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Chapter Six: Going For Help
Bob slowly opened his eyes after the van stopped rolling and bouncing down the hill. He thought he had heard some glass break. He quickly glanced beside him to see if Ashley was okay, then turned around to check on his friends.
"What happened?" Ashley B. asked, rubbing her head where she had banged it.
"We flew off the road," Bob explained. "Hey, where's Vince?"
Everyone panicked when they saw that Vince wasn't in the van anymore. Ashley B. looked up at the front window and screamed. Everyone looked where she was staring and gasped. There lay Vince in front of the van, facedown in the dirt. Everyone scrambled out of the vehicle, and Bob and Lawson rushed to Vince's side.
"Is-is he alive?" Lawson asked, trying hard not to bust out in tears.
Bob turned Vince over and placed his ear on his chest to listen for a heartbeat. Good, it was beating. He was still alive.
"Yeah, he's okay," Bob answered. "He's just unconscious."
Bob noticed that Vince's leg had been gashed open when he had flown out the window, and that his head was bleeding pretty bad too. He turned to the girls.
"Go find a first aid kit, and hurry!" he told them. While they did that, Bob picked Vince up and moved him over to a grassy area. Finally, the first aid kit arrived.
"Thanks," Bob said when Ashley A. handed it to him. Then he realized something...he knew nothing about nursing.
Ashley B. stepped forward. "I take nursing class...maybe I should bandage him up."
"Be my guest," Bob told her, standing up to let her take over.
While she was doing that, Bob pulled Ashley over to the side to talk.
"We need to figure out how to get out of here," he explained. "And I don't think it's goin' to be easy."
They looked up at the huge hill they had fallen down. Nope, it was certainly not going to be easy, especially with a wounded person who was still unconscious. It would take all night and the next morning to climb up that thing with Vince having to be carried. Bob suddenly got an idea.
"I've got it. I'll go by myself, get help and then come back and get the rest of you."
"What!" Ashley exclaimed, horrified at Bob going out alone. "Are you crazy? Who's going to watch after everyone?"
"I was thinking you could."
"As if! Why can't Lawson do it? He's older."
"Yeah, but he acts younger."
"He's your best friend! And besides, do you actually think he's going to listen to ME? Give him a break, he has to deal with Ashley Q. already. And I bet he'd be thrilled to know that for once HE'S in charge."
Ashley always had a knack for winning Bob over to her side. He finally agreed to it, although relunctantly.
"And I'm going with you," Ashley added.
"What?! Absolutely not!" Bob protested. "It's too dangerous."
"Not as dangerous as your driving," she noted, referring to when Bob and she had hijacked Principal Prickly's car and skipped school. (A/N: That reflects back to my first story "King Bob's Day Out")
Again, she had that effect on him. "Okay, fine," Bob said. "I don't think I'd feel comfortable leaving you out here anyway, with all the grizzly bears, wolves, and mountain lions running around."
"Very funny."
"Hey, he's waking up!" they heard Ashley Q. say from behind them. They hurried over to where everyone was to check on Vince.
"Vince, man," Lawson told him. "We thought you were a goner."
"I did too, bro.," Vince replied a little weakly. "What happened?"
"We ran off the road, and you flew through the window," Ashley B. told him.
"Oh, yeah. I guess Mom wasn't kidding when she told me that safety belts are important."
"So now what?" Ashley Q. asked. "We're stuck out here in the middle of nowhere, with no way out."
"I've already figured something out," Bob explained. For once, everyone was quiet and listened to him. "Me and Ashley are going for help while you guys stay here."
"What?!" they all yelled.
"You're leaving me here with HIM?!" Ashley Q. exclaimed, pointing at Lawson.
"Will you please shut up?" Bob asked her politely. "We can't all go. That hill is way too steep, and with Vince's bum leg, it will take forever to climb it. You guys are going to have to stay here while me and Ashley go get some help. Lawson, you're in charge."
"What?" Lawson asked, surprised at this sudden leadership nomination. "You're putting ME in charge?"
"Yeah, why not?" Bob told him, slapping him on the back. "Just try not arguing with the ladies."
