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"Hello young lady, what are you doing here?" The short white-haired man asks me as he comes into my moms lab.
"Um...just waiting on my mom to come back." I tell him.
"Oh!" He nods. "Shall I page her for you?" He questions as he grabs his phone from his pocket.
"No." I shake my head. "I'm supposed to be up on the ninth floor." I say and he nods in understanding.
"Hiding out?" He questions with a smile.
"I guess you can say that." I nod and return a smile as he walks closer to me. I read his name tag. Dr. Johnson. "Do you work with my mother?" I ask him when he starts towards the door to my left.
"More like...for your mother." He corrects me.
"Oh." I nod.
"Have you seen my grand-daughter Rebecca around here anywhere?" He asks me looking around.
"Oh, I didn't know she was..." I trail off, not sure what I was going to say. "Yeah." I nod and say instead. "She just left with my mom a little while ago, they should be coming back soon."
"Thank you..." He pauses and waits for me to tell him my name.
"Ashley." I say.
"Thank you, Ashley." He smiles warmly at me before leaving the lab. I spin around in the swivel chair and mumble out a 'you're welcome' as the man leaves.
"Ashley." A voice calls to me. I stop spinning to see its my dad. Great, I've been caught.
"Can I be done for the day dad?" I ask him pouting. I'm really tired and I just want to go home.
"We're almost done actually, Dr. Redford would just like to speak with you for a moment about the test they ran on your blood." He says and I give him a confused look.
"What for?" I ask getting up from the chair.
"Well it seems as though your blood is rarer than just being AB negative."
"What do you mean?" I ask as we walk out towards the elevators.
"Well, I'm not entirely sure how to explain it so why don't I just let Dr. Redford tell you." He looks down at me and smiles.
"Okay." I nod as the elevator dings and we get on to head up to the ninth floor.
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"Dr. Johnson!... Dr. Johnson!" Carmen continues to shout at him. He just keeps repeating over and over that he didn't know. "Ashley, I need you to calm him down so he can take your blood." Carmen tells me, I give her one firm nod and walk over to Dr. Johnson who has been pacing in circles.
"Dr. Johnson, I need you to calm down. We need your help to fix our friend-"
"I didn't know!" He shouts, cutting me off. "I thought he was dead." He adds with wide eyes, looking back and forth between me and Tim.
"I know." I nod. "And we're not blaming you. We just need you to calm down and help us now. Can you do that?" I ask him in a calm voice. He settles down and nods. "Okay good. I need you to draw some blood from me, I need to go get my bag from down the hall first. Can you sit here for a moment until I get back?" He nods. "I'll be back in a sec." I turn to Carmen and say just as everyone rushes into the room.
"Oh my God, Tim no!" Jo shouts, running over to her husband. I can only imagine the things she's feeling right now.
"Jo I need you to step back." Carmen says as her and Francisco try to pull Jo away from Tim. "I'm gonna take care of him but I need you to keep calm and let me work." She tells Jo but it's no use, Jo is crying hysterically trying to hold on to Tim while her son tries to pull her back.
"Mom, dad's gonna be fine. Carmen fixed Spencer after she got shot. She's gonna fix dad too." Francisco tells his mother as everyone looks on at the two of them. "But you have to calm down, you have to let her work or dad's gonna die." He adds. His mother stops struggling in his arms and calms down, stepping back from her husband, allowing Carmen to work. Spencer tosses Carmen the bag she'd asked for and Jayden hands her a first-aid kit. I try to sneak out the door to grab my things but Spencer spots me.
"Where are you going, Ash?" She questions as I hear Carmen tell the others that she's gonna need some antibiotics and pain killers.
"I need to grab my bag." I say simply. I know that if I tell Spencer I'm giving blood she's gonna freak out. She's protective of me like that.
"Why?" She asks, stepping in front of me so I can't move past her. Out the corner of my eye I see Kyla looking at the two of us.
"I'm giving blood to help Tim." I tell her and try to side step her.
"What?" She questions, trying not to raise her voice. "Ashley I'm not stupid, I've seen Grey's Anatomy. Tim's getting surgery, you're gonna have to give a hell of a lot of blood to..." She trails off when she see's my face. "Are you kidding me?" She asks a little louder now. "You could die, Ash." She says, like I'm not aware of that fact.
"What's going on?" Kyla asks as her and Angel walk up next to us. The rest of the group is talking to Carmen trying to figure out how to get the things they need.
"Your sister is trying to give all her blood for Tim's surgery." Spencer blurts out. I give her a look and she shrugs.
"What?" Kyla turns to me and asks.
