See You Soon

The Hospital

The medics arrived and loaded her onto a backboard. They covered her, checked her vitals, and quickly assessed her injuries. They bandaged her head, but they also found a stab wound. They packed the wound and took off for the squad. Jax followed. He was devastated. He was praying she would make it through this. They got back to the gas station and loaded her into the ambulance.

Jax could see Kent over by the police cars. He screamed, “Gimme that son of a b***h! I'm gonna f**k him up.”

He started running over to them. Kent jumped out to stop him. “You can't,” he said as he was holding Jax back. “You have to stay here for now.”

“f**k that, I gonna kill the mother fucker.” He pushed harder against Kent.

“No!” Kent said in a strained voice. “How the hell are you so strong?” Some of the men helped Kent keep Jax from going over to the patrol car.

“Fine, I need to get to the hospital NOW!” he barked.

“I'll take you then. Give me your keys,” Kent said. He tossed the keys to his car to one of the guys. “Take this back to the base for me.”

“Yes sir, Captain.”

Jax jumped into his truck and started it. He barely waited for Kent to get inside. “Are you sure you're alright to drive?”

“I'm fine,” Jax replied through gritted teeth.

They arrived at the base hospital. Macy had already been taken in. Kent checked in at the desk to see where she was.

“Hi, we're here with Macy Ferrari.”

The desk clerk replied, “Are you family?”

Jax stepped up to the counter. “She's my fiancée.” Kent smiled when he heard that.

The clerk could tell Jax was devastated. She made a call back to the nurses station to find out Macy's condition. Jax was pacing. Kent tried to calm him down but knew that just wasn't going to happen.

“Sir, they said you can go see her for a few minutes. They need to prep her for surgery.”

Jax face went pale. “Surgery?”

“Yes sir. I will unlock the door for you. She is in Trauma 1 just inside to the right.”

“Thank you.” Jax went over to the door and entered the trauma area. He saw the room and stopped at the door. He broke down in tears when he saw her. She was unconscious and bruised.

There was a nurse in with her prepping her. She saw him and said, “It's ok, you can come in.”

Jax sniffed and wiped his face. “Has she regained consciousness at all?”

“No sir, she has a pretty bad head trauma, but no brain bleeds. Her jaw isn't broken, but her left hand is. The main focus is the stab wound. She shows signs of internal bleeding. The concern is if any organs or arteries have been damaged. She is stabile, which is a good thing.”

“Can I touch her?”

The nurse smiled, “Yes, you can touch her. Talk to her, she can hear you.”

He walked over to her bed. He pulled a chair over and sat down. He gently took her hand into his. “I'm so sorry, Mace. I wish I could make this all go away.” He started to cry. “Macy, I love you so much. I need you. I want to marry you. Please come back to me.” She squeezed his hand. He smiled. “You're the strongest person I know. You can do this.”

Another nurse came in and said, “We need to take her to surgery now. There is an OR waiting area. There are signs in the hall for it.”

“Oh, ok.” He kissed her and whispered in her ear, “Hurry back to me.”

Jax went out to the ER waiting area and found Kent. He was getting off the phone when Jax walked up to him. Kent asked, “So what's going on?”

“They just took her to surgery. They said there is a waiting area down the hall.”

They found the OR waiting area. “You're gonna wear that floor out,” Kent said. “Try to relax. She could be in there for a while.”

“I can't relax Kent, I am totally in love with her.” He couldn't help but pace. And when he wasn't pacing, he would sit bouncing his knee.

“I know you are. And she is totally in love with you. She is strong,” he said. “She is a fighter. Besides, you need to officially make her your fiancée.”

“Do they know who the hell this guy is yet?”

Kent was reluctant to tell him the attacker was ex-military. “They know his name, but they're still looking into his background.”

“Why? Why the f**k did he attack her?”

“I can't answer that for you buddy. I wish I could.”

“Kent, he beat her. She has bruised all over. He broke her hand and stabbed her. That all seems personal.” he said. “She is the sweetest person I've ever met. Who could have a grudge to settle with her?”

Kent sighed and said, “Ok can you stay calm....”

An agitated Jax interrupted, “Why?”

“This guy was ex military.”

“What?” Jax growled and jumped up from the chair.

“Ok, that is not staying calm. NCIS has taken over the investigation.”

“Do you think this was because of me?”

“They don't know anything yet about why. Stay here, I'll go get us some coffee.”

Jax nodded and sat back down. He put his head in his hands. He was furious. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if she was attacked because of him.