to the patient, quietly sitting down on the somewhat warm chair. Cal must of been in here before he left, keeping an eye on his little brother.

Now, it was her turn. Slowly, she reached out, grasping onto his limp hand, rubbing smoothly on it as she had done in the Ambulence.

"Ethan. Don't you ever scare me like that again." She began, smiling at her own stupid comment, before continuing.

"You know, when I saw you, when you were unconcious, I felt like I was going to start crying."

Pause.

"I saw you there, and I knew we had to save you. The number of times you helped me, and it was my turn."

Pause.

"I've pretty much stopped smoking. But he dosen't. He smokes inside...the man. Ethan, that man, he's my dad. Mine and Max's. But, he left us when we were young. And now, he generally treats me like a five year old. He takes me places, tries to choose what I wear..." She trails off, tears in her eyes.

"But, I trust you." Elsie says, her bandaged hand reaching up to stroke his forehead. "I trust you, Ethan Hardy."

Silently, she pulls herself up, walking over to his head. She carefully leans down, pressing a kiss to his forehead, before making her way towards the exit.

"Night, Ethan." She murmurs, content with taking to him.

And as the door gently shut, Ethan's eyes opened.

AN - Oh my god. This, was a really emotional thing to write, as it involved me watching 'Born Lucky,' twice. I hope you enjoyed part one, and now this. And, Casualty last night? I'm so glad that Max and Zoe made up, but having a huge crush on Dr Hardy, I'm jelous about the whole 'Lily's Candidates,' list.

The idea i have mentioned about Elsie's dad, is NOT 'Daddy Dominant.' I found infomation online, saying this is a genuine brain mishap, which means mothers and fathers do not want their children to stop being children, but in a worse way.

ETWentHome - I'm happy your enjoying it! Well, most people were alright, but still...bit of sadness.

Paradoxilla - Elsie's...'Man'...Yesh. And of course Ethan is alright. If he wasn't I would of been the worst person on the planet. Yes, I'm glad they made up, too! Just the Lithan bit made me jelous!

- Jodie Rose Xx