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Chapter 3 - Surgery

"Swain, swain what's happening? Is she ok? Do something!" Mike said panicking.

"Boss, get Bomber in here we're going to have to start CPR!" yelled Swain

Mike talking to Kate "stay with me, Kate don't leave me, please Kate" the wardroom was filling with tension. Mike had tears rolling down his face. Mike thought to himself that he never...that ne never had the chance to tell her how much he loved her.

"Boss, I'm going to call it, she has sustained a serious injury, there was nothing else anyone could do," Swain said sadly, tears rolling down his face. This was his XO, his friend there was nothing more they could do.

"Don't you dare give up on her, try again, go again, I am ordering you to carry on with CPR NOW!" Shouting at the top of his breath.

"Bomber, another round of CPR" Swain said trying to catch his breath. "Come on Ma'am don't give up on me now, come ON"

They were slowly approaching 30 compressions when the monitor that was attached to Kate broke the silence in the room. It showed her heart had started beating again. She was still alive.

"Get her to the ambulance and to the hospital now, she needs urgent medical assistance," Swain ordered.

Within minutes she was taken on a stretcher up on the top deck being carried to the ambulance.

"Wait!" called Mike. "I'm going with her"

Mike sat patiently in the ambulance with Kate, hoping on every chance she would wake up, hoping it was all a nightmare. But, it was reality. He thought that if he didn't send her on the stupid boarding party this wouldn't have happened. Kate would still be with him, he'd known all along he like Kate, but now he realised he was more than liked her. He loved her.

Arriving at the hospital what seemed a lifetime of being in the ambulance was actually only ten minutes. She was unloaded and rushed into theatre. He hoped to god that she would be alright, he really did. Mike needed to tell her something still, and it was still very important.

Pacing up and down the corridor, Mike doesn't have a clue what is going on, how is she or what state she is in. A doctor slowly walks towards him, not knowing whether it is the doctor in charge of Kate. Mike slows his pace when he sees that the doctor is heading towards him, with her head looking at the floor. Mike instantly knew it was bad news.

"Oh my god, what happened? Is she ok!" Mike becoming frustrated at himself for sending her on the boarding party. It should have been him, he thought to himself.

The doctor replied with a very monotone voice, "As you know Commander Flynn, Lieutenant McGregor was in a very serious condition when she was brought in. We battled hard throughout out the whole procedure. We did our very best" Mike covered his face in shock, he had lost the love of his life the only love and he hadn't even had the chance to tell her himself. He felt pathetic, upset and severely shocked.

"Commander Flynn, she is going to be ok, we stabilized her. She is asleep at the moment but she will recover fully. The medical officer on board did a brilliant job and saved her life, without him she probably wouldn't have been alive" the doctor said now smiling

Mike sighed with relief, she was alive and he had the chance of telling her that he really did love her. He couldn't wait. He was so made up she was still with them. "I know, the medical officer is a very experienced one and I am proud of him for his actions of saving her life, can I possibly go and sit with her in the room, I know she won't want to be on her own, thank you for saving her life", Mike gratefully spoke.

"Of course you can sit with her, she is very tired and still recovering, I'll take you"

Mike was literally nearly running to get to the room that Kate was in. When they arrived, Kate was in a little room of her own and a chair was placed by the bed, which Mike gracefully sat down on.

"Thank you," he said to the doctor as she swiftly walked off.

Mike, who was sat on the chair, started talking to Kate even though she was still asleep after surgery

"Kate, I know your asleep so I will tell you this now and I will also repeat it to you when you awake, but I need to get this off my chest now,"

"I love you, I really do. You really don't know how difficult this has been over these last few hours, watching you get hurt, knowing there was nothing I could do. It tore my heart into two. You really mean the world to me. I find it difficult to work on the ship and not look at you, you are beautiful, stunning and Kate I can't bear to live without you. You are my world."

Mike closed his eyes, "Kate, I love you".

With her eyes she closed, and tears rolling down her face, "Mike, I love you too!"

Shocked to hear her actually talking so soon after her operation, "Kate, how are you? How you feeling? You in any pain?"

"Mike" she replied "I'm fine" now slowly opening her eyes.

"Kate, I thought I'd lost you and I didn't have chance to tell you how I feel, Kate I really wanted you to know, I apologize if I've stepped out of line."

"No, no, no you haven't I've felt the same, but I just never thought you'd felt the same towards me. Is that why you were calling me Kate on Hammersley today?"

"Oh Kate, I apologize I didn't know I did it, I'm so sorry that is undermining you"

Kate slowly falling back to sleep, "Mike, it doesn't matter, honestly. I didn't mi..."

"Go back to sleep"

"Promise me you'll still be here when I..." Kate was already asleep before she finished the sentence.

Please review and tell me if this story is any good, considering this is my first I really haven't a clue if it's any good or totally rubbish. Lol KB xx