Chapter twenty five – silence
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Sorry but this chapter doesn't contain a lot of dialogue, it tends to be description.
The bus still lay where it crashed a few moments ago, nobody dared to move, nobody knew where anyone was injured, whether anyone had lost their lives. Everyone could have been dead. Silence, just silence.
It was dark outside, would anyone come and save them, would anyone make it out alive...
Back at Mike's house the lads were still there having a few drinks, however Mike had given up drinking over the last few house, after all he was looking after the children and he didn't want to be drunk and looking after them, however, he was still having a great time catching up.
ET had come into conversation, "God mate, I really do miss that lad he should be here, he would have looked these children, would have made a great best man Mike an all," Swain said.
"Aye mate, he would have done, as for a father, he would have a made a great dad," Mike added.
"Yeah, unlike some people, not mentioning any names, Mike!" added 2Dads, "that was a joke Mike in case you didn't know, you make an excellent dad," 2Dads smiled.
"Thanks 2Dads, I'm not sure if you're being serious but I'll take it as a compliment," Mike added.
"Oh do you remember when ET got his leg stuck, god that was such a horrific day but god we laughed so much about it when he was fine, god we ripped him to pieces," Buffer added.
"Touch and go but yeah he really did give us a laugh for weeks after it," Swain added.
Blue flashing lights went past the window.
"Urm...what is that?" 2Dads asked.
"Oh probably something down the road, there is always something going on in this neighbour," Mike laughed.
In turn they all joined into the laughing fit with Mike in be known what had happened to Kate and the others.
They dismissed the blue lights and continued with their earlier conversation.
They were disturbed by the door bell.
"Who could that be at this hour?" Mike added.
"Bet Kate's back but locked herself out," Buffer laughed.
"Yeah that wouldn't surprise me," Mike said.
The door bell rang for the second time, "Alright, alright, I'm coming," Mike yelled towards the door.
Mike thought to himself at this stage she is going to wait the kids up.
Mike slowly opened the door to find to police officers at the door.
Mike shocked by seeing two police officers, "Hello?" Mike said.
"Mr Flynn?" The older one of the two asked.
"Yeah, Mike Flynn, how can I help you?" Mike asked.
"If it would be okay, can we come in?" They asked.
"Erm...yeah," Mike replied.
Mike moved away from the door to let both of them in and they followed him towards the living room to where the rest of the crew are.
"Mike?" Buffer said.
The two police officers took a seat on the empty sofa as the other crew stood up.
"Do you want us to leave?" Swain asked.
"No, whatever it is can be said in front of you, your all family," Mike replied.
"So officers what can I do for you?" Mike asked seriously.
"I have some bad news," Mike didn't like the sound of the start of the conversation, but urged the police officers to continue.
"There was a crash near to a fair ground and we believe that you have a connection to them," The younger woman said.
"Connection?" Mike asked.
"Yes, we believe that your fiancé Miss McGregor is involved," They continued.
Mike hadn't clocked on to what they meant at first, but now it all came to light, they had gone to a fair ground for her hen night. Mike needed the police to continue but didn't really want to know.
"Oh My God," Mike whispered to himself. Stunned by what he had just heard.
"Are they okay? What happened, is Kate okay, are the others okay? This isn't right, no it cant have happened, not Kate," Mike said now becoming hysterical.
"They have all been taken into hospital, and I must say that one is deceased, however I can not name that person because she had no ID. As for the others, again no ID but the rest are all unconscious at the hospital. I'm sorry sir." The officer said.
That person that could be dead could be Kate, she could have died. Mike really didn't know what to do with himself, what if Kate had died. This wasn't good and he wasn't liking the feeling he got. Mike knew he had to get down to the hospital, and he also knew that the crew would want to get down there as well. Especially because Nikki and Bomber had been involved in the crash as well. It could be one of them that had died, it still wasn't good.
"Mike...Mike...MIKE" Buffer shouted.
Mike was pretty zoned out on what was occurring around him.
"Yeah, sorry, erm...I want to go to the hospital, I need to know how everyone is, I need to go down now," Mike ordered.
"Mike, calm down okay, we will all go down to hospital together, and have a united front, we all have to go down, the children, will anyone mind them?" Swain asked.
"Not at this time, I'll have to take them with me, I need them, I need them to be with me, I need to know they are safe," Mike replied.
"Okay, Swain and 2Dads will you go put them in the carriers and I will call some taxis," Buffer said.
"No Sir, you don't need to do that, we can drive you all to the hospital, after all we need statements when they wake up," The police officer said.
"Do we know exactly what happened?" Buffer asked.
"Well we are not entirely sure but it looks like there was a large rock in the road which caused the bus to over turn, but not entirely sure yet," They replied.
Buffer just nodded. They were all in a complete shock, they all knew and loved everyone that was on that bus and now someone was dead and they didn't know who, they didn't want to know who.
Swain and 2Dads came downstairs with the three children all still asleep, they were all relieved that they hadn't woken up. It would be too much to take in as well as looking after the children. Kate would want to see them when she woke up, well if she woke up. Mike had to deal with the possibility that Kate might be dead. He tried not to think about it.
No body was ready for the journey they were about to make. They all looked pale and reserved. Nobody knew what to say to anyone. But silence wasn't the best thing either, it allowed them all to think about what was going on and what they were about to see. They all thought the worse after all someone had died. And the police couldn't give them any more information.
Not knowing what to do next the police escorted them to the three police cars that had arrived to take them all to the hospital.
The journey seemed like forever and Mike was on his own with the three children, he wanted to be with them and no one else, he felt comfort from them. They were the spit of Kate. You could tell that they were her children, there was no doubt about it.
They drove on blue lights which allowed them to go faster than normal but it was quiet for the time that it was. Mike was thankful that the children had slept through the whole journey. When Mike's car pulled up outside the hospital, the others were already there waiting for them.
Swain, Buffer and 2 dads helped unbuckle the triplets beats and lift their carriers out. Mike just sat in a daze, not knowing what to do, Kate was his life and this could be the end to it, mike didn't like the feeling we was getting.
"Come on Mike, we won't know what is going on till we get there and the quicker we get there the quicker we know." Swain said trying to break Mike out of his trance.
They all composed themselves before they headed into the hospital. There was Mike, Buffer, 2Dads, Swain, Charge, RO, the lot of them were there. After all everyone needed everyone else's support. This was going to be hard.
They walked into the hospital. And walked over to the reception desk.
"We have been informed that there was a bus crash brought in involving our family and crew, can you point us into the direction were we can find them please," RO asked who had the clearest of heads compared to everyone else.
RO has never been emotionally attached to anyone never mind his crew mates, but over the last few years he has, which was unlike RO. Kate had been such a good friend when she was on Hammersley, RO remembered the time Kate said a few words when he released his dads ashes.
The receptions gave directions to them and they headed to a waiting room and told to take a seat, in which they did. It was very quiet and no one spoke. It didn't seem too long before the doctor entered the room.
"Are you the bus crash victims, families?" the doctor said.
"yes we are, can you tell us about their conditions," Swain said with his medical head on.
"Well, I am sure you have been informed by now that one of them passed away before she even got to the hospital, I am terribly sorry, but she will need to be identified. The others are all in stable conditions and two of them are awake, whilst one is still unconscious but stable and we are very hopeful she will make a full recovery," The doctor said.
"The girl that die?" Buffer asked.
"She had long blonde hair and blue eyes," The doctor replied.
"Oh My God, Kate, no she can't be dead, no not Kate, not my Kate," Mike shouted.
"I am so sorry sir, ...she will need to be formally identified." The doctor said giving her sincere condolences.
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