Melody POV
I got to work as soon as they had left. I began cutting fabric for bandages and wrapping people up. I handed the kids the energy bars that I had in my backpack so they wouldn't go hungry.
I started to realize that what bandages I had wouldn't last. So, I looked at my extra large t-shirt and griminced. I took it off, thankful my tank top was underneath it. I began to cut it up into more bandages. When that ran out, I took my jacket off and began using that as well.
I had all the injured bandaged up in an hour, when Sky and Michael came back with re-enforcements. The leader of the group I'd helped was now leading people out, warning me of the stability of the building, and that they'd had seven aftershocks already and there were more on the way.
Sky tossed me my phone. "David is coming in a few hours, he's been assigned," she explained.
I grinned, happy that he was coming. But my happiness eventually faded when Luca, the leader screamed at me that an aftershock was coming. I told Sky we needed to get everyone out as the shaking began. Soon, everyone was out except Sky and a little boy.
"Sky, come on!" I screamed.
She looked up and fear filled her eyes. She pushed the boy out into the road, where Luca caught him. With horror, I watched the building fall on top of my best friend, my sister.
"SKY!" I screamed, and I heard Michael scream the same thing. I went to go after her and someone caught me.
"NO! I won't lose both of you, get down!" Michael shouted, throwing me to the ground and covering me with his body, as the violent shaking ensued. After it was over, Michael helped me up.
"How's your ankle?" he asked, worried.
"Screw my ankle. We need to get Sky out of there!" I cried out.
"I know, I know. Come on," he said, and with finesse, he bagan to pull at the concrete that now covered my friend. I helped him, as did all of the volunteers. For hours, we pulled and pulled.
Finally, one of the volunteers said something in Spanish. "It's no use, she's probably dead," he had said.
I ran over to the guy and hit him square in the jaw. "Estas loca?" he asked me.
"No, but you are! That's my best friend down there and I'm not giving up, now help me, dammit!" I screamed in Spanish.
He looked shocked and without saying another word, he began to dig again. So imagine the irony when thirty minutes later, the same guy shouted. "She's here! Alive! Breathing! But sleeping!" he said in broken English.
Michael and I stumbled over each other to get to the spot as we helped pull her out. By this time, a few doctors had arrived.
"Give her to me," Michael cried, holding her in his arms, and took her off the mountain of concrete we'd pulled her from. I followed him, crying, and as we did, I bumped into a soldier. He turned and I collapsed in his arms when I saw that it was David.
"Melody!" he cried as he picked me up. "Sir! Permission to break formation!" he called.
"Permission granted!" His officer said, and he picked me up.
"Melody, are you ok?"
"Sky," was all I said, pointing after Michael.
I told him what had happened as we went to the medical tent. We waited for an hour, then the doctor came outside. "She needs to be taken back to the States. One of her kidneys is failing fast and she needs a transplant," the doctor said.
Withing a half hour, we were all back on a plane back to the States. Even David, who had explained to his supierior that a family member was hurtm was with us.
"Come on, Sky, please, wake up, I need you here with me!" I called out, in tears.
Sky POV
I could hear Melody's voice begging me to wake up. The last thing I had remembered was pushing a small boy out of the way of a falling roof. Then I heard my two best friends yelling my name. I felt extremely weak.
"Sky, please...I need you to stay with me..." Melody's voice rang in my head.
"I know...I hear you, Mel..." I said in my mind. "I just need to rest for a while."
I felt a sharp pain in both of my arms. I wasn't aware there were doctors trying to get I.V.'s started. My body automatically fought them off and Michael's voice was the one that came next.
"Shhh...Skylie, it's okay. They're just trying to help you. Lay still," he whispered.
"No...I - it hurts..." my mind screamed.
I felt someone grab my hand and Mel's voice rang in my ears again. "I'm here, Skylie. I'm not leaving you alone. Try to be still for me," her voice cracked. I wanted to hug her. I knew she was crying. I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn't. The pain soon stopped and everything drew silent.
