Hey guys I'm back! And I feel loved again! Thank you everyone who reviewed! And sorry I didn't reply to most of you, I've only had internet through my phone the past like three weeks. My home internet is still down, and I'm only able to post at school right now.
Ok enough of me talking…er… typing I should say, on to the story!
Nick PoV
"Max! Wake up!" I shook her, trying not to hurt her worse then she already was.
Her eyes were closed and she wasn't moving.
"What's going on?" James asked through the open back window of the cab.
"She won't wake up!" I was trying not to panic, but it seemed I was failing.
I heard James ask how long until we got to the hospital, but I didn't hear the guy reply.
"Five minutes! We're almost there." James told me through the window.
I nodded and kept trying to wake Max up. But nothing I did was working…
After a few tries of lightly slapping her she came to, but just barely. She mumbled something I didn't catch at first, I tried to ask her what she said but she was losing consciousness again.
"Max… come on stay with me…" I slapped her lightly again.
"Ow…" she mumbled.
"Keep talking Max, you have to stay awake." I said sitting her up more.
"Sleepy…" she murmured, her head falling sideways to rest against my chest.
"No, sit up, you can sleep later." I held her head up with one hand, cupping her cheek.
She struggled to stay awake as the truck pulled off the highway. I kept her talking, about what popped into my head. The sky, the wind, grass, hell even paint at one point, anything to keep her talking.
She passed out again right as we pulled into the emergency area of a hospital. I had no idea what town we were in or what the name of this hospital was. But it didn't matter.
As soon as the truck stopped I jumped out with her in my arms, not jostling her around at all when I landed. I practically ran into the emergency room and once they saw the amount of blood on Max and myself, I was surrounded by nurses and doctors. They led me into a room and had me set her on the bed. After I told them what had happened they shoved me out of the room and back out into the waiting area. James and the others were there waiting for me.
"Is she going to be ok…?" Jen asked, her voice sounded small, like she was afraid if she talked she was going to start crying.
"I don't know… they just threw me out of the room back out here without saying anything…" I told her.
I looked around for the guy who had driven us here, but I didn't see him.
"Where's that guy?" I asked.
"Jacob?" Liz said. "He took off after we got out of the truck before we could thank him…"
I sighed a bit and pretty much just fell into a chair. The others sat down as well and no one said anything. There was a seriously dense atmosphere of despair and worry hanging around us. It almost could literally be seen hanging around us.
A long time later someone came out and asked who we were waiting for. I told her and asked if she knew anything. She left us to go check, and didn't come back.
We sat in the waiting room for hours before we heard any news about her. A nurse finally came out and brought us to a different waiting room. She told us that Max was in surgery and it would be a long time before she was out. So we sat in this new waiting room for four more hours.
A guy in scrubs came in as he was taking off a face mask and a hat thing.
"Are you guys here for the girl in the plane crash?" he asked as he walked over to us.
I stood up nodding.
"We did everything we could,"
I think my heart just about stopped when he said that.
"But we can't do anything more for her here. We're going to air lift her to St. Janes hospital in Sawearo County in California. It's about a two and half hour flight, but it's faster than an ambulance."
First thing I realized:
We were in Nevada.
I mentally smacked myself for getting that first.
Second thing I realized:
Max was alive.
I was so relieved…
"One of you can go in the helicopter with her, it would be helpful for the pilots and the EMT on bored that she didn't freak out if she woke up. The helicopter will be here in fifteen minutes, so decide fast."
I barely had time to look at the others before they said "Nick goes."
Before I could say anything the doctor stared walking away, talking to us over his shoulder.
"Alright then. I'll take you guys up to her room."
We all followed him to an elevator. It was huge on the inside, so we had plenty of room. We went up to the top floor and down a few halls before he opened a door to a room. Inside Max was lying on a bed, hooked up to more machines then I could count. There were so many tubes going into her… seeing her like this broke my heart…
"I'll be back in about ten minutes to take you up to the roof." The doctor said as he left.