Chapter Six: Going For Help
Bob slowly opened his eyes after the van stopped rolling and bouncing down the hill. He thought he had heard some glass break. He quickly glanced beside him to see if Ashley was okay, then turned around to check on his friends.
"What happened?" Ashley B. asked, rubbing her head where she had banged it.
"We flew off the road," Bob explained. "Hey, where's Vince?"
Everyone panicked when they saw that Vince wasn't in the van anymore. Ashley B. looked up at the front window and screamed. Everyone looked where she was staring and gasped. There lay Vince in front of the van, facedown in the dirt. Everyone scrambled out of the vehicle, and Bob and Lawson rushed to Vince's side.
"Is-is he alive?" Lawson asked, trying hard not to bust out in tears.
Bob turned Vince over and placed his ear on his chest to listen for a heartbeat. Good, it was beating. He was still alive.
"Yeah, he's okay," Bob answered. "He's just unconscious."
Bob noticed that Vince's leg had been gashed open when he had flown out the window, and that his head was bleeding pretty bad too. He turned to the girls.
"Go find a first aid kit, and hurry!" he told them. While they did that, Bob picked Vince up and moved him over to a grassy area. Finally, the first aid kit arrived.
"Thanks," Bob said when Ashley A. handed it to him. Then he realized something...he knew nothing about nursing.
Ashley B. stepped forward. "I take nursing class...maybe I should bandage him up."
"Be my guest," Bob told her, standing up to let her take over.
While she was doing that, Bob pulled Ashley over to the side to talk.
"We need to figure out how to get out of here," he explained. "And I don't think it's goin' to be easy."
They looked up at the huge hill they had fallen down. Nope, it was certainly not going to be easy, especially with a wounded person who was still unconscious. It would take all night and the next morning to climb up that thing with Vince having to be carried. Bob suddenly got an idea.
"I've got it. I'll go by myself, get help and then come back and get the rest of you."
"What!" Ashley exclaimed, horrified at Bob going out alone. "Are you crazy? Who's going to watch after everyone?"
"I was thinking you could."
"As if! Why can't Lawson do it? He's older."
"Yeah, but he acts younger."
"He's your best friend! And besides, do you actually think he's going to listen to ME? Give him a break, he has to deal with Ashley Q. already. And I bet he'd be thrilled to know that for once HE'S in charge."
Ashley always had a knack for winning Bob over to her side. He finally agreed to it, although relunctantly.
"And I'm going with you," Ashley added.
"What?! Absolutely not!" Bob protested. "It's too dangerous."
"Not as dangerous as your driving," she noted, referring to when Bob and she had hijacked Principal Prickly's car and skipped school. (A/N: That reflects back to my first story "King Bob's Day Out")
Again, she had that effect on him. "Okay, fine," Bob said. "I don't think I'd feel comfortable leaving you out here anyway, with all the grizzly bears, wolves, and mountain lions running around."
"Very funny."
"Hey, he's waking up!" they heard Ashley Q. say from behind them. They hurried over to where everyone was to check on Vince.
"Vince, man," Lawson told him. "We thought you were a goner."
"I did too, bro.," Vince replied a little weakly. "What happened?"
"We ran off the road, and you flew through the window," Ashley B. told him.
"Oh, yeah. I guess Mom wasn't kidding when she told me that safety belts are important."
"So now what?" Ashley Q. asked. "We're stuck out here in the middle of nowhere, with no way out."
"I've already figured something out," Bob explained. For once, everyone was quiet and listened to him. "Me and Ashley are going for help while you guys stay here."
"What?!" they all yelled.
"You're leaving me here with HIM?!" Ashley Q. exclaimed, pointing at Lawson.
"Will you please shut up?" Bob asked her politely. "We can't all go. That hill is way too steep, and with Vince's bum leg, it will take forever to climb it. You guys are going to have to stay here while me and Ashley go get some help. Lawson, you're in charge."
"What?" Lawson asked, surprised at this sudden leadership nomination. "You're putting ME in charge?"
"Yeah, why not?" Bob told him, slapping him on the back. "Just try not arguing with the ladies."