Chapter 2:
Cody ran to his brother's side.
"Zack! Zack!" He starts to shake him, to wake him up. "ZACK!"
Rebecca ventured to Zack's suite, wondering what could be keeping him. She saw him on the floor and stopped dead still.
"Wha-what happened?" she asked, worried.
"I don't know! Go get Mom! And anybody else that can help!" Cody yelled at her. Rebecca wasted NO time. She ran downstairs and got Carey, Moseby, Maddie, and Raine. Carey was first into the suite, followed by the others. Carey knelt on Zack's other side.
"Cody stop…don't touch him!" Carey told him. Cody stopped immediately.
"Zack? Honey?" she called to him softly. There was no answer.
"Zack! Somebody call 911!" Carey told them. Raine jumped up and grabbed the nearest phone. She dialed and spoke clearly into the receiver.
"Hello? Yes my friend Zack Martin collapsed and he won't wake up. Ok…Tipton Hotel, 23rd floor. Thank you." Raine turned to everyone else.
"They're coming." She kneels beside Cody, who is staring at his brother's pale face. She hugs him while Maddie hugs a crying Rebecca.
"It's ok Zack, help's coming." Carey says to him as she strokes his forehead.
About 5 minutes later, the hospital workers come in and put Zack on a stretcher. They all walk out, following the workers. Raine holds Cody's hand.
When they got outside, Carey turned to Cody.
"I'm going to go with Zack, I want you to stay here." She instructs.
Cody looks at her with a worried face but remains together as he says, "No…I'm going with you!" Carey sighs but nods.
"Alright, you can come…all of you." So they pile into the ambulance, except for Moseby. Cody cries as he looks at his brother's face. Raine hugs him.
"He'll be ok…he'll be ok." She whispers. Rebecca cries too, and eventually so do Raine, Carey, and Maddie.
When they get there the hospital workers take Zack immediately to the Emergency Room. Carey goes with them, but everyone else stays in the waiting room. Maddie, Raine, Cody, and Rebecca sit in 4 chairs together. Cody and Raine sit next to each other, Cody cries and Raine comforts him. Rebecca cries and sometimes screams. Once a guy came over and asked if she was ok. She blushed, though her face was already red, and said she was fine.
Meanwhile in the Emergency Room, the doctors examined Zack. They told Carey he had a mild concussion from the fall, but that wasn't the worst of it. He had a virus in him and he might NEVER wake up again. They said they would try, but that was the only promise they made. Carey looked sadly at her son as they carried him to his room. They put him on oxygen because he wasn't breathing like he should and a heart rate monitor. Carey held Zack's hand as he lay there.
About an hour later the unthinkable happened. Zack stopped breathing. The doctor tried…but could do nothing. The nurse shook her head sadly as she left the room. Carey cried as she held his hand refusing to let go. And then…awkwardly at first, Zack's heart rate returned to almost normal. His eyes fluttered open.
"Mom?" he croaks.
Carey looked up at her son and cried tears of joy, "Zack! Nurse!" she called. The nurse rushed in and was stunned to see Zack awake, let alone alive. She called the doctor and tests were done. Carey held Zack's hand tight, not letting go.