RESCUE - Part 2

Chapter 42 - No Diggity

I crawled into work, literally. Crawled. On hands and knees. I just about managed to drag myself to the canteen when all the lads rushed in all chirpy and loud...very loud "oooooh Charlie can't handle her hangovers anymore!" Spence rubbed my head "don't....nope that's not very nice..." "Drink this...I had a feeling you'd have a sore head this morning" he handed over a strong coffee as I drank it as quickly as possible "enjoy that?" "Uh huh...sure..." I threw my head on the dining table just as the alarm went off "truck 26 to downtown bondi road, trapped driver" "let's go hangover!" Spence took my hand as he dragged me away to the truck.

"Let's go guys!" I pulled on my helmet as we jumped into the truck, Spence was driving, I was in the passenger seat the lads in the back, "that party last night Charlie was incredible!" Spence laughed as he showed the lads the photo of the jacuzzi, as he made his way through downtown morning rush hour, cars moving out of the way to allow us through with ease "yeah thanks for reminding me I still have to clean that up! I can't believe my sister would bloody do that just to get a bit of hot st-"

And then everything went quiet...or maybe it was the ringing in my ears...

It was quick....maybe....

It happened all in the blink of an eye....

None of us saw the lorry coming full speed through a red light....

None of us expected the lorry to hit us fully side on at 70mph....

None of us expected my seatbelt to fail as I were flung out of the front window of the firetruck, and smash into a parked car as the truck toppled over onto it side....

It was silent, And still, no one moved, no one dared, I was in a shock like trance until the sound of the ambulance, police and fire sirens blasted through the streets, that's when I registered people screaming, crying, shouting at the lorry driver who were being tended to by passing people, the strong taste of metallic stung my throat as I swallowed whatever liquid had gathered in my mouth, the ringing in my ears growing louder and louder as my face suddenly became covered in a shadow "Charlie stay still" "spencer?" I looked up as I croaked "hey hey! I need you to stay still" "that's not going to be a problem" I looked up at him "I can't feel my legs...."

*Whips POV*

I picked up my work bag, keys and most importantly hat as I walked towards the door, Megs hands slid around my waist "you can't go...I need you more" "you want more hot tub action?" I spun around "well if you're offering" he went to kiss me "I don't think your sister would be too impressed with that idea!" "Bugger...I meant to ruin her earlier! She'll be at work now..I should really go help her clean that mess up its only fair, she'll be getting bubbles for weeks if I don't clean it right! See if you can get a hold of herewith can go round later and do it, maybe get a takeaway make a night of it could be quite fun" she began to chuckled as I kissed her quickly and walked out to my car.

Eventually sat in the tower with Itchi we decided that this morning we'd put the radio on, there had been an unusual amount of traffic on the roads, "mate my head is like pounding!" Itch grabbed a packet of painkillers and chucked back a few "you're telling Me!" "I can't believe you filled her pool with soap! You dick!" He chuckled at me "mate...well worth it best sex ever!" His face dropped "too much info! Shut it and turn this song up!" He leant over me and turned the radio up loud as maxi and Box walked in with coffees, We started to nod our heads to the beat as they shared them out "no diggity no doubt" we sang, badly, together "come on box join in!" Itch, maxi and I jumped in grabbing a water bottle each as a microphone "Shorty get down, good Lord, Baby got 'em open all over town, Strictly biz, she don't play around, Cover much ground, got game by the pound" maxi started "Getting paid is a forte, Each and every day, true player way, I can't get her out of my mind" I continued Itchi filled in "wow!" "I think about the girl all the time" "wow wow" we stood in line, looking like total prats as we nodded our heads with our hats on, box still watching us act like baffoons "come on box!" We threw him a bottle as he jumped centre stage "Hey yo, hey yo, hey yo, hey yo.....Hey yo, that girl looks good....Hey yo, hey yo, hey yo, hey yo-" Itchi joined in as I sat next to the radio, the song suddenly got interrupted by a news report, the lads were still singing loudly "guys...." I turned the radio up but still struggled to hear it "GUYS SHUT YOUR TRAPS A MINUTE!" I turned the volume all the way up as the news reported read it out again *this morning at 9.13am a lorry driving downtown bondi road has collided with a firetruck, it's not known how many are injured or fatal but we are putting out a warning to avoid that area completely, the firetruck 26 is said to be from our local fire station, more news on this accident to follow, stay tuned* I caught itchi's eye as the song carried on, I turned the volume right down "that's Charlie truck...." I looked at Itchi "is she working today?" I suddenly felt sick to my stomach as I grabbed my car keys and ran out the door, Itchi hot on my heels...