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Post by Aoi on Jan 5, 2007 0:11:39 GMT -5
I continued running, the sound growing even louder....sounded like we were getting closer to another emergency vehicle that was already there. Suddenly, the scent of blood hit me, and I froze.
"I should be glad I can't see that....shouldn't I?"
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Post by alyson on Jan 5, 2007 0:15:44 GMT -5
I shook my head as I arrived at the scene, the horror of the scene striking my eyes. Several police cars were dispatched on the scene, along with an ambulance. Sirens whirled loudly in the night as officers got out and surrounded the area with caution tape.
"....what...happened? Oh, god, please no...." I whispered, my hands flying to my mouth as I stared at the scene, shocked. Million thoughts rushed through my head--what happened to Raven? My eyes then drifted over to a car nearby, and a man being questioned by the police, and I realized that Raven had gotten into a bad car accident.
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Post by naruaizawa on Jan 5, 2007 0:18:42 GMT -5
Arriving at the scene, I widened my eyes, horrified. There were many police cars and ambulances, probably to help whoever was injured. Hurrying over to one of the officers, I inquired about the situation. A female officer shook her head solemnly as she explained what had happened. Shock filled me as I heard her say, "And a girl got hit by a car."
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Post by Aoi on Jan 5, 2007 0:36:10 GMT -5
I listened to the words being spoken, hoping to catch anything that MIGHT tell me how bad anything was. The smell was overwhelming, though...I hated that smell.
"...but if it hadn't been for those prosthetic limbs, she'd probably have been dead by now....damn, she's lucky..." I let out a deep sigh of relief....looked like her automail saved her once again.
"...but she's only 18. Why is her blood alcohol concentration so high? I know this girl...she doesn't seem like the kind..." I started to panic. How exactly were we going to cover for what happened?
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Post by alyson on Jan 5, 2007 1:06:12 GMT -5
I nodded, half-listening to what Aoi was saying. I was glad that my automail work had at least saved her from a horrible death--I didn't know HOW I was going to explain it to Amber when she came back from wherever she had gone if she had died in the accident.
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Post by naruaizawa on Jan 5, 2007 1:07:40 GMT -5
"She isn't hurt badly, is she?"
"I'm not sure...but it looks like her automail has saved her from life-endangering injuries," the officer said.
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Post by Aoi on Jan 5, 2007 1:20:24 GMT -5
"Excuse me....this is a good friend of ours. Can you tell us where you'll be taking her?" I asked, pushing my sunglasses further up on my face. I didn't want to scare anyone with such a critical job with something like that.
"We're taking her to the South Mercy hospital over on Fourth Street...you should be able to see her as soon as she's stabilized. The biggest threat to her right now is shock..."
"Thank you..." I said, signaling to Alyson and Naru.
"You got that, right?"
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Post by alyson on Jan 5, 2007 1:23:47 GMT -5
I nodded, along with Naru. "Yeah." We then teleported to the South Mercy hospital to wait for Raven.
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Post by Aoi on Jan 5, 2007 1:45:09 GMT -5
"Okay, then...I'll just follow the ambulance," I said, ducking into an alley and transforming to my ghost form. I quickly went invisible and hovered over the ambulance, finally following it as it began heading back for the hospital.
'At least she's going to be okay....'
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Post by alyson on Jan 5, 2007 14:09:34 GMT -5
At the hospital, I paced back and forth in the waiting room, waiting for news of Raven's condition.
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Post by naruaizawa on Jan 5, 2007 14:11:22 GMT -5
The hospital smelled of anesthetics and ammonia, a smell that disturbed me greatly. Pacing around the waiting room, I glanced at the clock every now and then. Nurses and doctors rushed by, doing their daily activities. When will they let us in to see our friend?
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Post by Ashley Carr on Jan 5, 2007 15:42:33 GMT -5
Upon waking up, the smell of alcohol hit me, nearly knocking me out of my bed. My stomach was doing backflips, and I could feel that there was a huge gash on the side of my chest. I looked down to see that I was wearing nothing but bandages around my upper torso.
I looked up at the nurse, who laughed nervously. She could see I wasn't too thrilled with this.
"Okay, I appreciate the help...but THIS is a massive violation of my personal space. Can someone please get me a real shirt?" I asked, letting out a soft groan.
