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<blockquote data-quote="CeeCee72" data-source="post: 270589" data-attributes="member: 5055">I don&#039;t own any of the characters in this story and no copyright infringement is intended.This fic is an alternate timeline where the dream season wasn&#039;t a dream. It picks up of after the last episode of season 9.***Life Is But a DreamPart 12:***&quot;We&#039;re approximately ten minutes out from the hospital,&quot; the EMT barked into the radio. &quot;Blood pressure is 70/50. Respiratory depressed. She&#039;s unconscious. Starting fluids. Have an emergency med team waiting.&quot;JR held tightly onto Sue Ellen&#039;s hand. &quot;Come on honey,&quot; he pleaded. &quot;You can do this. Fight for me. Wake up.&quot;&quot;Is she allergic to anything?&quot;&quot;What?&quot; JR looked up at the EMT.&quot;Your wife. Is she allergic to anything?&quot;&quot;Oh. No.&quot;JR watched the young man start an IV on Sue Ellen. &quot;What are you giving her?&quot;&quot;Just fluids,&quot; he answered. &quot;We can&#039;t do anything else for her until they figure out what drugs are in her system.&quot;&quot;Will she be okay?&quot;&quot;We&#039;re doing everything we can, Mr. Ewing.&quot;JR closed his eyes and prayed with all his strength. &quot;Please God. Please let her be alright.&quot;***Mark sat silently, eating his dinner and listening to Pam and Cliff plot against JR. He was so sick of hearing about it that it took every bit of self-control he had not to get up and storm away from the table.He despised JR with every fiber of his being. But he didn&#039;t believe JR was responsible for what happened to Jamie.JR probably felt sure that he had Angelica under control. As despicable as JR was, even Mark knew he wouldn&#039;t do anything deliberately to put his family in danger.Sometimes the best laid plans, made with the best of intentions got twisted around and things got out of control.Mark knew that better than most men.And he was in no position to stand in judgement of JR Ewing.Or anyone else.***Jerry put down the phone and growled.It would be all over the news soon.The dramatic rescue of Sue Ellen Ewing would dominate newspapers and television for days.JR had saved her.Her knight in shining white armor.He pushed the phone off his desk with a violent shrug and cursed. Everything had been ruined.And now JR Ewing was going to have to pay.***Flowers. There were flowers everywhere. And a diamond. She could see it shining.She felt happy.He was with her, holding her in his arms.But…There was beeping. And bells. Coming from somewhere outside…Her eyes snapped open and she saw men in white coats standing over her. She screamed and fought as hard as she could. They were hurting her again.&quot;Get away from me!&quot; She cried, thrashing around. &quot;Stop it!&quot;&quot;Sue Ellen!&quot;She stopped struggling immediately.That voice…&quot;JR…&quot; she whispered.Suddenly he was there. He was right there with her.She felt him take her hand and watched as he leaned over her.&quot;It&#039;s alright, honey. I&#039;m here.&quot;&quot;JR…&quot; she whispered again. &quot;Are you...is this real? Or am I remembering….&quot;&quot;It&#039;s real, honey. I&#039;m real. I&#039;m right here with you. You&#039;re safe, now honey. But I need you to let these doctors help you. I promise you, I won&#039;t leave you and I won&#039;t let anyone hurt you ever again.&quot;He bent his head and placed a soft kiss on her lips. She sucked in a deep breath. He was really here. And he would keep her safe.&quot;I knew you&#039;d find me,&quot; she gave him a weak smile.&quot;Yes, I found you, honey. And I won&#039;t ever let you go again.&quot;***&quot;How is she?&quot;&quot;We don&#039;t know. She&#039;s drugged. They&#039;re giving her fluids to flush the drugs out of her system. Donna, she looks so fragile.&quot;&quot;Oh, Ray…&quot;&quot;She woke up very briefly. I don&#039;t know what they did to her but it must have been bad. She was scared out of her mind, but she recognized JR and he was able to calm her down enough to get her to stop fighting.&quot;&quot;Poor Sue Ellen.