Mia's Open Heart (Choices Open Heart AU)

Chapter 36: Hanging in the Balance

**Author's Note at the end of the chapter**

Mia quickly rose into action, despite the terrified looks from the men in the car with her. Upon quickly glancing across her surroundings, she thought about her options, if she swerved too much into one lane, they would hit the BMW beside them. If she swerved too much to the other way, they would fall off the bridge. If she didn't swerve enough or didn't move, the truck would hit them head one, probably killing them instantly.

Surprisingly, all this thinking had only taken a moment, and Mia made her decision. She gripped the wheel, slamming her foot on the gas pedal as the others started freaking out. She quickly moved into the opposing lane, the car nearly reaching the edge in the tight fit, but it didn't. The truck flew past them as she quickly got off the bridge, slamming the brakes as she stopped the car inches before a tree. The impact of the stop was so strong that it made them all jerk forward, stopped from flying out by their seatbelts. The impact, however, made Mia hit her head hard against the steering wheel. Everyone stopped in shock, until they heard a loud crash behind them. They turned to look through the car's back window, seeing the truck run completely over the other car, and then driving off the bridge and dropping into the creek, taking the BMW with it.

Mia, whose hand was against her forehead, immediately got out of the car and went back onto the bridge, rushing over to where the vehicle rammed past the bridge guardrails. The guys remained in shock, realizing that that could have very well been them. They quickly followed suit, going out of the car and catching up to her (which wasn't hard because she was still in her dress and heels).

They peered of the edge of the bridge, as smoke billowed up. The truck was bottom of the 50 foot creek, now on fire from the explosion following the impact. The BMW was now an unidentifiable crushed piece of metal, barely hanging off the edge of bridge. Baz, who had his phone on him, called 911 to explain the situation.

"The truck drove completely over the car, there's no way there are any survivors." Baz said to the dispatcher, as they all took a step back from looking at the horrifying scene. That is, until they heard a scream.

"What the fuck?" Mia asked, as everyone's eyes widened and then went over to the edge, the screams coming from the hanging car. "How is that even possible?" she whispered. There was no way someone could have survived such a horrifying accident.

"SAGE!" the voice yelled over and over, no response coming from whoever she was calling to.

"Ma'am?! Can you hear us?" Tobias said, kneeling down from the edge of the bridge. "You've been in an accident, and we need you to move as little as possible." The car was unstably hanging off the edge of the bridge from the tires along, and any moving could cause the whole thing to plummet into the fire in the creek below. Then, the sound of a baby crying came, and everyone's eyes widened.

"My daughter.." the woman started to say. "That's my 10 week old daughter, but I don't know where my 11 year old daughter Sage is." the woman yelled back, turning around slowly in the car to try and see her crying baby past the wrangled metal when she saw a head of blonde hair, that belonged to her daughter Sage.

"Ma'am, we're doctors, we need you to just hold on, people are coming, and they'll get you out and we'll help you, all of you." Mia yelled. They couldn't see the people in the car, and hoped that the ambulances were on their way.

"Please they're my babies, they're my kids please, please save them please I can't see them please." the woman screamed, rambling about her daughters when they already heard the sound of paramedics.

"See, they're right here, we're going to get all of you out as soon as possible." Mia said, trying to retain a composed voice to not worry the woman. They all took a step back, the guys loosed their ties and cuff links while Mia put her hair up in a quick messy bun using an extra hair tie she had, all of them getting ready for action. Ethan took his suit jacket off and handed it to Mia.