Seconnnd chapter :D
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Sophie spluttered as another layering of dust fell onto her face and caught in her throat. Her eyes were stinging something terrible and pain kept flaring up in her stomach. After what seemed like hours of deliberating she finally opened her eyes. It wasn't much better than when they were closed. The room was barely lit and the swirling dust made it hard to distinguish anything in the dying headlights of the tram.
For a few more moments she just lay there, head positioned awkwardly on something she couldn't decipher. She felt her eyes grow hot and her throat become tight. She attempted to sit but her head felt like it had unfilled of everything and now resembled a helium balloon. "Shit," She coughed before forcing herself into the lying position again. Somewhere to her left there was a ticking sound. Or was it her right? She didn't know.
She was sent into a sense of disorientation as the pain in her abdomen heightened, causing her to hold back a scream in fear of opening her mouth and choking on dust. She swallowed hard as the sound of creaking echoed around her.
"Help," She murmured before moving the arm that didn't ache up to cover her eyes. She just wanted the lights to flicker on and Sian to come over and give her a cuddle but optimism wouldn't get her anywhere right now, no, sheer practicality would.
"Help!" She called louder but was soon silenced as her throat clogged with dust. She could feel her heart growing heavier with fear. "Sian," She murmured before clenching her fingers over her eyes. She didn't even have time to open them when the ceiling above her dispersed, sending an iron bar swinging down over the counter.
"Sian, get down!" Sally yelled as she stood at the bottom of the pile staring up at the young girl who looked like she was going to fall to pieces any second.
"Mum look at her," Rosie sobbed at her side, clasping her hands into her hair. "Dad get her down!" She added in a shout. Kevin's head turned to observe the sixteen year old girl who was pawing desperately at anything she could reach. Just as he leant for her the ground beneath their feet moved and he listened as the blonde girl screamed and collapsed sideways. Kevin scrambled for her and pulled her into him just as several of the rocks collapsed inward, hammering down on the tram body below.
"Sian," Kevin hissed as he fought with the struggling girl.
"She's in there!"
"I know, Sian but you gettin' hurt isn't helpin' us an' it definitely won't be helpin' her if she knew!" He countered as he began to almost drag her down the pile of rubble.
"Kevin, we need to get Molly out!" Tyrone shouted after him.
"I know but if anythin' 'appens to 'er then Soph will kill me," Kevin yelled back over the sound of the street. Once at the bottle of the pile, Sian was bundled into Rosie's arms and the two clung to each other as they sobbed. The blonde lifted her head at the sound of a man's voice shouting. It was Dev's.
"Sally! Where's Sunita? Tell me she isn't in there,"
It was all too familiar. Sian pushed Rosie away and turned back to see the people scrambling at the rubble. She couldn't bear the thought that Sophie was in there. Her Sophie! She wanted to wake up and turn to see the brunette consoling her and telling her it was nowt but a bad dream but that wasn't true was it? She could hear Sally and Dev talking but idle words didn't matter.
Too many people were standing by and talking. Why weren't they doing anything?
She leant forward and retched. Nothing came up but the feeling was there. A hand rested on her back and moved in slow circles. She was thankful Sophie's family was here because no one else would know how she felt right now. No one else could think how empty she was feeling. No one could realise the desperation making her want to clamber onto that rock pile again and lift a boulder the size of Wales. Her body hadn't seemed to have caught up with the whole lifting rocks the size of countries thing. Just then the sound of sirens met her ears and it felt like all the holidays had come at once.
"I need to get them here first, they've got three people in there, including my daughter!" Sally breathed before turning and striding off down the street, Dev at her side. Sian watched them go; lips parted and tears streaking down her cheeks.
"Sian, we need you to stay calm, okay?" Rosie whispered as she embraced the blonde in her arms. "If she needs talkin' to we know who's goin' in,"
Sian turned and gazed toward the rubble. Everything was a blur and a noisy one at that.
Sophie coughed violently as her vision swam back into view. Before only some things had hurt but now the pain had engulfed her entire body. The pain swarmed over her again as her breath hitched, swelling through the entirety of her abdomen and rib cage. She couldn't move her limbs.
As she tilted her head back, her skull flared with discomfort but what now hurt was her arm. Well she guessed it was hurt as she couldn't feel it or see her forearm or hand for that matter. No, the fucking iron bar was making the view above her elbow unavailable. Her eyes widened as a scream above her split the air. She knew that sound.
"Sian!" She shouted. Her body became wracked with coughs as dust filled her airways. Something hot trickled down her lip and her eyes widened as her head moved to the side, seeing small drips of blood on one of the nearby rock illuminated by the headlights of the tram. Her chest swelled as tears beaded in her eyes. Somewhere far away sirens could be heard.
They could have been a mile or twelve miles, it didn't matter to her, if she was bleeding internally there was a problem. A serious one at that and she hadn't even got to see Sian.
Well thank you cowboys for reading :P Revieeewws...
