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Date Posted: 00:59:30 09/17/99 Fri
Author: DiAnne ;)
Subject: As Dr. Colson and Captain Stanley stepped off the elevator,
In reply to: Sally 's message, "Dr. Kelly Brackett unlocked the door to his car..." on 16:09:30 09/14/99 Tue

... it had not escaped Cap's attention that something had obviously happened between his men. Chet and Mike looked a little shell-shocked, while Marco didn't look like he was faring much better. For some reason, he knew this went beyond worry for their fallen comrade.

Furrowing his brow, he asked with trepidation, "Everything alright here?"

"Um, yeah, Cap," Marco spoke for the three men, "Everything's fine now."

Cap winced with Marco's 'now' inference, but decided now was not the time to press the matter either. Instead he introduced Dr. Colson to the trio, who told them, that they could indeed visit with Johnny, together, for just a few minutes.

"But," the doctor warned, "if there is even the slightest sign that he's tiring too quickly or becomes agitated, you're all out of there!" Dr. Colson was not about to risk the well-being of this patient who had fought so hard to hang onto life.

Nodding in agreement, the men acknowledged the doctor's orders. They would never do anything to upset or hurt Johnny. He had been through enough already. They just wanted to see with their own eyes that he was alive, and on his way back to them.

Making their way down the hall to Johnny's room, Cap paused outside the door for a second as he drew in a deep breath. Slowly, he pushed it open.

Johnny lay surrounded by machinery and tubes. His dark hair matted against the white of the pillow in sharp contrast. His skin was pale, and he lay so still that Cap wasn't sure if he was unconscious or just sleeping. Just when he decided they should turn about and leave, Johnny's eyes fluttered open.

Trying to focus on the images in front of him, Johnny squinted.

"Cap? Is...is that really you?" Johnny whispered the question. He hadn't been really sure if he had imagined the earlier visit or not. He wasn't sure he trusted what he now saw before him. Next to his Captain, stood Chet, Mike and Marco.

"Yeah, Johnny," Chet spoke up. "We're all here...now." His voice cracked as he spoke. The sight of his friend had taken him aback more than he'd realized it might.

Johnny sighed deeply, a great calm coming over him. His fears had been laid to rest. His fears that he had been abandoned by the people he'd cared about the most. His fears that he'd been forgotten. His fears that he'd had no visitors because they too had been seriously injured. A wave of relief spread over him.

"John?" Cap had noticed the deep intake of breath and became concerned. "Are you okay, Pal?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay...now." Johnny focused again on his visitors.

"Hey, Johnny," smiled Marco. "Can't tell you how good it is to see you."

"Hi John," Mike said quietly.

"Gees, Johnny, if you only knew what we've been going through..." Chet sighed.

"Wha...goin' through?" Johnny was confused. What had they been going through?

Three pairs of eyes glared at Chet and his slip of the tongue.

"Nothing, Pal, Chet just meant we were all really about worried you." Cap came closer to the side of Johnny's bed and placed his hand on his, giving it a light squeeze. "It's just really good to see you." Cap, in all his years on the department, had never been so scared about one of his men before. He would never be able to verbalize the hell he'd gone through when he thought Johnny was lost to them, or the jubilation he felt when he'd learned otherwise.

"Good seein' you too, Cap, guys..." Johnny closed his eyes again. As much as he wanted to visit, he was too tired to carry on much of a conversation.

The nurse who had been standing guard over her patient motioned now to the men that it was time for them to leave. Johnny opened his eyes again to see the men turn towards the door.

"No, wait!" His voice gained a new sense of strength. "Roy. How's Roy?"

Cap smiled as he said, "Roy's going to be fine, Johnny. In fact, if he could have, he would have come over himself, I'm sure."

Johnny said a silent prayer of thanks.

"Tell him...tell him, not to worry." He knew his partner, and he knew that Roy would worry despite orders from Cap. He wanted to say more, so much more, but the time would come soon enough for that. He wanted to tell Roy himself.

"I will, John. I will. You need your rest now, but we'll be back. I promise," Cap vowed.

As Cap, Marco, and Mike filtered through the doorway, Chet stopped in his tracks.

"I'll be right there," he told them, turning back to Johnny. He approached the bedside and in the most sincere statement he'd ever made, said, "Johnny, I'm really glad you're alright."

"I know, Chet. I know." Johnny's eyes locked on Chet's for a moment. His eyelids growing heavy, he closed them again, tired, but happy.

The rest of the men stood just outside Johnny's door when Chet finally joined them. Looking past the men, Chet spied Dr. Brackett and Dixie navigating their way through the corridor. Several steps behind them, Agent Maxwell followed.

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