{set in New Zealand}
Sam raced around the building, his heart in his throat and his stomach clenching. The broken glass and debris of the old, abandoned house crunched under his worn down trainers as he sprinted from room to room. Elton was close behind him, following his movements. Corey was surprisingly calm, jogging around, taking time to carefully check each room, every nook and cranny of the dusty old building. And Colby... well that's the thing. Nobody knew what colby was doing.
They'd simply been exploring, a quick video for TFIL that elton had been nagging them about ever since they arrived in New Zealand. Sam thought the building had seemed dodgy, but they continued nevertheless. And then everything after that was a blur. One minute Colby was there, laughing and joking beside sam, and then, just like that, the group turned around; wondering why the brunette was being so quiet. And he was gone. The rational part of Sam had instantly decided colby was trying to scare them, but after 10 minutes of shouts for colby to 'come out, this wasn't funny' ; they all switched into panic mode. And that's where they were at now, racing helplessly through this crumbling abandoned hospital, screams of their friends name leaving their throat on repeat.
"We need to split up.." panted Elton, who grabbed Sams arm so the blonde (sams hair was blonde when they went to New Zealand 😂) would listen to him.
"He's right, we cant keep running around the same floor, Colby could be anywhere," corey agreed. Sam reluctantly nodded, and the 3 split. Corey continued searching the ground floor, Sam went to the first floor and Elton searched the second. Sams stomach was dropping more with every step he took, as he shone his torch light into every room on the floor, crying out his friends name; tears beginning to roll down his rosy cheeks.
"Colby!!! Where are you!" Sam screeched, but there was no response. Sams head was aching, his brain annoyingly coming up with the worst scenarios about what could have happened to the brunette. He tried persuading himself that colby was fine, simply hid in the corner of a room, enjoying watching his friends run around looking for him, with that signature Colby Brock smirk he always wears. But deep down, Sam knew. Colby wouldn't do this, not for this long. He would never scare sam like this.
After a terrifying 5 minutes of nothing, sam heard it. He heard Corey yelling from the floor above. "Guys! He's here... I got him!"
Sam had never ran so fast in his entire life. Both he and Elton arrived to the ground floor at the exact same time, both looking at each other with the same panic in their eyes.
"Corey! Where you at?" Elton called, and they heard Corey call back, and they ran towards his voice. Corey was standing at the top of some stairs, supposedly leading down to a basement the men hadn't discovered yet. "Look," Corey spoke, his voice shaking. Sam followed corey's gaze to the stairs, which had a gaping hole in the middle. Sams heart plummeted, as he looked down the hole, and sure enough, his best friend was laying sprawled on his side, in a pile of rubbish and debris and bits of fallen stairs.
"Colby!" sam exclaimed, going to leap down the hole in the stairs to his friend, but a strong arm pulled him back harshly.
"It's not safe, Sam!" Elton told him, and sam thrashed in his grasp, protests leaving his chapped lips.
"Listen, stay here with Corey, ok. I'll go down. Someone call an ambulance," Elton decided, pushing sam back to stand with Corey. Sam bit his nails anxiously as Elton carefully jumped into the hole in the stairs. There was a small crash and Elton speaking. "It's not that big of a drop, about 2 metres, maybe."
Corey was calling an ambulance, and sam could hear the faint sound of Elton calling colby's name. Corey was holding onto Sams wrist, so he wouldn't follow elton, but Sam was having none of it. He quickly tore himself from Corey's grasp and rushed towards to the stairs.
"Sam! Stop it's not safe!" Corey tried, but Sam didn't listen. He stood over the hole in the stairs, gently but quickly lowering himself into it and then letting go, allowing himself to drop into the rubbish below. Elton turned abruptly, and he started talking, but Sam couldn't hear him. Everything had stopped around him, and all the small blonde could focus on was his friend. His eyes had landed on the body laying on the floor, eyes closed, blood pouring down a cut on his forehead. Sam dropped to Colbys side, tears flowing down his cheeks and running down his neck.
"C-colbs," Sam whispered.
"Don't touch him, Sam," Elton warned, but the blonde ignored him. He gently wiped the brunettes bangs out of his eyes, avoiding the cut on his forehead. His friend was covered in dust and dirt, and the blonde wanted nothing more than to gather his colby in his arms and never let go ever again.
"Sam, careful," Elton tried again, but it's like the blonde couldn't hear him. Sam took colby's cold hand in both his own, a little sob leaving his lips.
"C-colby... wake up!" Sam tried, gently shaking his friends shoulder. But nothing. If it wasn't for the gentle rise and fall of the brunettes chest, Sam would've thought his friend was dead.
