Chapter 9: Death to Another

The sun rose out from behind a wild array of flowers which were flown against and over a large hill. The grass was green and the sky was a vibrant blue, a color that no sky could ever be. This seemed all to beautiful to be true, and it was, it was only a picture. A picture that Michelle has been staring at for hours. Michelle, Todd and Kyle all sat around in an empty room. Kyle stretched out on a small bench and shoring slightly with a coat stretched over the front end of his body. Michelle laid into Todd and Todd held an arm around her. It was dark outside, dark and quiet. The hospital seemed to be empty and the hands on the tacky clock never seemed to move. All that could be heard were a few nurses talking in a circle just down a small walk way which lead to the emergency room. The clock read 2 AM and Todd let out a small annoyed sigh. Todd has work tomorrow in about four hours but Michelle made Todd come along and follow behind the ambulance that held Erin. They reached the Hospital and Erin was rushed away and they were left where they are now, waiting, and worried, and in Kyle's case sleeping. There has been no word on Erins condition only that she was bleeding drastically from the neck and lower stomach.

The blood was pouring every where as Michelle feel to her knees and hand covered her mouth so she would not scream and Todd and Kyle ran quickly to Erin's aid slowly picking her limp body up from the bed of glass she was laying in. They placed her on the soft carpet away from the shattered table and quickly put pressure on her wounds. Michelle scattered to her feet and manage to call 911 in her shaken state. She hollered in the phone about their situation and location and in a matter of ten minutes the paramedics came rushing into the small Apartment, taking Erin away without saying a word. That was the last they saw of Erin, and now they wait, wait in this lifeless room not knowing if their friend was alive or dead. Tears again began to flow out of Michelle's red eyes and Todd wiped them away comforting before the door to the left opened up and out came a man, presumed to be a doctor by the stethoscope which hung around his neck. They all perked up but Kyle who was still sleeping, they watched the man with hawk eyes hoping he would walk up to them with good news. The man then stopped a few feet in front of them, and flipped through his small notebook."Michelle Campbell and Todd-Joseph Smith?"The doctor asked looking down at the two and watched them both as they risked with much tenseness wound up in their bodies.Michelle nodded and Todd replied."Yes thats us. And Erin?"He asked wanting to get to the point rather then build up a conversation he had no interest in anything else but Erin's condition. Just then Kyle began to move, and stretched out before he shot up quickly seeing the doctor."Erin! How is she?"He asked a worried sparkle in his eye."We don't know yet!"Michelle snapped, though not meaning to, Kyle just sort of looked down before joining the two who stood in front of the doctor."Erin..lets see..."The doctor slowly flipped through his notebook before coming across the name 'Erin'. "Were you related to Erin?"He asked, looking over at them."No, just friends...and what do you mean by were?"Michelle asked a great sound on panic in her voice. "I'm afraid she didn't make it, her heart gave out.." The doctor said in a low voice, trying to be comforting but his cold voice did nothing of the sort. Michelle began to sob loudly into Todd's chest as Todd held her close to him, closing his eyes and placing a chin atop of Michelle's head. Kyle stood there, completely stunned, he then flopped down into a chair. The dim light that casted in on the room through their sobbing shadows against the wall. Michelle after long moments of crying looked over at the doctor her eyes swollen and tears still beaming like waterfalls down her face.

"...Ca-can we see her?"
She asked looking at the doctor, still not believing that Erin was dead.

End of chapter 9.