&quot;&quot;Yeah. I&#039;d better go. The longer JR goes without being able to see her, the crazier he gets. Probably will be throwing chairs around the waiting room before long.&quot;&quot;Alright. Call as soon as you know anything else. I love you.&quot;&quot;Love you too, Donna.&quot;Ray hung up the phone and walked back over to take a seat beside JR. &quot;Donna and the rest of the family send their love.&quot;JR nodded but didn&#039;t respond.&quot;JR,&quot; McSween suddenly appeared in front of him. &quot;Captain Lowell is dead. Killed in a fight with another inmate while he was being transferred from holding to jail.&quot;&quot;Hope it was painful,&quot; JR grunted.&quot;We think it was a set up.&quot;&quot;So?&quot;&quot;So that means that Angelica is still out there pulling strings. She&#039;s still dangerous.&quot;&quot;Have Harv call the Justice Department,&quot; JR ordered. &quot;I want to know exactly how they intend to find her. I won&#039;t have her out there threatening my family. And find out who those two dead women are and who they work for.&quot;&quot;Mr. Ewing?&quot;JR looked up to see a doctor walking toward him.&quot;Yes?&quot; JR shot up out of his seat. &quot;How&#039;s my wife?&quot;&quot;Responding well to the fluids,&quot; the doctor smiled at him. &quot;They were giving her a combination of sedatives, tranquilizers, and pain pills. She&#039;s already awake. Once the drugs are totally out of her system we&#039;ll&nbsp; know more, but we have every reason to believe she&#039;ll make a full recovery. Physically anyway.&quot;&quot;What do you mean physically?&quot; JR asked.&quot;She has a very serious concussion. She doesn&#039;t remember very much about who she is. Specifically, all she seems to remember is you. And even that&#039;s fuzzy. She knows you&#039;re her husband, but not much else.&quot;&quot;Is it permanent?&quot; Clayton questioned.&quot;No way to really know. It&#039;s a good sign that she seems to be having at least some memories. And the drugs could be making the memory loss worse. Once she&#039;s stable, we&#039;ll do a brain scan and some cognitive testing. Mr. Ewing…&quot; he stopped and took a deep breath. &quot;Are you aware that your wife is pregnant?&quot;&quot;What?&quot; JR breathed out, shocked.&quot;3-4 weeks. We can&#039;t…&quot;&quot;What?&quot; JR snapped.&quot;We won&#039;t know if the drugs hurt the baby for quite a while.&quot;&quot;Does she know?&quot;&quot;Yes. And she&#039;s scared.&quot;&quot;Can I see her?&quot;&quot;Absolutely. Right this way.&quot;Ray and Clayton watched JR follow the doctor down the hallway then exchanged worried glances.Ray growled under his breath and shook his head. JR was focused on seeing his wife right now and making sure she was alright. Once he was satisfied that Sue Ellen was going to be okay, Ray knew JR would spend every waking moment finding Angelica Nero and making her pay.Ray wouldn&#039;t give a bucket of piss for that woman&#039;s future.***&quot;Mama&#039;s home! Mama&#039;s home! Mama&#039;s home!&quot; Sue Ellen opened her eyes and took a deep breath.Mama…&quot;I have a son,&quot; she breathed out. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard, forcing herself to focus on the memory.He was jumping up and down on the bed. He was happy.&quot;John Ross,&quot; she whispered. &quot;Oh my God…&quot;&quot;Sue Ellen?&quot;Her eyes snapped open and she turned her head.&quot;JR,&quot; she whispered. He moved toward her and sank down into the chair beside her bed. &quot;How do you feel, honey?&quot;&quot;I...I have a headache. And I&#039;m confused. And so scared.&quot;&quot;You don&#039;t have to be scared anymore. I won&#039;t let anyone else hurt you.&quot;&quot;We&#039;re happy.&quot; She said suddenly.&quot;What?&quot;&quot;We... weren&#039;t before. But we are now.&quot;&quot;Honey, what do you remember about me? About us?&quot;&quot;You hurt me. But you won&#039;t ever again. You love me. And I love you. We have a beautiful son named John Ross.&quot;&quot;Yes,&quot; JR said softly. &quot;All of that&#039;s true.&quot;&quot;JR, what happened? Why did those people take me and hurt me?&quot;&quot;I don&#039;t know, honey, but I promise I&#039;m going to find out.