A Fight to Remember

You're Here

A/N: Picking up from Derek's perspective from the chapter before last.

Derek

Lynn stared at the deployed airbag in shock. I swallowed. "I'll get the first aid kit, you make sure she's okay..." I ran back to the truck and grabbed the kit from the back seat. At the same time, I reached for my phone and dialed 911.

"Boop-beep-boop Service Error Out of Range."

"Dammit!" I muttered.

"Give me the kit," Lynn said. I handed it to her. "Okay so the other passenger must've went for help..." I said, looking down the road.

"There's blood on the airbag," Lynn said. "They could be in shock, or badly hurt. You have to go find whoever it is," She started to climb into the sedan to treat the other woman.

"You're pregnant," I said, "I don't want to leave you here alone."

"I'll be fine, Chris, you have to go..."

"Right." I nodded and ran back to the truck, I'd drive a few miles down this way and then switch back if I didn't find anyone. "I'll try for a signal too."

She nodded. "Okay."

xxx

Meredith

I don't know how long I'd been walking. I stopped and stared at the vacant road. I had to get help. Someone was hurt. Who was hurt? I was hurt. I looked at the dried blood on my hands. I felt my forehead and winced. No, there was something more to this... something more important, but I couldn't remember. Where was I?

I swallowed back another attack of nausea. What was wrong with me? Oh...

I bent at the waist and threw up. "Ow." I said as my ribs ached. "Ow..." I said again, but less out of pain and more out of despair and hopelessness. Something was terribly wrong but I couldn't figure it out. Why was I bleeding? Where was this unfamiliar road? Where did it go? I was so thirsty and tired.

Maybe I should just sit down. Yeah, I should. Rest. And think... I was going to get help... or...

That tree looked shady, maybe I can just sit there and close my eyes for a minute. I leaned against it and slid down. So tired. I closed my eyes.

The dark sky winked starlight as I paced among lit candles, phone in hand. "Stupid, corny, idiotic. I cannot believe I did this. Stupid loser. Son of a... I could be at home instead of- Stupid brain man...

"Hey."

That voice. It'd been so long since I heard that voice... I was starting to forget what he sounded like.

"Hey! Are you okay?"

"Ouch," I sighed.

"Hey... are you with me? C'mon, I can help you."

I blinked. A fuzzy dark shape was right in front of me. I blinked again. Those eyes, so blue and clear and vibrant. "Where have you been?" I mumbled, still half dreaming... "I've been waiting and waiting for you, and you never showed up!"

Derek

"Hey." I called out.

As I walked closer, I realized it was a woman, she was small framed- her shoulder-length blonde hair stuck to her face, which dripped blood from a large gash in her forehead. She didn't move.

"Hey! Are you okay?" I stepped high through some bushes to get closer.

"Ouch," she sighed.

"Hey... are you with me?" I was worried about that cut. I leaned my arm against the tree and crouched. "C'mon, I can help you."