Blood Diamond One-Shot
"Archer- I'll come find you. Just let me save you." Maddy cried into the phone. "It's too late. It's too late." Was all I could reply. I heard Maddy talking rapidly on the other side of the line to someone else. "Get a helicopter to his location. Go now. Trace this call." "It's no use, Maddy." I managed. "It's too late." "Archer, hang in there. I'm coming for you." I heard her sobs and a tear escaped my eye. "Goodbye, Maddy..." I whispered before I lost consciousness. The last sound I heard was her gasping "Danny! Danny!" Through the telephone.
I awoke to a frenzy of activity. I was in a helicopter, and medics were rushing around me, bandaging and sticking needles inside my forearms. I dry heaved from the pain and fell back into the blackness.
I woke up once more on the helicopter. My eyes opened slowly to see a girl holding my hand and crying over me. It was Maddy. I squeezed her hand to let her know I was awake. She turned, her eyes wide with surprise. "I thought I lost you, Archer." She said. The tears were still flooding from her eyes. "You haven't lost me yet, Maddy." She smiled and nodded, trying to reassure herself. My eyes started to close again. "Archer..." I blinked them open again. She leaned down and kissed me. Her lips were the last thing I felt before I passed into death.