Chapter 1
The loud sound of a gunshot being fired makes my ears ring as I watch his body hit the snow with a thud and the blood immediately turning it crimson. "Shit"I murmur turning around to aim at the shooter who shot him but the shooter is long gone,barely visible footprints disappearing in the snow. I reach for my radio as I head towards him, "Officer down,repeat officer down,we're at county road 10"I say into it kneeling down beside him. "Gus can you hear me"I ask, "yeah Molly, Damn it hurts"he replies, "where does it hurt"I ask, "chest,I can't breathe"he says, "k I'm going to try to roll you on your side, and then I'm going to see if I can see an exit wound"I say, "k"he responds breathlessly. I very gently put one hand on his leg and another against his back and manage to roll him towards me. I grab my flashlight and right then the operator responds, "we got a unit on the way, about 10 minutes out,10-9"The voice says, "alright roger that, thank you"I say.
I turn on the flashlight and I put a blanket around him before I lift his jacket and shirt up so to where the flesh is exposed. I shine it up and down his back and I can see the exit wound, it's right underneath his shoulder-blade, telling me it barely missed his heart. I quickly pull the jacket and shirt down, then I hold pressure against his chest wound. He's silent for awhile but then he finally says something, "god I'm cold", "I know,it shouldn't be too long now"I say pulling the blanket around him tighter. Soon enough I hear sirens approaching and just in time too, he's getting worse, he's fading. The ambulance screeches to a stop and medics jump out and make their way to us. A female one get's to us first, "what's his name"she asks, "Gus Grimly"I say, "k we're going to get your partner taken care of tonight alright officer Salvaro"she asks, "yeah"I say.
2 more medics come kneel down beside him as I'm walked by another officer to speak to the person by the car. "Officer Salvaro"he greets me subtly, "John"I respond, "does he have anyone, as far as family or anything"he asks, "As far as I know, no, he has a daughter at home Greta but no one else really"I say. "K do you want to go with him,or do you want to go get his daughter first and then come"he asks? "I would rather go get her, she knows me and trust's me enough"I respond, "k you can go ahead and go, we'll talk to you later"he says. I leave and make my way over to him before they load him up, he's lying on a gurney and he 's very pale,shirt undone, I grab his hand and he squeezes back, "I'll meet you at the hospital k, I'm going to go get Greta alright"I say, "yeah"he murmurs, eyes unfocused. "Excuse me miss"the medic says, I step aside and I get into the car. I realize that I'm shaking from the adrenaline as I drive off into the night storm,hoping he'll be OK.