A/n: May be a character death in this chapter.

Clayton looked at her. Then Scott slipped.

Clayton caught him awkardly and pulled him back onto the edge of the cliff where he continued to howl. "Please. Just... let him go." Clayton let go of Scott's shirt, but being three years old he didn't run to his mother, he lay flat and kicked and screamed. Dana hadn't seen or heard, for all she knew he was in the ocean by now.

Logan slid Dana onto Chase, she didn't seem to care. Scott however seemed to value his life. He got up and ran. As fast as he could. Everyone assumed he's head to his mother but he was too scared. He ran straight past them. Logan looked alarmed and turned. He started hurrying after Scott. But Scott took this as a threat. He'd been dangled over a cliff by one strange man and Logan was not much better. He ran faster and faster.
"SCOTT!" Logan screamed suddenly. But it was too late. Scott had already seen it. A large truck headed towards the three year old at an alarming speed on the mountain road.

Nicole screamed. Chase held Dana as tight as he could, she still hadn't raised her head or removed her hands so was blissfully unaware of the scene unfolding a few metres away. Then Katie realised what Logan was going to do.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" She begged. But Logan had already done it. He leapt forward and pushed Scott just as the truck hit. There was a sickening crack and everyone closed their eyes. Not daring to see who had been hit. Katie was the first to open her eyes. She gave a cry. Chase opened his eyes and felt sick at the sight. Nicole gave a whimper. Everyone saw.

The small boy was stood on the side of the road looking down at the lifeless body of his saviour which was steadily being surrounded by a pool of blood. The dark red blossoming caused everyone to fall silent. Katie was the first to make a noise. It was a wretching noise and Chase knew she was vomitting. Nicole hurried to the roadside, and picked up Scott before any harm could come to him. He was screaming loudly. Chase knew Dana loved Logan as much as Katie did, and knew her reaction. So he pressed her head into his chest, hoping to keep her from looking up. Dana took this as a signal that Scott had been or was about to be dropped and gave a dry choke.
"Gross." Said Clayton. Katie was too busy to hit him. Nicole hit 911 on her cellphone and told them the situation.

"Is he dead?" Chase asked Nicole gently as she tried to soothe a screaming Scott.
"I dunno, he's not moving and..." Nicole broke off, tears streaming down her cheeks. "He's really pale." Chase kissed Dana's head and cuddled her as tight as he could. For a long while there was silence, but having not felt Chase move for a long time, Dana took her hands from her ears and heard her baby crying close by. She jumped out of his grasp and took him from Nicole.
"Yes!" She cried. "Baby I'm never EVER letting you go again never ever. I promise." She grinned and smotherly-mannered kissed him. Then she saw everyones distraught faces. "What?" She whispered. Katie gave a howl like a wounded dog. Dana did a headcount. Katie, check. Chase, check. Nicole, check. Scott, check. Clayton, unfortunately, check. Logan... "Where's..." She breathed.
"It's not your fault." Chase said softly.
"IT IS!" Katie screamed. "IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR STUPID KID!" She wailed. Dana choked and shook her head.
"She doesn't mean that." Nicole promised. Dana was struck with silence. She didn't know what to say.

"HE'S DEAD HE'S DEAD AND I HATE YOU!" Katie cried falling to her knees. Nicole cuddled her head to her knees. Dana shook her head. She's just seen him a few moments ago. She cuddled her baby close to her.
"Logan went snap." He whispered sadly and innocently.
"Snap?"
"The noise..." Chase said hollowly. "Guess it was a snap."
"he went... over the cliff?" Dana asked. Chase shook his head. "Clayton..." She made a strangle motion. Chase shook his head again.
"He ran into the road after your little boy." Katie spat viciously.
"DON'T turn around." Chase warned. "It's not pretty." Dana rigid her back. behind her lay Logan's body? She found that impossible to believe.
"He ran into the road after your kid." Katie repeated. "Now he'll never see ours." She clutched her stomach and everyone felt dizzy. Katie being pregnant was another knock in the head.
"He might not be dead." Nicole whispered hopefully, but nobody believed her as much as they wanted to. The sound of ambulance and police sirens seemed so distant to Dana.

The next few hours were a blur to her. She sat in a hospital listening to Katie's wailing. She was vaguely aware of someone offering her a cup of coffee, it could've been Chase, she was very aware of the clock ticking.
"We need to ask a few questions." Said a police officer. Dana was miles away.
"Dana maybe it's best if..." Chase started. The officer gave a shake of his head. He left them to argue.
"What, if I turn him in. What good'll it do?" She snapped. "See whatI did by telling on him. I endangered my son's life. And I think I just made Katie's kid fatherless so well done. I don't wanna press charges."
"Dana you have to!" Nicole cried. "It's not safe at PCA til you do."
"THINK ABOUT IT DIMWIT IF I TELL ON CLAYTON THEN KATIE GOES DOWN TOO! THAT KID JUST LOST IT'S DAD DON'T TAKE AWAY IT'S MOM OKAY!" Dana screeched.

Everyone was silent after that. Katie was rubbing her stomach repeatedly.
"Dana." She said eventually.
"Hm,"
"I'm scared." She bit her lip. "How d'you do it?"
"Do what?"
"Raise a kid on your own?" She asked, a terrified tone in her voice. "You did it..."
"You won't be on your own." Dana promised.
"We're all here." Chase assured. Katie sniffled.
"And maybe Logan will be." Nicole cooed gently.

A few hours later though visitng hours were over, and everyone was sent home, well back to PCA. Dana didn't say another word. It didn't seem real to her that Logan was knocking on death's door. Everyone had said the body was awful. Dana hadn't turned she hadn't seen it. Maybe that's why she couldn't believe it.
"I love him." She told her son whilst he slept. "And I wish he'd have been your daddy. But he's not. So..." Dana kissed him gently.


When asked to describe Comatose. adj 2: in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient"

Dana was conscious. But she felt she wasn't, nothing touched her. Katie was in a similar state. However, Logan was comatose. Laid in hospital with bndages around his chest. Dana could feel him slipping from her. She knew even if he lived he'd never be hers. It sickened her slightly, because in a way she wished he'd die. But quickly regretted it. Over the next few weeks life was rough for everyone.

The newly found Chase and Zoey seemed lost. The innocent ex Nicole was distraught. Michael, Lola, Quinn and Dustin hadn't seen it but they all felt the same. Dana was almost silent again. Scott shiverred everytime he heard a car go by. And Katie's hand was permanently on her stomach, which, after 8 weeks of her boyfriend being in a coma was starting to potrude ever so slightly.

Clayton didn't strut around school, knowing he was on thin black ice. But seeing him still brought the girls to sobs.

10 weeks after the incident. Nearly three months. The call came through.

A/n: Dead or alive? Another cliffy from me. WEWT for Logan the hero of this chapter.