Emily: I need you to page Dr. Scorpio and Dr. Drake, STAT. All right? Here, let's go over here. How's your breathing?
Nikolas: It's okay for right now.
Emily: Oh, you said that -- that Craig's played these mind games before, huh? That -- that he lets you think you're going to die, and at the last minute he gives you the counteragent?
Nikolas: It doesn't matter, he's gone. He doesn't need me anymore.
Patrick: What happened?
Emily: We don't have much time.
Robin: What -- what do you mean? Where's Craig?
Nikolas: He's gone, he's gone. He said he -- he couldn't risk staying in town any longer. He's gone.
Patrick: What about the counteragent?
Nikolas: He took it with him.
Robin sighs.
Nikolas: I die in less than five hours if I don't get it.
Robin: Oh, my God.
Emily: Craig told him that physical exertion is going to make the poison work faster.
Patrick: Okay, well, how do you feel now?
Nikolas: Uh -- I'm a little sore, but otherwise -- otherwise I'm okay.
Patrick: Okay, we'll admit you while we get to work. We're going to have to rerun the tox screens on your blood, try and find something that we missed, hopefully synthesize a counteragent.
Emily: All right, do it fast.
Emily: Sorry, Nikolas, I've got to draw more blood.
Nikolas: It's okay.
Emily: Don't worry, they're going to find a counteragent.
Nikolas: Emily, they've been trying to break down that poison for weeks.
Emily: You can't give up hope.
Nikolas: I never thought it would end like this.
Emily: Patrick and Robin are brilliant doctors, Nikolas, they've made it their mission to save you. They're working hard as we speak.
Patrick: Well, at least we're making progress narrowing down the possibilities.
Robin: You're kidding yourself. We are nowhere near closer to finding this counteragent.
P.A. Announcer: Dr. Scorpio to radiology, STAT.
Robin: Oh, damn. We have to keep working on this. I don't have time --
Patrick: Okay, go, go. I'll just -- I'll give them an update. I'll meet you back at the lab.
Robin: Thank you. I'll be quick.
Emily: Hi. Do you have anything yet?
Patrick: We found an important piece of the puzzle.
Emily: Okay. So you'll be able to make the counteragent?
Patrick: We're working on it.
Nikolas: What? What -- what aren't you telling us?
Emily: What time frame are we talking about?
Patrick: Anywhere from an hour to a day.
Nikolas: I don't have a day.
Emily: Patrick and Robin are working on the counteragent. Nikolas, they've identified some of the markers.
Nikolas: Well, just in case they don't succeed, I need to see my family -- Lucky, Lulu, Alexis and Spencer. And I -- I need to see them and tell them goodbye.
Emily: Listen, we have to believe that it's not going to come to that.
Nikolas: But if it does, will you raise my little boy?
Emily: Nikolas -- I am not going to accept that I'm losing you.
Nikolas: It's okay. It's okay. I've had a blessed life, Em. I have a wonderful family, a beautiful little boy --
Emily sighs.
Nikolas: And you. I just wished I would've figured that out a little sooner.
Emily: Yeah -- when I was gawky and embarrassingly starry-eyed when we were --
Nikolas: I'm just so grateful that I finally woke up and realized what a beau-- a beautiful woman you are. I love you.
Nikolas gasps.
Emily: Nikolas? Nikolas!
Emily: All right, your vitals are strong. Your lungs sound clear. How's the pain in your chest?
Nikolas: Better.
Emily: Okay, I'm going to get you something so you can relax.
Nikolas: No -- don't -- please don't go. Stay here.
Emily: Nikolas, you listen to me. We're going to get through this, okay? Patrick and Robin are going to make you well again.
Nikolas: I'm so sorry for the way I treated you through all of this. Pushing -- pushing you away for all those weeks, making you believe that I didn't love you. I know how much that hurt you.
Emily: I never stopped loving you. And I never will.
Robin: We think we have the counteragent.
Emily: Are there any risks?
Robin: Uh -- we think it's fairly safe, but, honestly, we don't have time to make definitive tests.
Nikolas: What are you waiting for? Give it to me.