never let me go

Chapter 6

they lifted regina onto the bed in the center of the room, her head strapped down to the solid surface from the ambulance.

she had an oxygen mask and a neck brace supporting her, making her already small frame look even smaller.

all the doctors began yelling out commands and observations.

"trauma panel.....send blood for a crossmatch. belly is soft." owen spouted out.

"bruising on the left chest." april called. "decreased breath sounds on the left."

a nurse announced, "art line is going in. pulse OX is down to uh....88."

"for a trauma series. hook up those monitors!" richard asked.

owen aimed at the nurses commanded, "we need a wide bore IV."

richard. "someone get ortho down here. add some left a and leg film."

meredith burst through the doors, and gave everyone a sad look before sitting by regina's side.

the nurse called out again, "her veins collapsed, i can't get it in."

"put in a central line!" owen interrupted.

"i got it!" meredith shot up from her seat.

"obvious dislocation of the left elbow. we got some left knee swelling." richard added.

"rib fractures on the left." april said.

"someone PLEASE get ortho here!" richard pleaded loudly.

april was speaking over richard,  "get a blood gas from the art line."

regina's eyes shot open, one side blood shot from a punch she had taken earlier.

everything came flooding back to her.

what she just experienced was a dream. she and robin had just been kidnapped. and she was in the hospital.

she looked around frantically, seeing all the doctors she called her friends and family working on her.

all she could seem to hear though was slight ringing and her own heart beat.

she saw owen and april standing over her, trying to explain what was happening but she heard nothing.

"damn it! send for a trauma panel" richard yelled.

"someone get mark in here right now!!!" april shouted sounding frustrated.

though regina couldn't hear, owen was trying to explain to her what was happening. "regina, we're gonna shoot a quick x-ray alright?"

derek shot through the doors, "i'm here." he placed a hand on regina's shoulder and on meredith's hand before beginning his own examinations.

she saw everyone come and go and move around her so quickly, but she still couldn't hear, and she didn't understand why.

so much was happening around her and she didn't know what was coming next. they obviously were trying to tell her but she just, couldn't, hear.

everyone started to tilt her to one side to get her x-ray.

richard: "1...2...3... easy."

they turned her and she groaned in pain

"easy easy easy" richard said again.

she was groaning every minute that she wasn't on her back.

meredith watched over as she was groaning, tears in her eyes because she couldn't help her sister and best friend.

richard "again... 1...2...3..."