Rick was working in the garage, as usual, when the house phone rang. He waited a few minutes to see in anyone else would answer, but when the ringing continued, he decided to answer it.
"What?" he demanded.
To his surprise, it was Summer, and it sounded like she was freaking out. "Grandpa, there's a fire at school! I can't find Jessica!"
Rick's eyes widened. "I'm on my way."
He rushed to his saucer and floored it, flying to the high school as fast as possible, hoping that he'd get there and find that Jessica and Summer were both fine and he could just bring them both home.
The saucer had barely come to a full stop when Rick jumped out, looking for Jessica or Summer.
"Grandpa!"
Rick turned to see Summer running towards him. Thankfully, she seemed alright, aside from the tears running down her face, but he didn't see Jessica anywhere. "Summer, where's Jessica?"
Summer looked over to where the ambulances and fire trucks were. "The firefighters brought her out just a minute ago... They're taking her to the hospital now."
Rick could have sword his heart stopped for a moment. "Summer, get in the saucer. We'll follow the ambulance so we can get there at the same time."
Rick and the Smith family sat in the hospital waiting room, waiting for someone to give them any news about Jessica. Summer had called Beth and Jerry on the way there, and they'd been sitting there for a while. Eventually, a nurse walked up to them. "Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Smith?"
The whole family quickly stood up, but Beth was the one to speak. "Yes, we're the Smith family. How's Jessica? Is she going to be ok?"
"She'll be fine. She'll have to stay on oxygen for a few days because of the smoke inhalation, but she can go home tomorrow." She paused, an uneasy look on her face. "But there was one effect that will be permanent."
Beth, who had begun to look relieved, became worried again. "What is it?"
"Well, unfortunately, the smoke permanently damaged her eyes. She is now completely blind."