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Cal charged up the stairs and stopped short when he saw Connie and Rita. Connie was sitting on the stairs, looking pale but rather cross. Rita had only slightly more colour in her cheeks than Connie and was clinging to the banister as though she needed it to hold her upright. "Are you two okay?"

"Cal, what are you doing in here?" said Connie. "Go outside now, please."

Cal hesitated for a moment, aware that neither of the women looked well. "Are you two okay? Do you need help? I can't leave till I find Ethan, but if there's anything I can do..."

"Ethan?" said Rita, surprised. "Isn't he outside?"

"No, he's not," said Cal. "I don't know where he is. I'm so scared something's happened to him."

"You really must be scared if you're admitting to it," said Connie, quite gently.

Cal nodded. "Yeah, I am. I just turned my back on the only girl I ever loved because Ethan is more important. There's no way he'd stay inside unless something or someone was stopping him. I've got to find him."

"Of course you have," said Rita gently. "Go on, Cal. We'll be fine."

Connie glared at her. "Excuse me, Rita. Dr Knight is a member of my department and I decide where he does and does not go."

Rita's voice was faint but vicious. "Fine. But if you even think about keeping Cal away from his brother just because I said he should go..."

"Oh, give me credit for a bit of human decency!" said Connie.

"Okay," said Rita. "I'll try anything once."

Cal closed his eyes for a moment. These women bickered more than him and Ethan, and that was saying something.

"Dr Knight," said Connie. "You may go and look for your brother, but please be careful. If he's in danger, leave straight away and report what you know to the police."

"Thank you," said Cal. He would have gone whatever Connie had said, but his life was always easier when he did as she told him. "Are you sure there's nothing I can do for you? Rita? Okay. I'll see you later."

He hurried past them and went on up the stairs. He wished he'd thought of collecting his phone from the staff room, but he hadn't. The only thing in his mind had been Ethan. He reached the top of the stairs and began his search, pushing open all the doors that were unlocked and looking under all the desks, as well as opening any cupboard that looked large enough to contain Ethan.

"Ethan!" he shouted as he searched; then the idea came into his head that Ethan could be in more danger if anyone knew Cal was looking for him. He stopped searching and looked as quietly as he could, but it was difficult. His breathing was shallow and unsteady and he felt as though it was loud enough for Dylan and Lofty to hear him in Resus.

He reached Zoe's office door and pushed it open. When he saw Zoe and Max kissing passionately, he couldn't help but feel happy for them: he didn't know exactly what had gone wrong between them, but they'd always seemed perfect as a couple.

Then he remembered Ethan.

"Sorry to interrupt," he said, "but have you seen Ethan? And you really shouldn't be here. The building's been evacuated."

"No, no idea where Ethan is," said Zoe. "Sorry." She started kissing Max again.

Cal was tempted to grab them both by the hair and shake them until they understood the potential danger they were in, but they were both adults. If they wanted to stay here and take the risk of getting blown up or burned to death or whatever the problem was, it was no concern of Cal's.

The only concern of Cal's was Ethan.

Louise stood beside Robyn and Jacob as Lily examined Charlie. Robyn was still crying, but nobody was paying attention to her now. Lily spoke quietly to Jacob, asking a few questions, and then nodded.

"I'll get Mrs-" began Lily, and stopped. "No. There's only me. I have to do this."

"And I'm sure you can," said Jacob reassuringly. "Pretend he's just another patient, Lily. Pretend he's not Charlie."

"But he is," said Lily in anguish.

Louise saw her wavering; saw the panic returning. She could understand it because she felt it herself and she didn't have nearly as much responsibility as Lily. She took a step towards the doctor. "You can do this, Lily, okay? I know you can."

"I can't deal with this," said Lily.

Louise gripped her arm. "No, Lily: you can."

"No, I mean I don't have the specialist equipment to deal with this," said Lily. "We can't even run an ECG. Charlie needs to go to St James' and he needs to go now. Help me with the trolley, please. You too, Robyn."

They wheeled the trolley through the crowds. Lily's system of getting everyone to stand in lines made this much easier. Fortunately, there was an ambulance standing ready and Lily told Louise to go ahead and warn Dixie and Iain there was another patient on the way.

Lily and the others arrived before Louise had finished explaining. "Jacob, stay and help, please," said Lily. "Louise, help Robyn to calm down, then I need both of you to get back to work."

Ethan and Honey sat in the police station. A police car had been sent to the flat to arrest Honey's boyfriend, but no-one had come to speak to Ethan and Honey yet. Ethan still wasn't sure if he was seen as being there to support Honey or if he was going to be arrested too in a minute. He'd encouraged Honey to phone Noel so she'd have someone else with her if Ethan was taken away to a cell, but so far she'd refused. "I can't tell him, Ethan. I can't tell him what I did. How can I tell him I provided a guy I hardly know with a key to the flat?"

Ethan had to admit he had no answer to that.

He saw a policeman coming towards them, but he didn't get his hopes up this time. Numerous police officers had walked right past Ethan and Honey in the time they'd been here, brushing off or even ignoring Ethan's anxious questions about when they were likely to be seen.

But this time, the policeman stopped. "Miss Wright?"

"Yes, that's me," said Honey. "This is Dr Hardy."

"Miss Wright, we've picked up your boyfriend from your flat and we're holding him in a cell. He's being questioned now."

"Is he all right?" said Ethan anxiously. "I hope I didn't hit him too hard. If he needs medical attention, I'm happy to help."

The policeman shook his head. "That's okay, Dr Hardy. It's nothing we can't handle. He has a small cut on his head, but there's nothing to suggest a more serious injury. We're monitoring him, of course."

"Of course," nodded Ethan. "But if there's anything I can do..."

"We'll let you know, doctor. Thank you." The policeman paused. "I also have to apologise for keeping you waiting so long – and I'm afraid you'll have to wait even longer. Unfortunately, there's a major incident at Holby City Hospital so we're very busy."

Ethan gripped Honey's arm for support. "Holby City Hospital?" he whispered. He cleared his throat. "What happened?"

"I'm afraid we can't really talk about it at present, Dr…" The policeman stopped. "Is that where you work, Dr Hardy?"

Ethan nodded faintly and hugged Honey tightly as she started to cry. "And my brother. And Honey's dad. Honey works there too. We're all in the Emergency Department. Please, can't you tell us anything at all? My brother's called Dr Caleb Knight and Honey's father is Noel Garcia."

The policeman sat down beside them. "I'm afraid we don't have any details of specific members of staff, Dr Hardy. The incident is centred around the main part of the hospital, rather than the emergency department, but the whole hospital has been evacuated."

"Did everyone get out safely?" asked Ethan.

The policeman looked sympathetic. "I'm afraid I can't even tell you that. I'm very sorry. If you'd like to try contacting them, there's nothing to stop you, though they won't necessarily have their phones with them, of course. If any information becomes available which I'm permitted to share, I'll come and let you know."

"Thank you," said Ethan, his voice faint, and got his phone out of his pocket. Beside him, Honey did the same. "Thank you very much for letting us know."