Title: Come Back To Me
Author: Author: Tracey G
Email: sissa_003@yahoo.com
Summary: Takes place during Surprise. What if Dalton hadn't attacked them at the docks and Angel had left on the cargo ship?
Spoilers: Surprise
Rating: PG-14
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em so don't sue 'cause ya won't get much. Also the transcript I used to write this with was made by AleXander.
Dedication & Thanks: I really have to dedicate this to my best bud Christina. She must have spend an hour trying to help me come up with a title. It defiantly wasn't easy 'cause I was *really* picky. Thanks for helping even though I didn't use the one I told you I was going to use.

Part 5


Xander ran into the Sunnydale Hospital Emergency Room, with Buffy in his arms. Willow and Cordelia were right behind him.

"We need help!" Xander yelled.

"Somebody, please, now!" Willow added.

"What happened?" an Intern asked as he approached them.

They all spoke at once.

Xander: She fell.

Willow: The flu.

Cordelia: She fainted.

"The flu, fainted and fell. She's sick, make it better!" Xander ordered.

"It's gonna be okay," the Intern said pulling up a gurney. "Let's get her up."

Xander laid Buffy out on the gurney. The intern took out his pocket light and checked Buffy's eyes for a response. The nurse took notes while he spoke as they started to wheel Buffy into the emergency room. Xander, Cordelia and Willow followed.

"Patient's unconscious... Pupils are unequal and unresponsive."

"What does that mean?" Cordelia asked.

"Is she gonna be okay?" Willow asked worriedly.

"Please, you gotta give us some room." the intern told them.

Dr. Wilkinson arrived then. "What do we have?"

The intern filled her in. "High-grade fever, possible fractures."

"Get her into Trauma 1, give her a CBC, Chem 7, type and screen." the doctor ordered.

"Right."

The Intern and nurse took her through the doors to the emergency room beyond. They all tried to follow, but Dr. Wilkinson blocked their way. "I'm sorry, you can't go any further," she informed them.

"Someone should be with her!" Xander protested.

"I'm sorry! You can't go any further."

She backed in and closed the door in their faces. They looked through the windows for a couple of seconds. Willow was the first react.

"I'll call Giles, tell him what happened." She turned to Cordelia. "You call Buffy's mom, tell her, n-not what happened, just get her here."

"What about Angel?" Cordelia asked. "She'll want to see him when she wakes up, right?"

"Right. I'll call Oz and tell to meet Angel at the docks and bring him here." Willow said.

"Alright."

The two of them left to find the pay phones. Xander kept looking in through the emergency room door, where he could see the doctor and intern still working on Buffy. He looked away as they wheel Buffy into Trauma 1.

Cordelia, Xander and Willow were sitting on a row of chairs in the waiting room with worried looks on their faces. Giles was also there waiting and nervously cleaning his glasses. Their eyes nervously wander between the emergency room and the elevator.

The elevator doors open and Joyce ran out. She rushed over to where her daughter’s friends were sitting. "Were is she?" she asked frantically.

They all got up and walked over to her. "She's still in the emergency room," Giles informed her.

"I wanna see her." Joyce started toward the emergency room.

"They won't let us in there." Cordelia told her.

Joyce stopped and looked back at her. Just then Dr. Wilkinson came to the door. "Mrs. Summers?" she asked.

"Yes?" Joyce turned to face her.

"I'm Dr. Wilkinson."

"Is Buffy okay?"

"We were able to stabilize and..."

"Is she okay?" Joyce interrupted insistently.

"She's going to be fine." Dr. Wilkinson reassured her.

"Thank you." Joyce said with relief and put her hand to her face.

"Good. Good." Xander rubbed his hands together. "That's good."

"I wanna keep her here a few days, though. She still has some healing to do. Also I should warn you about something."

Giles and Joyce looked at her anxiously. "What?"

"She is quite delirious. She keeps asking for Angels."

"Angels?" Joyce asked.

"Oh, Angels," Willow laughed. "Angel is her boyfriend. She was on her way to meet him at the, uh, um..."

"Bus station," Xander covered. "Before she passed out. He should be here soon."




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