Rescue Me (18+ Elizabeth Grace Series Book One)

Chapter Two

The next morning everyone got up grabbed their passes and gaming tournament passes and drove to to the convention center.

They had front row seats, they knew that they would be announcing a new expansion today. The guild was interviewed by DirecTV as they were considered the guild to beat in the raid tournament. The guild got a photo with Conan O’Bryan. The guild took a ton of photos as they were going to be put on the guild website.

The opening ceremonies began and suddenly Neekers screamed out in pain and turned to James.

“Baby my water broke and I am having a lot of contractions” She said to James.

Elizabeth turned her head towards her friend and moves runs her.

The staff at Blizzcon all grew quiet after hearing the pain cries and stopped the opening ceremony. A medic came to Neekers quickly.

“How long have you been in labor?” she asked her friend.

“I thought they were Braxton hicks contractions they started at 6am. “she replied.

Elizabeth tried to take her friend to the lobby but the contractions grew to three minute apart and Neekers had to sit down as she no longer could stand.

“Matthew please run with James over to the car and grab the bag in the trunk that says baby murlock on it quickly take the key.” She urgently asked him.

“Ma’am you need to move away from her I have called an ambulance I can take it from here please leave the area.” The medic said to Elizabeth.

“The f**k I am!” Elizabeth said pissed. “I am staying right here until the baby is born and she goes to Grace Birthing Center.” She said back to him.

“Ma’am are you a medical professional? I don’t think so, let’s leave this to the people properly trained for this.” He lectured her.

Elizabeth got into her purse pocket and pulled out her medical ID badge. “My name is Doctor Elizabeth Grace I own Grace Birthing Center. I am triple board certified as a OBGYN, in emergency fetal medicine, and in emergency obstetric medicine. You are far less qualified to help my friend than I am. You need to step the f**k back.“ She said pissed back to him.

Her friends look back at her stunned and then at one another at the development while Matthew smirked both aroused at her tenacity and knowing who she was since the plane.

“Start recording this Bryan, this is ratings and company profit gold.” A staff person said to his coworker watching Gaz take charge.

Matthew raced to get the bag with James.

“Why does Gaz have a bag for our baby?” James asked Matthew.

“Because like she said she is a OBGYN, runs a hospital and well, likes to be prepared for everything.” He said as they got to the parking lot.

“Holy s**t” James said to Matthew as they approached their car.

“Yeah, I know, I just learned about it on her plane.” Matthew replied.

“Her plane?” James asked stopping dead in his tracks to look at his friend.

“Long story for a beer later after your baby is born James.” Matthew said.

Matthew grabbed the colorful bag with the face of a murlock on it, and they sprinted back to the convention center to get back to them faster. They arrived back to the convention just as the staff surrounded Neekers with blankets from the gift shop for her privacy. James handed Elizabeth the bag and went to his wife and held her hand and kissed her on the forehead.

“Glad to see you didn’t have the baby without me.” James said smiling at his wife.

Neekers glared at him annoyed in the midst of another strong contraction. Elizabeth in the background amused but in control and getting everything ready from her bag she had brought.

“Yeah well trust me that wasn’t by choice. I want this baby out now.” She said screaming the last few words out.

“Neekers I am going to switch into my scrubs I am sorry in advance because I am about to flash you both.” She said knowing that time was going quickly and she needed the flexibility of her scrubs where as her skinny jeans had no give.

Matthew set amused that she gave absolutely no f***s as she stripped down to her lace bra and panties and put on her work scrubs and threw her hair up into a pony tail, clipping her badge on her pocket before getting back on her knees to check on her friend.

“So Neekers you are going to have this baby here. I can see their head.” Elizabeth said to her.

Neekers barely pushed 3 times and the baby was out screaming. As the baby was born the crowd cheered.

“It’s a girl! Absolutely beautiful and healthy” Elizabeth told everyone smiling as she wrapped the baby in a blanket after cleaning out the baby’s nose and mouth handing it to Neekers.

