Jane opened her eyes at the sound of the police sirens, the darkness leaching away and leaving her with a burning sensation in her chest and the coppery taste of blood in her mouth. She tried to move to see where Maura had gone but her body protested and she half coughed, half gurgled, the air no longer able to reach her lungs. She heard the door smash open and the police enter, her eyes were failing her as they only looked like blobby shadows in blue. She sighed as much as she could, whatever air there had been in her lungs leaving in a whoosh and her body struggled to pull in another gasp. At least Maura would be safe.
The police officers gasped at the scene before them, one girl lay crumpled and almost dead at their feet. Her eyes half closed and blood covering almost her entire body, and leaking from her mouth. Behind her stood a burly man, his pants hastily done up and blood all over his pant legs and hands. Behind him, on the ground, was another girl, her pants halfway down her legs, blood on her hands and torn clothing. The most shocking thing was her eyes. They were white, and the area around them appeared to be red and burned, she was crying, the tears leaving her eyes in rivulets.
"Get the EMT's in here!" One yelled behind him.
The other knelt down next to Jane, "Hang in there hon, everything is going to be okay." Jane coughed and blood splashed from her mouth.
"H-help Maura," she wheezed before more blood started to come from her mouth.
"It's okay we're going to take care of her. I promise." the officer said. Jane nodded and one of the paramedics rushed towards her and pulled out an oxygen mask and with the help of another paramedic she was placed on a stretcher. She turned her head to look for Maura. When she saw her she was bruised and battered but alive. She closed her eyes in content.
The man then made a run for it but before he could get far the to officers tackled him to the ground, cuffing him roughly and reading him his rights. Two more paramedics raced past them to Maura who cowered when they got close. "It's okay we're here to help you, I promise." Maura nodded in understanding but still flinched when they put a mask on her and placed her on a second stretcher. Both of them were carried out and put in the same ambulance.
As her stretcher entered Maura could hear Jane struggling to breathe next to her. The paramedics started to attaché wires to both of them and Maura could hear the sporadic heart beat of Jane. Suddenly a hand grasped her own and she knew it was Jane's. she squeezed it gently and held on as the ambulance started to move. The longer the drove the faster Jane's heart beat became. Two minutes from the hospital Jane's hand let go of Maura's and the monitor made a single long beep.