Thanks to everyone who's reviewed and read this. I've attempted to put a bit of humour in this, but probably failed miserably :L

Chapter 2

Sirens could be heard in the distance as the Brockmans attempted to wake their oldest child.
"Mummy, is Jake going to wake up?" Karen asked. Sue looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes. Karen looked helpless; something Sue had never seen her daughter look before. Even Ben had grasped the seriousness of the situation and had stayed, unusually, quiet.
"I hope so Karen." Pete patted her shoulder.

The sounds of sirens became louder and then three ambulances stopped by their mangled car. Three paramedics, a woman and two men came rushing out of the first ambulance and over to the car.

"What's his name?" The lady paramedic asked Sue as she attached an oxygen mask over Jakes face.
"Jake." Sue replied as she watched the two other paramedics gently lift him off the ground and onto a stretcher. They placed a neck brace on Jake, making Sue even more worried than before.

"Daddy, what's that for?" Karen asked Pete as the men wheeled Jake into the ambulance and the woman took Sue aside to ask her some questions. Pete just looked at his daughter with sad eyes and shook his head.
"Is Jake going to be okay?" Ben asked.
"He'll be fine." Pete reassured his son, without being utterly certain himself.

"One of you can come with him but the other three will have to go in the other ambulance." The woman said as she and Sue went back to the rest of the family.
"You go with Jake." Pete told his wife as he started to lead Karen and Ben over to one of the other three ambulances.

As Sue turned around she became aware of the driver of the car that had crashed into them being lifted into the ambulance, next to the one with her son inside, but Sue couldn't care less if he had been hurt. It was his fault Jake was injured.

"Take a seat Mrs Brockman." The male paramedic, who wasn't driving the ambulance, told Sue. Sue nodded before taking a seat next to the stretcher containing her son.

As the ambulance started moving Sue saw the man attach an IV into Jakes vein, making Sue get even more distressed.
"What's that for?" The woman paramedic could hear the panic in her voice and attempted to soothe her, knowing that Sue was worried about her son and had no idea what was going on.

"It's just giving Jake some pain medication. You don't want Jake to be in pain do you?" Sue shook her head but the woman's words had done nothing to calm her.

The woman was about to start talking again but a loud groan made her go back over to Jake. Sue was able to catch a glimpse of her son opening his eyes weakly as the woman moved from her view, making her get up from the chair and rush towards him.

"Jake!" She sobbed.
"Mum...what's going on?" Jake's voice was distant and a bit slurred. Before Sue could reply Jakes eyes had started to close.

"Jake, you need to stay awake." Sue voice sounded panicked, even to her own ears.
"Mum...tired." Jake managed to murmur before his eyes had closed and he had slipped back into unconsciousness.

In the other Ambulance

"Daddy, I don't understand." Karen cried as the ambulance started to speed away.
"Where's Jake?" Ben asked. Pete just stared at his children, shaking his head in distress.

"Jake's in another ambulance with your Mum."
"But why?" Pete sighed. He really didn't want to explain this to his children.

"The car...the car hit him."
"But it hit all of us. It hit the car." Karen said, sounding as if she thought Jake was fine.
"Karen's right Dad, the car hit all of us so why's Jake the only one sleeping." Pete sighed.

"The car hit our car but it hit the side where Jake was." Pete was finding it hard to explain this to Karen and Ben.
"I still don't get it." Pete sighed, giving up with trying to explain it.

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The rest of the ride was spent in silence. Eventually, the ambulance stopped outside the hospital and Pete, Karen and Ben exited the ambulance. Pete was relieved when he came face to face with Sue as they entered the hospital.

"Mummy, where's Jake?" Karen asked.
"Go sit over there and let me talk to Daddy." Sue sounded distressed as she answered Karen.
"You didn't answer Karen's question." Ben stated as he joined his sister.

"Is he going to be okay?" Pete asked his wife.
"I don't know. They took him straight into surgery and I have no idea when he's going to come out. And no one will tell me." Pete could hear the distress in Sue's wife.

"Let's just go and sit over there." Pete led his wife over to the chairs next to their children.

Karen opened her mouth as if to ask a question but a nurse interrupted her before she had a chance to speak.

"I need to check that you're all alright."
"Where's Jake?" Sue said.
"In surgery."
"Is Jake getting one of his legs chopped off? That'd be cool." Ben chimed in. The nurse sent him an odd look.

"Ben don't be so insensitive."
"But he's okay, isn't he?" Ben's voice trailed off as Pete shook his head.
"Is Jake dead?" Karen looked close to tears.
"No...He's fine." Sue reassured her now crying child.
"Where is he then?" Ben yelled at his Mum.

"I'm sorry about this but can you come back later." The nurse nodded after Pete had finished speaking.

"Is Jake okay?" Karen and Ben said in us ion.
"He's..." Pete took over from Karen, who seemed to be unable to explain this to her children.

"Jake's going to be fine." Pete told them.

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For the past 5 hours the Brockmans had had to answer questions to the doctors, who checked for broken bones and sprains. Eventually, they had agreed that they were fine, which they already knew.

Karen and Ben had fallen asleep on the hospital chairs and Sue and Pete were drifting off. They were just about to fall asleep when a doctor came through the double doors.

"Are you Jake Brockmans family?" The doctor cam up to the family.

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