Buck x Eddie

Story 7: car accident

Eddies POV

I walked into the station ready for a goods day of work. I put my stuff in my locker and made my way up to the loft. Hen and Chim were on the couch playing EMS simulator while Bobby was in the kitchen cooking something. I looked around not seeing Buck.
"Where's Buck?" I asked
"Thought he was coming with you?" Bobby asked
"No he had an appointment early this morning." I say getting my phone out to call him. Straight to voicemail. "Come on Buck answer the phone" i say as i call again. Nothing. Then the bell rang.

"You okay Edie?" Chim asks looking at me
"Buck wont answer his phone." I say
"Maybe he's planning a secret." He says
"Where we heading Cap?" I ask
"Car accident." He says. My heart drops to my chest as i pray that it wasn't Buck.
"What are the chances it's him?" Chim asks. It was silent no one wanted to answer that.

As we drove down the emergency lane going past the traffic i looked at every car trying to spot Bucks jeep. When we got to the accident there were two cars that had collided with one another, one was a blue Honda and the other was a green Toyota. But why isn't Buck answering his phone?

As we work on getting the people out of the car who are badly injured i notice some grey paint on the bumper of the blue car. I look to my right and see skid marks on the ground going to off the side of the road down a small decline. I close my eyes praying that I'm not going to see what i think I'm about to see.
"Eddie?" Hen asks. I ignore her and walk towards the decline of the highway.

"Buck!" I yell when i see his jeep upside down and smoke rising from it. I ran down the small decline as the rest followed behind me.
"No, no, no, no!" I yell. I reach the jeep trying to pull open the door but it's jammed shut. I look inside and Buck is upside down blood pouring from a gash on his head.
"Buck! Can you hear me?!" I yell banging on the window. No response.
"We gotta get him out of there!" I yell. Bobby comes down with the jaws as i smash the window in.
"Check his pulse!" Hen yells.
"Damn it! Nothing!" I scream

We finally get the door open and we pull him out just as the car ignites into flames. I drag Buck away from the car as Hen gets the defibrillator.
"Come on Buck!" I yell as i start CPR. "Don't you die on me."
Hen rips off his shirt as she preps his chest to get shocked.
"Clear!" She yells as she shocks him. Nothing.
All i can hear is the flat line of his heart, his lips are turning blue.
"Damn it Buck! Just breathe!" I scream tears streaming down my face. Hen gets ready to shock again, nothing.

I don't know how long we continued this cycle at one point in thought Bobby was going to tell us to stop. We were all tired and out of breath from doing chest compressions and screaming at Buck to breath.
"Come on Buckley." Hen says as she shocks him again. Finally there's a beat on the defibrillator.
"That's it baby." I rub his hair with my hand as we get him ready for transport.

We all sat in the waiting room as we waited for the doctor. When the doctor came through the door i immediately stood up.
"How is he?" I ask
"He's stable. He lost a lot of blood and he wasn't breathing for a while. We have him in medical induced coma so his body can heal." The doctor says.
"Is there a chance of brain damage when he wakes up?" I ask
"We wont know." The doctor says
"So you're saying he wont wake up?" I ask my voice about to break
"It's too soon to tell." The doctor says.
"Can i see him?" I ask
"Of course you can. But this was in his pocket." He hands me a small black box. It feels like it weighs ten pounds in my hands.

I stare at the box for a few moments in till Bobby places his hand on my shoulder.
"He told me he was going to get that this morning." He says.
I let the tears fall down my face as i grip the small box in my hand following the doctor to Bucks room.
The doctor briefed me about what i was going to see but i didn't listen, I've seen him like this before and hurts every time.