The next morning when Fletch arrived at work he was immediately met by a distraught Petrenko.
"Will you answer your fucking phone Fletcher"
"Alright, calm down. I left the charger here yesterday I need to charge it up now. What's the emergency?"
"Jac's been rushed into theatre, Sacha is trying to save her but it's not looking good. I'm sorry Fletch"
Fletch went white and sprinted down to theatre.
"What's happening?" He said through the intercom
"There's multi system failure from the neoconduit. Encephalitis and possibly sepsis "
"I'm scrubbing in"
"Fletch, I'm not sure that's a good idea" Sacha called but Fletch had already entered the scrub room
The theatre team worked all morning but every time they thought she was stabilised another monitor would alert them to a different problem
"I don't know how much more of this her body can take"
"We can't give up Sacha" Fletch pleaded
"We're not giving up"
"When I've just raced all the way down here, too right we're not giving up"
Fletch and Sacha turned towards the familiar voice
"Mo" they said in unison
"Honestly I turn my back for two minutes and look at the mess you're in"
"How did you .."
"Serena called. And it's a good job she did. What the hell has been going on?"
"Mo, we haven't got time to go into details. Just save Jac for god sake" said Fletch
Mo nodded
"Christ what a mess. There's only one person could fix this and that's the woman who is lying on the table, but I'll give it my best shot" she noticed the tears in Fletch's eyes
"Scrub out Fletch"
"No I need to stay"
"Nurse Fletcher scrub out. Leave my theatre" mo said sternly
Fletch left and went back to the ward. He sat in Jac's office. He wasn't a religious man but he prayed for Jac to live. Surely life could not be so cruel.
Mo and Sacha battled for a further 2 hours but eventually Jac was stable. As they closed her up they chatted
"What's the deal with Fletch?"
"Well these two" - he gestured to Jac, "according to what she's told me have finally admitted the feelings they have for each other that the rest of the hospital has known about for months. You only have to spend minutes with them before they mention the other or see them together"
"Wow. He likes a challenge then?"
Sacha laughed "you could say that. Good call sending him out. He didn't need to see that. Right we're done. Let's get her up to ITU, I'll go and find Fletch"
He patted her arm.
"Good to have you back Ms Offanga. How are Derwood and little Hector?"
"Both fine" she said affectionately "as soon as I got the call from Serena, Derwood stepped in with Hector. He might visit if I'm here long enough"
"How long are you staying?"
"As long as I'm needed Sacha, as long as I'm needed"
"I'm going to offer to babysit the Fletchlings and Emma tonight. You're welcome to come round and I'll fill you in on everything that's happened since you've been gone"
"Ok. Are you living with Jac, Sacha?"
"That's one of the things I'll tell you about. Come in let's find Fletch "
