Derek's statement was interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Derek. Angie. Sidney needs you two in OR 1. Apparently Linda Reid was having more complications, so Sidney decided to move the operation up. He wants to brief the two of you now. The operation begins in ten minutes," The voice called through the door.
Angie shot up, as Derek whipped the door open, revealing the source of the voice. The azure-eyed man suspiciously eyed his two friends.
"Tyler we don't have time to be subjected to your teasing or accusations," Derek said, pushing Tyler out of his way as he rushed past, making his way down the hallway, closely followed by Angie.
Arriving seconds after being told of the change, Sidney was surprised that the surgical duo had arrived so quickly.
"Director we are here for the briefing," a slightly out of breath Derek stated.
Angie began prepping the OR, while Sidney gave them their briefing.
As you are aware, the patient is a 25 year old female. She was infected with the Kyriaki-strain eight years ago. Which you successfully eradicated. Then three years later she was suffering from PGS, which as you will recall you also managed to cure. Today, however, she is once again suffering from PGS. Not only is she suffering from this, which as you are aware effects the ability to use stabilizer, however with the use of the serum that Victor and Professor Blackwell developed five years ago you will be able to overcome this factor. This time Victor has not only developed a more advanced form of that serum, but he also created a serum to utterly eradicate this PGS, as well as prevent any sort of tumors from reoccurring. Victor is going to be assisting you alongside Nurse Angie, to ensure that you properly administer the serum. Ian has already administered the anesthesia, so once Linda is brought in here, the operation can begin."
Moments later, Ian and Tyler brought Linda into the OR, waved and the left, allowing Derek to begin the operation.
"Alright Derek, preform the operation as you normally would. When necessary I will instruct you," Victor said, crossing his arms and leaning back using the wall next to him as his support.
Derek nodded his head in acknowledgement before preforming the lobectomy on Linda. Once open, tumors were revealed, however they were different from tumors that they had seen in the past. They seemed to be a combination of two different types of tumors. They were blinking, like the ones that infected Professor Blackwell, and the ones that had the root structures. Before he could begin removing the tumors via the modified Powell Method he had to inject the sedative, to ensure that the vitals could be raised. Taking the syringe, he injected the black organ with the sedative. The tumors began pulsating.
"What the..." Angie began to say.
"Angie, I've never seen anything like it. The tumors are pulsating, and the patients vitals are jumping from the mid 80s to the lower 20s so rapidly, that it is entirely possibly that if I attempt to remove the tumors that the patient could go into V-fib or worse," Derek stated, voice cool and collected, even though he was panicking internally. He knew that he had to remain calm because if he panicked he knew that Angie would follow suit, and he needed Angie to remain calm, so he could complete the operation. Derek was baffled by what was happening so he turned to Victor.
"Damn it Derek. I've never seen anything like it. But if you use the Healing Touch, you should be able to remove the tumors. And after each individual tumor is removed, inject the new serum," Victor said, looking at Derek as if he were an idiot.
Derek began to imagine that five pointed star, and knew by the feeling in his head and the change in the color of his surroundings that he was successful. Quickly, Derek began doing what he knew he needed to do before the Healing Touch wore out. He had just removed the last tumor when the colors around him returned to normal, and everything resumed its normal speed. Derek used the ultrasound to ensure that there were no tumors remaining. When nothing was detected, Derek looked over at Victor again.
"Now take and inject three more vials of the serum, then suture her up and you are done. The serum should make the PGS react and cause the organ to return its normal state permanently."
Derek did as Victor instructed, but once the third vial had been injected, Linda's body began to violently convulse.
"Damn it! This wasn't suppose to happen! Derek pay attention! I need you to administer the previous sedative, hopefully that will stop these convulsions," Victor instructed.
Before Derek was able to administer anything, the convulsions ceased and vitals stabilized. Victor looked puzzled but with the wave of his hand dismissed Derek from doing what he had just been told. So Derek began to suture the incision, then bandage it.
"Great work, Doctor Stiles," Angie stated, once she had become certain that Linda was going to survive.
"Angie..." Derek barely whispered, voiced filled with admiration.
Victor left through a set of double doors, leaving Derek and Angie alone. Forgetting that Linda was still in the room, Angie walked over to Derek and she put her arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. Derek's face turned beet red with Angie's display of affection. To her surprise as much as his, Derek wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her close. Holding her in his arms, the entire world seemed to vanish. The only thing he needed to know was how much he loved the small blonde firecracker in his arms.
Angie had never felt so protected in her life. In Derek's arms, she felt as though she could take on the world and nothing would harm her. She did not know whether Derek loved her, but she knew that more than anything in the world, she loved him. When she was with Derek, she felt loved, protected, confident. When we was away, she never felt quite complete, as if a vital part of her was missing. She could have stayed in his arms forever. However, Sidney walked into the room.
"Derek! Angie! While I am pleased that you two have finally admitted that you love each other, this is not an appropriate time nor place to display that. Victor briefly stated that Linda's body had an unexpected reaction to the new serum. I want her under constant supervision to ensure that there are no more of those. So while I am aware that the two of you are going to soon be departing for Hope Hospital, I still want you to wait until Linda wakes up to speak with her. I believe that the surgeon whom operated on her should be the one to tell her about the complications in the procedure."
Angie nervously nodded her head, and darted out of the room, heels clicking loudly with her hurried steps. Once she was gone, Sidney turned to Derek and smiled.
"Derek, I am ecstatic that you and Angie have finally learned how much you love each other. You had better let me know when the wedding is."
"Umm... Director Kasal, Angie doesn't know how I feel. I don't know how she feels either," Derek stated awkwardly.
"Well it is kind of obvious that you two have something going on between the two of you," Sidney responded.
"That was so out of character for her, I am still in shock. But I assure you that there will be no wedding. Angie doesn't feel the same way about me as I do her. Even if I was able to tell her how I feel, she would reject my love," Derek responded. He hung his head with the vocalization of this seemingly apparent truth.
Sidney sighed and shook his head, knowing that Derek was far from being right, but lacking the desire to tell him a truth that he would deny.
"Director, you are needed by Tyler in the other room as soon as possible," a nurse called in through the door."