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Looking at the open flap of the girl’s skull, Ellis just
glanced back over at Teddy before back down to
continue her work. Fixing the burst blood vessels as
quickly but as carefully as her fingers could. 

            Her ears listening carefully to the monitor and to the
            nurse keeping her up to date with her vitals. As Ellis
            finished the last vessel before giving Teddy the OK
            glance. “Open her up before she dies on my table.”

“Right, since you gave me so much time to do
it,” Teddy said sardonically. But she knew she
didn’t  have  a  second  left to waste. Just then, 
the  erratic beeping  of the monitor peaked and
waned, indicating those last precious seconds
were fast slipping away. 

            “Internal paddles!” Teddy yelled. God, if only she’d
            just  had a minute longer to do this. The girl’s heart
            wouldn’t  have  been  so  overtaxed,  and it’d never
            have come to this point  —  tooth  and nail; a chest
            open on the table and nothing but a flatline to show
            for it. “Charge to 30!”