A homeland this north, country dear fathers!

Part cuatro: Pakkasyö on, ja leiskuen pohja loimuja viskoo

A/N: This chapter will include lot of medical nonsense that I mostly made up. Accuracy comes second to the story, the story is the priority, so bare with me okay

"What's going on here?" Ambar and Simon had just finished descending a slope when they heard sirens.

"Hopefully no one has gotten hurt," Simon remarked as they took their skis off. "Hey, can we take break? I really need a donut."

"I could never deny you that," Ambar laughed, "Hopefully they aren't out."

They grabbed their skis and started walking toward the central hub of the slopes where the cafe was located. As they were walking, the noise of the sirens started deluding. Whatever that had been, it was moving away from them.

"I think I can totally fit three of those in my mouth."

"Don't you even dare to try it," Ambar gave Simon her sternest look, "I am not gonna perform a Heimlich on you when you choke, mostly because I don't know how. Should we go on a first aid course?"

"When will we find the time to do that—?"

They had reached the center and to their surprise, they saw Luna standing in front of it, looking frantically around.

"Hey! Luna!" Simon called to get her attention.

"Oh my god! Simon and Ambar!" Almost like lightning Luna had appeared in front of them. "Thank goodness you're here. I didn't know if I should call you and I wasn't sure if you'd hear..."

"Luna, what are you talking about?" Ambar furrowed her brow. Luna was speaking faster than normal and looking extremely frantic. "Where are Matteo and Gastón?"

"Did you hear the sirens?" Simon asked, "Did you see what that was about?"

"He fell and we didn't know what to do, until some other people came behind us who knew where to call," Luna launched into another fast-paced spiel. She was almost looking scared, "He wasn't moving..."

"Wait, Luna, hold on..." Ambar wasn't understanding anything, "Who wasn't moving? Slow down."

"Okay," Luna took a shaky breath, "We decided to try this black slope, and there was some ice and he fell onto the trench and hit a tree."

"Wait, so, someone got hurt?" Simon didn't seem to be able to keep up either. "The sirens were for you?"

Luna nodded.

"And since you're here... it means that..." Ambar started grasping the full picture.

"It was Gastón," Luna continued, "He, he wasn't moving... It looked like he was dead."

"Oh my god!" Simon exclaimed.

"So, you got help?" Ambar tried to stay calm. Staying collected under pressure was part of her job and this was not the time to freak out. "And I suppose Matteo went with him, did they say where?"

"I think it was to the Lapland Hospital," Luna responded. "I'm not sure."

"Text Matteo, right now." Ambar tried to think. "Does Nina know?"

"NO!" Luna looked horrified for a moment. "I didn't even think about that. I'll have to tell her..." She scrambled to get her phone out.

"Luna waits," Ambar grabbed her hand, "If she doesn't already know, she needs to know asap. Her husband is on his way to the hospital with presumed head trauma and who knows what else. She is his next of kin and is the only one with some say. Who knows what kind of brain surgery he will need... However, this can't be told over the phone."