She didn't know how she was going to get herself out of this situation. Usually when all hope was lost, someone would rescue her, save her from this suffering. As the light from her cell phone quickly faded she lost any hope she had for surviving. "I hope Horatio can forgive me for bringing him to the pier," she thought as she tilted her head closer to the top trunk. The smell of fresh seawater mixed with dirty carpet odor quickly hit her nose as she began to quickly gasp for air. She couldn't see her hands but she could feel the burning of her palms from pounding the trunk so hard. The pain in her head was still there but the adrenaline she was feeling made it seem nonexistent.
It felt like it had been hours but it had only been a few minutes and nothing but part of her head was still above water. Natalia was preparing to take her last breath until she thought to herself, "I am not going to die like this. Hell I've been blown up, abused, kidnapped, there has got to be a way out of here. She felt around for any safety handle that could open the trunk. She knew the force of the water would probably be pushing down on the outside of the trunk, but hell it was worth a shot. "Nothing" dammit, I can't feel anything.
While supporting her weight her shoe slipped against the carpet cushioning of the trunk, and her left leg went through the backseat, sending in a wave of water rushing towards her. The intensity of the water was over bearing but she saw this as an opportunity to get out. She took the deepest breath possible and began to fight her way through the backseat, and then swim her way through the front window that had given in due to water pressure. She could see the beam of light coming through the ocean but dammit she was running out of breath which prompted her to swim faster towards the top of the ocean. As she got closer to the top she could hear the birds and more importantly the sounds of Miami Dade finest sirens dominating the area. She never thought she'd hear anything again. The time she spent in the trunk listening to the ocean was deafening. Help! Help! She thought she was screaming as loud as she possibly could but her tired raspy voice was only whimpers. Although she had made it and was finally able to breath, the happiness quickly began to fade. Her body was so tired she could barely keep floating. She had given up swimming to shore seconds ago, well her arms and legs did. She still had the will to survive, but that wasn't good enough. Her body was slowly losing the battle against the ocean as she began to swindle back down into the deep.
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Suddenly she felt the urge to regurgitate. The urge was over after she felt water rushing up her nose and throat, burning her nostrils in the process. "Nataila, can u hear me? How many fingers am I holding up. Calliegh I don't think she can hear me." Nataila heard the voice hovering over her but she couldn't make out who the voice belong to. She felt a new pain near her rib cage, as if someone had been applying pressure there and the cherry on top was the intense headache she had from when that bastard had knocked her out.
Coming into full vision was Ryan looking her straight in the eyes. She couldn't remember looking straight into his eyes that long, ever. He looked as if he was his pain. His eyes were so filled with concern. His clothing drenched with water, and drops of water from his hair hitting the edge of her cheeks. Behind him was Calliegh, pacing back in forth in the sand calling an ambulance. Calliegh sounded as if she wanted to cry, her southern voice was going in and out while trying to sound professional. Why is she wearing heels in the sand? Natalia thought as she shifted her head back toward Ryan. Gripping the sand in her hand Natalia attempted to stand up, she didn't know what to do. She wanted to cry, but then again she had a million things going through her mind.
"Ryan where is Horatio?," Natalia managed to say, " is he okay?" Before he could answer her she slowly fell backwards, nearly hurting her self again on the bed of sand. Whoaw, don't you move, Ryan said as he picked her up off of her feet. Natalia quickly put both of her arms around Ryan and allowed him to carry her, as Calleigh followed. Ryan please tell me that Horation is okay, Nataila whispered into Ryans ear. She couldn't see his face since he was facing the pier and she was still facing the ocean. However, she could see Calleigh's facial expression change. Please is he okay, Natalia tried to finish her sentence but her emotions began to overtake her as she started to cry uncontrollably.
Ryan seem to be shushing her as if she was a child, as he leaned over and handed her over to the EMT's. We're going to let the paramedics do their job Natailia please, just stay calm. But Ryyy, before she could get another word in the paramedics had already covered her mouth with an oxygen mask. One of the male paramedics ripped her shirt open, checking for her heart rate, and poking her in the arm with god knows what. Her eyes began to drift to sleep as she could see Ryan and Calliegh following behind the ambulance with their grey hummer. She felt safe again, but that since of security quickly turned into nervousness as she once again thought about Horatio.
"Thank god you found her Ryan," Calleigh said as she looked over at Ryan who was driving the Hummer. How did you know she was in trouble? Calleigh was almost too afraid to ask seeing how much Ryan was concentrating on the road, more importantly the huge ambulance that he was trailing so closely behind. " I saw that there were 2 hummers on the pier and something told me to look around. I saw her white blazer floating above the water, that was the scariest thing I've ever seen. I don't know how she managed to get inside the water.
"Maybe she got into a fight with the escapee, after he shot Horatio" Calliegh said, as she thought about her words, SHOT HORATIO! She couldn't believe she had uttered those words. Looking out the window she couldn't believe how the day had went from Horatio falling out of the sky to Natalia nearly drowning in the ocean.
At least Natalia had been coherent,there had been no word on Horatio. They knew that he was found unresponsive by the back up team who was minutes behind him prior to the shootout. And the ambulance that Horatio was riding in would've been at the hospital right now giving him the medical attention he needed, if he was still alive to need it, she thought as she glanced back at her cell phone anticipating any updates on this crisis from Eric. Eric would be calling her or Ryan with an update any minute and the anticipation was killing Ryan too. He almost didn't want to hear his phone ring, and he didn't. Calliegh's phone started to ring as soon as they pulled up to the hospital. Calliegh took a deep breath and peaked at the caller Id. "It's Eric, Calleigh sighed as she pressed the touch pad and answered in her concerned voice. Eric what's going on with Horatio? Calleigh nodded her head a few times while rubbing her eyes and nose. Eric are you sure about that? I can't believe this is happening.
"What's happening Calleigh, what's going on?", Ryan said. Seemingly ignoring Ryan , Calleigh continued her conversation. "Honey I'll call you back, we are here with Natalia now, we think she's going to be fine. See you in a few."Calleigh what's going on? Ryan hated repeating himself and being out of the loop, still waiting for Calleigh to get off the phone with Eric. Ryan the news is not good… …DUHH DUUH Is the suspense killing you? Please review. I am a new writer and any review good or bad will go a long way.