Suddenly, from nowhere, the sound of a car engine, roaring at high speed reached their ears. Ric pulled Mattie back into the shadows. He knew who the car belonged to. As he watched the CCX scream down the street, he could only imagine Steph's reaction to the news. He knew she wouldn't have taken it well at all, but usually she went quiet and didn't say or do anything, but this was unexpected and frankly frightening. He dragged Mattie down the street, making her run after him. He rushed inside, grabbed a set of car keys and ran to the garage with Mattie behind him. He checked the tag and found that he had grabbed the keys for the Ferrari. It was the only car that could even hope of catching Steph's CCX. Mattie jumped into the passenger seat, really worried that Steph would try and hurt her, but safe that Ric would do everything to protect her. Ric jumped into the drivers side, started the car, gunned the engine and roared out after Steph. He didn't have to go far. He heard the sirens even before he saw the lights. Macca, Cassie, Belle and Drew all drove up in cars they had borrowed from Steph's garage. The sight before them had the devastating effect of making Ric violently sick, as was Mattie, Cassie and Belle. Drew tried not to look and Macca broke down. The scene before them was a mass of twisted metal, glass covered the road and there was so much blood. The ambulance men arrived as did the police and the fire brigade. The cops questioned Ric and the rest of the group away from the scene in case they found a body. Suddenly there was a shout. "We've found the driver. She's alive but in a very bad way. We're gonna try and get her out." One of the coppers shouted to the cop questioning Ric and the group.
There was the terrible sound of metal being folded back and then the ambulance men were yelling to each other. Suddenly, there was the sound of doors closing and the ambulance screamed off down the road towards the hospital. Ric was sick again and to be on the safe side, the ambos packed them all into an ambulance and they were rushed to hospital as well.
News spread of the terrible crash and everyone in the Bay flocked to the Hospital to support Ric and keep a vigil over Steph who was in a coma and fighting for her life.