Just like you - 911 fanfiction

020 - The ones who live

Tires screeching, shots firing, screaming.

It was all I could hear. I didn't even hear Evan screaming for me to come back under the fire truck after we pulled Eddie to safety. I was in shock, I knew this. So why couldn't I just pull myself together.

Trembling holding Eddies nearly limp body in my hands struggling to pull him up. Hearing Evan scream beside me as we both worked to get Eddie to the cabin. It all just felt like a blur. Licking my lips and tasting the metallic blood on my tongue, Eddies blood.

That's what pulled me out of my shock like trance, that's when I realized this was real.

"Eddie come on stay with us, how much longer!" I shouted to the front of the truck. Evan was directly in front of Eddie while I was on the side of him holding down a gauze pad to his wound.

"One minute"

Did we even have one minute. His pulse was week, we were lucky the wound was through and through.

"Hey, come on stay with me. You are so close just one minute okay." Evan reassured Eddie who was fighting to stay conscious. Tears were threatening to spill from Evan's eyes and it made me realize I had already shed a tear. We pulled into the ambulance bay and the minute we rolled in the trauma unit was on standby and had a stretcher outside already.

As they rushed over to us captain Mehta began to give the information we knew.

"GSW to the upper torso through and through large caliber!" He shouted out as we all began helping Eddie to the stretcher.

"Did you say large caliber.?"

What the hell else did he say lady? Eddie was shot and we had this surgen asking stupid questions.

"It was a sniper."

One of the surgeons checked for a pulse and looked up at their coworkers with an obvious concerned look on his face.

"Pulse is weak, Trauma Bay 2 lets set up for a thoracotomy stat!" The woman barked orders as all the surgeons began rushing back into the hospital now holding Eddies fate in their hands. Evan and I stood back watching as they closed the hospital doors leaving us with the aftermath of what just happened.

What did just happen.? One minute a sick kid who Eddie saved was getting transported and the next he was shot.

As captain Mehta walked by he looked back to the both of us.

"You guys okay.?"

I was about to answer obviously not we just saw our coworker, our friend, our family get shot, but I didn't. I didn't say anything and before I even had the chance he walked off like it was a rhetorical question.

Evan and I both had blood splattered on our face and clothing, I could still smell the lingering metallic like aroma and it made me feel sick. Like knots were forming in the pit of my stomach and I just wanted to cry.

"It's okay, we're okay." I said hearing the slight rasp and tension in my voice. I gave Evan a firm squeeze on his shoulder, I didn't know if it was to reality check him, reassure him, or just let him know I'm here with him, and we are gonna get through this together. Eddie was his best friend and I'll be danged if I let him deal with this alone after just having to keep him talking while he bled out in our arms. But before I could I help anyone, I needed to help myself as well.

Watching the hope begin to drain from Eddies eyes the longer it took to reach the hospital. I will never forget that.

And I didn't, throughly the day it kept replaying in my mind. Mehta gave Evan and I both shirts to change into since our old ones were covered in blood, when I entered the hospital bathroom I felt like I could finally breathe. I felt so shaken up and overwhelmed. I took off my stained shirt and looked in the mirror, my adrenaline began to wear off as I felt my shirt run against a burning sensation on my shoulder. I was grazed, most likely when I tackled Evan. I hissed in pain as I began to slowly trace over it addressing the seriousness. Nothing too bad. I knew I would have to get patched up but in all honesty I just wanted to lock myself in this bathroom until my mom arrives.