“Doc, what's going on?”
He looked around and shook his head. “Guys, let us alone.”
“Why? What... No! Take that funereal look off your face! Gina won’t die! Do you understand?”
The idea of leaving her on that bed to die, without anyone who could help her, was inconceivable. They had to try something. A drug, an experimental treatment...
“Her internal organs are failing. She's too compromised, she won't last the night.”
Gina began to stir again and, along with seizures, came a cardiac arrest. Lupus began CPR while the defibrillator loaded. Alice was in shock and she found herself praying while Corvus and Luke held her at a distance. The second crisis passed and, after three shocks and a vial of adrenaline, Gina's heart recovered enough not to declare her dead. Doc approached Alice and t