Melody POV
As we landed in Miami, Florida, we were greeted with an ambulance. David and Michael took a taxi behind us.
"Look, blood type me and see if I'm compatible, please," I told the paramedic.
He did and he gasped. "It's a perfect match," he whispered.
In another world, I knew that meant something, but right now, all I knew is that I was about to save Sky. As they wheeled her in the ER, the paramedic led me to the doctor that would be operating on Sky.
"Miss Rose, do you understand the procedure?" he asked sternly.
I nodded. "Sky's a nurse. She tells me everything about the medical business," I said.
"Ok. Come with me," he said.
Michael and David came behind me. "Mel," Michael began.
"I'm gonna donate one of my kidneys to her. I'm a match, so they're gonna do it," I said.
Michael smiled and cried. "That's such a thoughtful, selfless thing to do," he said.
David kissed my forehead. "I'll be there when you wake up," he promised.
"Both of you," I said, sternly, looking at Michael.
"Of course," he whispered.
I followed the doctor and I got ready. They wheeled me to the operating room and got the anesthesia ready. "Okay, I want you to relax and count to ten," the nurse said slowly.
I did, and before I reached 5, I was out. I began to dream. It was first a terrible nightmare.
I was walking home from work when my phone rang on June 25, 2009. It was Sky.
"Hey girl. I am so ready to head to London!" I said, cheerfully.
"Mellie," she said, crying.
"Skylie, what is it?"
"Michael...he's gone," she whispered.
I dropped my phone. Soon, I was at the memorial with Sky, watching his daughter cry over him. The nightmare turned good when that first night came, when we found out that Michael was still alive.
Then David showed up not even a few days ago, carrying a bouquet of orange blossoms that smelled so beautiful.
Then the nightmarish images of Haiti began, when I watched my best friend disappear underneath the rubble of the airport. After the smoke cleared, the horrible site that I had previously seen was now a gorgeous open field surrounded by countless trees. I walked around until I saw Sky standing by a cliff overlooking a large waterfall and a pretty good sized pond.
"Hey...what are you...what are we doing here?" I asked.
She shrugged. "I don't know. All I remember was you and Michael calling for me. Then pain, and your voice, and then I was here," she paused for a moment and looked at me. "So my kidneys are shutting down, huh?" I nodded and she sighed. "So, you are giving me one of yours. Why?"
I shrugged it off. "Because I can and because you would've done the same for me. We're a perfect match. I couldn't pass up an opportunity like that."
Sky looked at the water in deep thought. "Perfect matches only happen in a certain case, Mel. You do know what this means, don't you?" she asked.
"I had a rough idea, but why don't you tell me your opinion?" I smiled.
Sky hugged me tightly and I tried not to cry. "I always knew something was different about you. Something different. Now I know why." she wiped tears away and I had to wipe a few of my own.
"Same here, Skylie. Same here," I whispered. We sat at the cliff's edge and enjoyed each other's presence. After a while, Michael's voice echoed through the air.
"Wake up girls. Come on...time to wake up," he whispered.
I looked at Sky and stood, offering her my hand and smiling. "Ready?"
Sky nodded and took my hand. "Yep. Let's go."
The dream ended as I slowly woke up. I felt so tired, still, and my abdomen felt so uncomfortable.
"Melody," I heard Michael's voice call out, and I swiveled my eyes to where his voice came from.
"Hi," I said. Ugh, my voice sucked!
I felt my other hand being squeezed. "Morning, beautiful," David grinned.
I smiled sleepily back. Then I sat straight up. "Sky?" I asked. I looked next to Michael and Sky was in the bed next to me, smiling weakly at me. She reached over and took my hand.
"Hey...sis," she said tiredly.
I smiled widely. "I like the sound of that," I whispered. She nodded and slowly fell back to sleep. I looked concerned and turned back to Mike.
"She's recovering so fast," he said. "Why do I feel like I've missed something though?" he asked. I sighed as realization dawned on me. I remembered the words, a perfect match.
"Michael, we're sisters."