A/N thank you to everyone who read and/or reviewed the last two chapters, I appreciate all of your feedback, I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Let me know what you think. x
Hours later everyone hurt in the RTC had all been patched up and sent to the ED. Sam looked around the surrounding area and suddenly in the distance she saw a little girl poke her head out of some bushes. Then she remembered...Maya! How could she have forgotten? Sam turned to Jeff and Dixie who were packing away all of the equipment. "Guys, I think I found Maya Harris." She called over to them.
"We'll wait here for you love." Dixie replied. Sam nodded and headed off in the direction of the bushes.
"Maya?" Sam called when she got to the bushes. "Maya, my name's Sam, I'm a doctor, can you tell me if you're hurting?" She asked. She delved further into the bushes and found the little blonde girl huddled in a ball. Sam took a step forward making a twig go 'snap.' Mayas head jolted upwards and she looked up at Sam alarmed. "Hey, it's ok. I'm not going to hurt you, there's no need for you to be frightened." Sam whispered softly. She reached out slowly to touch the small girl but Maya swiftly flinched away from Sam's careful movement. "Maya, I just want to make sure you aren't hurt." Sam reassured gently.
"I'm fine." Maya squeaked in a tiny voice. "Where's Mummy and Daddy?" She added.
Sam smiled sadly down at her and gestured to the space next to her. "Do you mind if I sit next to you?" She replied not answering the girl's question.
Maya shook her head and moved over a little creating more room for Sam to sit down. She decided that Doctor Sam was a nice lady and that she could trust her, she wouldn't hurt her because she was a doctor and doctors helped others, not hurt them. "Daddy was sleeping when I ran away from the car, is he with the angels now?" She asked innocently after a few moments of silence. Sam nodded sadly as a way of a reply. "And Mummy is she with them too?" The little girl asked with tears in her eyes. She knew what it meant when people went to the angels. It meant you never saw them again because they were gone, gone forever.
"Yeah, she's with the angels." Sam replied quietly. She wrapped her arms around Maya and winced. "You're ice cold." She whispered peeling off her florescent jacket around Mayas tiny, shivering frame. Maya began to cry and Sam sighed sadly before pulling the five year old into a comforting hug. "Shhh, it's ok. You're safe now." She whispered.
"Sam! You found her yet?!" Maya looked up at Sam startled as Jeff called out his younger colleague.
"Who was that?" She asked frightened and Sam smiled down softly at her as she moved a piece of her soft blonde hair behind Mayas ear so she could see her pretty little face properly.
"That's Jeff, he's my friend." She replied.
"Is Jeff nice?" Maya asked innocently.
"Yeah, he's like me, he helps people too. Would you like to meet him?" Sam asked. Maya thought for a moment slightly unsure before she nodded. Sam stood up and offered Maya a hand to help her up which the petite blonde took gratefully. Slowly, Sam and Maya approached the yellow ambulance where Jeff and Dixie had been waiting for the past ten minutes. "Jeff, Dixie, this is Maya." Sam said smiling at her friends.
"Hello Maya." Dixie said softly.
"You ready to go in the big yellow taxi then kiddo?" Jeff asked gesturing towards the ambulance.
"I have to go home." Maya replied shaking her head.
Sam looked down at her confused and shook her head. "Maya, you can't, there's no one to look after you. We have to take you to the hospital and make sure you're ok." She insisted.
"I don't like hospitals." Maya replied timidly.
Sam sighed and crouched down in front of the small child. "I won't let anyone hurt you. I promise, you can trust me." She whispered. Maya looked down at Sam and hugged her around the neck tightly shocking the young doctor slightly but nevertheless she hugged her back and stood up with her still in her arms. Surprisingly, the little girl was as light as a feather and Sam managed to carry her into the ambulance with very little effort.
"You're either pretty strong or she's just extremely light." Dixie remarked.
"I would like to think it's a bit of both." Sam quipped.
"What do you expect Dix? She is an army doc." Jeff stated before he closed the back doors of the ambulance. He then climbed into the front and within a couple of seconds he had started up the engine and all four of them were headed straight for Holby City ED.