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Voices from far off surrounded Garrett as he stared down into Parker’s eyes and watched her struggled to keep her gaze on hi contact with the team outside and learned that the situation was under control and they had Fernandez in custody He knew Brady had called for assistance when the sudden rush of bodies into the room meant help was finally here
"I love you, Parker Do you hear me? I love you Don’t you dare leave me!" Garrett yelled as Parker was pulled off of his lap and placed on the floor in front of hio of her hand and snapped at someone next to him who tried to move him out of the way Medical personnel decided it was best not to argue with him and did their best to work around him They ripped her torn shirt the rest of the way froes to her wound, started an IV, and placed an oxygenwith detach to soue with so his eyes off of her Nuh every inch of her body, and she knew she was given sorateful for The need to screarew immune to the pain Her body was jostled and placed onto a wooden board before being lifted onto a gurney Garrett was pushed out of the way, and within seconds, she could no longer see his eyes She was staring up at strangers who carried her through the corridors of the palace These people didn’t love her; they didn’t know her She felt cold and alone and wanted the warmth of Garrett’s arms back She closed her eyes and let the darkness s her, hoping she’d find Garrett on the other side
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The last clearup at water-filled blue eyes and wishing she had the energy to talk and tell Garrett she would be fine and not to worry so much about her
She didn’t remember the frantic ambulance ride to the hospital where they had to perform CPR and then jump start her heart because she had lost over forty percent of her blood and went into shock She didn’t reery for six hours to repair the hole in her side and the dae to her s a doctor out cold when he was told he couldn’t go into her room, and she didn’t remember the four days she had spent in a medically induced coma
One minute her world went black and the next her eyes were blinking rapidly fro above her hospital bed as she arched her back in pain and terror because it felt like she was choking Her body jerked as she tried to s and her arms wouldn’t move to clutch her throat no ed in an atte her eyes to water Parker could hear loud beeping from a machine close to her bed and within seconds two nurses rushed to her bedside
"Calm down, Annabelle It’s okay There’s a tube down your throat that’s been helping you breathe," one of the nurses informed her as she placed her hands on Parker’s shoulders and held her still "I know it feels like you’re choking but we need you to try and stay cal to call the respiratory therapist so he can run a few tests and then hopefully pull that tube out"
Parker could feel tears sliding down her cheeks and she tried bringing a hand up to swipe them away but she still couldn’t move them
"Your arms are restrained so you wouldn’t pull the tube out," the second nurse told her gently when she saw her tugging against the bindings She pulled a cordless phone out of the pocket of her lab coat and dialed the therapist
Parker tried to do as they asked, but herHer body’s natural reaction was to fight the thing that was causing her discoh it see held down by a nurse, it was only minutes before a man dressed in blue hospital scrubs walked into the roo, Parker, it’s good to see you’re awake," he told her as he wheeled theup wires and plugs He had her perfor exercises while he monitored the two machines After twenty minutes, he told her to take a deep breath and blow out all the air as hard as she could while he pulled the tube out of her throat
After giving Parker several eninto her IV that made her eyes droop closed
Before she succumbed to sleep, she realized that the one person she needed the most wasn’t in the roorily back and forth in the small conference roo by Parker’s bed side willing her to wake up, he’d been forcibly removed by three NavyHe kneas his own fault for not getting in contact with Captain Risner after he left Garrett repeated voice fro could tear him away from Parker’s side
Three fully ar If he didn’t go with them calmly and quietly back to the states, they would take him by force Garrett knew if that happened, he’d be thrown into the Brig, theorders, being AWOL, and a long list of other offenses he didn’t care about at theall of his hair out As soon as he deplaned, he was relieved of his military-issued firearm, his military identification, his cell phone, and driven to the command center and put into a conference room without any explanation Garrett knew he should have never left Parker’s side All he could think about was so He hadn’t donethe past few days aside from hold her hand and talk to her, but at least it felt like soht now he felt useless
Several minutes later the door to the room opened and Risner walked in followed by Captain John Andrews, Risner’s boss Neither h Risner looked at Garrett with sad eyes and a sympathetic smile