Murphy looked over to Cass, squeezing her hand slightly but keeping his other free just in case. Lincoln could end up doing something bad or just collapsing if the news was the worst. No sign of Tasha coming around the corner, no bed being pushed down the hall to a recovery room, and a doctor just standing there without saying anything. Murphy's heart dropped into the pit of his stomach, he remembered the look in the doctors eyes when his aunt died, the tension in the air. It was all too familiar right then and he found himself chewing on the inside of his mouth wishing he had a cigarette to puff on like a train. 


	Dr. Kumar still didn't say anything, slowly pulling the mask off his face and the paper hat from his head. The man look exhausted but that didn't surprise Murphy, he had seen Tasha come back to the hotel after long nights of surgery looking like this. It seemed to be par for the course when you spent hours on hours standing over a person whose life was in your hands. It was one reason Murphy could never work in the medical field. Granted, that wasn't the main reason. He fucking hated school, so did his twin brother. Hell Claire was the first person in the family to ever attend college and she hadn't graduated yet. 

	Then from down the hall and around the corner the sound of wheels squeaking could be heard and slowly a gurney was being pushed into sight. A white sheet pulled over what looked like feet, then legs, then hips as the bed was pushed around the corner and into sight. The gurney slowly sloped up to a partially seated position and a hand could be seen, then as it turned fully there was Tasha. Her head was swaddled in a single large bandage that covered her head nearly entirely and halfway down her neck, IV's were coming out of her, and a tube ran across her nose for oxygen. Yet despite all of it, her eyes were open. She looked so tired and groggy but as her bright but weary eyes spotted Lincoln the faintest of smiles came to her lips. 

	"We got it all," Dr Kumar said quietly as he rested his hand on Lincoln's shoulder before he stepped to the side and cleared the way between the man and Tasha. 

	Murphy fainted....