&quot;&quot;Our baby…&quot;He leaned forward and silenced her with a kiss. &quot;Our baby is going to be fine. It&#039;ll be strong enough to fight. Like it&#039;s mama.&quot;&quot;JR...I&#039;m so tired.&quot;&quot;Rest honey.&quot;&quot;Don&#039;t leave me.&quot;&quot;I won&#039;t. I swear it. You go on to sleep and I promise my face will be the first thing you see when you wake up.&quot;Sue Ellen nodded and closed her eyes. &quot;I know I love you. I know you&#039;ll keep me safe.&quot;&quot;Yes, I will,&quot; he said softly. &quot;Never doubt it.&quot;***</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CeeCee72, post: 270589, member: 5055"] I don't own any of the characters in this story and no copyright infringement is intended. This fic is an alternate timeline where the dream season wasn't a dream. It picks up of after the last episode of season 9. *** Life Is But a Dream Part 12: *** "We're approximately ten minutes out from the hospital," the EMT barked into the radio. "Blood pressure is 70/50. Respiratory depressed. She's unconscious. Starting fluids. Have an emergency med team waiting." JR held tightly onto Sue Ellen's hand. "Come on honey," he pleaded. "You can do this. Fight for me. Wake up." "Is she allergic to anything?" "What?" JR looked up at the EMT. "Your wife. Is she allergic to anything?" "Oh. No." JR watched the young man start an IV on Sue Ellen. "What are you giving her?" "Just fluids," he answered. "We can't do anything else for her until they figure out what drugs are in her system." "Will she be okay?" "We're doing everything we can, Mr. Ewing." JR closed his eyes and prayed with all his strength. "Please God. Please let her be alright." *** Mark sat silently, eating his dinner and listening to Pam and Cliff plot against JR. He was so sick of hearing about it that it took every bit of self-control he had not to get up and storm away from the table. He despised JR with every fiber of his being. But he didn't believe JR was responsible for what happened to Jamie. JR probably felt sure that he had Angelica under control. As despicable as JR was, even Mark knew he wouldn't do anything deliberately to put his family in danger. Sometimes the best laid plans, made with the best of intentions got twisted around and things got out of control. Mark knew that better than most men. And he was in no position to stand in judgement of JR Ewing. Or anyone else. *** Jerry put down the phone and growled. It would be all over the news soon. The dramatic rescue of Sue Ellen Ewing would dominate newspapers and television for days. JR had saved her. Her knight in shining white armor. He pushed the phone off his desk with a violent shrug and cursed. Everything had been ruined. And now JR Ewing was going to have to pay. *** Flowers. There were flowers everywhere. And a diamond. She could see it shining. She felt happy. He was with her, holding her in his arms. But… There was beeping. And bells. Coming from somewhere outside… Her eyes snapped open and she saw men in white coats standing over her. She screamed and fought as hard as she could. They were hurting her again. "Get away from me!" She cried, thrashing around. "Stop it!" "Sue Ellen!" She stopped struggling immediately. That voice… "JR…" she whispered. Suddenly he was there. He was right there with her. She felt him take her hand and watched as he leaned over her. "It's alright, honey. I'm here." "JR…" she whispered again. "Are you...is this real? Or am I remembering…." "It's real, honey. I'm real. I'm right here with you. You're safe, now honey. But I need you to let these doctors help you. I promise you, I won't leave you and I won't let anyone hurt you ever again." He bent his head and placed a soft kiss on her lips. She sucked in a deep breath. He was really here. And he would keep her safe. "I knew you'd find me," she gave him a weak smile. "Yes, I found you, honey. And I won't ever let you go again." *** "How is she?" "We don't know. She's drugged. They're giving her fluids to flush the drugs out of her system. Donna, she looks so fragile." "Oh, Ray…" "She woke up very briefly. I don't know what they did to her but it must have been bad. She was scared out of her mind, but she recognized JR and he was able to calm her