The flying sub made it back to port safely. Their journey had been hampered by the backlash of the storm. They had to fight against the strong waves but had made it. Chip was none the worse for the journey.

They transferred Chip to medbay as soon as they docked. Lynsey had been waiting for hours for them to arrive but now sat by her husband's bedside holding his hand and sweeping back his damp blond hair.

As she looked around his bed, she was familiar with the medical equipment. He was still attached to the ventilator and now he had a monitor attached tracing his heartbeat. He had a BP cup around his left arm and the IV still remained in his right. His temperature was a steady 100. She was so absorbed by all that surrounded Chip that she hadn't realised Jamie was standing next to her.

"Lynsey?"

"Jamie I'm so sorry I'm not paying much attention"

"Don't worry" He said with a smile. "I thought you might want an update on his condition"

Lynsey nodded. "How's he doing?"

"Well, we have repeated the chest x-ray and it shows that the pneumonia is still pretty much the same. I'm going to try a different antibiotic and try adding back the fan and cold compress on his forehead"

"He isn't any better?"

Although Jamie agreed with Lynseys observation he also thought he was in a better position in medbay than on Seaview.

"He's not any worse Lynsey. Let's stay positive"

"You're right; take this day by day" Lynsey smiled weakly whilst trying to stay optimistic. She turned back towards Chip and watched his chest rise and fall in tune with the ventilator.

Jamie wrote up the new orders and administered the new medication. When he came back into the room he wanted to ask Lynsey a few things before he left for the night.

"Lynsey had Chip been complaining of feeling unwell? Before he left for the mission I mean." Jamie asked

"Not at all. In fact I was saying earlier to the Admiral how I had never known him to have had a cold. Why do you ask?" Lynsey wondered if Jamie thought there was something else to this.

"I just concerned that this has moved so quickly"

"I take it Chip hadn't been to see you during the mission? - Not even with the flu symptoms"

Jamie shook his head "The first I knew was when the Chief came to my office saying Chip had passed out".

Lynsey was puzzled by all of this. "Mind you, would it surprise you if Chip had felt unwell and tried to hide it from you?...or even Lee"

"I could see how he would try and keep me out of the loop but Lee? You know how those two are"

Lynsey smiled as she knew exactly what Jamie meant. The two were as close as brothers and she doubted that even Chip could hide anything from the commander.

Jamie tried to entice Lynsey to have some dinner with him and get some rest but she wasn't for moving. She sat in the chair next to Chip for the rest of the night, never letting go of his hand. She fell asleep with her head on his bed.

As daylight broke, a high pitched noise echoed around the room shocking Lynsey from her fitful sleep. She looked around and her eyes fell onto the monitor. Chip had arrested.

As the room filled with doctors and nurses, Lynsey was ushered into the corner of the room. She knew this drill - Code Blue.

"No pulse, Start CPR…Time 5:43am" A nurse stated

As one nurse removed the ventilator from the intubation tube to an ambu bag the other began chest compressions. Lynsey brought her hands up to her face as the tears started to fall. She shook her head in disbelief at the sight before her.

"Can I have 6 of epi and charge to 180" a doctor ordered.

"8, 9, 10" The nurse continued to count the compressions she performed on Chips bare chest.

"Clear" The doctor said as he placed the paddles and the nurses moved out of the way.

Chip jolted above the bed. "Still no pulse…charge again" The doctor was running through the code procedure.

"Clear" Another shock but with this time the desired affect; a steady heartbeat.

At the sound of Chip coming back, Lynsey slid down the wall and rested her head on her knees as she sobbed. The medical team placed him back onto the ventilator and made a few other checks. Lynsey felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up through her blurry wet eyes. The man helped her up and pulled her close. She didn't want to let go of him. She was so scared she was going to lose Chip and needed someone to keep her standing; and the Captain did just that.