Christmas Nightmare

Family Reunions

Finn climbed in the back of the ambulance with us, signaling for his driver to head towards Portland. He started checking our breathing, pulse, and blood pressure to make sure there was nothing serious going on inside. Connor's breathing was a little spastic from anxiety. Finn gave him a clear mask, with a green elastic band, to hold up to his face with a breathing treatment. I took the mask from Finn and held it over Connor's face, cuddling with him in my lap.

"What's wrong cutie?" I asked Connor, kissing the top of his head again.

"Scared..What if mummy doesn't come visit us? Where will we go?" he choked up the words.

I looked over at Finn for support, and this point we were about 5 minutes away, so he just changed the subject.

"Back to my first question, do you have any family we can call? Like a father, or grandparents..." Finn asked.

"Umm, well, our dad died, we don't have any grandparents here in the UK, they're back in Sydney.." Connor piped up, I shushed him, and told him to finish the breathing treatment.

"Wait, what about Aunt Lizzie and Lukey? Luke's band is over in London recording their album.." I remembered, a metaphorical lightbulb appearing over my head.

"Do you have a number to contact them?" Finn asked.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket, and scrolled through my contacts. The first name to come up was Ashton Irwin. The drummer from 5SOS. I tapped his name, and tapped the call button, holding the phone up to my ear. It rang about 3 times, then the other line went dead.

"Fuck.." I muttered, scrolling further into my contacts looking for the next name in alphabetical order, meaning Calum Hood, the basist, was next. I called him, it rang once and his thick australian accent filled my ears.

"Allie? Is that you?" he asked, concerned.

"Cal! Ohmygod. Where's Luke, or his mum?" I panicked.

"Woah, calm down, what's going on? Are you okay?" I could sense heartbreak in his voice. I could hear the other boys shouting in the background too.

"There...There was an accident. I need to talk to Luke. Please." I begged, him finally caving in.

"LUKE ROBERT HEMMINGS! It's an emergency. Allie's on the phone. I don't care if you have pants on or not, just come here!" he shouted, I could hear his voice breaking, and I could hear Luke running.

"Lukey?" I squeaked.

"What's going on sweetie?"

"Th-th-there was an accident. Connor and I are on the way to Portland Hospital in London. Kaylie, Meagan and Domo are all hurt. My mum died, I think. I can't do this alone. Please." I sobbed.

There was a pause, "We'll be there. I'll get my mum now. Are you and Connor okay?" he asked, concerned.

"Um, my head hurts, Connor's having an anxiety attack and some bumps and bruises. We were the lucky ones," I cried, "Just, meet us at the hospital. Bring the boys, we need the moral support, and the entertainment.. I have to go, just hurry. Please."

"We're coming now babydoll, I love you." he said, as the line went dead.

We pulled into the children's ward at Portland Hospital. I carried Connor in, the breathing treatment made him sleepy, so he was asleep in my arms. I looked over at Finn and mouthed the words 'did anyone make it out?' He pulled his black radio off his belt and held it up to his mouth, pressing a button.

"Hey Jack, did anyone else make it out from the wreck?"

"The little girl is under a code blue, the other 3 were fatalities, DOA."

The minute I heard that, my heart dropped into my stomach. I lost my mum, my twin, and my baby Domo. Kaylie probably won't make it.. She lost too much blood. I hugged Connor close to me as we walked into the hospital to come face to face with another blonde boy, who looked about 25, he was wearing scrubs and vans. There was a stethescope around his neck and a pen in his pocket.

"I'm Caspar. Are you Allie and Connor?" he asked, with a mixture of an English, and South African accent.

I nodded and followed Caspar and Jack through the ward to a room with two beds that were side by side, decked out with batman bedding. I laid Connor down on one of the beds, and sat down on the other. The other nurse wouldn't even look at me.

"Is Kaylie okay?" I asked, and just as I finished my sentence there was shouting in the hallway.

"Code blue! Code blue! Move! Bay 6. Trauma. CPR in progress."

I watched as they ran past with a girl on a stretcher. I looked at Finn, "Was that----?"

A second or so after I asked that again, I heard "Resuscitation, fail. Call it. 13:21."

Luckily before I could break, another nurse came in and said there were visitors. As the boys walked in one by one, I looked up to be face to face with my cousin, and my best friend, Luke Hemmings.

"LUKEY!" i cried, running to hug him. His arms wrapped around my waist pulling me into him.

"Ohmygod, are you okay? where's domo? and kaylie? and Meagan...?" he looked at me, with fear obvious in his baby blue eyes..

i stared at the ground and looked to see Mikey sitting with Connor who was just waking up, "they didn't make it.. connor and i are the only survivors."

i burst into tears, my whole body went numb. reality. i'm only 15. i cant take care of an 8 year old. especially on my own. i felt a pair of strong arms pick me up off the ground and laid me down on the bed.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Sorry if part of this chapter is like, weird with grammar and punctuation. I wrote the ending from the Wattpad app which I hate.. c;

But..

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?