"Get him on a backboard! " Otis yelled as they almost had Matt freed from under the beam and before they pulled him up they got a brace around his neck. The EMT put a gauze against his head as they carried him away.
Gabby and Shay were sitting outside, watching as a backboard was carried outside and gabby jumped up worried because it was Matt on the backboard. His head was bleeding heavily and before she could do anything the EMT's put him in the ambulance. She wanted to get in but she was pushed aside as another backboard was lifted in.
"There are not enough ambulances. Take them both." the lieutenant of the truck that came to help 51 said and the EMT nodded and closed the door, leaving a sad and worried gabby behind.
Kelly woke up in the ambo and looked beside him and saw the EMT's helping matt and he looked even more worried as Matt suddenly started to shake. He thought back to the night they almost lost him. Matt's hand fell of the gurney. Kelly felt for his hand and held it.
"Come in Matt, not like this. Not again!" he said gritting this teeth as his stomach was hurting. The nurses shot something in Matt's arm and he stopped shaking as the ambulance stopped. Before Kelly could say something to the fellow lieutenant Matt's gurney was taken away and Kelly looked as they took him away. Then the pain in his stomach got so overwhelming that he lost consciousness again.
"We got Cruz and Mouch!" Herrmann yelled as they helped the two out. Luckily the two men seemed to be okay. Cruz smiled, tears on his cheeks because he was so happy that they were free. The chief nodded because everybody was out. Then he saw the firefighters carrying a body outside and he felt an enormous weight upon him as he knew he had to go tell the family.
Kelly woke up again, lying in a hospital bed and ready for the surgery he was facing when he suddenly saw the nurses taking another bed away. He was shocked when he saw matt laying on it, his face battered and he was intubated. Multiple IV's were in his arms. Kelly wanted to get up and ask how he was but all he could manage was to yell Matt's name before he was knocked out by the pain again.
The whole group was in the waiting area/ Almost everyone was there, but some were still waiting for stitches. Gabby was walking around. Pacing as she waited for an update on matt and Kelly. She was so worried about matt because his head had been bleeding. She hadn't even been able to answer his proposal and now she could lose him.
Herrmann looked up as a hand touched him on his shoulder and he looked up, to see his wife standing next to him and he slowly got up, numb because of all that had just happened. Cindy took him to the hallway.
"Christopher, are you okay? " she asked worried as she hugged him.
"I'm okay" he said but then he started to sob against her shoulder.
"We lost one Cindy, we lost one. "
Boden looked as Ingrid opened the door and he took of his hat. He wanted to tell her that after her husband she had now lost her son. He wanted to tell her but he couldn't. All the air seemed to be gone around him and he opened his mouth.
"Ingrid, I'm so sorry...Peter... "that was all he could manage before his throat seemed to close. He couldn't say anything anymore as he thought about Henry. It seemed so close right now.
Ingrid started to cry and Boden had a hard time keeping himself from crying. Another brave mills had lost his life. After Henry, they had now lost Peter. Elise was crying in the back and she took her mother in her arms then, looking at Wallace very angry. This would no longer be his wedding day, but the day they lost Peter. The day they might even lose more men.
In the hospital Kelly opened his eyes, his hand being caressed by Erin as she kissed his forehead.
"How are you feeling?" she asked. Kelly coughed, clearing his throat. "Nauseous. "
"That is the anesthesia wearing off." Erin said. "You had your spleen removed but you are going to be alright."
Kelly caressed her hand back, still waking up and suddenly he looked at her ; "How are the others? Did anybody else get hurt? " he asked worriedly. Erin bit her lip. "Most came out safely without serious injuries. " she said as she wanted him to wake up calmly but he frowned: "most? "
"Mills... Mills didn't make it." Erin said then, very sadly, Kelly took her hand, hoping it was all just a really bad nightmare.
Gabby was still pacing around the waiting room. She had been waiting for eight hours now but there was still no update on matt. She was nervous because it was another head injury and it was taking so long. The others looked at her and thought about the night the same thing had happened, months before.
Antonio took her hand for a second as she walked past him. She looked at her brother but although he always saved her, there was nothing he could do now.
The other guys sat there, sad because of mills and worried because of matt. Some were crying about mills. None of them would get over this really soon and all they wanted was and update on matt so they could go home and mourn Peter in their own way.
Gabriela walked around more, when the doctor walked her way, looking very sad: "I'm looking for the family of Matthew Casey?"
"I'm his girlfriend. " gabby said and the doctor nodded looking sad. "Can I talk to you?"
NOTE: coming up: dealing with the loss, news about matt and how did the building explode? Boden isn't going to get over this any time soon.
Yes I know i said there wouldn't be an update and I am still in Ghana but in the evenings we are not allowed to go outside so I spend my evenings typing on my phone and I actually got a chapter done, Yay! I'm sick so I'm also spending a lot of time in bed and writing.
I hope that you liked having an update and you are still interested in the story. I hope you like reading about so many characters at once. Please do leave a review with what you thought! Thank you!
