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Chapter 4:
"Please let her be alright" Lawson thought to himself as TR 1 sped towards the accident scene.
As they turned the corner, they had a full view of the accident. TR2 stood in the middle of the intersection, the side of the car completely crumpled inwards, leaving a remarkably large dent in the side. The two windows were smashed, glass sprinkled all over the bitumen. About 5 metres away, the other car, a black sedan also remained motionless, the front completely smashed and the front wind shield was totally shattered.
TR1 pulled up and Lawson immediately jumped out.
"Stella" he yelled "you're with me, grab the med-kit. Michael, go check the other car and get an ambo out here, NOW!"
Lawson ran over to the side of the TR2 car and glanced into the window. Shannon sat in the back seat, her head bowed forward as she sat motionless. He scrambled to the back window and reached his arm inside the car.
"Shannon" he exclaimed, gently lifting her head. She had a nasty gash on her forehead and Lawson didn't want to risk a spinal injury so he simply propped her head up and check for a pulse, it was faint and thready, but there.
"Leon" he shouted into the coms, "fast track that ambulance, we've got at least 4 persons injured, all in critical condition, suspected spinal injuries" he instructed, keeping his eyes firmly trained on Shannon.
Stella came around the other side of the car and opened the front passenger door. Josh moaned as he opened his eyes.
"Am I glad to see you guys" he smiled weakly.
"Are you alright?" Stella asked, not bothering for jokes. She glanced at Christian "what about you?" she asked him with a serious frown.
Christian gave a slight nod "I'll live. I think Shannon got the worst of the impact".
"Yeah no kidding" Stella muttered, glancing at her friend, who sat in the back seat unconscious. Lawson had opened the door and was attending to her. Stella looked to the back of the car and found James sitting in the back, he had a blood all over his face as he moaned and rubbed his face.
"You alright back there?" she asked.
"As if you care" he spat back, frowning as he rubbed his face.
Stella ignored him, opened the med kit and pulled out a couple of pressure bandages. "Here" she handed a few each to Josh, Christian and James. "Put these on those gashes on your faces, the ambos should be here soon, just don't move".
Michael suddenly ran over to Lawson, the worry etched on his face.
"Lawson, there is a teenage boy in the other car- he seems in a bad way"
Lawson sighed heavily, taking one last long glance at Shannon before bowing out of the car and turning to Michael.
"Stella" he instructed "go help Michael- Leon! Where are those ambos!"
"Two minutes off" Leon responded tensely.
"Are you boys alright?" Lawson called out, leaning back into the car.
"We'll live" Christian smiled in this usual optimistic tone, even the fact that he was covered in blood didn't deter him. Josh just nodded weakly in agreement.
Lawson nodded tensely and turned back to Shannon, gently taking hold of her hand and giving it a light rub.
"C'mon Shannon, you have to wake up, you hear me?" he demanded, looking desperately up at her face, hoping to see her open her eyes. Instead she remained unconscious, the only sound coming from the approaching ambulance sirens.
Lawson turned and saw 2 ambulances speeding towards them. They stopped and out jumped 5 ambulance officers.
"Over here" Lawson called out to them, letting go of Shannon's hand and standing up.
"This is Sergeant Shannon Henry," Lawson explained to the approaching pair of ambos. "She was in the back seat and seemed to catch the worst of the collision. She was conscious for a few seconds before passing out again. I've stabilised her spine and just checked her over quickly for any large cuts or injuries, she seems alright."
"Ok" one of the guys nodded, leaning into the car, "Shannon, my name is Jake, I'm an ambulance officer, can you hear me" he spoke loudly, taking her hand "if you can hear me, just squeeze my hand". Lawson looked on tensely as Shannon remained lifeless.
The other ambulance officer approached Lawson from behind. "We're gotta call for backup, we need to get your other guys to the hospital, we think the driver has a severe concussion and the passenger, the bright one, I think he might have whiplash on his ribs".
Lawson nodded numbly, he was find it hard to believe the enormity of the situation. "How are the guys in the other car?" he asked.
"The driver flat lined" the man explained ruefully, "he bleed out, half his organs were lying on the bitumen…..the other passenger is unconscious, we gotta get him to the hospital, the other guys are taking him now".
"Alright, what about Sergeant Henry?" he asked urgently. "What's going on with her?"
"It's hard to tell at this stage, it might just be a concussion, or it could be swelling in the brain, we just don't know, we've got to get her to hospital ASAP".
Lawson nodded in agreement and turned back to the car. Shannon had an oxygen mask covering half her face, she had a neck brace on as Jake and the other ambo gently lifted her out and placed her lying on the stretcher.
Lawson just stood and watched numbly as they wheeled her away and loaded her up into the back of the ambulance.
"What's going out there Lawson" he heard Kerry demanded into his earpiece. "Is everyone alright?".
"Shannon is unconscious, they are taking her to the hospital now" Lawson explained "They suspect Josh might have a severe concussion and Christian has bruised ribs, we are waiting on more ambos to take them to the hospital now, but they are conscious".
"What about the other car?"
"Stella and Michael tended to them, the young driver bleed out, but the passenger has just left for the hospital".
"Shit" Lawson heard Kerry mutter.
"You guys wait with Josh and Christian until they leave for the hospital and then get down there yourself".
"Sure thing Kerry" Lawson replied with a nod. He wanted to get to the hospital and see how Shannon was doing.
He just prayed that she was alright, that she was going to live. Because seeing her like that, unconscious, vulnerable, weak….it just made him understand exactly how he felt about her….
He wasn't going to let her go again.
I am soo sorry that it's taken me this long to update. I want to thank everyone who has read this story and reviewed, it means more than you know. I've actually been working on this chapter for months now, I've just finished my exams for the year so I only just got the chance finish it. Please read and review. I know it's not the best chapter, but hope you all enjoy and that my readers haven't deserted me….
Oh and who else is DEVASTATED that Michael died? That was totally unexpected and sad! So I think that I might just dedicate this chapter to him. To Michael: the young cop who risked his life to prove that he actually had some balls.