About an hour later, after talking about everything under the sun, Pam's eyes started to droop. She felt a hand shake her shoulder strongly. "Pam, ya gotta stay awake," insisted Bill.
"Shut up Ralph, your Bill impression isn't very good," said Pam groggily. "You just called me Pam, silly."
"Counselor, I'm not the kid. Now will ya please stay awake."
Pam's eyes snapped open, remembering where she was. "Sorry Bill. It's getting tougher to stay awake. Where's the fire department?"
"I don't know sweetheart, but I imagine they have their hands full," said Bill. "Still, why they haven't arrived here, I don't know."
"I bet they're nearing the place though Bill. I mean it's a school ..."
"Yeah, and we're probably the next group," said the agent as he walked over to the windows. He could see fallen lockers, phone booths, a few trees and a couple of streetlights that had fallen in the courtyard and hoped the rest of the school wasn't in the same shape. The ground was also uneven and a couple of large fissures dotted the area, making traveling a little unsafe, but not inaccessible if worst came to worse and he had to move Pam to a safer area.
"How bad is it," asked Pam softly.
"Well, from what I can tell, there's not a ton of debris and damage, so it wasn't huge. Still, that's only this side..."
"And Ralph's classroom is on the other, I know. Have you heard anything else about him or Tony?"
"Only that Villacana's still out cold. Ralph said that kid won't respond to anything..."
Pam frowned. "I hope the paramedics get here soon. He needs to get to a hospital ASAP or he could..."
"I know sweetheart, and you do too," said the agent softly.
"Yeah, I can tell it too, Bill. Just keep arguing with me and I should be awake enough to argue with the medics when they arrive."
Bill chuckled. "OK, just don't call them geezer or Uncle Bill. Don't want them to think you're totally out of it."
"Nah, those are your honors," said Pam eyes fluttering slightly from a bout of dizziness. "Then again, what if they don't arrive soon, and we need help... I mean, Ralph can't just change into the suit and ..."
"I know Ralph's trying to hide the magic longjohns from the class, but if they don't get out here soon to help you and Villacana, he might have to reveal his secret," said Bill softly, trying to hide his worry for Pam, Ralph, Tony and anyone else who might've been injured in the quake.
