TITLE: In the Land of Dreams II
AUTHOR: Susan (lilichild@aol.com)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own ER, and I have no money.  Draw your own conclusions
NOTE: Thanks for all the encouragement and feedback from the Land of Dreams I.
This is the second in my series of character dreams.  Feedback is always
welcome

He looked up at the board.  It was a busy day as usual in the ER.
He had finally gotten his first breather for the day.   As he leaned his tall
frame against the admit desk, he sighed with relief and exhaustion. 
"Dr. Kovac" Chuni said from behind him, he didn't even see where she came from
but suddenly she was in front of him "He have a multi-victim MVA coming in"
"When?" Luka asked rubbing his eyes.  He was exhausted.  It had been a long
day.
"What?" Chuni asked, the confusion clear in her voice
"When is it coming?" Luka repeated.  Maybe she was tired, too, he reasoned.
It had been a long day for everyone.
"Huh?" Chuni looked very confused. 
"When! When is the ambulance coming" Luka yelled in the beginning of
frustration.  Sure, she was probably tired, but he was too tired to be patient
"What?" Chuni asked again
"Dr. Kovac.  We've got an ambulance pulling up, get to work!" Weaver yelled as
she crutched her way to the doors. 
Luka raced outside.  He tried to listen as the paramedics gave him the bullet
on the patient.   Yet, he couldn't stop thinking of Chuni.  Maybe her hearing
is going, Luka thought, she seems too young for that, but it's possible.  Luka
felt sorry for the nurse.  By this time, they were in the doors. 
"What's open?" Luka yelled to Frank at the desk
"What?" The burly clerk looked up at him questioningly
"What's open?" Luka repeated.  Was the world going deaf? He wondered.
"What?" Frank repeated. 
"He needs a room, what's open!" Luka yelled in frustration.   Frank was old,
but Luka never noticed his hearing was going. 
"Dr. Kovac, what the hell are you doing?" Kerry bellowed then "Get this
patient in to trauma 2"
"I was trying to" Luka explained, indicating Frank with one hand and his
patient with the other. 
"What?" Kerry asked momentarily puzzled "I don't care, move it!" She crutched
off down the hall. 
"Right, okay, let's move him" He said to the paramedics and Chuni
They looked at each other in confusion.
"Move him!" Luka repeated. 
Again confused stares abounded among the group. 
"Move the patient! I am speaking English what the hell is wrong with you?"
Dave came by then.  He glanced at the group in the hallway standing around the
gurney. 
"Malucci, tell these people to move the patient into Trauma 2" Luka asked
patiently. 
"What the hell are you saying?" Malucci asked with a look of utter confusion
and annoyment on his face. 
"What do you mean what am I saying?" Luka asked.  Not Malucci too, he moaned
inwardly
"Look, dude I don't understand a word you're saying.  I can't tell if it's
English, Croatian or Pig Latin, but you're not making a word of sense" Dave
responded steadily.
"I am speaking English!!" Luka yelled in frustration.  Why couldn't anyone
understand him?
"Why is this patient in the hall" Carter asked coming up to them
"Dr. Vlad can't speak English" Dave explained.
"He can speak English, Dave" Carter replied. 
"Well, not understandable English" Dave corrected himself
"Come on, you're exaggerating" Carter said brushing off the comment. 
"Ha! Try it, talk to him" Dave said ready to show Carter what he meant. 
"Fine" He turned to Luka and asked "Why is your patient in the hallway?"
"They won't move him!" Luka said in frustration.  Please understand me, he
thought. 
"Did he just say something about the Carribbean?" Carter said with a smirk
looking at Dave. 
"Not funny, man" Dave replied. 
"Geez, you lived in the jungle, you think you'd be able to understand the
natives" Carter joked. 
"Does he look like he's from Grenada?" Dave rolled his eyes. 
"No, not at all" Carter replied honestly. 
"So what do we do?"  Dave asked the older resident. 
"Tell Weaver, maybe he'll have to leave" Carter shrugged.  Both were ignoring
the glare on Luka's face. 
"Well, at least more of our patients will live." Dave responded. 
"Guess, we should take this guy" Carter said turning to the gurney. 
"Nope, I think Luka killed him already" Malucci pointed out. 
Carter checked the patients pulse.  "Crap, Dr. Death strikes again" Carter
begin preparations to do CPR. 
"Carter, he's blue" Malucci said. 
"Yeah, you're right, besides this one is his fault anyway" Carter left the
side of the patient and started to head off in search of Kerry.  Meanwhile,
Kerry came down the hall from the other direction. 
"What the hell is going on here?" Weaver yelled "I told you to move this
patient to a room, now he's dead, Kovac!"
"I tried to but they wouldn't listen to me" Luka explained.  Why am I
bothering, no one seems to want to understand me, he thought bitterly. 
"What the hell are you saying?" Kerry bellowed. 
"It's an accent I am still speaking English" Luka explained testily.  No one
ever said anything like this to Dr. Corday. 
"Someone get Abby, maybe she can interpret for us" Kerry ordered to the
assembled crowd. 
"I don't know about that it doesn't seem like they talk to each other much"
Carter mused. 
"Oh, you DOG! Luka" Dave said punching him lightly on the arm
"Don't touch me!" Luka reprimanded Dave. 
"Huh?" Everyone asked at once
"Fine, I'll try sign language" Luka muttered.  I hope I remember how, he
thought. 
Luka attempted to sign his frustrations to the crowd.
"Is Benton around today?" Kerry asked "Because even his signing doesn't make
any sense to me"
"Nope, off somewhere with the wood nymph" Carter responded. 
"Ah, I thought I saw her in the lounge earlier" Dave said puzzled. 
"Nah, that was just the coat rack" Carter replied
"Oh, I keep getting them mixed up" Dave responded. 
"Well, they have about the same personality"  Carter quipped.  They both
chuckled. 
"Oh, Chief, Luka killed his patient" Dave said suddenly to Kerry.
"What else is new, Malucci?" Kerry responded testily. 
"Here's Abby" Chuni said leading Abby to the group assembled in the hall. 
"Abby can you please tell us what Dr. Kovac is saying" Kerry asked trying to
hide the annoyment in her voice.  Luka's face lit up at the sight of Abby. 
"Abby I am so glad to see you! Please tell them I can speak English well" Luka
begged of his lover. 
"What the hell are you saying? See this is why we just have sex all the time."
Abby responded with a confused look on her face. 
"Arrgh" Luka groaned.  Even his girlfriend couldn't understand him. 
"Someone call psych" Kerry bellowed. 
Suddenly a bright light made him squint

***********************
Abby stood at the door of the suture room.  "Luka, we have a trauma coming in"

Luka rolled over to see Abby standing in her scrubs in the doorway
"I'm coming" he mumbled sleepily
"What?" Abby asked
"I said I'm coming" Luka shouted
"Geez, Luka you don't have to yell" Abby said walking into the hall.  Luka got
up and followed. 
"Sorry but I just had this really weird dream" He explained


~ Susan (lilichild@aol.com)
Proud to be Head of the International Society of Carterholics Anonymous
http://www.geocities.com/suechru/er/carterholic
"Why do you chose your pain if you only knew how much I love you" - Sister
Hazel  <HONK>