It was a cold, cloudy day. The fresh, cool air blew onto Jac's face as she rode into work on her bike, she assumed it would be another working day; she would later find out that her assumption would be horrendously wrong.
Meanwhile, up on Darwin, Zosia found herself dealing with a rowdy patient, frustratingly having to move him back to his bed every so often as he wouldn't stay put.
She glanced at some gossiping nurses, "I do believe it's in your remit to keep an eye on patients?
The nurses stopped in mid conversation and nodded, answering in sync, "Of course, Doctor March."
Zosia glared, clearly in a bad mood, "Then do it - Chop chop. Make sure my patient doesn't go a wall. I have better things to be doing than babysitting
"Yes, ill keep him in bed." The nurse nodded and sighed, walking over to him. "Mr James. If you could please remain in bed, that would be grand." She looked at him, unimpressed by his irritating tendencies.
By now, Jac was giving orders to numerous doctors and nurses'. She looked over the ward like a meerkat on its tip toes, observing sharply before beckoning for Zosia to come over.
"Yes, Ms Naylor?" Zosia stared at her, trying to read her expression.
"I see your patient has disappeared." Jac glared icy at the innocent looking CT1.
Zosia's eyes darted over to the empty bed. She sighed heavily, "What?! I left him with a nurse. For goodness sake! People are incompetent of following instructions around here, aren't they?"
Jac almost sniggered at Zosia's comment, "Don't blame this on anybody else. Find him, now." She sternly demanded.
Zosia looked torn, but then nodded. "I'll be back shortly."
Jac turned away on her heel as Zosia dashed off in an attempt to find her missing patient.
Twenty minutes pass, the ward luckily quiet but Zosia had not yet returned, Jac was beginning to get very irritated, she turned to Oliver. "She has been gone for ages, is this some kind of joke? She's meant to be assisting in theatre in ten minutes!" Jac snapped slightly.
Oliver sighed heavily and swung his chair around to face Jac, "Just a suggestion here but don't you think you should go and look for her?"
Jac glanced up at him, "I haven't got time for that." She tried to busy herself on the computer.
Oliver tutted and sighed, placing some patient notes down and striding off, attempting to go back to work – Zosia on his mind.
Jac thought for a moment, before standing to her feet. "Ill be back shortly, page me if I'm needed." She looked at the nurse
The nurse nodded, "Sure."
Jac jogged down the ward, calling Zosia and Mr James' name, promptly as she searched. Eventually, Jac found both Zosia and the patient in the peace garden, as Zosia looked edgy, Jac approached.
"Doctor March." She cleared her throat. "Seeing as you've found your patient, how about you lead him back up to the ward and get back to work?" she paused, "It's just a suggestion…"
Zosia sighed, frustratingly. "I was just talking to Mr James about his worries."
Jac snapped back quickly, "We have shrinks for that."
Zosia sighed, "It's good to show com compassion every now and then. You should try it sometime." She stood up, moving past Jac swiftly as her patient followed.
Jac shook her head with a smirk, following behind them as they walked into reception and Jac sharply pressed the lift button, numerous times and all three step inside, the atmosphere was tense.
Suddenly, the lift began to move – rather abruptly, the lights flickering.
"Oh no – that doesn't seem good." Jac rolled her eyes, sarcastically as she huffed
Zosia and the patient looked up at the flickering lights.
"W-What's happening?!" Mr James sounded panicked.
Jac instantly snapped back, as the lift came to a sudden halt. "This would not be happening if you hadn't gone walkies!" she growled whilst speaking.
Zosia crossed her arms, "you seriously can't blaming him here?"
Jac shot an icy glare over at Zosia, "Oh but I am."
Jac pulled out her mobile whilst Zosia pressed the emergency button on the lift, it glowed yellow – but nothing happened.
Jac watched Zosia whilst waiting for somebody to pick up the phone back on Darwin.
On Darwin, Mo and Oliver were standing by the nurses' station. After a split moment, Mo picked up the phone.
"Darwin ward…" Mo spoke as Oliver quietened
"Ms Effanga, it's Ms Naylor. I would like you to get onto the mechanics. Me, Zosia and our patient, Mr James' also known as 'Mr walkies' are stuck in the lift and it seems to be not moving." Jac sarcastically sounded pleased.
Mo turned to Oliver and looked slightly shocked, "Oh! Right, of course – I will get onto doing that immediately."
"Thank you" Jac sighed heavily.
"You're all alright in there though, yeah?" Mo questioned.
"Well, I'm talking to you. Do you seem to think something may be wrong?" Jac questioned her
Mo sighed down the phone. "No - I suppose not."
"Well Done, Maureen. The lights are on and your definitely home." Jac rolled her eyes, "Now, get onto calling the mechanics. I am already losing my mind in here and being sectioned wasn't on my to do list today." She hung up suddenly.
Mo looked to Oliver, "They're stuck in the lift." She sounded serious.
Oliver almost laughed, "You must be joking me?! They're both due in theatre, now."
"We'll have to postpone." Mo sighed, "You get onto sorting that out whilst I call the mechanical team and alert Hanssen."
Oliver nodded and got on with the tasks Mo had set him, whilst Mo alerted the mechanical team and Hanssen.
Meanwhile, Mr James was deteriorating in the lift whilst Jac and Zosia worked to calm him down.
"This is ludicrous!" Jac quickly stood up, pressing the number six button, six times. The lift jerked as she quietly gasped to herself, a little nervous; but she hid it with a frosty glare.
Zosia looked up to her, a little panicked. "Ms Naylor, I am sure help is on way."
"Well, 'Ms Naylor' doesn't particularly do waiting!" She snapped again, the tension rose incredibly as she pressed the button to go down this time. Suddenly, the lights flickered and the lift jerked down again, it stopped for a second before a loud creaking appeared, and within another long second the lift flew to the ground, snapping and crashing whilst it did so. The whole Darwin ward shook as Mo and Oliver looked alarmed, they rushed over, banging on the metal door.
"Jac! Zosia! Are you okay in there?!" Mo yelled out, so concerned.
Zosia and Jac screamed in response – the patient instantly knocked out by flying debris that hit him. Both Zosia and Jac protected themselves by curling up and covering their heads. It went silent for a moment before more debris flew down, Zosia and Jac both yelled and winced; before complete silence hit from all three, the only noise that continually bleared was the emergency siren which came from the top of the lift, a pool of blood began fill the remainder of the floor space, all three trapped; and silent.