'Damn...no one told me my stomach would act like THIS,' I thought, sighing heavily as I tried to sit up, only to fall onto my right side. I looked at my right arm to see that it was completely destroyed; crushed by the weight of the car rolling right over it.
'Okay....good news - these things probably saved my life. Bad news - Alyson is gonna KILL me when she sees them destroyed....' I lifted the sheet to look at my left leg...sure enough, it was crushed and covered with tire tracks...and my right leg was in a cast.
'Oh, boy....and I feel nauseous. How am I supposed to run to the bathroom....like THIS?' I thought, letting out a soft laugh as I imagined how it would have to look. Suddenly, my heart sank.
'Aw, crap...I have a lot of explaining to do...'
Meanwhile, one of the doctors went out into the waiting room.
"She's awake....you can go see her now..."
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Post by alyson on Jan 5, 2007 15:53:37 GMT -5
I ran into the room, seeing Raven lying there on the bed, her upper torso bandaged up. My eyes then flew to her broken automail, my hands then clenching into a fist in anger.
"RAVEN, YOU'RE SOOO LUCKY THAT MY AUTOMAIL SAVED YOU FROM DEATH IN THAT CAR ACCIDENT! I WAS WORRIED SICK!" I tried my best to hide the fact that Raven had been drunk, since I didn't want the doctors to find out. Then, taking a deep breath, I muttered under my breath, "Looks like I'll have to build you another automail from scratch."
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Post by naruaizawa on Jan 5, 2007 15:56:50 GMT -5
"Alyson, calm down. I don't think Rae's in a condition where you can scream at her," Naru frowned. Turning to Raven, she scolded in a semi-loud tone,
"Raven, you're very lucky Alyson's automail saved you. We were very worried about you. For our sake, please don't get yourself into another car accident again!"
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Post by Ashley Carr on Jan 5, 2007 16:34:16 GMT -5
"I'm sorry! Gah....what the hell happened, anyway?" Raven wondered out loud, thinking it was probably best to play stupid.
"I'd like to ask you that same question. You were wandering around at 2:30 in the morning, got run over by a car that was traveling within the speed limit; you should have been able to see it...and your blood alcohol concentration was at 0.34! 0.5 is the upper limit that could kill you, and you're only 18! How, exactly, did this happen?" A doctor asked.
"What? I....I don't know. That...I wouldn't..." I started, pretending to concentrate on what happened...though in reality, I was digging for an excuse. What could I say?
Suddenly, I froze. "Alyson...why didn't you tell me that was the wrong bottle I grabbed?"
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Post by naruaizawa on Jan 5, 2007 16:38:43 GMT -5
Hearing Raven ask Alyson why she didn't tell her she had grabbed the wrong bottle, I widened my eyes in surprise. Now where have I heard that before? Oh, yeah! From Gai-sensei.
".......Rae, in mistake for a water bottle.....did you grab something else?" I asked, playing along. "As in...there was a bottle of alcohol next to your water bottle, and you were so tired to read labels, that you grabbed the wrong one and drank the wrong liquid by accident?"
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Post by alyson on Jan 5, 2007 16:40:44 GMT -5
I realized what Raven was getting at, then nodded to what Naru said. "Yeah....and I couldn't see the label on the bottle since your hand was covering it, so how could I have stopped you?"
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Post by Ashley Carr on Jan 5, 2007 16:46:12 GMT -5
"Not a water bottle...a TWO-LITER ginger ale bottle! You couldn't see the label on the one next to it?" I exclaimed, faking extreme anger.
"Gah....I wish I knew whoever put that bottle next to my soda....whoever did that REALLY needs to learn to be careful where they put that crap!"
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Post by alyson on Jan 5, 2007 17:34:16 GMT -5
"We're sorry, we won't let that happen again," Alyson said.
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Post by Ashley Carr on Jan 5, 2007 17:36:19 GMT -5
"I sure hope not....ugh.....a hangover on two broken legs....is the opposite of fun," I groaned, turning over onto my back and staring at the ceiling.
"Not only that, but I'm starting to remember some of the things I did...somebody please kill me..." I added, letting out a slight embarrassed laugh.
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