Chapter twenty six - is Kate dead?
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Mike just stood still not knowing what to do, he was shocked, he had just been informed that the girl had long blonde hair and had blue eyes. It was Kate. Mike had tears forming in his eyes. The lads all rallied round mike, not knowing what to say to him.
It was a shock for all the lads, this was supposed to be her hen night, she was getting married but instead she was going out in a body bag. She was young, this wasn't right. She didn't deserve this.
The crew helped mike to a seat in the waiting room in which they had been waiting before hand. A police officer appeared at the door way. Everyone looked at him, all except for mike who was just staring at his three beautiful children, the ones that were the spit of Kate. This was all he had left.
"I am so sorry for you loss, but as the doctor said earlier, we need to do a formal identification," the officer said.
Mike didn't look up, swain looked at mike and didn't know what to say to him.
"Mike, would you like me do to it?" Swain asked.
Mike thought over the idea. But decided against it, it was something he needed to do himself.
"No Swain, but I would appreciate you coming with me, I need someone, someone to be there," Mike said through tears.
"Mike, of course, are you ready?" Swain asked.
"How can I ever be ready?" Mike said upset.
"Oh Mike I didn't mean it like that, course you're not ready, but this is something you do need to do," Swain said.
Mike nodded in acknowledgment and walked slowly towards the police officer that led the way to the mortuary to where Kate would be, he wasn't ready, course he wasn't. But he knew like swain said earlier he had to do it.
The three of them were about to approach the mortuary but mike just stopped and stood still. Swain and the officer looked at him.
"Mike? Mike?" Swain asked.
"I can't do it, I can't go in there. I just can't!" Mike said breaking down.
This was a lot for him to do. The children were left with the other crew and he just needed to be around them and not having to identify his fiancé, to identify the mother to his three beautiful children, he just couldn't.
"Mike, it is okay, just calm down, you can do this," Swain said trying to calm Mike down.
"I can't, I really can't," Mike said.
"Okay, Mike okay, I will identify her and you stay out here," Swain suggested.
Mike didn't say anything, he just looked up at Swain through tears and nodded to agree.
Swain gave Mike a hug, which he never did but right now Mike looked like he needed it, he had never seen his former CO like this.
Swain entered the morgue and then went into a smaller room to where a body lay on the table under a white sheet.
The officer looked at Swain who then nodded to show he was ready to do it. He was ready to identify a good friend and colleague.
The police officer slowly lifted the sheet back from over the body. Swain just gasped. That must have been one hell of a crash. He hadn't seen injuries like this before even with all the casualties he has had to deal with over time.
Swain looked at the officer.
"I can confirm that this is not, I repeat not the body of one Kate McGregor," Swain said.
The officer just looked at him, and Swain ran out of the door. He needed to tell Mike. Kate was still alive, he didn't have a clue who this young girl was but it sure wasn't Kate. Mike was still outside thinking Kate was still dead so he needed to get out of there to tell him.
Mike ran through the doors to were Mike was still sitting where Swain had left him last.
Mike looked up as he heard the doors bang, he looked and saw the expression on Swain's face and was very confused.
"Swain? Why are you so happy, my fiancé has just died and your looking like it was the best thing in the world," Mike said angry and confused.
"Well, if you let me get a word in edgeways I'd tell you...Mike it wasn't Kate, that wasn't Kate on the table, Mike she isn't dead," Swain said.
Mike was even more confused.
"You mean that wasn't her?" Mike asked.
"No Mike, it wasn't Kate, I don't know who she was but it certainly wasn't Kate," Swain said.
Mike needed to find Kate, he needed to see her, to hold her, to see if she was okay. He hoped she was okay because he couldn't go through that again.
"I need to see her...I need to see Kate," Mike said.
"Yeah, let's go tell the others, then we will find her." Swain said.
They started walking fast towards were they left the others. They both had smiles on the faces.
They walked into the room, where the children were all awake and the other members of the crew were playing with them.
"Mike?" Buffer asked.
"It wasn't her, it wasn't Kate, so that means she is still alive, I need to find her," Mike said.