down enough to get her to stop fighting." "Poor Sue Ellen." "Yeah. I'd better go. The longer JR goes without being able to see her, the crazier he gets. Probably will be throwing chairs around the waiting room before long." "Alright. Call as soon as you know anything else. I love you." "Love you too, Donna." Ray hung up the phone and walked back over to take a seat beside JR. "Donna and the rest of the family send their love." JR nodded but didn't respond. "JR," McSween suddenly appeared in front of him. "Captain Lowell is dead. Killed in a fight with another inmate while he was being transferred from holding to jail." "Hope it was painful," JR grunted. "We think it was a set up." "So?" "So that means that Angelica is still out there pulling strings. She's still dangerous." "Have Harv call the Justice Department," JR ordered. "I want to know exactly how they intend to find her. I won't have her out there threatening my family. And find out who those two dead women are and who they work for." "Mr. Ewing?" JR looked up to see a doctor walking toward him. "Yes?" JR shot up out of his seat. "How's my wife?" "Responding well to the fluids," the doctor smiled at him. "They were giving her a combination of sedatives, tranquilizers, and pain pills. She's already awake. Once the drugs are totally out of her system we'll know more, but we have every reason to believe she'll make a full recovery. Physically anyway." "What do you mean physically?" JR asked. "She has a very serious concussion. She doesn't remember very much about who she is. Specifically, all she seems to remember is you. And even that's fuzzy. She knows you're her husband, but not much else." "Is it permanent?" Clayton questioned. "No way to really know. It's a good sign that she seems to be having at least some memories. And the drugs could be making the memory loss worse. Once she's stable, we'll do a brain scan and some cognitive testing. Mr. Ewing…" he stopped and took a deep breath. "Are you aware that your wife is pregnant?" "What?" JR breathed out, shocked. "3-4 weeks. We can't…" "What?" JR snapped. "We won't know if the drugs hurt the baby for quite a while." "Does she know?" "Yes. And she's scared." "Can I see her?" "Absolutely. Right this way." Ray and Clayton watched JR follow the doctor down the hallway then exchanged worried glances. Ray growled under his breath and shook his head. JR was focused on seeing his wife right now and making sure she was alright. Once he was satisfied that Sue Ellen was going to be okay, Ray knew JR would spend every waking moment finding Angelica Nero and making her pay. Ray wouldn't give a bucket of piss for that woman's future. *** "Mama's home! Mama's home! Mama's home!" Sue Ellen opened her eyes and took a deep breath. Mama… "I have a son," she breathed out. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard, forcing herself to focus on the memory. He was jumping up and down on the bed. He was happy. "John Ross," she whispered. "Oh my God…" "Sue Ellen?" Her eyes snapped open and she turned her head. "JR," she whispered. He moved toward her and sank down into the chair beside her bed. "How do you feel, honey?" "I...I have a headache. And I'm confused. And so scared." "You don't have to be scared anymore. I won't let anyone else hurt you." "We're happy." She said suddenly. "What?" "We... weren't before. But we are now." "Honey, what do you remember about me? About us?" "You hurt me. But you won't ever again. You love me. And I love you. We have a beautiful son named John Ross." "Yes," JR said softly. "All of that's true." "JR, what happened? Why did those people take me and hurt me?" "I don't know, honey, but I promise I'm going to find out." "Our baby…" He leaned forward and silenced her with a kiss. "Our baby is going to be fine. It'll be strong enough to fight. Like it's mama." "JR...I'm so tired." "Rest honey." "Don't leave me." "I won't. I swear it. You go on to sleep and I promise my face will be the first thing you see when you wake up." Sue Ellen nodded and closed her eyes. "I know I love you. I know you'll keep me safe." "Yes, I will," he said softly. "Never doubt it." *** [/QUOTE]

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