Pratt chuckles and asks Chuny what's going on in Trauma Green. Chuny says, "Abused kid. You don't want to know." Pratt apparently does want to know, and he follows Chuny inside and asks if they need an extra set of hands. Someone says that it's Thomas. Pratt rushes inside and tells Shane he'll take over compressions. Wendall pouts that she should have finished her interview: Thomas had a sock shoved down his throat. Pratt is more concerned with running the code. Wendall says that she blew it. Malarkey reports that Thomas is oozing from his IV sites. Pratt wants to push more meds and continue, but Carter asks if there's an ETA on the family. Pratt continues giving compressions, and defends his actions by saying that Thomas is just a kid, and that they're not stopping yet.
Malarkey offers to switch in as Pratt says that they need central access, and tells Shane to "throw in a femoral." Carter says that won't change anything, because they've already got two IVs in with good flow. Carter asks how long they've been at it, and Shane says it's been forty-three minutes. Sam announces that the family is here. Carter tells Sam to see if they're ready to come in. Sam rolls her eyes and heads out.
Thomas's dad asks how he is, as the Stepmonster introduces him. Sam says that Thomas's injuries are very severe, and asks if they want to see him. The parents aren't sure. Wendall says that sometimes it helps to see how hard the doctors are working. Casey, the brother, walks over, and the Stepmonster yells at him to go sit down, because she doesn't think he needs to see this. Sam watches Casey carefully, for some weird reason. I guess she's trying to figure out if he had anything to do with it. Thomas's dad wants to go in, so the parents enter. Casey stands outside the door and watches and Sam continues to stare at him.
Casey says that he saw them taking Thomas behind the school today, and that they had a thing about his clothes. That's why Casey gave Thomas his shirt, but they still wouldn't leave Thomas alone. Sam asks if they were the ones who cut Thomas. Casey says he tried to get Thomas to tell them, but that they said they'd kill him if he said anything. Casey adds that Thomas was scared of them, just like everyone else is. Wendall says if Casey says who they are, she promises that he'll be safe. Casey shakes his head and says he still has to go to school with them every day. Wendall asks again, "Who?" Casey says they are four sixth-graders. Sam looks sad.













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