James and the girls went to her bedside and just kind of stood there. James hesitated a second, then he held Max's hand. I don't know why, but for some reason I didn't like that. I said nothing though. I was just standing off to the side of the door, lost in my thoughts.
I didn't even notice the time pass, because the next thing I knew the doctor had come back and was shooing them out of the room.
Before he left James kissed her forehead.
I asked them how they were getting back and Jen told me they had called a friend to come and pick them up.
I nodded as the elevator door closed. It lurched up for about ten seconds before it stopped and the doors opened. They wheeled Max's gurney out on to the roof just as a helicopter was landing. A guy jumped out and helped load her into the chopper. The second I had climbed in we took off. I was knocked off my feet into my seat as the wind made the copter turn suddenly. I strapped myself down, making sure the buckle was right. The noise was deafening, but I hardly heard it. I reached out and held her hand as we flew through the sky.
We hit a spot of turbulence that made everything bounce around. Downside to this: it was scary as fuck since I had just jumped out a plane today.
Upside: it seemed to wake Max up.
She squeezed my hand tightly as the turbulence ended. I looked over at her and saw her eyes were open part way. She was just staring at the ceiling until I squeezed her hand back. She slowly looked over at me, all her movements seemed sluggish. She smiled a bit when she saw me, but I wasn't really sure if it was me she seeing… or something her mind made up…
She had this strange look in her eyes, a cross between far off and focused. I know that doesn't make any sense but I don't really know how to explain it.
The EMT noticed she was awake and started checking things on monitors and asking her to do things. She didn't even seem to hear him because she just kept looking at me.
He kept trying to get her attention but she wouldn't respond to him at all. She looked back towards the ceiling and closed her eyes again. I wasn't sure if she was still awake or not.
When the helicopter finally landed at the hospital it took less than five seconds to get her and me off it. As soon as we were off it took off again. The doctors who were waiting for us on the roof quickly took Max into the elevator and down to the floor where all their operating rooms were.
A nurse took me to a waiting room and I just sat there for hours. James called to let me know that they had made it back to our schools dorms. He had let the director of our school know what had happened to Max, but he didn't know what hospital we were at. Apparently he couldn't remember it.
I told him the name and hung up.
Night had fallen by the time anyone came in to the waiting room. And I was STARVING. A nurse brought a tray of food in for me and left without a word. I ate it so fast the door had barely closed by the time I was done. After that I just waited. And waited. And waited.
I must have fallen asleep at one point because the next thing I knew the moon was starting to set. I groaned and got up, stretching my back. A guy I recognized walked into the room and I couldn't help but smile a little bit.
"Dr. Batchelder! You work here?" I asked.
"Just started here today actually. Funny seeing you here Nick, another one of my old patients is here as well." He sighed a bit, "I don't know what she's gotten into. One of the nurses told me it was a plane crash after I saved her life in the OR- … Damn shouldn't have said that much. Braking the patient confidentiality laws again…"
"… her name wouldn't happen to be Max Ride would it…?" There was no way. Just no fucking way we had the same doctor and he had just saved her life.
"…Yes. You know her?" There was a strange look in his eyes.
"Yeah… I flew in on the helicopter with her…"
"Interesting…" he said. He still had that look in his eyes… I didn't like that at all.
"Weird coincidence huh?" I asked trying to make my voice sound light.
"Indeed. So, I can take you back to go see her now if you want."
"Really? Thank you!" I was still really worried about her.
He led me out of the waiting room and down to the elevator. We went up a few floors and then he took me down a few halls through a few sets of double doors.
He stopped in front of an office door. "I need to grab something first, would you mind helping me?"
"Sure…" I did NOT like this. Every fiber of my body was yelling at me to run. But I trusted him… Somewhat.
He unlocked the door and went inside. I followed him. The room was pitch black and the door closed behind me. I muttered a curse, reaching out to try and find a wall.
Instead, all I felt was a needle being jammed into my neck and the burn of something being forced into my blood stream.
After that, I felt nothing, heard nothing, saw nothing.
Sorry almost all my chapters are cliffies! I have a really hard time finding a decent place to end them!
So until I post again,
D.S.I.T.N
