Chapter 10

Chapter 10

"We need to get to Chicago Med as fast as we can!" Shay told Brett the new girl on ambo. The younger blonde nodded her head as she closed the back doors and raced around to the driver's side. Shay could feel the ambulance began to move forward as she began to work on the dark haired patient on the gurney in front of her. Shay watched as the woman's vitals began to crash, "How much longer?"

"Two minutes," Brett responded as she turned the rig right onto the street of the hospital.

Shay began to charge the deliberator, knowing that if she didn't react fast, then this woman wouldn't be able to survive.

"Charging to 100," Shay called out as she pressed the paddles to the woman's chest and the body jerked forward. Shay looked to the monitor to see that it was still flat. "Charging to 150," she called again and repeated the same actions as before, but there was still no response. Shay repeated the process until the rig came to a complete stop; she tried one more time as the back doors flew open. Luckily, a heartbeat registered on the monitor, "Move her," Shay sounded as Brett and the waiting doctor and nurses pulled the gurney down to the ground.

Shay jumped down and followed closely behind and explained to the doctors what had happened in the rig. "Thanks," one of the nurses said as she looked back at Shay before going into any further down the hall. Shay was glad the woman had a fighting chance. She turned back around to the nurses' station to begin filling out the paper work. As she stood there a moment, she saw another ambulance pull up into the bay. She watched as another set of nurses and doctor's raced towards the vehicle. She watched as the unloaded the victim and began to race towards her; she could see red all over the victim and the EMT that had been working on her patient. Shay looked up at the EMT and knew that look all to well; it was the look of remorse for he couldn't do for the patient.

"27 year old female, hit on the diver side. She was responsive on scene but loss conciseness on the way here. Her name is Gabriela Dawson."

Shay froze as she realized what the paramedic had just said; she stood still as they raced past her. She looked down to find Gabby, her best friend, laying there with blood covering her face. She watched as they flew past her down the same hallway they had just taken her patient.

"Miller," Shay called to get the paramedic's attention. He looked up and Shay standing there with tears building in her eyes. "Did you say that was Dawson?"

He looked down at his feet unable to look her in the eye.

"Damn it, answer me!" she yelled needing to hear the words.

"Shay, I'm so sorry," he began to say knowing that they were close.

"How bad is it?" she asked.

"It's bad Shay, it's really bad," he told her with a somber tone and expression on his face.

She felt like all the air in the room had been sucked right out and her mind began to race with every question she could possibly think of. "I need to call Chief," she said as she walked out of the hospital to fresh air of outside and her fingers scrolled through her contacts.

Boden couldn't believe what Shay had just told him as he set his phone back down, he knew that he had to tell his men right away. He walked out of his office and into the common area; he watched a moment as the men sat relaxed around the table ready to eat. Tears threatened to fall, but he chocked them back knowing that right now his men were going to need a strong leader, his eyes then landed on Casey who was talking with Otis. He knew that this was going to hit him the hardest.

"Can I have everyone's attention," he called out as he stood in the middle of the room. He looked around at all of the men as they turned to face him. "I just received a call from Shay," he paused as he tried to find his words. He watched as everyone's expression change in an instant, "there is no easy way to say this, but as 61 was leaving the hospital another accident victim was brought in…it was Dawson."

"Is she okay?" Severide asked knowing that he was asking for everyone, but mostly Casey.

"She was involved in car accident on her way home. We don't know anymore then that, but from what Shay had told me it doesn't look good."

Matt knew the moment Chief walked into the room, whatever he had to say wasn't good news. Once he spoke Gabby's name, Matt felt like the whole world had just collapsed around him. He quickly got to his feet and walked past the chief feeling every pair of eyes on him. He needed to go to her, he needed to see her and apologize for everything her said that last night they were together. He needed her to know that he still loved her and wanted to be with her.

"Casey," he heard his name being called out to him as he reached his truck. But before Matt could climb in, he felt a pair of hands on his shoulders causing him to stop.

"Let me go!" Matt yelled as he tried to get out of Severide's grip. "I need to go to the hospital. I need to know what is happening."

"I know, but I'm going to drive," he said as he placed out his hands. Matt gave him his keys and walked around to the passenger side of his truck.

The car ride to the hospital was silent, Matt could only focus on the last conversation he had with Gabby. He told her that it was going to be the job or him, he didn't mean it, and he was just angry and worried for her safety. If he could go back in time and take back what he had said to her, he would in a heart beat. He loved her and couldn't imagine his life without her in it. Tears began to build in front of his blue eyes as his thoughts continued on.

He felt the truck come to complete stop, he looked around to find that they were parked in front of the hospital. Matt quickly got out of the truck and raced to the entrance of the hospital. He found Shay sitting there in the waiting room as tears streamed down her face.

"Shay," he said as he went to her.

She instantly stood up from the hard chair and went in Matt.

"What have the doctors said?" he asked afraid of what her answer might be.

"I don't know, no one has come out to say anything."

"Did you call Antonio?" he asked knowing that Gabby's family would want to be here.

"Yeah, he is on his way," she replied with nod of her head.

"How did this happen?" Matt asked as he let his tears fall for the first time since finding out about the accident. "I can't lose her Shay," he says as his voice cracks.

"I know," Shay replies as she pulls him into a hug. Over Matt's shoulder she watches as Severide now joins them.

"I should have gone to her weeks ago and told her everything," Matt continued.

"Hey man, it's not too late," Severide says as he places his hand on the back of Matt's shoulder. "She is still here, she is still alive."

Matt wanted to believe his words, but he knew that they might not be true. They didn't know anything about Gabby's condition. The only thing that he knew was he was not leaving here until her saw her with his own two eyes.