A mall in Alexandria, Wednesday afternoon

After class, Isabel had headed off to the mainland on a mission to find the perfect birthday gifts for Wyatt. She had several ideas in mind but nothing concrete and was hoping that a few hours of dedicated searching through the mall in Alexandria would turn up the perfect gift.

It turned out there were several perfect birthday gifts and one or two for Valentine's Day as well.

Pleased with her finds, Isabel juggled the shopping bags and her purse as she walked across the parking lot while trying to dig out her car keys. She was completely unaware of the car that approached from behind or the fact that it swerved towards her and accelerated as the driver reached down to grab a ringing cell phone.

"Gotcha," Isabel muttered as her hand closed round her keys.

Then there was a sudden flash of pain before it all went black.

[OOC: NFB for distance, NFI, OOC A-OK!]

A hospital in Alexandria, late Wednesday afternoon

At any other time Isabel would have felt guilty for being grateful that the emergency room had gotten so much busier with people in much more serious conditions. But right now, as far as she was concerned, anything that kept them from focusing too much attention on her, or slowed down the lab work they'd ordered, was a good thing.

The Tylenol she'd been given hadn't done much to reduce pain from her ribs, or the pain from her head where she'd hit the ground, but Isabel didn't want to risk taking anything stronger, even though it had been offered. With the way her luck was going today, she'd react to it like she did to alcohol. And that would be bad.

For what seemed like the millionth time, she hit the button on her cell phone to check the time, all the while hoping Wyatt would turn up soon.

( Enter the White Knight and cavalry, stage right. )

( Meanwhile, elsewhere in the hospital… )

( Back in the ER… )

[NFB for distance, NFI, OOC is love. Preplayed with and many thanks to blessed_twice, lovelylana, and dr_jwilsonmd]

Wheeler plot links - part 1

Phone Call to Wyatt

Wyatt gets Lana

At the clinic

Room 406, Wednesday evening

They'd left the hospital, returned Dr. Wilson to the clinic, and then orbed back to the dorms. Isabel waited till the door closed behind Lana then carefully turned to Wyatt. "Ready to do your thing?"

[For the boyfriend!]