Shortly after Neekers started uncontrollably bleeding. Elizabeth immediately took action keeping her calm demeanor. She picked up her phone while working on her friend.

“This is Elizabeth Grace, I need the air bus and guest van sent to my location at the Anaheim convention center NOW code 22” Elizabeth said to her dispatcher.

Elizabeth went to work to try to slow the bleeding.

“Medic do you know how to put in an IV?” she asked the man.

“Sure do I’m on it.” He replied.

“Thanks IV kit, fluids are in the bag.” She told him. “By the way I am sorry for my attitude earlier, its only right I learn your name, so I stop calling you medic.”

“My name is Peter, and it’s quite alright.” He replied.

As soon as the IV was placed Elizabeth pushed oxytocin from the bag into the IV. Elizabeth then pushed pain meds because she knew what she was about to do was going to hurt her and attempted to get the placenta out.

“Damnit. This is not working its stuck and wont budge.” She said worried for her friend.

After 10 minutes went by the helicopter arrived and they rush Neekers out of the convention center with Neekers holding the baby and Elizabeth holding the gurney rushing the helicopter.

“I have someone coming to pick you up. They will be here shortly. They will take you to my hospital. Look for the van with the butterfly” She stopped quickly and told her friends.

“Don’t let me die Gaz.” Neekers said softly and weakly beginning to code as they took flight.

When they arrived to the hospital Elizabeth rushed her friend unconscious and intubated out of the helicopter and in to the hospital. Neekers was then rushed to the OR and got to work.

“Damnit I can’t get the bleeding to stop I might have to do a hysterectomy. Put as much blood on the rapid infusion as you can after her blood type match is confirmed until then we need to give her o neg and more Pitocin” She said in the OR.

She continued to work on her friend her heart stopping as she heard the machine behind her show that Neekers was coding once again. Elizabeth closed her eyes to think for a moment, inhaled deeply then looked down at her friend. I’m that moment she knew what she had to do.

“You’re not dying on me today momma, you got a new baby girl and a family who loves you. There is a whole guild waiting on you, and you are not dying today! Do you hear me?” She spoke to an unconscious friend.

“We are going to prep for a hysterectomy I have no choice. I am so sorry my dear friend.” She said and began the hysterectomy preventing her friend from ever having anymore children.

“Good Morning James. We have already taken care of your room let me show you to it, your daughter is already there with her pediatric nurse. His name is Andrew. Dr. Nichols has already looked over her and says she is perfectly healthy and fine.” The nurse said smiling and politely as James arrived with his friends.

The nurse led him to their standard room one intended for the family to be present for the birth. It was a lot like an apartment. The main area housed a kitchenette, two couches a rocking recliner and a large tv with a fake fireplace. In the next room was an ensuite with a queen-sized birthing bed. A whirlpool tub and a tv was on the opposite side of the room. The room had floor to ceiling windows overlooking the beach.

Elizabeth had made sure when designing the hospital that it was full of relaxing elements and touches that were uniquely hers. The fountain at the entrance was a butterfly, her favorite colors were used on the scrubs and gowns. Even the sheets were not white but teal. Hospital blankets were white with the adorn purple butterfly. The first floor housed all the doctors offices, gift shop, coffee shop, dedicated level 1 trauma emergency rooms for both pediatrics and pregnant women, a cafeteria as well as a chapel. The 2nd floor was the labor and delivery. The room a patient was in remained their room until they were discharged. The rooms were state of the art with special touches to feel like a home not a hospital ward.

Each room was equipped to turn into a ICU room if needed for more traumatic patients. 6 OR rooms were also on each of the floor as well. The third floor was NICU, the 4h floor was pediatrics ward and the 5th was PICU. Each floor had designated areas for family to stay so they could be close to their loved ones and for extended stay patients.

Waterfalls and butterflies were everywhere in the hotel, along with tons of natural light and shrubbery.

“Your friends are more than welcome to sit with you here and wait while Dr. Grace is in the OR with your wife.” The nurse said to James.

