A/N - thanks to everyone who is still reading and reviewing, hope that you are enjoying the story, as for the guest reviewer who I couldn't reply personally to Sam was eight months pregnant with her and Dylan's child when she lost the baby, they named him George, this may explain the tension between the two of them.

Chapter 19 –

Sam settled into the large chair that Big Mac had kindly brought in for her, finally her oxygen blood levels were back to normal and she no longer needed the oxygen mask on but the bandages remained on her hands. Rachel was still unconscious, on a ventilator, but Sam remained hopeful that she would soon wake up. Curling her legs up onto the chair Sam went to lean on her hand before she forgot about the buns and an involuntary gasp of pain left her mouth as she closed her eyes. Sam felt the gentle touch on the top of her head, the smooth action soon told her that it wasn't Dylan but Sam was still unprepared to open her eyes as the touch moved and she felt the person move closer to her.

"She's going to be ok Sam."

Sam's eyes clenched tighter together as she heard Zoe's voice.

"I know Zoe, I just wish that she'd open her eyes for me."

"What really happened Sam?"

"Dylan was right, I thought that I could save her."

"You did Sam, you saved her, Rachel is alive because of you."

Sam nodded her head, her eyes still tightly shut.

"Have the police got him yet?"

"What Dominic?"

Sam nodded her head once again as she slowly opened her eyes and saw Zoe crouching down in front of her with one hand on Rachel the other on Sam's arm, the act of kindness was not lost on Sam as she swallowed hard but was unable to stop the tears from escaping.

"The police picked him up from his house this morning, he admitted everything Sam, names of the group, everything."

"It's a bit late for his remorse."

Zoe nodded in agreement before she readjusted her stance and perched on the edge of Sam's chair.

"Dominic set light to the room as I found him in there with Rachel, she told Matt and I about the other girl, he went after her while I stayed and got Rachel out of there."

"You got there just in time by the state you found her in."

"I don't want to even think about that Zoe. How are Matt and the other girl?"

"They're fine and have been discharged, a social worker came to pick up the girl and DS Emmerson went straight back to work, against medical advice of course."

Sam closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath before she opened them and concentrated on Rachel.

"Dominic injected Rachel with something."

"Amphetamines and methadone."

"That explains a few things."

"Sam..."

"Please Zoe I don't , I can't."

Zoe nodded her head as she gently rubbed Sam's shoulder.

Alice opened her eyes and stared up at the ceiling once again, there was nothing she wanted more than to get out of the bed and return to her office, to track down the members of the Poseidon group. Matt had done a tremendous job in her absence, tracking down the members that Rachel had identified but it was killing her not to be able to contribute, to be stuck in the bed doing nothing but to lie there and contemplate.

"How are you doing boss?"

Alice quickly moved her gaze from the ceiling and looked down at the voice, surprised to see the figure of a smiling DS Emmerson sitting beside her bed.

"Bored out of my mind, I can't wait to get out of here but apparently it will be at least a week before they'll agree to discharge me."

"Well maybe I can cheer you up."

"Matt..."

"We were keeping tabs on Doctor Carter when we started to track him from leaving here late last night, we noticed that Doctor Nicholls was also following him. We both tracked him to a large house on the North West outskirts of Holby, I made the decision to enter the property."

Matt looked at Alice as she suddenly sat more upright in the bed and stared more intently at him.

"Don't keep me waiting Matt, what happened?"

"The girl was in there, along with another, unfortunately Doctor Carter decided to set fire to the house."

"Crap!"

"Yeah it was a little hairy but we managed to all get out unfortunately the group scattered."

Alice opened her eyes wide and looked hard at Matt but the young detective still had a smile on his face.

"But we found Dominic Carter at home and he confessed, gave us the details for the rest of the group!"

Matt grinned widely as he watched Alice sit up even further in the bed.

"You've arrested them all?"

"Uh huh!"

"Great I'm getting out of here now so we can interview them."

Alice smiled widely as she reached out and took a hold of Matt's hand, shaking it firmly in appreciation of all the hard work that he had done.

"Before you get carried away I need to tell you about Doctor Nicholls and Rachel Carden."

Alice frowned as she let go of Matt's hand, the euphoria she felt moments earlier suddenly ebbed away.

"They're downstairs in the ED, smoke inhalation and burns."

"They're alive though."

Matt nodded his head while Alice took a deep breath, they needed to get the group locked up as soon as possible and then they could try and help Rachel establish a new life.

Linda watched her student carefully as she restocked the supplies in resus, the youngster's eyes kept flicking up and glancing over to where Sam and Rachel were. Linda had found it difficult enough to listen to what Dylan and Sam had said to each other and then the aftermath with Zoe so she knew how hard it must have been on Robyn.

"Hey."

Linda spoke quietly so as to not disturb Sam and so that their conversation would remain private. Robyn turned around and looked at Linda who had a kind smile on her face.

"I'm nearly finished here if you want me to do something else."

"It's ok Robyn I just wanted to check that you were ok, I know that things got a bit tense in here earlier."

Robyn dropped her head before Linda edged closer to her until she was standing next to Robyn and put her arm around the student.

"I won't say anything to anyone."

"I know you won't Robyn, I just want to make sure that you're ok, it's difficult enough dealing with some patients at the best of times let alone when you know them."

Robyn nodded her head as she looked over at Sam once again.

"Are they going to be ok?"

"Yes I think that they're both going to be fine."

"Good."

Robyn managed a smile as Linda nodded at her.

"Come on then I think we both deserve a break."

Linda gently led Robyn out of resus, glancing over at Sam who was too busy concentrating on Rachel and the monitors to have even noticed them or the conversation they had had.