Ryan sat up and a searing pain ripped through his leg. He had been walking for about 20 minutes when AJ had shot him. Now how am I supposed to hobble a 20-minute walk when I'm shot? Ryan thought of anything that might be helpful, but nothing came to mind. He stood himself up using a near by fence for support. He hopped on his good leg while sliding his hand on top of the fence to keep his balance. The pain was becoming unbearable and Ryan was getting dizzy. He decided to sit down and give himself a breather.
Austin, a boy from one of Ryan's classes, was riding his bike when he saw a bleeding Ryan sitting on the side of the road. The site of Ryan almost made him fall off his bike, he looked terrible. He was pale, his pant leg was bloody and his eyes were slowly closing despite the afternoon sun. Austin hopped off his bike and let it fall to the ground as he jogged over to Ryan. "Hey, Ryan, buddy can you hear me?" Austin questioned as he knelt down to Ryan's face. "Hey man." Ryan responded weakly. "Alright, sit tight i'm gonna go call 911 I'll be right back, ok?" Austin said. "Does it look like i'm goin' anywhere?" Ryan replied sarcastically as Austin ran over to the nearest house.
Austin pounded on the door and waited for someone to come. A woman in her fifties came to the door. " What are you-" She stopped short at the site of Austin's shirt stained with blood. "Oh, my word, alright you wait right here I'm gonna go call 991." Austin looked back at Ryan, he looks so out of it Austin thought.
"911 what is the nature of your emergency?"
"Hi, there's a boy here and he's covered with blood, I don't know what happened, but his friend looks like he needs some medical help."
"Alright mam, no need to tell us your address we traced the call and an ambulance has already been sent to the scene. Would you like me to stay on the line with you while you wait?"
"No, that's alright."
The lady walked back to Austin with a towel in her hand "Son, do you think you could wrap that around his wound? Not to be rude, but I don't want to touch his blood and seeing as you're already covered in it-" Austin cut her off, grabbed the towel and ran back over to Ryan. "Hey Ryan, stay with me man. That lady just called 911 and an ambulance is on its way." Ryan was in a daze, he became numb to the pain and everything that happened around him was a blur. Austin wrapped the towel around Ryan's leg. Ryan opened his eyes up as he heard the screech of the sirens and the flashing lights of the ambulance.