The ride to Riley apartment was long and agonizing. He had tried to call Riley but the phone was busy and when he tried the home phone it would ring then go to the answering machine.
"Ben he'll be alright…" Abigail kept saying over and over again. But Ben only nodded not knowing what to think about this whole situation. So many questions where unanswered in his head-
What had happened to Riley to make him panic like that?
Was he alright?
Did it have something to do about the fact that he had not say one word since we had left the city of gold?
Before he know it they were in front of Riley home and everything inside him told him to go faster so without even looking behind to see if his wife was following he ran to the door opened it and when up the stair two at a time. He made it to the second floor in record time and he saw that all the lights were off in Riley's apartment.
Without even knocking he kicked the door and looked around. At first he didn't see anything in the early morning light but then he heard more then saw Riley on the floor next to the sofa. He ran to him and look down at his friend that was not breathing right and that looked sick.
"Riley open you eyes for me buddy…please" Ben said scared because there was no sing of movement coming out of his best friend body. "Abigail I need you to find his inhaler." Ben said then he returned to his best friend.
"…B…b…en?" Riley's small voice asked unsure.
"Ya, it's me." Ben said happily his friend was awake and somewhat aware of what was happening. "Riley you breathing okay?" Ben asked but then he heard Riley breathing quicken again, and saw Riley shaking his head no. "Abi…you coming?" He asked with an urgent voice.
"I can't find it Ben." She called from the bathroom.
"Riley?" He asked but then he saw that Riley was not focusing on him so he said, "You need to focus on me…" When Riley looked at Ben only then did he asked his question. "Where is your inhaler?" Riley looked confused then recognition came in his eyes and he said.
"In…m..my…roo…m" It took him four breath to say this small sentence and that scared living shit out of Ben.
"It's in his room…" Then looking back down he asked "Where in your room?"
"O..on…de…ss..k…" was all he said before his eyes rolled to the back of his head.
"It's on his desk and hurry he lost conciseness again." He looked down at Riley and saw that he looked so very small and young and that made him want to protect him more then ever…
"Here…" Abigail gave him the inhaler before kneeling down next to Ben, Ben put it inside Riley's mouth hoping that it would help his little friend breath again.