After sitting in the dust and dirt for what felt like hours, Sam heard the shouts of paramedics above them. Just as they started to carefully drop into the hole in the stairs, Colby stirred, his hand squeezing Sams and his eyes opening.
"Colby.." Sam whispered. Colby's eyes drifted to his friend, a small smile playing on his blood covered lips.
Colby went to move, but Sam quickly pinned his shoulders back to the ground.
"S-stay still, o-okay?" Sam sniffed. Colby lolled his head to the side, glancing up at Sam. The brunette weakly opened his mouth to speak, but the paramedics butted in. Elton moved forward, grabbing Sams shoulders and gently pulling him back. Sam went to protest, but Elton's strong grip soon had his hand falling from colby's and his feet shuffling backwards.
"He'll be ok, alright?" Elton reassured the shaking blonde, who's breathes were quick and frantic. They had been ever since colby had gone missing. Elton moved to stand in front of sam, blocking the blondes view of colby. He placed his hands on Sams shoulders, and spoke gently.
"Hey, just look at me. Breathe."
Sam pushed Elton's hands of him, moving so he could see his friend once again. Elton sighed, standing beside sam; scanning the weak brunette who was lying on the floor, his eyes darting around tiredly.
Soon, Sam and Elton were helped from under the fallen stairs. Sam had protested, saying he wasn't going to leave until colby was out. But despite this, he soon found himself on the ground floor once again, being wrapped in a blanket and being seated in the back of an ambulance. Elton was with him, and Corey was going to follow in their motor home. Soon, colby was pushed into the ambulance aswell. The brunette was fully immobilised on a stretcher, his eyes shut.
The paramedic was a kind lady, with soft eyes and a gentle voice to match.
"Your friend will be fine honey," she said to Sam, turning to face the blonde.
"It looks really scary, i know. But believe me, he'll be back to normal in no time."
Sam didn't know if he 100% trusted that statement, but he nodded all the same. He was even allowed to shuffle forward and hold colby's hand, as the ambulance pulled into the hospital. "Please be ok,"
Sam muttered, as colby was wheeled out of the ambulance and into the emergency department.
Corey didn't stay in the hospital long. He come in to check on colby, but after hearing the two couldn't see him yet, he left to go back to the motor home. Sam was slumped tiredly in a chair, using Elton's shoulder as a pillow as little yawns escaped his lips. They'd been waiting hours, and finally a kind looking nurse approached them. She explained that colby had been moved to a ward for observation, and they could go in and see him now. She told the pair the level and the room number, and the two went to the nearest elevator, finding their desired level and then walking down in search of room 114. When they found it, Sam wasted no time in walking in. His friend was led down, propped up by a couple of cushions, his eyes glancing around the room he found himself in. Sam sighed a massive sigh of relief, and darted to his friends side.
"Sammmmm," colby smiled, holding his hand out, which the blonde gratefully took. "Y-you're ok?" Sam asked, carefully running his thumbs along colby's knuckles.
"I will be," colby nodded, wincing a little as he did so. Sam stared down at Colby, the familiar feeling of tears returning in his eyes. He felt them pouring down his cheeks, splashing onto the sheets of colby's hospital bed.
"Heyyy, don't cry!" Colby whined, his shaky hand coming up to rest on Sams cheek. His thumb gently brushed away the blondes falling tears, his eyes soft.
"I-I thought-"
"Shhh, don't," colby interrupted, his hand coming down from Sams cheek and grabbing his hand again instead. He ran is thumb along Sams hand, smiling as he looked at his friend.
"You've got bags under your eyes," colby stated randomly, making sam chuckle and Elton wonder how much pain relief they'd given the brunette.
"Well yeah, we haven't slept all night," Sam shrugged. It was true; it was 2am and Elton and Sam hasn't gotten a wink of sleep. How could they?
"Why not?" Colby asked, glancing at both of them .
"Cos our idiot friend fell down a hole in some stairs and we had to sit in plastic chairs for 3 hours," Elton interjected. Colby chuckled, before wincing and bringing his spare hand up to cup his obviously sore ribs.
"You should go and get some rest," colby decided once he'd caught his breath again.
"No way," Sam said immediately, moving to sit down in the chair beside colby's bed. Elton sat in the windowsill, but he did leave later on. Sam however, stayed by his friends side, head resting on the bed, his hand securely in colby's as he finally let sleep consume him.
I disappeared again, sorry 😂
So, this corona virus is pretty darn scarryyyyyyyy!! The trap boys are moving in together tomorrow and Sams hair is brown 😂. A lots happened 🤷♀️🤪
Pleaseee stay safe! Stay indoors, wash yours hands.. don't touch your face, and hug your pets :))
Hope everyone is well and remains well!
- bryony 🤍🦋