“Your daughter just had a bath she is all clean and has been waiting on her Daddy.” Andrew said handing him the baby.

The crew of Blizzcon waited with them in anticipation of news for over 2 hours. Another 2 crew members with a camera was outside of the OR trying to record what little they could see to protect her friends exposed body Elizabeth asked they put a drape over the doors.

Matthew handed James some coffee while he held his precious baby girl and sat down beside him.

“How are you holding up?” Matthew asked James seeing the emotion on his face his knee bouncing with anxiety.

“What if my wife doesn’t make it? It has been 2 hours no word from Gaz or nurses. I overheard one of the nurses say that she was wheeled off the helicopter with a tube down her throat.“ James said speaking almost into a downhill spiral of panic.

“Hey don’t think that. If anyone can save her this hospital can, hell Gaz can. You seen what a bad ass she was at the convention center.” Matthew said to his worried friend.

Just then Elizabeth walked out of the OR her gown covered in blood as she tugged it off, her mask and then pulled off her scrub cap sighing deeply. James stood up along with their friends in support Matthew’s hand on his back as they seen Elizabeth walk into the hospital room.

“She will be fine, I had to perform an emergency hysterectomy as I couldn’t control the bleeding. However, she will be fine, she is in recovery and will be for about 2 hours. Then she will be back in this room.” Elizabeth said and the entire room who was collectively holding their breaths exhaled in relief all at once.

James hugged Elizabeth for saving his wife, crying shortly overwhelmed with emotions and fear leaving his body. Elizabeth hugged him tightly back keeping her doctors composure and then excused herself from the room to go back to Neekers. She walked out of the room and into a hallway kicking a trash can hard and began to cry sliding down the wall of her hospital promising the nurses she would clean up her mess from knocking over the trash can. Matthew left the hospital room of his friends and went looking for her after hearing the large crash. He found her sobbing her mascara running down her face.

“God she is even beautiful when she cries. How could she not realize I’ve loved her forever.” He mentally thought.

Matthew rushed over to Elizabeth and held her.

“Are you okay?” He asked her concerned.

“I wish I had known earlier in the day that she was in labor. If I had known she might not have had to lose her uterus. She’s not going to have kids anymore. I feel like I failed her. There is an ethical reason why we don’t work on our family.” Elizabeth said to Matthew still sobbing.

“Gaz look at me! If you weren’t here for this, she could have died. You saved her, you didn’t fail her.” He said holding her tightly as she continued to cry.

Once she had calmed down, Elizabeth and Matthew picked up the trash can and all the trash that was scattered across the hospital hallway. Afterwards the two of them got coffee in the cafeteria and sat and talked as she continued to calm down.

Elizabeth later took a shower to clear her mind after Neekers got moved out of recovery and into a room. She made sure that she wasn’t in any pain. In the tile stone shower of the private apartment in the hospital she began collecting her thoughts and regaining her composure and then headed back to the rental home.

When she arrived to her room, she saw that Matthew was at her bedroom door waiting for her. Her friends were already asleep in preparation for the next day at Blizzcon.

“Hey, why are you still up?” She asked him smiling.

“You had me a little worried, I wanted to make sure you were okay.” He said back to her.

“I am okay.” She said inhailing deeply then exhailing a slow breath.

“Are you sure? That was pretty stressful for you today.” He said back.

“Ethically I shouldn’t have done what I did, but I couldn’t just sit back and watch her die.” She said back tears beginning to form in her eyes again.

“You did what you had to do Gaz, and she is okay.” He said back to her.

“I know.” She said

“Do you need anything?” he asked her making sure she was taken care of.

“I am good Vor.” She said back to Matthew.

He hugged her goodnight.

“You don’t even realize how amazing and beautiful you are Gaz.” He said in amazement to her as Elizabeth blushed at the words coming out of his mouth.

“I have wanted you for so long. You just never realized it Gaz.” He said in a deep voice

“wait what?” She asked him taken a bit back.

“I am going to win you over Gaz.” He said to her then kissing her goodnight.

