Part 13

Caine watched as the doctors and nurses began to work on Peter. The nurseled Caine out of the room ."I am sorry, but you will have to wait outside, while they work. When we have any new, I will come and get you." She turned and went back in the room. "Quick get me the paddles." The nurse rushed forward and placed the paddles in the doctor hands. She gave Peter a jolt. Nothing happened.
"Increase the power." They shocked Peter again. Still nothing. They did this a couple more times, but nothing seemed to work. The doctor closed her eyes and looked at the clock. "Record the time of death at 1:15 p.m., on Wednesday, August 4, 1999. Iwill go and tell his family." The doctor was upset. They had lost another one. She had promised that she wouldn't let Peter die, but failed.

Caine was waiting with Annie. Caine could feel that his son was slipping away from him. Then he felt Peter leave him.

"No, my son. Please come back!" he cried out loud.

"Caine, what is it? What happened to Peter?" asked Annie.

"He is gone. He has left us."

Just then the doctor came out and headed for Annie and Caine. Caine could tell by the look on her face that the news was not good.  "I am afraid that I have some bad news for you. We have lost Peter. I tried to bring him back but nothing seemed to work. I am sorry."  Annie could say nothing. Peter was gone. She couldn't believe it. "Can we see him to say good bye?" asked Caine.

"Yes, once we get him cleaned up, I will take you back there. I am sorry one again.'

"Thank you doctor."

Caine turned to Annie. He saw that she was crying. "Oh Caine. Not what do we do. Someone has to tell everyone. I don't think I can do it. I still have to tell the girls."

"I will do so after we see our son." The doctor came back and led them to Peter's room. Caine slowly entered the room. There was Peter, lying still. Caine expected Peter to awaken and smile, like he was playing a joke on everyone. "Oh, my son. Why did you have to leave me and your family? It wasn't your time to go. You still had so much yet to fulfill and do with your life. Please come back my son. Please!!" cried Caine.  "Peter, honey. I will miss you so much. I wish you would give me some kind of sign saying that this is all a bad dream. Please, wake up. I will miss you. Good-bye Peter."  As they were getting ready to leave, Caine turned and looked at Peter. He stopped and walked over to Peter's bedside. He felt something happening around Peter.
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Peter awoke in a brightly lit room. He looked around and saw that he was no longer with the living. He stood and watched as the doctors tried to bring his body back to life. He wanted to go back, but he knew that back there was only pain and sadness. He turned and headed for the light. "No, you must not go there." Peter turned and saw his grandfather in he mist behind him.

"Why? Back there I have nothing. Like Kermit tells me, I spend too much time in the hospital. I am tired of always being the one to get hurt. I know that my friends need me, and I will miss them, but I don't want to go back. I want to be with my mother and you and Kira, and even Rebecca. This way I will finally be happy and at peace."

"I know, my grandson. But look." He pointed to his body. As Peter watched, his father and mother came in. He listened to there pleas and saw their sorrow. "Now do you understand why you must go back. If you do not, your father will die. Your friends will never recover from this and will make mistakes that will get them killed as well. Do want that to happen? Now go."

"Thank you grandfather. I almost made the biggest mistake of my life. Thank you for setting me straight. I wish that I could have seen my mother. Good-bye grandfather." Peter turned and headed back for his body.
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As Caine watched, Peter suddenly gasped for breath. He still couldn't breath on his own. Caine rushed out of the room and went to tell the doctors. Caine heart was over flowing with happiness. His son was alive.

Part 14

Caine sat with Annie out in the waiting room once again. Even though Peter  was back, he was still not out of the woods yet. They had to put him back on the  respirator in order to keep him breathing. The doctors said that he was in a deep coma. They didn't know when he would wake up. They said that he was bleeding internally once again. The doctor had rushed him back to surgery.Caine sat and waited for any news from the doctor. Just then she came out  and headed in their direction. Caine stood up and greeted her.  "Caine, Annie. We have managed once again to stop the bleeding. We didn't  notice any other complications. There is nothing else that we can do. Now it is up to  Peter. He is still in a coma. Once he is settled in, a nurse will come and show you to
his room."

"Thank you, doctor." Annie said.

About ten minutes later, a nurse came and led them to Peter's room. Caine  entered slowly. He looked around the room and saw that there were no pictures on  the wall's. A small beam of light came in through the window and shined on Peter's bed.
Caine slowly moved to Peter's bedside. He looked down on his son and saw that Peter's  face was at peace. He slowly bent down and gave Peter a kiss. That is when he noticed that  Peter's skin was hot. He turned to Annie and saw that she had grabbed a hold of Peter's  hand.

"Caine, is he going to make it?" asked Annie.

"I do not know."Caine and Annie sat down and waited. Caine never left his son's side. He  talked to him and took comfort in being there for him. Annie was there as much as she  could be as well. Everyone from the precinct came by to see how he was doing. People were  beginning to lose hope that Peter would make it through this time around. It had been  four days since Peter had returned from the dead, but he still was in a coma. Caine was  also starting to lose hope, for by now Peter should have been able to breath on his own, and  should have woken up. As he sat and watched Peter, he noticed his eyes began to flutter  open.

"Peter."
Peter's eyes focused on his father. He tried to say something, but found that he couldn't because of the respirator. He began to panic, until he felt Caine's hand on his face. He turned and looked at his father, and saw that he was smiling at him. He began to calmdown."It is all right my son. This machine was helping you to breath while you where in a coma. I am going to go and tell the doctors that you are awake, and see if I can  get them to remove that." As Caine was turning to leave, he felt a slight squeeze on his hand. He turned and sawPeter looking at him. He looked closer and saw that Peter's eye where shining with love and thanks.
"I love you too, my son." Caine knew that Peter would be fine. He knew that it would take time for him to heal both physically and emotionally, and Caine would be there to offer help and  support when needed.

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