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ED

Jac breezed onto the ward, cheerily bidding everyone good morning.
"That something to do with you Mr Fletcher?" asked Frieda
"I don't know what you're talking about" Fletch grinned following Jac with his gaze as she entered her office.
Fletch's bleep alerted him to his presence being required in the ED
"I'm off to the ED, see you later campers" he addressed the staff at the nurses station who were still trying to get over Jac's cheery demeanour
He left the ward whistling and made his way down the the department where he used to work. That seemed like a lifetime ago. LBJ - life before Jac. He smiled to himself knowing that her happiness this morning was indeed down to him
Fletch opened the doors to the ED to be greeted with absolute pandemonium.
"Christ" said Fletch finding Charlie in the chaos. "What's happening?"
"Stag do mini bus crashed. Everyone on it had been drinking all night on the way back from Amsterdam and it appears that a few of them may have sampled the chemical delights of Amsterdam as well"
"And now?"
"Mostly walking wounded, some concussion but every now and then tempers boil over and we've had to stop a fight already. It seems that the bride to be used to go out with the grooms cousin and the cousin is saying she should be marrying him and that she's been seeing him behind the grooms back"
"Do you need more nurses? I can probably pinch a couple from Keller and Darwin "
"That'd be great but I also need a referee for the waiting area who can also keep an eye on a couple of the lads who have concussion that we haven't got to yet"
"I'm on it" said Fletch. He made the calls for extra staff and then went to make himself known in the waiting area. Just as he approached the feuding cousins started up again
They were taunting each other about the bride to be and were now squaring up to each other
"Ok lads. This is a hospital, sit down or take this outside"  Fletch intervened
"What the fuck's it gotta do with you nursey?"
"Plenty when it's in my department so please calm down. Sit down and you'll both be treated as soon as possible"
Fletch didn't see the fist coming towards his face until it connected with his nose, breaking it. The force made Fletch stumble backwards and he fell hitting his head on a chair on the way down. He lay unconscious with a broken nose and a head injury. All of a sudden everything was deathly quiet for a heartbeat until there was a flurry of activity around Fletch and the two cousins ran out.