Chapter one
Red hot pain fills my back as I realize I'm struggling to breathe, damn it, the beam fell on me, I didn't get out of the way in enough time,and now I'm trapped. I hear a beeping noise,and I know it's my pass alarm, letting out a warning that I'm down for the count,meaning someone will come for me soon. Time passes,the beeping gets louder,then I see Howie,chimney, and Bobby approach me. Howie kneels down beside me first, putting his bag beside him, then Bobby kneels down in front of me,reaching down to turn my alarm off. "Easy Buck, hang in there alright,we'll get you out of here"he says as I feel a hand press down on my back,"Ok,god damn it that hurts, I can't breathe"I murmur trying to get in a breath and I can't. "Ok,I know, Bobby I'm going to give you the oxygen mask,we need to get him started on oxygen,and I'll start an Iv with fluids and pain meds before we get this thing off"he says handing him an oxygen mask.
I feel my chin being lifted gently,hands keeping my neck completely still as a plastic mask is put over my mouth and nose,then I can breathe a little easier. I feel Bobby contiune to suppourt my head and neck as Chim puts an iv into my arm,then he hangs the bag on another beam for the moment. "Ok,I'm going to try and get this beam off of him, contiune to hold his head and neck still, on 1,2,3"he says as I feel a sudden weight lifted up off of my back,and I can breathe,shakily,but easier none the less,and he pushes it off to the side. "Alright your doing good kid, we're going to need to get you rolled over so we can get you on the strecthcer ok"he asks gently, "yeah"I murmur,knowing it's not going to be pleasent. I feel an arm wrap around my back,towards my middle,,then a hand on my knees,then they roll me as a unit,onto the strectcher.
"Your good kid, Chim give me the c collar so we can get it on his neck"he asks as Chim does so,then he very gently slides it under my neck and secures it. "Lets get you out of here alright Buck"he asks as I see him grab the iv bag and secure it beside me,then he grabs one end of the stretcher,Bobby doing the same,then we start getting out of that house. It takes some time,but before I know it we're out in the cool night air,and I can see red and blue lights reflecting off of what's left of the house. I see Hen come over to us with the gurney,and they get me transferred very carefully onto it,trying not to jostle me too much.
Then they load me up into the ambulance,Chim and Bobby getting in the back with me,Hen getting in front to drive. Then suddenly under the white lights it feels all that more real to me, and I find myself grabbing Bobby's hand,to reassure myself. "Easy kid,you'll be ok Buck,it'll be ok,we'll take great care of you"he murmurs as I feel us start to take off. "Ok,I trust you"I murmur as I feel cold metal against my stomach,and realize Chim is cutting my shirt off,he got the jacket off of me already. Then he puts sticky pads on my chest,to watch my heart rate,then he gets my boots off of my feet,then go the pants. When my pants come off,the unmistakable smell of urine fills the air,shit I peed myself during all of this. "Sorry"I murmur,embarassed beyond belief, "don't worry about it kid, it happens, you can't help it, it probably happened when we got the beam off of you"he says as I see Bobby hand him something,a cloth. They roll me on my side,and I let Chim do what he has to do,and everything goes quiet,not good. "His urine isn't a good color Chim, we might be having issues with kidney failure"I hear him say, "Ok,we need to get him on some more fluids for now, his heart beat is irregular too, he might have rhabomyolyisis, which isn't good"he says quietly. "Will I be OK"I ask softly as I feel pain pulse through my back,god it hurts so bad. "You will be,I promise, I'm going to give you some pain meds,it'll make you out of it a bit"he asks as he puts a blanket over me,giving me some privacy,then grabs the vial of pain meds. "Yeah"I murmur as I see him inject it into my iv. And the next thing I know I'm out,the last thing I see is bright lights,fading away.