Her eyes were like a storybook full of emotion processing what he was telling her. She looked into his eyes that were just as full of emotion. Why didn’t he say something sooner?

“Wait.” She told him as he had turned to go to his room.

He turned around and stood looking at her.

“Can you hold me tonight?” She asked him.

“Gladly.” He responded back.

The two of them crawled into her bed, he tucked her in then held her and they both drifted off to sleep. The night hours seemed to go by quickly and Elizabeth woke up first.

“So that wasn’t a dream or a manifestation.” She thought to herself mentally as she was still processing what had happened last night.

The phone began to ring, it was the CEO of Blizzard and Elizabeth sat and talked about a secret idea for today’s part of the convention. Putting her scrubs on in the house they quickly left before the rest of their friends. Elizabeth went to the hospital taking Matthew with her and checked up on her friend in the hospital and told both of them about Blizzards plans. She gave him a full tour of what makes the hospital so unique after.

Elizabeth turned no patient away and purposely funded a rescue and support group for women and children a part of the s*x trafficking rings world wide.

When a mother had given birth a melody would chime and nurses at their discharge would clap and cheer them goodbye.

Matthew stood still as he saw her title on the photo of her on a wall in the main part of the hospital. He noticed how proudly she stood smiling in her scrubs and lab coat with curls draped around her shoulders from her long brown with touches of red in her hair.

Dr. Elizabeth Ann Grace OCC-NPM-PDS

Founder

“What does your initials mean on your name?” Matthew asked her.

“It means I am certified in obstetrics critical care, neonatal, perinatal medicine and pediatric surgery.” She said. “Basically, if s**t hits the fan you want me.”

“How did you have time to do all of that?” he asked her stunned at how incredibly sexy her intelligence was to him.

“I just kept learning.” She said shrugging at Matthew

Not really buying her answer seeing the look of her eyes glassed over lost in a thought he wondered “Who hurt you Gaz so badly?” silently.

The two of them went to the convention and Elizabeth disappeared still wearing her scrubs and coat from Matthew and the rest of their guild. The lights dim and the speaker goes onto the stage everyone began to cheer.

“I don’t think I can be the speaker anymore guys!” he spoke to the crowd. “We the crew feel someone is more qualified this year and worthy of doing so. So let us introduce you to your new guest co-host Dr Elizabeth Grace from the number one guild in the US The Broken.” He spoke as the crowd erupted in cheers her guild mates screams being the loudest in a sea of many surprised to see their best friend on stage.

Elizabeth walked on stage in her scrubs and coat smiling hair curled, makeup done perfectly no amount of anxiety on her. Everyone could tell this was not her first rodeo when it came to public speaking.

“So, yesterday was a bit intense!” She started “As my co-host spoke earlier you know me from being Gazrella the mage in the guild thats full of guild firsts The Broken. Yesterday, was a bit eventful and the staff at Blizzard has created a recap incase by some chance you somehow missed it or was watching by DirecTV before the feed cut.” She said laughing and looked up at the screen.

The screen played dance music to everyone getting their badges, cheering to the camera, dancing to the music before the opening ceremony then the screen went black while the sound of Neekers screaming could be heard throughout the conference center. Then it cut to a more heroic ballad and Elizabeth telling off the medic. It went into the baby being born and the emergency arising and her rushing her friend out on a gurney and flying away in a helicopter. You see a scared James crying to Matthew, the filmed footage of Elizabeth working on Neekers in the OR and a nurse giving them privacy, footage of her coming out telling everyone she had saved her. Finally you seen footage of Elizabeth throwing things and sobbing to Matthew consoling her.

Matthews and Elizabeth’s breath both were held in that moment stunned at what they didn’t know was being recorded. The screen went to black and Elizabeth was silent for a moment regathering her emotions after seeing the video.

She turned back to the crowd and suddenly the crowd erupted in screams of joy once more after being in as much emotion as she was.

