Unexpected

Baby in danger?

Chapter 16

Sora just lay there in the middle of the street, waiting for the pain to hit, but as she lay still with the crying child in her arms, she realized that the impact she felt was not enough to have been a speeding car. She heard the crowd begin to gather around and the child's mother crying out, wondering where her child was.

"Someone call an ambulance!" She heard a voice yell. I'm fine, she wanted to tell them, but couldn't exactly find her voice. She heard a bunch of people gather behind her, panic in their voices.

"Mommy!" The child cried.

"Johnny!" The mother cried the relief was obvious in her voice; Sora sat up and let the child go, aware that he was now safe. She began to stand, a little shaky on her feet, but shock did that to a person. An older gentleman grabbed her elbow, to steady her. "Are you okay?" He asked, but his eyes kept peering behind them.

Sora just nodded.

"Thank you!" The woman hugged Sora, tears streaming down her face. Sora began to pay closer attention to the commotion and finally noticed the crowd behind her, but they were looking at something on the ground, one man was yelling loudly into a cellphone, giving an address and demanding an ambulance. Her chest went cold; there was someone else in the accident?

She began to elbow her way through the circle of people, trying to catch a glimpse of the figure lying on the ground, but only had to see the flash of silver-white hair before her chest felt constricted, and she felt lightheaded. She brought a hand to her mouth; she was going to be sick. Oh my god! Her mind was running a mile a minute, trying to process what she was seeing. She rushed forward and landed on her hands and knees near the motionless figure on the ground, almost landing in a quickly growing pool of blood rushing from a nasty gash running from the center of his forehead, through his left eyebrow and down across his temple.

"Leon?" was the only word that escaped her lips.

The paramedics would not leave her be as she lay down on the stretcher in the quickly moving ambulance. Seeing she was pregnant, the EMTs were quick to decide that, along with Leon, she needed to be rushed to the hospital in order to have the baby checked and see if she had any physical trauma. She remained silent, though her thoughts didn't. Her mind kept flashing back to the image of Leon lying apparently lifeless on the ground. When she saw him there, she had taken his head into her lap, touching his face, just willing for him to wake up, but there was no response,

"Speak to me!" She had yelled, "Leon!" Tears were streaming down her face, how could this happen? She felt a firm grip on her arms, pulling her back.

"No!" she had cried, pulling free and grasping Leon's limp body in her arms, blood staining her dress.

Now she lay there motionless, the tears now dry on her cheeks, finally she broke her silence.

"Is he okay?" She asked the paramedic who was taking her pulse. Her voice cracked.

"Right now we need to worry about you." He said, skillfully avoiding her question. "How many weeks are you?" Is asked, indicating the baby. Sora's heart sank, the baby.

"Is my baby okay?!" She tried to sit up, hysterical; the paramedic gently pushed her shoulders down.

"Calm down, your baby should be fine. How far along are you?" he asked in a soothing voice.

"14 weeks," Sora said softly. She felt cold, but she knew the child was coming from within, what if he's… she couldn't bring herself to even think it.

"I'm sure you can see him as soon as you are checked." The paramedic tried to be reassuring. Sora only hoped that Leon's wound wasn't as bad as it had looked. Her mind and body were numb.