patience is a virtue!
Time seemed to stop, right there in the middle of Time Square as Jamie collapsed with two deep knife wounds to the chest. Toni moved into auto-pilot and took control of the situation. Within minutes of the incident occurring the area was flooded with police and EMTs. Danny Reagan heard the call just as he was leaving his squad room and arrived at the scene moments before Jamie was taken to the hospital.
That was two days ago and now Jamie was recovering from his surgery in the ICU department surrounded by his family. The canvass revealed nothing and CTV showed very little into what actually happened other than both Jamie and Toni being bustled about in the crowd.
"No faces? Surely the CCTV picked up someone worth noting?" groaned Danny as he grew frustrated. Jackie had no further intel to give. No-one saw anything or anyone suspicious within the crowd therefore the attack was still a mystery to everyone including Toni and Jamie.
"Nothing to see, partner!" sighed Jackie as she tapped her feet on the floor, watching Danny closely. "How's he doing?" she asked carefully. Danny raised his arms in an "I don't know" motion. "That bad, eh? Listen, i gotta get back to the squad, maybe Gormley has had some more luck than me. Hang in there, Danny"
"Thanks Jack," sighed Danny as he gave his partner a gentle pat on the back and went back to Jamie's room where Henry and Frank Reagan were sitting quietly listening to the soft noises of the medical machines.
"Anything new?" asked Henry as he watched his grandson enter the room. Danny shook his head. "This is crazy! With all the modern technology around today yet nothing is forthcoming!" he practically screamed.
"Pop! That's enough, lower your voice" growled Frank as he watched his father pacing the room now.
"It's not enough!" retorted Henry as he stopped pacing and rounded on the commissioner. They glared at each other whilst Danny hovered nervously by his brother's bed.
"Is this a bad time to visit?" asked Toni, cautiously from the doorway. All three men turned simultaneously before relaxing slightly.
"Of Course, come on in," smiled Frank as he stood to greet her.
"How's he doing?" she asked, looking at Jamie and then down at the nursing documentation.
"What you see is what we got," huffed Danny as he took his seat. "Why hasn't he woken from the surgery yet?"
"Well, he was in surgery longer than anticipated, he lost a lot of blood and he's still under a heavy dose of sedation. That's weird," replied Toni as she read the medication chart. All three men looked at her, pleading for further information.
Toni noticed this and continued, "His sedation was supposed to be weaned off by now to allow him to wake up on his own but the dosage has been altered for some reason and it's not noted why. I'll have to get Dr Marshall to come and double check this..." she muttered.
"Is that bad?" asked Danny, suddenly becoming jumpy. Toni shook her head.
"Not really but if there was a specific reason then it's usually documented why. I'll just check with the other nurses," she smiled softly as she took the paperwork and left the room leaving the men to their own thoughts.
What seemed like hours but was only minutes, Toni returned with Dr Keller, a familiar face to the Reagan family. "Commissioner. I've reviewed these charts and i have to apologise. It seems these orders are contra-indicitive to your son's best interests. It appears he's been getting medication that he does not require and is slowly poisoning his body. When Nurse Renzulli showed me the charts i immediately checked your son's recent blood tests. He is being poisoned by some of these drugs and we need to counter-act them straight away. If you could leave us for a few minutes while we..." as Dr Keller tried to finish her explanation the alarms began to ring.
"Code Blue! He's arresting! Get the crash team here STAT!" shouted Toni as she pulled the Crash trolley over to the side of Jamie's bed.
"What's happening?" asked Henry even though he was fully aware.
"We don't have time to explain. Please wait in the hall," instructed Dr Keller as she took control of the situation.
Frank, Henry and Danny were unceremoniously hauled from the room as more medical and nursing staff poured in. They watched from the doorway as Toni worked with the medical team to revive Jamie, to keep him alive. "Why? Why is this happening? He's supposed to be safe in a hospital!" snapped Danny. Toni turned her head as she heard him shouting trying to reassure him.
"Let them work on him," said Henry as he pulled Danny away. Danny pulled his arm away and stormed off down the corridor. Henry looked towards his son and sighed as he watched his demeanour. "They'll get him back."
"Danny's right. He should e safe here. I want to know how this happened. Where is that doctor Toni mentioned?" seethed Frank as he began to pace the corridor. Henry looked towards Jamie's room one last time before following his son.
"Wha..What happened?" croaked Jamie as he slowly came round.
"You were stabbed in the chest. Then you got poisoned by one of our doctors and then you arrested!" gabbled Linda as she thought the quicker it was said the easier it would be.
Jamie turned and looked at her with a bemused grin, "Is that all?"
"Ain't that enough?" laughed Toni as she reached over to check the cardiac monitor. Jamie turned to her and looked confused.
"Because of the investigation into your case, it has been decided that you have a dedicated nursing team to look after you here and when you're stable in a few days, you'll be transferred back home," announced Frank from the corner.
"Ooh? Hi, Dad" said Jamie as his eyes moved around the room. "Anyone else here?"
"Nope, just us three for now. Linda and Toni are your nurses and as Toni has a duel qualification she can manage most of your medical needs too. You are on 24 hour watch from now until we get to the bottom of this," continued Frank. Jamie was even more bemused.
"Ok! That's enough info for now. His head will explode!" said Linda, sternly. Frank looked his daughter-in-law.
"She has a point! If she didn't say it when she did, i would!" smiled Toni as she too, turned on the police commissioner. Jamie was smiling to himself. "And you can stop looking so smug! You got a lot of work to do before you even get out of here!" she quipped back at Jamie.
"Yes, nurse!" he retorted with a grin.
"Let's see if that grin is still there in the morning when we have to give you your bed bath!" winked Linda as she saddled up to Toni, forming a formidable team not to be reckoned with.
Jamie looked to his dad for help, "10-85?!" Frank was about to jump in but was met with a matching glare and realised he was out of his depth! "Coward!" whispered Jamie as he pulled the covers up over his head to hide. Linda and Toni exchanged knowing winning smiles and went about their jobs as Frank and Jamie were left to ponder their next move.
While Jamie and Frank were left to fight nurses, Danny had gone back to his squad room to catch up with Jackie and Gormley to see if there was any update to the case.
"We got nothing from the CCTV in Times Square or from any of the stores nearby Jamie's attack," stated Jackie as she watched Danny pace Gormley's office.
"What we did get from the hospital footage ties in with the time frames of the drug administrations that Sergeant Renzulli's daughter managed to calculate shows this Dr Marshall is present each time," added Gormley as he produced the documentation from the hospital.
"So, we got the doc in the frame for poisoning Jamie but why? Have we been able to locate this guy yet? I mean since the drug issue was found, this guy has been in the wind. He's not been to his apartment in days according to the doorman at his building" sighed Jackie.
"Was he in any of the footage in Times Square?" asked Danny as he tried to digest the information.
"No, none of it," replied Jackie as she sat down in front of the desk. Danny was still trying to filter the information when Gormley took a call.
"They just pulled the doc's body from the Hudson, under the Brooklyn Bridge. Single gunshot to his head," announced Gormley.
"Great! Another mystery to add to the puzzle!" groaned Danny as he slumped against the wall.