Chapter 7
Sportacus slowly came around and realized that the big puffy thing in front of him was an airbag. Immediately his thoughts turned to his wife and the kids in the back seat.
"Dad!" The above average hero moved his head toward the sound of his son's voice.
"Joshua! Help me!" He called.
"We're going to try to get you out." Joshua said. He didn't wait for his father to respond as he jumped into the seat behind the above average hero. Samantha raced around the car and jumped into the seat that Stephanie had occupied. Joshua worked fast and ripped the seat belt buckle out of the locking mechanism.
"Dad, try to move toward Samantha." He said.
"Ok." Sportacus said. He attempted to crawl toward the waiting fourteen year old but something held him in the car.
"I'm stuck." The above average hero said. Samantha immediately reacted and moved to the floor of the car. She squirmed her skinny body closer to Sportacus' legs and saw the problem. The car's plastic pieces had pinned his left leg to the wrecked door. Joshua appeared in the passenger doorway.
"The rescue crews are almost here but we still have to hurry that fuel could ignite at any second." He said.
"Give me a few seconds." Samantha answered. She pulled at the pieces with her bare hands. The plastic was surprisingly sharp and they cut into her palms and fingers but she was able to remove some of the smaller ones.
"Joshua, grab his arms and I'll try to push from where I am. Uncle Sportacus try to push with your right foot." The three worked in unison and tried to remove the above average hero from the wrecked car.
"You're almost free, keep pushing and pulling." Samantha said to the two heroes. They could all hear the squealing of tires and the sirens were now at their loudest. A fireman ran over to the car.
"The other car is leaking gas. We've almost got my father out." Joshua told him.
"Ok, you help him and I'll worry about the gas." The fireman said. He immediately informed his crews to prepare a foam solution and to douse the leaking car and the large puddles of gas that had poured out onto the roadway. This would prevent the combustible fluid from igniting and setting off a deadly chain reaction.
"Come on Dad. We're almost there." Joshua said. Samantha pulled at the above average hero's left pant leg and was able to tear the last bit free.
"Pull!" She shouted. Joshua pulled on his father's arms as Sportacus pushed with his right leg. The two tumbled out of the car. Quickly, medical personnel rushed in and pulled Sportacus off of his son and moved both of them out of the way so the fire crews could handle the mess.
"I have to get Samantha!" Joshua hollered as he slipped away from the EMT's. He rushed back to the car to get her.
The fourteen year old managed to get up onto the seat and started to move out of the car but it was tough going. Her hands were covered in blood and she couldn't tell how bad the real cuts were. Then someone grabbed her and pulled her out of the car.
"Good Odin!" Joshua saw the blood covering her hands. Quickly, he rushed her over to an awaiting ambulance and the technicians got to work cleaning up her hands. The fireman who had talked with him earlier arrived and asked,
"Is everyone accounted for? How many of you were there?"
"There were five of us, my dad, my mom, Samantha, Billy, and myself. Where is my mother?" Joshua asked his own question.
"Is she the lady with pink hair?" The fireman wondered. Joshua nodded. "She's over in the other ambulance. We've already taken the other driver back to FunTown. We're going to put your mother and Samantha in the same ambulance. You can ride with your father to the hospital." He explained.
"Thanks." Joshua half-smiled and climbed into the back of the ambulance that held his father.
To Be Continued…