"Oh my god, thank god, I'll go find a nurse to see if we can see the girls now," Buffer replied.
The crew all sat stunned again, first they were told that Kate was dead and now she was alive. They couldn't believe it, but it was such great news. The best news they had heard all day.
I nurse can into the room and said that the girls from the crash had all be taken to the same room and that they all could go in now. They followed the nurse into a large room were the three of them lay.
They were all asleep when they got there. They were all conscious now but just sleeping. They had a lucky escape all they had were a few cuts and bruises.
Mike went and sat with Kate instantly. He thought he had lost her today and now he was never going to leave her side again.
Mike held Kate's as Kate slowly opened her eyes.
"Mike?" Kate said.
"Yes Kate it is me, you are going to be okay, I am here now as well as the children, just get some rest, are you in any pain or anything?" Mike said.
"No, I am fine, what happened?" She asked.
"The police are not quite sure at the moment but they are doing an investigation but they think the bus hit a rock in the road which had caused the crash," Mike said.
"Ah, that would explain the bump we felt before it over turned," Kate said.
Kate seemed quite awake and had been given the all clear by the doctor that had just visited. Bomber was also given the all clear an were told that they would spend the night in hospital and would be allowed out tomorrow.
It was now Nikki's turn to see the doctor, unlike both bomber and Kate, Nikki had only been awake for about half an hour.
"Would you two lads leave while I just talk to Nikki please," The doctor said to Buffer and Charge.
They both left and went and joined bomber and Kate.
The doctor pulled the curtains around Nikki.
"Nikki, you have been very lucky," The doctor said.
"Yes I know, I escaped with cuts and bruises," Nikki said.
"Yes but you had a very high chance of miscarrying in an accident like that," The doctor added.
"Yes I suppose, but I'm not pregnant so I don't have to worry about that," Nikki said confused.
"Nikki? Nikki do you not know you're four months pregnant?" The doctor asked confused.
"I'm what?" Nikki said slightly raising her voice.
"We do tests three times and we even did an ultra sound whilst you were unconscious and we can confirm you are three months pregnant," The doctor confirmed.
"But I haven't had any symptoms," Nikki stated.
"Well there could be many reasons for that such as stress have you been under a lot of stress lately?" he added.
"You could say that, my fiancé was killed three months ago, so you could say that was stressful," She said becoming serious.
"Right, I am so sorry to hear that, it must be hard. But that could be why aren't experiencing any symptoms." The doctor added.
"Right, I shall leave you to think about it, and like the others you will be going home tomorrow, just keeping you in over night for observation, and congratulations, I am sure your fiancé will be proud," he added before he opened the curtains and left.
A tear rolled down Nikki's face, caught by Kate who was opposite her.
"Nikki, Nikki, what is the matter? Is something wrong, he was in a long time with you," Kate said drawing the others attention over to Nikki.
"No nothing is wrong, I am allowed out tomorrow same as you guys," Nikki said.
"Well, what is with these tears?" Kate asked confused.
"The doctor just told me some very unexpected news, that's all," Nikki stated.
"Unexpected news?" Kate quizzed.
"He told me that I was four months pregnant," Nikki said joyfully.
"Oh Nikki congratulations!" everyone cheered.
"Thank you," Nikki smiled.
"You had no idea?" Kate asked.
"No, not a clue, I am just so shocked," Nikki added.
"Oh, that is lovely, I am so pleased for you, and its ET's as well, it is such as shame he isn't here, he would have made a great dad," Kate said.
"You know what is funny," Mike said.
"What?" Bomber asked.
"Well, it was only earlier that we were talking about ET and how he would have made a great dad," Mike finished.
Mike was over the moon for Nikki he had looked after her when ET died. And now ET had given Nikki a little well big surprise.
This brought a tear to Mike's eye and all the others, but the girls had been crying for ages already. That is all girls seem to do. Mike laughed silently to himself.
Kate seemed so happy that Mike didn't want to burst Kate's bubble about telling her, he thought she had died in the crash because of this other young girl. But really who was this girl? That was the question that was bugging Mike.
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