Part Three
Dave was in a nightmare.
What Carter had said in the ambulance had come true; there were children on the train and not just one or two scattered through out but a whole party travelling home.
He had to think on his feet - Carter was attending to a trapped man who was near death and Luka was trying to deliver a baby by the tracks - he was alone for the first time.
"Right, is anyone seriously hurt?" Dave snapped into action, he noticed the look of relief on the teacher's face as she realised she was no longer alone.
"No I don't think so I mean their all pretty shaken and scared so their not making a lot of sense." the children's teacher began to ramble as the panic rose from within her once again.
"Alright calm down. Hey listen to me!" Dave couldn't have her panicking she was the one person who could help and the only person who these children knew. "Everything going to be alright I'm going to get ALL of you out. Tell me your name and then we can start going through the children." Dave was impressed at his own calmness and control.
"Siobhan.my names Siobhan."
"Right Siobhan how many children were you travelling with." Dave got the feeling that keeping her busy would also keep her calm.
"Twenty. Oh no wait Christopher had the dentist so nineteen."
"Nineteen, ok take me round so we can do a head count then we can start passing the children out.."
Dave was cut short as the carriage lurched forward throwing them together and down the train, the children screamed in fright.
The tracks had buckled further along the line causing the carriages to be forced together, their carriage being the last one was thrown up into the air.
"It's alright everyone just sit down and stay where you are." Dave called out as he removed the light casing from his feet; he turned and looked at Siobhan who was now lying unconscious beside him.
"Siobhan.Siobhan.can you hear me.open your eyes!" Dave called desperately for the young woman to awake but nothing.
"Miss.miss I think James is going to be sick..Miss." A little voice called out from the black behind Dave.
Dave bit his lower lip, he turned to face the endless black; little white eyes peered at him from every corner.
"Right everybody I'm a doctor and I'm going to help get you off this train. Can you all shout out your names one by one so that I can get to know you? Then were going to play a game, sound like fun? Yeah right I'll start my names Dave Malucci." There was a long pause of uncertainty.
"Amber Weir." Came a little voice from the right hand side of Dave, "That's one at least" Dave thought to himself.
"Megan Simpson."
"Conner Daly"
"Philip West"
The names came thick and fast getting louder with each one said, Dave turned his main attention back to getting off the train but still keeping count of each name said.
He stuck his head back out the window he climbed in, now several feet off the ground it was too far for him to jump never mind nineteen little children and an injured woman. He spotted two middle aged men making their way up the embankment toward the flashing lights over the mound.
"HEY! HEY! YOU TWO I NEED SOME HELP HERE!" The men turned to look at Dave's blooded face and instantly came jogging back down the hill. "Thank God" Dave sighed everything will be fine now.
Dave was in a nightmare.
What Carter had said in the ambulance had come true; there were children on the train and not just one or two scattered through out but a whole party travelling home.
He had to think on his feet - Carter was attending to a trapped man who was near death and Luka was trying to deliver a baby by the tracks - he was alone for the first time.
"Right, is anyone seriously hurt?" Dave snapped into action, he noticed the look of relief on the teacher's face as she realised she was no longer alone.
"No I don't think so I mean their all pretty shaken and scared so their not making a lot of sense." the children's teacher began to ramble as the panic rose from within her once again.
"Alright calm down. Hey listen to me!" Dave couldn't have her panicking she was the one person who could help and the only person who these children knew. "Everything going to be alright I'm going to get ALL of you out. Tell me your name and then we can start going through the children." Dave was impressed at his own calmness and control.
"Siobhan.my names Siobhan."
"Right Siobhan how many children were you travelling with." Dave got the feeling that keeping her busy would also keep her calm.
"Twenty. Oh no wait Christopher had the dentist so nineteen."
"Nineteen, ok take me round so we can do a head count then we can start passing the children out.."
Dave was cut short as the carriage lurched forward throwing them together and down the train, the children screamed in fright.
The tracks had buckled further along the line causing the carriages to be forced together, their carriage being the last one was thrown up into the air.
"It's alright everyone just sit down and stay where you are." Dave called out as he removed the light casing from his feet; he turned and looked at Siobhan who was now lying unconscious beside him.
"Siobhan.Siobhan.can you hear me.open your eyes!" Dave called desperately for the young woman to awake but nothing.
"Miss.miss I think James is going to be sick..Miss." A little voice called out from the black behind Dave.
Dave bit his lower lip, he turned to face the endless black; little white eyes peered at him from every corner.
"Right everybody I'm a doctor and I'm going to help get you off this train. Can you all shout out your names one by one so that I can get to know you? Then were going to play a game, sound like fun? Yeah right I'll start my names Dave Malucci." There was a long pause of uncertainty.
"Amber Weir." Came a little voice from the right hand side of Dave, "That's one at least" Dave thought to himself.
"Megan Simpson."
"Conner Daly"
"Philip West"
The names came thick and fast getting louder with each one said, Dave turned his main attention back to getting off the train but still keeping count of each name said.
He stuck his head back out the window he climbed in, now several feet off the ground it was too far for him to jump never mind nineteen little children and an injured woman. He spotted two middle aged men making their way up the embankment toward the flashing lights over the mound.
"HEY! HEY! YOU TWO I NEED SOME HELP HERE!" The men turned to look at Dave's blooded face and instantly came jogging back down the hill. "Thank God" Dave sighed everything will be fine now.