I heard it in my head as I fell....... that awful scream. That blood curdling scream! Oh God, what was going on? I could heard everything around me, but all I could see was black....... everything around me had fallen into darkness! I could hear Taylor and Isaac calling my name, but I couldn't see them. I tried to speak but nothing would come, I couldn't speak....... it felt as if my mouth was glued shut and a fistful of cotton had been shoved into it. I could hear Kim's parents hollering for help, and I could hear Kim...... her frantic voice calling for me!
"Zac, oh God please....... Wake up Zac, please!"
'I'm here....... I'm right here!' I was saying it over and over in my head, but my mouth wouldn't move!
"Someone help us, please!" Taylor screamed. He was crying.... my brother never cried.
Oh God, what the hell was going on? I could still hear them...... what had happened? I couldn't recall anything out of the ordinary. All I could see was that girl grabbing onto me, her hands on my pants. She had something in her hand though, something shiny............. then I remembered. She had a needle of some sort. I don't remember feeling anything though, what did she do to me? Did she poison me? Was I going to die......
"Back up, give us some room here!" I heard new voices around me now. Something was being slipped onto my face, and something cold was up my shirt. They were cutting my shirt open, why were they cutting open my shirt? I tried to open my eyes again, but they felt so heavy..... something was seriously wrong! I could feel the cool air hit my chest, and I could feel them putting something under my head.
"Oh please, help him. What's wrong with him? What the fuck is wrong with my brother?" Isaac screamed.
"I don't know sir, let me do my job and as soon as I know something, you will know! Now get back and let me do what I have to do here! Your brother is going to be fine! Now let's get him into the ambulance. I need a family member to come to the hospital and fill out some things, do you think you can manage to calm yourself enough to do that for me sir?"
"Yes, I can do that. He's going to be ok though? Is he dying?"
"No sir, he is stable. I won't be completely sure until we run some tests, but I assure you, we will do our best to wake him up. Now follow us to the hospital...... get these people back!"
So much screaming and hollering, I could hear it all. Yet my brain felt as if it were covered in a fog, my heart was beating so slowly, or at least it felt slow...... my mind was running so fast, my thoughts were out of control! That's when it happened..... a voice calling to me.
"Zac, you've got to wake up. You've got to open your eyes baby, come on."
"Grandma?" I whispered. "Grandma, where are you?"
"Zac, come on, you wake up for me. It's not your time yet, you go back to Jordan and Isaac. You've still got time there with them first. I love you Zachary. Go back....... go back."
"Grandma?" I whispered again.
"No Zac, it's me. Can you hear me? Can you open your eyes?" Isaac asked.
"Isaac, please..... don't let me fall asleep." I cried and snapped my eyes open.
"I'm here man, I'm here with you. Hold on, just hang in there." He was holding my hand, I could feel his sweaty hand against mine. I curled up against my older brother and held onto him as tight as I could. Why did this have to happen? What else could possibly happen? I closed my eyes and rested my head on Isaac's lap and cried. I looked up as I saw someone enter the room........ the doctor.
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