Room 138

Chapter 5

Everything hurt. Every inch of my body. Wait, I was still alive? I groaned and opened my eyes, trying to figure out where I was.

Where were the guys? Suddenly, I could feel my heart beating out of my chest and all I wanted to do was cry.

That would have to wait though. Right now, I needed to find my brothers.

"Danny? Ben? Sam? Cameron?!" I yelled, trying to work myself up off the floor.

I couldn't hear anything and the longer it was silent, the more terrified I got.

"Please, someone answer me!" I begged, lifting my head enough to look around the bus.

I took in a sharp breath as I slowly got to my feet, gripping the chair for support.

"Guys? Guys are you okay? Answer me"

My eyes scanned the bus, looking for any sign of movement. I barely saw something lying on the ground a couple of inches in front of me.

I moved as quick as I could, careful not to hurt myself anymore than I already was.

As I got closer, I noticed it was Danny.

"Danny!" I yelled, kneeling down carefully next to the frontman.

Danny didn't move. I took a deep breath and felt for a pulse. There wasn't one. Danny wasn't breathing.

Tears streamed down my cheeks and i found it harder to breathe.

I closed my eyes for a moment before I began searching the bus once more.

"Ben? Cameron? Sam?! Come on guys. Please answer me."

Danny was gone. How would Ben handle it? How was I going to tell him? I couldn't worry about that now. Right now, I still had to find them.

Just then, I saw Sam. He was buried beneath some pieces of the bus. My heart sank again as I tried to pull the pieces off of his limp body.

"Sam?!" I screamed, "Sam?! Answer me."

I guess deep down I kind of already knew he wasn't there anymore, but I didn't want to admit it.

I grabbed Sam's hand and felt for a pulse that wasn't there. Sam was gone.

I wasn't sure how much more of this I could take. I was losing my friends left and right and it was killing me.

Ben and Cameron. I still hadn't found them. I swallowed hard and stepped down a bit too hard and a sharp pain shot through my leg and it almost brought me to my knees.

I took in a deep breath and shook my head, trying hard to fight back my emotions.

The driver was dead. That was obvious. He was laying across the floor, legs turnt in an odd way and there was a piece of glass sticking out of his neck.

I could vaguely hear someone groaning and I all but ran toward the sound. Ben.

I couldn't tell if he was hurt, or even how bad. All I knew was at least for now, he was alive.

"Ben? Are you okay?" I asked.

"Danny? Where's Danny?" He asked softly.

I couldn't tell him the truth. But, I couldn't lie to him either.

"We'll talk about that in a minute." I began, trying my best to keep it together. "Now, are you okay?" I asked once more.

Ben swallowed hard and I could tell he was in pain. "James, where is he? Where's the others?" He asked.

Tears welled in my eyes and I took a shaky breath. "Sam's gone Ben..." I started. "And I can't find Cameron."

"What about Danny?" He asked one more time.

"He didn't make it, Ben." I replied.

Ben's eyes dropped and I swear all the color drained from his face.

"Come on, let me help you up." I said, gently grabbing his shoulder.

Ben shook his head "I'm not going to make it. Go, go find Cameron." He said, a single tear sliding down his cheek.

I shook my head. No. He wasn't giving up. I wasn't going to let him. "Don't talk like that,  Ben. You'll be fine. I'm going to help you." I said.

Ben shook his head once more. "James, I can feel it." He said, stopping for a moment "I'm not going to make it.

I didn't want to hear that. Didn't even want to think about it. I'd already lost 2 people close to me, and still hadn't found Cameron.  "Ben, you're going to be fine. I promise. You can't leave me. Okay? I need you bro."

And I did. I needed him now more than ever. I wasn't sure how I was going to get through this. Or if I even would get through it. All I knew for sure was I was terrified. 

Ben didn't have a reason to fight. His reason for living was gone. Danny was everything to Ben, and I guess deep down I knew he wouldn't want to be here once he knew Danny was gone. 

"I love you, James. I'm sorry" Ben gasped as his eyes went wide before closing slowly. 

"Ben?!" I screamed, checking him for a pulse. There wasn't one. Ben was gone. 

I fell completely to the floor and cried. Cried harder than I'd ever cried before. I still didn't know where Cam was. Or, what I'd find when I got there....