Drabble #5 – April gets hurt
April stood in her trauma gown at the Ambulance bay with Leah and Owen awaiting the ambulance's arrival. It was just like any other day. But in the blink of an eye, everything changed.
Something in the ambulance malfunctioned. Somehow the driver lost control. The ambulance came barraging in rather than slowly pulling up. Owen jumped back and pulled Leah back with him but April couldn't get back before being hit.
When the ambulance finally stopped, Owen hurried to April. She was unconscious and bleeding badly. Leah was frozen in her tracks. Seeing she would be no help, Owen shouted to her.
"Murphy! Go get Dr. Avery! Hurry!" He yelled, "Go!" Murphy ran back into the ER as Owen frantically ran to help April. Doctors and nurses from the ER came hurrying out after hearing the crash and attended to April, the patient and paramedics in the ambulance.
Leah ran through the hospital searching for Jackson. She finally found his name on the OR board and hurried to him. She burst through the doors.
"Dr. Avery," her voice faltered as she spoke, "April…hurt…ambulance." She sputtered out the broken sentence but she had Jackson's attention.
"What?" he panicked. "Doctor Ross, I need you to close," Jackson instructed the resident before ripping off his gloves, mask and gown.
He ran straight to the ambulance bay. "Hunt? What happened?" Jackson gasped when he saw the scene. They were getting April on to a stretcher.
"The driver lost control of the ambulance and April was hit. We will do everything we can to save her. She's unconscious. You can see her really quickly before we take her to the OR," Owen told him, still catching his own breath.
Jackson ran to the stretched and knelt down close to her face. He kissed her lightly as tears began streaming from his eyes.
"April, don't leave me," he begged, "I can't live without you." He kissed her once more before they hurried her to the OR and he was left alone on his knees.