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Carey Martin and Marion Moesby exited the lift at the operating room floor, on the hospital balcony Marion had formally professed his love for Carey, but she had been unable to commit. Carey didn't feel she could be fair to Moesby whilst Zack and Cody were in such danger, her mind was on them, but he didn't care, he was determined to be with her and support her through thick and through thin.

"Thank you for being here Marion, maybe after all this is over we can work us out" Carey said as she rubbed tears from her eyes managing a weak smile.

"I hope we can" Moesby replied "But Zack and Cody should be our focus now" he went on

"Yes, Thank you, for everything" Carey said as they arrived at the viewing room to see how Cody's operation was going.

Cody remained lying on the operating table in the centre of the room, surgeons and nurses surrounding him along with all manner of machines. It was now over four hours since Carey had seen her baby Cody. Carey had always viewed Cody as the baby, he needed her more, and they were closer for it. Cody was smart, but Zack had life skills, Zack would be able to get by on his own and his harrowing decision to save Cody over Maddie was testament to his survival skills.

"Hi Baby, Mommies here" Carey said as she saw Cody lying there.

Moesby was saddened to see Cody lying there as he always was, it all seemed so hopeless. Moesby noticed that the surgical team had changed since they had left, he figured they would be working in shifts since the surgery had now been going on for over 7 hours and it was 1am, it was reasonable. Over the four Cody's surgery had progressed to its final delicate stages. Moesby was able to assess the situation, and even without any specific medical knowledge he could see that Zack's kidney had been implanted in Cody and the doctors were in the delicate stage he assumed, of connecting that Kidney up before they would close and then possibly remove Cody's other damaged Kidney.

"It looks like they've made a lot of progress" Moesby said trying to reassure Carey, she appreciated it.

"Yeah, thanks" She said yawning as she spoke

"Why don't you lie down and try to get some sleep? There's a couch in a room nearby" Moesby suggested.
"No, I'm not leaving my baby" Carey protested, Moesby wanted her to sleep but he knew there was no use in arguing with her.

"Fine, I'll set you up in here, you can lie across some chairs" Moesby conceded. The viewing room had 3 tiers of seats, each seat having a raiseable armrest between them; they were not overly comfortable chairs, office chairs basically.

Moesby being a chivalrous man set Carey up with a pillow and blankets they had brought with them that morning on the second tier of seats and Carey feeling tired went to lie down under the rug. Moesby sat on the tier above her and watched the back of her head as she tried to sleep, and beyond her he watch the blinding glow of the surgical lights and the figures that worked on Cody's broken body.

"Thank you Marion, thanks again" Carey said yawning again as she rolled into the chair to try and escape the lights. As she rolled over she noticed Moesby's loving gaze at her and she felt warm inside. Carey didn't want to think about love though, she would not admit her feelings to him, not until Zack and Cody were out of danger, and if they died then she would die with them.

Moesby grew tired as he watched Carey sleep, she looked so peaceful, and he hoped she was. Cody's surgery continued in the background as his eyes grew heavy and he drifted off to sleep after finally succumbing and lying down.

"Marion, Marion" Moesby heard as he began to wake, opening his eyes he saw a smiling Carey

"Cody's surgery is done" She continued as he mumbled and moaned through his waking. It was true; behind her the operating room was empty except for a few orderlies cleaning up. Carey looked relieved but tired, she was thankful that Cody had lasted the surgery.

"What time is it?" Moesby asked as he became more aware of his surroundings, being an interior he really had no way of knowing if it was morning or not.

"Its 7:30" Carey replied, Cody had been under the knife for thirteen hours.

"How is Cody? When did they finish" Moesby was trying to get reorientated and catch up on what had happened

"About twenty minutes ago, the doctors just came in and woke me and told me everything was alright- they are taking him upstairs now" Carey replied.

"Well let's go then" Moesby replied.

Soon Carey and Moesby arrived back up at the surgical intensive care unit

"Excuse me; what room are they putting my son, Cody Martin into?" Carey asked the nurse

"Let me see" the nurse said as she went to look down at her files "Room 5, just next to your other son Ms. Martin" The nurse replied.

"Thank you and how is Zack?" Carey asked

"He seems normal, he's still out, he should be waking up fairly soon, he's had a big day though" The nurse replied as she checked Zack's vitals on the monitor around the desks.

"Thank you" Carey said as her and Moesby went over to see Zack, as of yet Cody had not been brought up to the ICU.

Zack looked peaceful still, in great contrast to when he had been awake and been so upset about Cody. Carey was wondering why he had thought Cody had been in danger, he had been so sure, and it was bugging her.

Carey sat by Zack's bed and rubbed his hair, shuddering when her hand moved over one of his scars, a reminder of the terrible incidents of the last year. Zack's body suddenly jolted and quivered, sending a shock through Carey's body

"Marion can you fetch the nurse please" She said slightly urgently

"Sure" he replied worryingly. The nurse promptly came over and began to examine Zack, trying not to wake him but doing that was inevitable. Zack woke to a light in his eyes and moaned in displeasure.

"Sorry Zack" the nurse apologised to him "Everything seems fine" She then concluded happily before leaving.

But everything was not alright; as Zack had shuddered Cody was being rolled into the elevator to go up to the surgical ICU. 2 orderlies pushed his bed whilst a doctor kept check on his vital signs on a portable monitor and a nurse maintained his IV flows. At the exact moment Zack had shuddered alarms had begun to go off on Cody's monitor.

"His heart rate is spiking, O2 sats are down" the doctor yelled as the bed was quickly pulled out of the elevator. "He's crashing" the doctor yelled again "Call a code, get a crash cart" Cody's pulse monitor was beeping quickly now and his breaths were deep as raspy. Several more doctors rushed from rooms adjacent along with a crash cart.

"Shit, he was must have a pulmonary embolism, we need to get him into surgery, now. We don't have much time" the original doctor jumped onto the bed and began to give Cody CPR as a nurse began to use a hand pump to get him oxygen has the bed was rushed down the hallway back to the operating rooms.

Upstairs Zack came to his senses and sat bolt upright "Mom, something's wrong with Cody" he said, and just as Carey was about to reassure him an announcement came on the PA "Code Blue, Operating hallway" and Carey knew what had happened...

I'm sorry; I just couldn't let Cody get away with his life THAT easily now could I? Hope you liked it- keep the reviews coming and overall just enjoy the story guys! And if you do, I'd love to hear about it.