Part 28: Desperate Plea

It looks like Dr. Chase and the others are on their way.
Oh, that's good news...!
But it'll be a while before they get here. ...Doctor, will you please reconsider? I know it's my fault you're hesitant... I shouldn't have come down on you so hard.

Glad we can agree on that.

Angie... You can't take all the blame. What you said wasn't entirely untrue--

Not 100% untrue; just 99%.

Doctor... Please... You have to make a decision. Are we going to perform the operation while he still has his strength, or risk waiting...
I-I... We can't do it without them. There are so many factors we haven't even considered, and--
Y-You're right... I know it would be safer to wait. But in my heart, Dr. Stiles... I know you can do this... Please, you must--



There's no more time! Operating is his only hope!
No... That's too dangerous! We can still find a way to stabilize him long enough... I think we can buy more time if we lower his body temperature. That will--
No, Dr. Stiles! He won't last!
W-We don't have a choice...
Why...? ...Why won't you even try to save him...!?
...
It doesn't matter whether or not it's possible. Right now, I just have to hope that it is.
You've given every patient you've ever operated on 100% of your effort... So, please...! There's no one I trust more than you!

Angie is pretty much retracting most of the things she said a chapter ago.

Please save him, Doctor...! Save my dad!
...!



Derek: "Why? Can't you cure him?"

Huh?

Derek: "No...! I don't want him to die...! Why!? Why can't the doctors cure him!?"

Th-That...

Derek: "Please... Please, save my dad!"

That memory...! ...Why am I hesitating? Someone is suffering, just like I did... Derek Stiles...
Didn't you pursue this career to give people hope!? I'm not a doctor if I give up hope before my patients!



D-Doctor...?
I'm sorry I hesitated, Angie. But I'm not going to let you suffer anymore. I'll... No, we're going to do everything we can!
Doctor... Then, you'll...
Let's begin the operation! We'll save your father!



We'll do it next update, though, because they decided to split Blackwell's PGS saga into four episodes.