Line of Time

Death Comes To Town

The ambulance finally arrived for Miss Cooper and they whisked her away. Lukas and Mathias climbed into the ambulance with her as they left Berwald to take care of Erin, Peter and Sky while they went to go tend to their mother. 

Needless to say that the ride there was a trip full of uneasy nerves. The city was in shambles and chaos was taking over. Ambulances were running around the city as they collected everyone that was injured. Both innocent and gang related. When they arrived at the hospital they watched their mother be wheeled away as the emergency room was jam packed with police officers and gang members. Mathias stood there motionless as Lukas held onto his shirt as so he wouldn't fall back from the sight. Blood covered the floor as curses and screams of pain filled the air as officers tried to help the doctors restrain as many men as possible so a fire fight didn't start in the hospital as well as the city streets. Ambulances dropped off new patients as fast as they could. Most dying before they reached the hospital. 

The set of brothers sat on the side lines as Mathias watched as man after man was pronounced dead and taken away to the morgue. Lukas sat next to his brother and held onto his arm as he tried to get the picture of death and pain out of his head but to no avail. Then the doors flew open as they wheeled in a new subject. 

"We got multiple gun shot wounds on a teen aged boy. Heart rate slow and breathing shallow, he needs a doctor." The paramedic who wheeled him in yelled as a doctor came running up to them. The doctor took him from the paramedic as he ran back outside to get another victim. Lukas caught glimpse of him and then stood up and ran over to him. Mathias sprang up and stopped him as he saw that it was Gunnar. 

"No, Gunnar. Why, this is why mom's here, she was worried about you. This is your fault." Lukas sobbed as Mathias held him back as he tried to wrestle him back over to his chair.

But it was in that moment that a nurse wheeled in another victim. Her face was sad as she looked down at the boy. He had no breathing mask, no IV's and blood covered his clothes and face. Mathias and Lukas both stopped their fight for the moment and looked at the boy. His once blonde hair had tarnished due to blood, sweat and dirt. His pale skin was covered in a thick layer of dirt but even with this they knew who it was. There was only one name that came to mind when they saw this lifeless corpse.  

"We got a John Doe for the morgue. We'll have to put up another found person after this is all over." The nurse said as she went to wheel him past the front desk and down to the morgue where bodies were pilling up. Mathias and Lukas both grabbed the gurney as the nurse looked at them. 

"His name is Tino, he's not just some other punk kid that was being stupid like the other low life in our city." Mathias said as the woman looked at him. 

"Then you wouldn't mind filing this out for him so that he isn't sent to the wrong family then." She said as she handed him a toe tag. Mathias eyes widened as he took it. He never thought that he would be writing Tino's date of death and information down like this. No one would ever think about doing this for someone they loved. He filled it out the best he could and handed it to the nurse as she then pulled the white sheet over his still body and wheeled him away. Mathias then turned to Lukas who tired to break past him in order to try and get a hold of Tino, just like he had done with Gunnar and their mother. Mathias caught him by his wrist but he couldn't get him to ease up and fallow him. So he ended up standing behind Lukas in attempt to stop him and picked him up as he kicked his feet. He fought his brother but when Mathias sat him down in his chair again he was in full blown tears and sobs. Mathias tried to comfort him as best he could but even he had a breaking point. Mathias had just seen three people he cared about be wheeled away. One of them already dead and the two others were alive for all he knew but for how long he had no clue. He hugged Lukas close and then let himself fall apart and cry just like his brother did.