Losing Air
"This is bad, this is bad..." Carly was saying. Freddie and Mel were both unmoving. The sounds of Sam's scream echoing in his head. Spencer moved first.
"Ok we need to stay calm..." Mel snapped out of it.
"CALM...HOW CAN I BE CALM...MY SISTER WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ASTHMA ATTACK AND THEN SHE SCREAMED...DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF SHE DOESN'T GET HER INHALER IN THE NEXT 3 MINUTES...SHE'LL DIE!"
That took Freddie out of his haze. He looked up to see Mel, she eyes swimming with tears, Carly had stopped pacing and was also staring at her.
"Ok I'm going to find the security guys and let them know what's happened. Stay here" Spencer took off. Freddie could feel his knee's coming out from under him. Sam dead...no...NO!
Forgetting Spencer's rule Freddie ran to the bus. Grabbing his bag, he shoved a torch and water into it. Then grabbing Sam's bag, he routed until he found her inhaler. At this point Carly was behind him.
"What do you think you're doing?" she cried looking at his bag. He now shoved a first aid in aswell and was not jumping out of the bus, bag in hand.
"I can't let her die Carly...this is my fault...I have to find her..." He threw the bag over his shoulder and took off for the woods before Carly could stop him. She instead watched as he got to the edge of the forest, taking out his flashlight end entering.
She ran back and found Mel still in her position, except now she was dialling. She kept shouting "PICKUP SAM" at the phone. Carly then noticed Lauren. She was standing in the corner, arms folded. Seeing her Carly lost control.
Walking straight up to her Carly slapped her, hard across the face and before she had time to complain Carly whispered in her ear.
"You better hope that Sam survives this...because if she doesn't then it will be your fault and I know exactly who I am going to blame...Understand?" Lauren, shocked by the hatred in Carly's voice stepped back and nodded.
Spencer came 5 minutes later with an officer. "Your brother here told us what happened...Are you her sister?" he asked turning to Mel. She nodded and said "We're twins...something's wrong...she was breathing funny when we spoke...and she has asthma, we both do! ...she'll die if she doesn't get her inhaler..."
"Ok miss calm down...when was the last time she was seen?" Unexpectedly Lauren spoke.
"I seen her at around 9.25 down by the edge of the forest, where they found her pear-pod" she said.
"Hey...Where's Freddie?" Spencer asked. Mel looked up not realising he was gone.
"So you're telling me we have two kids missing...ok...I'm going to call for help...please nobody else leave." The officer left.
"I can't believe Freddie..." Spencer said. "Mel you better call your mom...Let her know what's happening..." Mel nodded and started dialling "...While I call Mrs. Benson." Spencer finished.
Freddie turned on his flashlight and entered the forest. It was pitch black except for the light from the torch. He walked carefully but quickly calling Sam's name, knowing that time was running out. He ran for another 20minutes falling now and again on a tree root or branch. I have to find her...I have to...
Sam was lying face down at the bottom of a ravine. When she was on the phone she turn and the edge came away causing her to lose her footing and fall. All she remembered is a pain in her leg as she hit the bottom and then black.
Her breathing was still pretty bad. She felt like someone was standing on her airways blocking them. She had had asthma attacks before but she always got her inhaler after 10 seconds. She was now at the bottom of the ravine nearly 15 minutes and yet she was still alive.
Why am I still here...I was told 3 minutes at the most. She remembered the day she got her inhaler and how the doctor explained the importance of getting help quickly.
She tried opening her eyes. She couldn't. In the distance she was vaguely aware someone was calling her. Her breaths were coming slower now and she knew that although she had survived this long, she wouldn't much longer. She lay there quietly, her breathing slowing. She thought about Freddie and fell back into the darkness.
