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Author's Note: I changed up the accident scene a little from the teaser in the last chapter. Hope you guys didn't mind.

Tree Hill Hospital

7:45 PM

Nathan was taken to a private room for x-rays as Lucas was prepped for surgery. Lucas had suffered a massive cardiac arrest and wasn't breathing when they had pulled him out of the car. There were also other serious injuries that they would fix once they got him breathing again.
Nathan, on the other hand, had broken his wrist and needed stitches in his leg where a piece of glass had hit him. He had been extremely lucky that he wasn't more severely hurt, or so he was told. If it hadn't been for Lucas's quick driving instincts, it would have been Nathan being prepped for surgery. Nathan felt extremely guilty for that.

"This might sting a little. There is a piece of glass still stuck in your leg that we have to remove before we stitch it up," the nurse said. Nathan nodded, too numb to speak or to feel anything at the present. It's all my fault, he thought. If I hadn't visited Lucas at his house, he might still be alive right now.

"There we go Mr. Scott. We will put a cast on your wrist here shortly," the nurse said, disappearing and leaving Nathan alone with his thoughts.

A doctor showed up in Nathan's room with the materials needed to put a cast on his wrist. Nathan looked up, wondering if the doctor had any news on his brother.

"Is Lucas all right?" he asked.

"Whose Lucas?" the doctor asked, moving to the hospital bed and taking Nathan's injured wrist. Nathan flinched.

"He's the other person they brought in from the car accident," he explained. "He had a cardiac arrest and other injuries."

"I don't know, I'm not a surgeon," the doctor answered. "But I will do all I can to find out the news for you."

"Thanks, doctor," Nathan said gratefully. "And I need to call my wife. She needs to know what happened."

"All the power is out in Tree Hill right now, except for the police departments, hospital, and 9-1-1 station, which all have back-up generators," the doctor said. "Cell phone towers are out too. This is one nasty storm we're having."

"Oh," was all Nathan could think of to say.

Tree Hill Hospital, Operating Room

7:49 PM

Beep. Beep. Beep. The steady beeping of the heart monitor cheered the surgeons in the operating room as they rushed to save the young blonde man who had had a heart attack. The steadiness of the beeps meant that the man's heart was beating again and they could safely begin treating the other injuries that needed serious attention.

"I feel sorry for this kid," the head surgeon said. "If he makes it, it will be a miracle."

Karen's Café

Time Unknown

Everything was pitch black as lightning flashed overhead. Someone started screaming as Haley hung up the phone she had been holding for the past twenty minutes.

"What happened?" a voice asked from behind Haley as a thin ray of light broke through the blackness. Karen was holding a flashlight, handing her second one to Haley.

"The power cut off," Haley said quietly. "And I need to tell you something. Nathan called right before the power went off. There's been an accident."

"What sort of accident?" Karen asked, looking worried.

"Nathan and Lucas are in the hospital," Haley said. "And there's something else I need to tell you as well."

"Tell me on the way to the hospital," Karen said, handing the flashlight she was holding to one of the hired hands. Grabbing her keys, she asked, "Is Lucas all right?"

"I don't think so," Haley whispered.

Tree Hill Hospital Room 297

8:01 PM

Nathan sat on the edge of his hospital bed, staring out into the storm through his window. His lamp beside his bed gave off a yellowy light, reminding him vaguely of a dream he once had while he was at Duke.

Dream

Nathan was sitting in the front seat of a car, listening to the strange music blaring from the radio. It was barely audible through the roar of the rain that was falling steadily outside.

He couldn't see who was in the driver's seat. All he saw was road and glass. Then he realized something. He was sitting in the driver's seat with glass surrounding him. He had been in an accident. Someone was calling his name, someone who sounded a lot like Lucas.

Nathan looked up and saw Lucas pulling him out of the car, but didn't feel it. Sirens wailed and he was loaded into an ambulance while Lucas climbed in, using one hand, his other clutched firmly to his chest. Nathan wasn't sure if it was because he injured it or it was something more serious.

Everything went black as the sirens wailed again and the ambulance began to move away.

The next scene was of a grave, with Lucas standing over it, one wrist in a cast, the other wrapped around Peyton. Haley stood on Lucas's other side, tears falling down her face. Roses lay on the grave along with purple flowers.

The name on the grave was Nathan Royal Scott.

End of Dream

Nathan remembered waking up the next morning and calling Lucas and Haley to make sure they were okay. Lucas had sounded odd on the phone, but was all right. Haley was stressed out from taking exams all day long and had bit his head off first, and then later apologized profusely for it. She had been all right as well.

"I just hope you're going to be okay, Lucas," Nathan said to nobody in particular. "I hope my dream was wrong."

Tree Hill Hospital, Operating Room

8:10 PM

The last stitches were put in Lucas's chest as the surgeons began to clear the operating room. Everything had been a success; though they had to wait to be sure there was no long lasting damage. Lucas was still clinging onto life, though in a deep coma. The surgeons were cautiously optimistic that he would make it though the night.

"Move him to room 298," the head surgeon ordered. "Keep an eye on him through the night and call me if there's any change. He might just have a chance if he survives the night."

"Yes, sir," the head nurse said, wheeling Lucas through the double doors.

Tree Hill Hospital Waiting Room

8:15

Karen and Haley arrived at the hospital ten minutes later. Haley sat in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs while Karen went to find out news about the two injured Scotts. She came back five minutes later, a grim look on her face.

"Nathan broke his wrist and had to get stitches in his leg. Lucas is just coming out of surgery and the doctor will be with us shortly to tell us the news," she said, tears forming in her eyes. "They weren't sure if he would make it through the surgery, much less the night."

"What?" Haley cried, as Karen sat down beside her. "He can't die! He's too young to die. And Peyton, oh my god! Peyton, I have to call her!"

"Family of Lucas Scott?" the doctor called. "Is anyone here for Lucas Scott?"

Update number two today. I'm going to end it here. No song lyrics to report in this chapter.