Mayday! (A Ghost Town Fanfiction)

Mayday! Mayday! His Ship's Going Down

My heart beat in tune with the music. I played effortlessly despite my almost inability to breathe. I was used to it, we all were, we had to be otherwise our band would never thrive. I let my fingers control themselves and I focused my attention to Kevin. He jumped in rhythm with his words. I watched with every jump as he landed closer and closer to the microphone cord below him.

It happened in an instant, so quick that it was hard to tell what exactly had happened. Kevin had jumped and landed on the black cord below him, causing his balance to be abrupted. There was a loud "fuck" and next thing I knew he was off stage and on the floor.

I dropped my guitar and ran to the side of the stage. "Back up!" I shouted at the people crowding him. "Back up!" I screamed. Kevin laid directly below me, curled into a ball. There was a collection of blood forming around his head.

"You heard him back up!" Bryan pushed his way upfront and began to direct people away.

The fans all spoke in muffled voices, some were even crying. I was in shock as I crouched on the edge of the stage. Below me Kevin shook and whimpered but I didn't dare go closer, none of us did. We waited patiently for the paramedics to arrive.

"Just stay back." Manny and Evan ordered. "Come here and make a wall." They told the fans in the front to turn around and keep people away.

"Kevin can you hear me? It's Alix" I asked, finally jumping off stage to join him on the ground.

He moaned and held his hand up as though to push me away.

"Kevin what hurts?"

His mouth gaped open and a river of blood trickled out.

"Did you bit your tongue off?" I asked in shock but completely serious. The amount of blood was too much.

"I think he broke his jaw." One of the girls from the baracade spoke. "He landed on the ground and I heard a crack."

"Thanks." I nodded. "Kevin is it your mouth?"

He groaned in response.

The paramedics were slow to arrive and even slower to help him. I told them what the girl had said about his jaw and they slowly checked his body for fractures or breaks. They rolled him to his back and I could see the tears in his eyes. Sure enough his jaw looked unhinged and unaligned. His head seemed to have been cracked as well. They pushed me out of the way as they held his head into position and lifted him onto the gurney.

"Who's with him?" An EMT asked me.

"Use three." I pointed to myself then to Evan and Manny.

"Go to Ridges Hospital." He wrote directions quickly on a pad of paper. "Go around to door three and tell them ambulance 23 sent you." He ripped off the paper and handed it to me. "You'll be directed form there. I promise your friend will be alright." He gave a forced smile before racing out of the venue.

Chris Shelly jumped up on stage and flicked the microphone to get everybody's attention. "For obvious reasons we are ending the show. Thank you all for coming out to the Bryan Stars tour and let's all wish Kevin a happy recovery."

Bryan, Chris and the rest of the performers took place of the baracade and allowed Evan, Manny and myself to leave peacefully. All of us were shaken as we hopped onto the bus and made our way to the hospital.