"He needs it. I have type AB negative blood Ky, it's the rarest blood in the world. No one else here has it, I'm sure. He's gonna die if Carmen doesn't repair his spleen. Plus I heal quickly, so maybe that'll be beneficial to Tim. I don't know, but I'm gonna help him. You guys can't stop me." I tell them and try to walk away again.
"So I don't even get a say in this?!" Kyla asks, shouting now. The group turns to look at us.
"Ky calm down." I try to put a hand on her shoulder but she shrugs it off.
"No! I won't calm down. You give me this whole speech about protecting me cause I'm the only family you have left and yet you're willing to risk your own life and leave me here alone." She snaps. I can see the tears building in her eyes.
"Ky it's more complicated than that..." I try but she isn't listening.
"I understand that you wanna be the hero, that you always have to be the hero, but don't do this. Don't leave me here alone." Kyla finishes and walks off, Angel gives me an apologetic look and chases after Kyla. There's definitely something going on between those two.
"She's right Ashley. I love Tim like a father, he took Glen and I in when we had no one, but I love you two and I don't want to lose either of you." Spencer steps closer to me and says.
"I'm not going anywhere, Spence." I say wrapping my arms around her. "I promise." I whisper.
"Ashley we've gotta do this now." Carmen tells me, snapping Spencer and I out of our hug.
"Yeah okay." I nod. I let go of Spencer and run to grab my bag. "The first aid area is in the basement." I tell everyone when I get back, taking the things I'll need out of my bag. "So that's out of the question as far as getting the medications you'll need. You're gonna have to leave the building." I tell them. Dr. Johnson begins prepping the stuff to take my blood as I take a seat. "There's a pharmacy on Cheyenne. It's about ten minutes east of here. If it wasn't raided after the outbreak they'll have everything you need and more in there." I tell them as Dr. Johnson sticks the needle in my arm. I look over at Spencer who drops her head before walking away.
"I'm going." Glen speaks up. I guess he feels like Spencer, Tim has been like a father to over half the group, no one wants to see him die.
"So am I." Aiden says.
"I'll go with you two, we'll need to get in and out quickly." Arthur chimes in.
"I'm gonna need everyone to leave, Jayden can you bring me a few blankets." Carmen tells her girlfriend.
"It's okay mom, dad's gonna be fine." Francisco says to his mom as he practically pulls her out of the room. Jayden comes back with the blankets Carmen asked for, they place them under Tim and Carmen turns to me.
"I don't have any anesthetics to knock him out."
"I've got some M99 in my bag." I tell her pointing to it. It's only gonna last a couple of hours though, and there's no guarantee that he won't still feel everything." I say.
"I know." She nods. "I'm gonna have to work fast, if he wakes up and I'm still inside him he could die from-"
"You can do this Carmen." I cut her off. I don't need her thinking she do this, that she isn't good enough to pull this off. "I'm sure Tim wouldn't want anyone else in this situation."
"Okay." She nods, putting on some gloves and a mask she pulled from her first aid kit.
"First bag is done." Dr. Johnson tells Carmen.
"Bring it over here. Jayden, can you grab that IV stand from the lab over there." Jayden runs over and brings it back. "Hang the blood on it." She instructs her girlfriend. "Take those tubes there, connect them to the bottom of the bag and then to that needle. Yeah." She nods when Jayden does it right. "Now find the vein on Tim's arm and stick the needle there, use that tape to hold it there." She points to a roll of tape behind Jayden on a desk. Jayden does as told then steps back.
"Is that it?" She asks her girlfriend. Carmen nods and takes a deep breath. She injects Tim with the M99 and starts the timer on her watch. She glances back at me for a moment before taking another deep breath. She turns back to Tim, picking up a scalpel out of her kit and starts working.
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"I thought you may need this." Spencer comes into the room where a mask that Jayden had handed her upon entering. She brought me cookies and a juice box.
"Thank you." I smile up at my girlfriend. I'm on my third bag of blood, second pint and I'm definitely starting to feel faint.
"How are you holding up?" Spencer asks as I stuff a cookie into my mouth. I immediately feel a bit better.
"Okay." I say and nod lazily.
"Ashley know your limits okay." She leans in a whispers to me, but her voice sounds further away now. Actually everything sounds further away and my vision has become blurry. I faintly hear Spencer calling my name, asking me if I'm okay. I feel like my mouths moving, like I'm telling her I'll be fine, but the look in her eyes is telling me she can't hear me. They're telling me that she's panicking and I'm the source of that panic. But it's too late, the darkness has already taken over.