| Title: For the sake of love Part: Forty four By: Spanky Content Warning: Adult language, and content. Previously: Chet, Marco and Captain take Roger and goons to jail and head home with Johnny, Roy and Nicci Authors Notes: Sitting with Joanne and the children along with Sherry, Mike Stoker for the hundreth time glanced up at the wall clock. Seeing that nearly five hours have past since he talked to his Captain he knew that it was just a matter of time that he would be reunited this his friends. All without warning out of the corner of his eye he spotted Marco as he made a mad dash to the nearest gurney. Leaping off his chair he ran to the swinging emergency doors followed by the others who were also waiting for their arrival" Hey guys boy am I glad you're back." Mike greeted. Watching as Marco and Captain Stanley ease Roy onto the waiting gurney Mike took in a shallow breath as he could clearly see Roy's face was covered with dried blood and heavy bruises. Seeing her dad laying with his eyes closed on the gurney Jenny in tears asked." Mommy is Daddy dead?" " No sweety daddy's not dead, he's just hurt." Joanne assured as she faught her own tears seeing her husband's state was more then what she exspected. She watched horrified at the sight of Johnny's battered face as Chet with the help of Captain Stanley slid him onto the second waiting gurney. "Oh my god, Nicci." she called out as she witnessed Dr. Brackett exit the van with Nicci's battered body in his arms. Concerned for her step daughter she cried out." Is she okay Doc?" " I wont know for sure until I examine her." Dr. Brackett ended as he carried Nicci to the first treatment room that he came to. After her father's friends and Nicci were rushed into seperate treatment rooms Sherry turned to her father. Seeing a bruise forming around his eye she questioned." Dad, what happened? Are you okay?" " Nothing happened honey and I'm just fine now that our family is together again." Captain Stanley spoke while taking her in his arms. " Nothing Capt.?" Chet repeated." Sher you should have seen your old man in action. Your dad kick some major butt." He added as he remembered watching his Captain at one point hit David then turned and went after Wayne." Man talk about a wild man." " Okay okay." Captain Stanley brushed off" But you know we had no choice and normally I would have never turned to violence in order to solve a problem." " We know Capt., but you got to admit it felt good. I mean sticking together the way we did." Marco spoke up. " Yeah it did. And I tell ya something, Chet was right we do lean on each other. I have never been so proud as I was today with you guys. I cant think of a better place I would like to serve as Captain then Station 51." Captain Stanley finished Just as he notice Dr. Early heading their way. Getting to his feet Captain followed by his men and Joanne met Dr. Early" How are they doing Doc?" " Well surprisingly there doing very well considering what they've been through. Other then the fact they've lost a bit of weight and are absolutely exhausted from their ordeal they should make a full recovery. I'd like to keep them for a day or so to monitor them." Dr Early said authoritivatively " Oh that's great news, when do you think they'll be able to come back to work?" Captain Stanley wanted to know " I'd say in about a week or so. I'd like to make sure that they are both physically fit for the kind of stress their under when they are on duty." "Dr. Early, can I and the children see Roy, I need to see him." Joanne asked plea as she knew that seeing her husband would confirm to her that he was alive. Seeing the look of worry in Jo's eyes Dr. Early said" Sure all of you can see them once they're settled in their room." Looking down the hall Chet noticed Dr. Brackett walking in stride towards them. Joining him half way he asked." How's Nicci?" With his question the others gathered around to hear the words that Dr. Brackett was about to say. Once scanning the results from the ultra sound he looked up at the needing eyes in front of him. Deciding that they had every right to know he started" I have to be honest with you, her condition is very serious." Dr. Brackett said. " We found heavy bruising on the placenta and a small tear in the embilical cord, causing blood to collect in her uterus." He stopped. Once looking at the charts that told him her condition he continued." I'm also concerned with the weight she's lost. The last time she was weighed before she was kidnapped she weighed ninty pounds . Tonight when I checked her, she weighed barely seventy five. She's now suffering from severe malnutrion and if she doesn't gain enough weight from now until the end of her pregnancy the baby will be very small and the odds of the bady being deliverd still born is great. I'm assuming of course she makes it to full term." Once again Chet could feel the burning in his eyes caused by his tears. Looking at Doctor Brackett he asked" But she's going to be okay isn't she doc?" " Well it's really to soon to tell but she's young and personally I think she'll be fine. The main thing is to keep her calm and in bed until her body can heal itself. She'll stay here at least a week or until I feel that she's strong enough to be released. ......... With Jenny in her arms and Chris and her friends at her side, Joanne walked into the hospital room that her husband was sharing with Johnny. Standing just inside the doorway she stopped in order to take in her surroundings. From where she stood she could see clearly the wounds on her husbands face that only time could take away. " Oh Roy." She sobbed lower in a whisper Hearing Joanne's sobbs Captain Stanley placed his hand gently on Jo's shoulder in a soothing voice he said." Jo you need this time alone with Roy, me and the others will be waiting out in the hall." Leaning in Captain Stanley planted a small peck on Joanne's forehead before he and others walked out of the room. Feeling his family gathered around him Roy turned his head while opening his darkened eyes. Managing a smile he lifted his arm slowly in gesture for her to step closer. Even though there was nothing more in the world that she wanted more then to be held by her husband Jo out of fear of hurting him further she declined. Loosing