I didn't really like the ending of the season finale, so I've decided to write my own version. Enjoy and review!
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Can't shake that funny feeling
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The team watched on with concern as a weak and pale looking Michael was loaded into the back of the ambulance.
Lawson sighed looked around at his team. Josh was standing with his back to Lawson, talking into his mobile, no doubt calling Tash. Christian had a pained, worried expression pasted on his face as he watched the the ambulance officers packed up their supplies. Audrey looked distraught as she stared out into the water. Stella was standing in front of the ambulance doors, staring at Michael, she looked equally pale and sickly as she watched Michael cringe and wince.
Lawson looked around and sighed, it had been a horrible day. His team members had been put in very dangerous situations and he still couldn't shake that horrible, eerie feeling that island had given him.
He looked around and found Shannon, standing off to the side. She had been on that boat with Hayman and copped a pretty bad knock to the head from him. Lawson could tell she was still shaken up and she was also starting to turn pale. As he walked up to her, she turned and glanced at him, giving him a small smile.
"You alright?" he asked gently, placing a hand on her back and glancing up at the bloody cut on her forehead.
"Yeah" she replied softly, putting a hand to the cut. When she drew her hand away from the cut and saw how much blood there really was, she glanced up at Lawson.
"Does it look bad?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah" Lawson told her honestly "maybe you should go with Michael and the ambos and get checked it out at a hospital? You might need stitches".
"Ok" she nodded in agreement and went to take a step but stumbled back dizzily. Lawson caught her arm just in time.
"Whoa" he exclaimed, helping her up "you right?" he asked, getting concerned as she turned pale suddenly.
"Just dizzy" she mumbled, closing her eyes for a second. "My heads pounding".
"Here I'll help you" Lawson told her taking her arm.
"No" she shook herself free of his grasp. "I'm alright" she muttered.
Lawson let go of her and held up his hands defensively. She looked back at him and gave him a small appreciative smile before turning and walking slowly towards the ambulance. Lawson folded his arms and watched her walk and saw that she was swaying slightly. Lawson walked quickly over to her and was only 10 paces behind her when she started to collapse. He ran toward her and managed to catch her arms and bring her down to the ground gently just in time.
The team saw what happened and ran over to assist her. Lawson looked down at her white face. The blood from the cut on her forehead had run down the side of her face and neck and she looked like a ghost, she was so pale.
"What's happened?" Josh demanded, crouching down next to Lawson who was cradling Shannon's head in his lap.
"I don't know" Lawson replied, slightly frustrated. "She has a deep cut on her forehead from Hayman hit her and she was a bit pale and dizzy…" Lawson withdrew his hand from under Shannon's head to tell Christian to alert the ambos when he saw the blood that covered his hand.
"She must have fallen on the boat and cut the back of her head" Josh suggested, moving to allow the ambulance officer's access to Shannon. Lawson nodded and looked at her blood covered hair, how had he not realised that before?
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The scene in the locker room was very sombre that afternoon. With two of their team mates in hospital, nobody felt like talking. Lawson sighed and looked around the room as he took off his shirt. Stella was sitting on the bench, crossed legged, staring into space, no doubt thinking about Michael. Josh was occupied with his mobile, obviously texting a message to his girlfriend and Christian was just packing his bag with a blank expression.
Lawson didn't know what to do. His team had been deeply affected by the day's events. Not just by the fact that two teammates had been injured but that island had had a strange effect on them all and morale was low.
Lawson just sighed and left the room. He walked into the Intel room and found Kerry sitting at her desk with her head in her hands.
"Any news?" he demanded. Kerry looked up at him with surprise but a second later her face fell back into a worried and exhausted expression.
"Michaels been taken into surgery to remove the spear, the doctors are worried about internal bleeding" she explained sadly.
"And Shannon?" he asked, trying to mask his interest and worry.
"She's regained consciousness. The doctors believed she only collapsed because she'd lost too much blood from both injuries. The cut on her forehead needed to be cleaned up and bandaged but the one she had on the back of her head required stitches, they had to put her under anaesthesia to do it".
"But she'll be ok?" he asked slowly.
"Yeah" Kerry nodded, "they are just going to keep her overnight to make sure everything is ok".
Lawson nodded and felt as if a huge weight had been lifted. He thanked Kerry and left, returning to the locker room. As he entered, the team glanced up at him expectantly.
He told them what Kerry had explained to him. When he had finished he glanced at Stella who was just staring at the ground, her eyes wide with fear and concern.
"I'm sure Michael will pull through" he reassured her, though speaking to them all "he's a tough bastard".
"Want to hit the pub?" josh asked, shutting his locker and turning to face the team.
"Yeah I could do with a beer" Christian answered, swinging his backpack over his shoulder.
"Same here" Lawson quipped "it's been one hell of a day".
"Amen to that" Josh chuckled dryly and left the room, following Christian.
"Coming Stell?" Lawson asked her, walking over glancing down at her.
Stella nodded and looked at her boss, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Stell" Lawson told her sharply "Michael will be fine. I'm sure he's not going to let some maniac with a spear gun bring him down" he added with a smile.
Stella nodded with a weak smile and wiped the tears away, standing up.
"I think I need something stronger than just beer" she said softly.
"Alright" Lawson nodded the memory of Shannon collapsing and the blood pouring from her head flashed into Lawson's mind.
"I'm buying" he exclaimed, raising his hands and following her out the door.
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