So a cop walks into a bar & the doctor says...(Joel/Lara)

[Lara DunCroft]

The air was filled with the familiar melody of footsteps, voices and various beeps and noises from hospital machines that set to provide the usual atmosphere found in most any emergency room. Detective Lara DunCroft sat upright perched on the edge of a hospital bed watching the doctors and nurses go by as they went about work as usual, while she continued to wait for someone to tend to the man in the bed next to her. The man she had brought to the ER under police custody after he had clocked her in the face with a bar before smashing open a window and attempting to climb out of it, cutting his side in a failed effort to escape being arrested. She had already been there for sometime and it was another few minutes before a nurse came over to her with a cool pack, "Here you are sweetie, this should help."  She said handing it to Lara. Lara smiled lightly, "Thank you." She said accepting it. How the bar hadn't broken her nose she didn't know, but she was just glad that it hadn't. No blood and no broken skin, just a mark on her forehead that was red with soreness.    "You can't keep me here like this. Let me out of this thing." Her suspect complained. He was less than happy with the situation he found himself in, giving off a frustrated and mildly aggressive attitude as he tugged his wrist against the handcuff that chained him to the bedrail, "Hey, they can't do this. I have rights. Call someone." He said to the nurse as she headed back out, but the nurse didn't do any more than just look at him as she walked out. "Knock it off or you're going to make yourself bleed again." Lara said plainly, prompting the man to stay still as she held the cool pack on the nasty bump that was forming on her forehead. His wriggling had already aggravated his wound, causing blood to seep through the gauze and lightly stain the hospital gown he was wearing. Being stuck in the ER waiting for her suspect to be seen to was not what Lara had hoped to be doing with her working day, but there was little she could do.  Tag: @joel   ~*~