the battle she set all her fears aside and walked over taking a seat next to Roy. Taking Jo's hand in his, Roy's tears began to flow as he brought her hand up to his lips. Planting softened kisses on her finger tips he sobbed." God I've missed you." Then looking at Jenny who had fallen asleep then looking towards his son Chris he added." I've missed you all so much." " Hey Dad, I signed up for foot ball this year and the coach made me quarter back of the team." " Thats great son, you'll make a good one." Roy said with a hint of pride. " Yeah, the first game of the season is this Saturday, do you think you can come watch me play?" " Chris, I'm not sure if your dad will be able to. It all depends on what the doctor says." " Yeah I guess your right." Chris said with a degree of disappointment in his voice. Hearing the tone that Chris used Roy promised." Chris I wouldn't miss this game for anything in the world, whatever it takes I'll be there." Looking over as if seeing a ray of sunshine Johnny spotted Joanne. With a smile mixing with a covered yawn he greeted" Hi Jo." With a smile Joanne gracefully stood on her feet taking steps towards Johnny. Leaning in she gave him a kiss on the top of the head and greeted." Hi, I'm so glad you're home." Looking towards her husband and said, " The guys at the station are waiting in the hall, do you feel up to seeing them?" " Yes we want to see them." Roy said as he missed his friends and wanted to thank them. Watching Joanne re-enter the room followed by his friends, Roy had never felt so close to them as they did at that moment. Reaching into his past he remembered how just a short time ago the men before him stuck up for him and Johnny when the chips were down. Although every movement he made brought him pain Roy without hesitation he raised his hand to his Captain who was standing next to him. In a strangled voice he said." I don't know what to say, thank you for everything." " Roy there's no thanks is needed, were just glad you and Johnny are home where you belong." Captain Stanley said taking his senior paramedic's battered hand in his. Then looking over at his gathered crew he added. " But you know we wouldn't have been able to do it if we didn't stick together the way we did." With emotions running high each of them for a moment looked at each other then at their friends who were back from their living hell. They each found a new love for each other and they knew that this kind of love would stand the test of time. " Hey I got a question." Johnny managed " What's that?" Captain Stanley asked walking over to Johnny's hospital bed. " What happened to the Rover?" Johnny asked " You mean you don't remember?" Chet returned " I don't remember a thing." Johnny said. Knowing how much that Rover meant to Johnny Captain Stanley pondered about how he was going to break the news. " Well it's like this." Captain Stanley started as he ran his fingers through his jet black hair. " You see, I got a letter from station 62 that said that your Land Rover was completely distroyed in an exposion." " What........well.......how did that happen?" " Don't know, the letter didn't say." Seeing the news was upsetting to Johnny Captain Stanley said." Hey the important thing is that your home safe." " Yeah well Capt, you know how much I loved that Rover. I mean I had some really good times in there. Shoot I kept a log on how many times I spent on the matre...." He stopped as he decided to spare his friends the details of the many nights he shared the night with a female companion on the mattress. " Oh relax Gage, just think how fun it's going to be to break in a new one." Chet laughted trying to ease Johnny's shocking news. With a smile Johnny turned to Chet and said." Tell me something, does your van get good gas milage." Watching as Roy began struggling to keep his blackened eyes opened Captain Stanley finished Johnny and Chet's conversation by saying." Hey why don't you two talk about that later. It's getting late and you two could use some rest." .................. Once leaving Johnny and Roy to rest, Chet with his friends began walking down the hall that would lead them to Nicci's room. Stopping when he saw Doctor Brackett step out of her room Chet with his friends joined him. " Hey doc, can we see her a minute?" Chet asked hopeful Taking his eyes off the chart that he was studying Doctor Brackett noticed the need in Chet's eyes. Knowing that if it wasn't for him and the others she as well as Johnny and Roy might not be alive now he gave permission." I don't think she'll know you are there, poor kids been through hell. But I think it would be okay if you seen her for a couple of minutes." Entering Nicci's room, each one could do nothing more then take in their surrounding space. As for Chet he could feel a fresh set of tears forming in his eyes as he studied Nicci's broken dody laying in the bed being swollowed by half a dozen tudes. From where he was he could see the monitor as it kept track of the heart rate of Nicci's unborn child. " Hey Capt, Stoker you've got kids what does that mean? I know it's the heart rate but is it good" " Not sure really but I know that baby's heart rate is surpose to be very fast." Captain Stanley said " It's too slow." Stoker said picking up where his Captain left off. " I remember when Penny was carrying Donna the doctors became worried when Donna's heartrate slowed to around eighty." Seeing that Nicci's baby's heartrate was fluttering between fifty eight and sixty he added." That heart rate is way to low." Entering the room Dixie greeted." Hi guys." " Hey Dix." they returned. Standing there the crew watched as Dixie began pulling the thin blanket down. " Come on guy's we better get going."Captain Stanley said urging his men to leave " Hank there's no need for you to leave there's just a couple of deep welts that need to be checked to make sure infection doesn't set in." She ended as she gently turned Nicci on her back. With Dixie's movments Chet took in a gasp seeing that deep welts covered a portion of Nicci's back. " Man I should have killed that son of a bitch." Chet said his anger building for seeing Nicci beaten was more then what he could handle. " Well lets going, it's getting late." Captain Stanley said .............. TBC |