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Robyn stares out the window whilst on the tram. It moves smoothly along the railway. The scenery outside is gorgeous. Full of beautiful, vibrant green bushes and trees - all releasing a fresh fragrance. After a few minutes of adoring the scenery Robyn looks to her right.

"It's you..."

Meanwhile, Dixie is sat in the ambulance station. She sips a cup of hot coffee, attempting to awaken herself after her early start. She stares solemnly at Jeff's deserted locker. Despite it being several months since the much-loved Paramedic died, he will never leave her heart. Dixie continues to stare at the locker, like she's been hypnotised.

"3006 to control, reports of scaffolding collapse at the Emperor Estate. Possible deaths. Requiring immediate back-up. Rapid Response unit attending as well. Over." Mumbles the radio.

"Iain?" Wonders Dixie immediately. She jumps out of her seat and chucks her coffee into the sink. She rests the cup on the side and looks at the sign which requests all members of the unit to wash-up forthwith.

"That can wait. This can't." Dixie says, before running to the ambulance.

Back on the tram, Robyn continues to stare at the figure on the other side. She gives a cozy smile before inviting them over.

"How did I not see you? Come over here."

On the highway, a car turns off. Inside is a male, aged seventeen. In the passenger seat sits a sixteen year-old female. She has long, blonde hair, the figure of an athlete, and a face caked in make-up.

"Jamie, where are we going?" Asks Elaine, his girlfriend.

Jamie responds bluntly. "Where you wanted to go."

Elaine looks ahead, back at the road. There's an obvious strain on the pair's relationship. She picks up her bag off the floor and grabs her mascara out.

"How do I look?" She asks. The car turns and continues to drive down a country road. A few miles ahead is a tram track. Jamie takes his eyes off the road and admires her.

"Nice. I guess." Jamie responds bluntly, trying to look away from her face and back at the road. But Jamie remains infatuated by the young girl. He continues to stare. The speed meter continues to increase. The needle surpasses '60' and continues to gain speed. But then, all of a sudden Elaine screams...

Jamie slams his right foot on the brake pedal. The car wheels screech. The car continues to push forward, and as Jamie realises the car won't stop before it reaches the track he intensively rotates the wheel to the right. The back of the car shifts over to the left, before the wheels hit the track. The unstable weight of the car causes it to flip upon making contact with the track. In a millisecond, the world is completely turned upside down. The windscreen cracks as it hits the rocky surface of the track, before shards of glass hurl themselves at the faces of Elaine and Jamie. The car continues to rollover; but this time it wipes out a wooden pole which holds together miles and miles of metal wiring. The car hits the wooden pole and violently knocks it down like a wrecking ball demolishing a dilapidated building. The wooden pole tugs against the metal wire, but the superior weight of the pole snaps the wire. The wire whips back onto the track. From the open-ended cable sparks fly. The pole falls down and into the road, but only a section of the pole lies on the road... the other section of the pole heavily lies itself on the tram track. The car overturns again. It now lies upside down on the other side of the road. Jamie and Elaine hang from their seats, with their heads just centimetres from the floor. Only the seat belts prevent the pairs heads making contact with the floor. Blood trickles down Elaine's face as a deep wound presents itself on the side of her face. Jamie's face suffers the same injury, but his wrist also exhibits an open bone from his right hand.


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