“I guess everyone would like an update on the family huh?” she asked the crowd. Everyone began to clap as the screen turned into a video feed from the hospital.

“Neeker’s how is everyone?” she asked.

“We are all doing fine Gaz thanks to you. Thank you to Blizzard for all the nice gifts as well.” She spoke to the crowd.

Blizzard had given the new family tons of swag as well as gifts to the rest of the guild. DirecTV is also giving the new family free TV for life and a lot of diapers. After they said their goodbye to convention Elizabeth began to speak again.

“I think there is something else more important that everyone is dying to hear.” She said to the crowd.

“This year is a year like we all guessed. New expansion time, this expansion is supposed to test our very skills as the hero we are and the one that lies within each of us. This summer I as a player am so excited to announce, coming to World of Warcraft the 7th expansion…Sylvanas’s Fall.”

The lights went to dark again and the screen played the newest expansion preview that ended with everyone cheering once again but in a deafening roar you would expect from warriors in the movie 300. As the lights came back up the blizzard CEO came on stage with Elizabeth.

“Okay, I have one more thing before we get down to the nitty gritty of this expansion.” He said.

“We have been inspired by the actions Dr. Grace has done, not only at Blizzcon with her guildmate and friend but as well as what she has done in her life. He spoke

“We chose to take a call to action on that, all thanks to Dr. Grace.” Another employee spoke and said.

“There are many times in life that we take for granted things every day. We do not realize how many people from across the world who play our game have different stories and careers to tell. Her’s is just one of many, as such we decided to introduce a new event that will be happening every year at Blizzcon. “

The crew walked out on stage with a plaque with her name on it made of light blue glass that said Blizzard on it with her name. 2020 Azeroth Hero was also inscribed.

“Every year we are going to showcase a real-life hero who plays World of Warcraft. Dr. Grace is the first of many, and we are proud to announce an NPC will be named after her. In addition, Elizabeth will receive a lifetime subscription to World of Warcraft, alpha and beta invitations as well as every expansion in the future. Elizabeth we are so proud to have you as a part of our Azeroth family.” They spoke to her and handed her the award.

The crowd roared and she cried as she stepped down off the stage after shaking the hands and hugging the staff and CEO.

She jumped down and her guild pile hugged her. Never in her life has she felt so much love. This truly was her real family. It was funny how her family never was there for her, abused her, used her, almost killed her and yet the friends she made in World of Warcraft turned into lifelong friendships…that then turned into family.

Later during the day the guild in its entirety with the help of technology so James and Neekers could play raided in competition and won 2nd place in the tournament. The ones that were there began to play the expansion alpha that was available at the convention. It made them even more excited to play the game at their launch.

When they headed back to the house all of them swam for a while, talking in excitement of the day. Elizabeth taking breaks to check her phone to see notes and information on Neekers and update doctors orders and medication orders. Matthew walked up to Elizabeth as she sat down at the table outside watching her friends goof off in the pool.

“Do you want to take a commercial plane back home or come back with me in my jet?” She asked him curious.

“I would prefer the luxury of riding with you Gaz its quite nice I could get used to it.” He replied back to her.

“I will be spending a couple extra days here, I do not leave my patients and Neekers is one of my patients. I won’t leave her until she is well enough to go home. “ She replied to him.

“That’s fine, I can tell my mother I am staying a few extra days.” He said back to her pausing before continuing.

“I want to take you on a date.” He said to her.

“A date? What kind of date?” she asked

“I don’t know, where would you like to go?” he asked her.

“A nice dinner and maybe a show in Vegas? It’s a 30 minute flight from here. “ She suggested.

“Damn you’re already taking me on more adventures in your private airplane but it’s a date.” He chuckled excitedly.

“What do you like to eat?” she asked

“Sushi or Asian food hands down.” He tells her

“There is this amazing hot pot and Korean bbq place in Vegas that I love called Sarang it has great sushi too.” She tells him.

“It’s a date.” He said smiling to her.

The two of them continued to talk about each others lives until it was time for bed. The two of them slept restfully throughout the night.