Chapter 25
Note- SORRY!! Next chapter will be long as a thank you for putting up with my lateness on the past few chapters. I had no idea this story would be this long…I just kept writing and now here we are.
After three minutes of oxygen Carter's heart rate rose tosixty beats per minute. His face remained pale and his body was still void of motion. Benton looked down at the face of his student. He looked so young and helpless. Carter's stats remained steady leaving Benton with nothing to do but ponder the "what if?" aspects of the situation. Benton ran his right hand down his sweat stained face and closed his eyes. The image just as they opened the coffin lingered behind his eyelids. He slowly opened his eyes as his hand fell down to his lap and became intertwined with his left hand.
He could picture Carter standing on his first day ready to be a doctor, wearing a tailored white coat. But that mental image was soon replaced by the image of a new, lost person, stained red with blood and pain.
Mark tried to keep his attention on the road as he counted down in his head how much longer the ride would be. He could see Benton in the rear view mirror. He brought his eyes down and could make out Carter's still form. It looked as if he was sleeping peacefully. That thought sent chills through him as he thought about all of the possibilities. He knew earlier that if they didn't find Carter there was a chance that he would die, but he never let himself believe it. Now that he could actually see the condition Carter was in the prospect of actually losing Carter became more noticeable and clear. He shook his head in disappointment as he realized that he had expected Carter to be perfectly fine when they found him. He remembered how scared he had been when he found Carter after the first attack. His mind continued to wander as the road seemed to blend into nothingness.
Carter could hear the sirens of the ambulance, the steady, calming, beeping of the pulse ox, and the soft hissing sound of the oxygen tank. He knew he was in an ambulance, this thought put him more at ease as he realized he was out, or was it all a dream. He tried to open his heavy eyes, but found that it was impossible. He couldn't move at all, once again a slight feeling of helplessness overcame him. He pleaded with everything in the world if he could just see light. The consuming feeling of darkness scared him and numbed his mind. He began to drift away into a new world. It was still dark, but there was enough light to see people wandering around aimlessly. This place he found himself in was void of feelings and emotions it was just nothing. He felt colder as this place seemed to surround him with pure emptiness. Soon the people were gone and all that he could hear was a piercing high-pitched noise.
Benton and the Paramedic jumped at the sound of the monitor. Mark turned around in his seat and announced that they were about to arrive at County. The sirens were numbing as the ambulance rounded the corner into County Generals Ambulance Bay.
Note- all for today… sorry again, I hate to wait myself and I hate making you all wait. Hope that you enjoyed this chapter…update soon I hope, but no promises they only cause trouble.