Chapter Chapter Six

“Sam!” A voice shouts, coughing loudly from the right of the fire ridden building as I push out of Zane’s grip, running in my heels, towards the voice.

“Luka!” I cry as I jump into his arms, sobbing.

“I thought he took you!” He cried wrapping his arms around me.

“The others? Where are they?” I sob looking behind to see people being dragged out of the building.

“I don’t know Sam we were split up. We were trying to get everyone out. I haven’t found any of them” He says, his eyes filled with pain.

“Sam, you’re shaking” Zane comes up behind me.

“Help them! Luka help them get those people out. Lizzy! Call the emergency services!” I shout ordering them as they nod and get to it.

My dress was cut to pieces, but I didn’t care. I rushed around helping people who were still coming out the building. People with burns, cuts, bruises and some who were being dragged out dead.

I noticed two people struggling from just inside as I ran towards them to help.

“Beck!” I shout as I see him dragging a body behind him.

“Don’t Sam!” He shouts as I come closer.

“No!” I scream as I notice who it was.

Taylor laid still in his arms as he dragged him out of the building. Burns covered his beautiful body as we got him out.

“Beck, tell me he’s alive!” I cry out.

“I’m working on it!” He growls, doing CPR.

“Taylor!” I cry out in pain.

“No, come on kid!” Beck shouts.

Fire engines turn up as they get to work on calming the raging fires.

Paramedics flit through the crowds of people. Deciding who they could save, some weren’t so lucky.

“Sam, go find Shaun. You don’t need to be here” Beck orders angrily.

“I’m not leaving him!” I say gripping Taylor’s hand, but his skin moves underneath as it comes away from his hand slightly, the burn had done a lot of damage. My hand was covered in his blood as I cried out.

“Go!” Beck shouts at me angrily as I shake.

“Come on” Zane picks me up from the ground making me walk away.

“No…Taylor…” I cry as his arms surround me.

“Luka!” Zane shouts as he spots my brother.

“Whose blood is that?” He points to my hands.

“T…T…Taylor” I cry.

“Have you found the others?” Zane asks sitting me next to Lizzy as she sits quietly, her eyes flicking over the destruction.

“No. Not Henderson, Shaun, Brian or even Craig” Luka shakes his head as I sob.

“Not my boys…” I sob.

“Sam, you’re bleeding” Lizzy says looking to my side.

“What?!” Luka notices the blood seeping from my side.

“It’s just a cut, it’s not deep” Zane says checking.

“Excuse me, I’m looking for a Samantha Jones, do you know where she might be?” A paramedic asks “That’s me” I say as she leads me to an ambulance quickly.

“The firefighters found him with one other man near the back of the building.” She states and lets me see who is in the ambulance.

“Shaun!”

“Sam” He groans “It’s ok. You’re ok” I say kissing his head.

“Brian…He took the hit…The beam came down…He…” He coughed up blood.

“No…not him too” I cry.

“I couldn’t save him” Shaun sobs.

“Shh, you work on getting yourself better. I’ll be there soon ok. I have to find Henderson. Luka’s out and so are Zane and Lizzy. Taylor…He’s…I don’t know…He wasn’t breathing, his burns…Beck told me to leave” I cry.

“Tell Elise…I love her…” Shaun says coughing before passing out.

“You’ve got to go we need to take him NOW!” The paramedic said as she shoved me out and they raced off.

My hands were shaking, how could he have done this? All the kids, all the people he was killing, because of me…

Fire fighters were bringing out bodies as I walked up slowly to them, looking at the faces.

“No…” I sobbed when I found two I recognised…Zara and Brian.

“No!” I screamed falling to my knees, my hands on their arms, holding on for dear life.

“Samantha!” Zane ran up and found me.

“Zane don’t!” I stand stopping him from seeing his sister on the ground, but it was too late.

“No! Not my sister! Not Zara!” He shouts angrily.

“Zane, don’t, don’t look” I said dragging him away from the bodies as he sobbed.

“Oh no! Not Zara!” Lizzy looked to us as Zane fell to the ground.

“Lizzy take care of him” I said as she nodded and hugged him tightly as he sobbed into her arms.

I looked to where Beck and Taylor had been, but they were gone. Please let him be ok…

Henderson, where was Henderson?

“Sam! I found Henderson! What happened? Who?” Luka looked at my distraught face, taking my head in his hands.

“Brian, Zara… Shaun’s hurt badly, I don’t know how Taylor is…” I cry as Luka takes me in his arms.

“We’ll get through this. One step at a time” He mumbles into my hair, but I hear the sorrow in his voice.

“Samantha!” Henderson runs up to us and takes both of us into his arms.

“If you hadn’t of said what you did and when you did…we’d all be dead…Thank you” He says.

“Brian’s dead, Zara’s Dead, Taylor might be dead, Shaun might be dying…There are still so many people to be found…Because my family…He’ll pay for this” I start.

“No don’t you dare blame yourself. This is not your fault. Do not blame yourself for this. You will go, see your friends in the hospital, you will gather every fibre of your courage and get on as you always have. Command respect and be with your family. I will deal with the fall out here and contact you when I can. Now go!” Henderson says shoving Luka and I away.

“Thank you” I said as Luka takes my hand as we grab Zane and Lizzy from the ground, dragging them to our car.

“Beck!” I shout as we arrive at the hospital, he’s pacing the emergency room waiting room as we burst through the doors.

“Did you find Brian?” He asks.

“He’s gone” I cry.

“Fuck!” He growls as he sits down, his head in his hands.

“Taylor?” I ask as he shakes his head.

“No…tell me he’s not…” I sob kneeling in front of him.

“They don’t think he’s going to make it…” He mumbles.

“Shaun? Did you see him?” Luka asks.

“Surgery, the beam crushed him and Brian, Brian took the full force, saving Shaun” Beck answered.

“We need to call the others” Luka puts a hand on my shoulder.

“I…I…I don’t think I can…” I cry.

“Yes you can, you’re the strongest woman ever. They need to know Sam. But if you can’t, I’ll do it. My father did this…” Lizzy says taking my hand as she held Zane in her lap.

I nod and take my phone from the pocket in my dress and pass it to her.

“I can’t do it…I…I need to go for a walk…Come get me if there’s an update” I order as they all nod.

I wandered through the halls as I saw more and more people from the explosion, people with bad burns, some with pieces of building in their sides, screaming, shouting and crying. I had to get out! I ran outside into the cold air as I sat in a dark corner outside, sitting on a small wall.

“Sammy?” Lizzy’s faint voice calls out as she sits beside me and puts her head against mine.

“I can’t do this anymore…I can’t” I cry.

“Yes you can. You can do this. We can all do this” She says taking my shaking hand in hers and pulling me up.

“We need to get your side looked at” She says leading me inside as she calls over a nurse who takes me straight away to look over my wounds.

Within half an hour I’m stitched up and waiting in the waiting room with the others as we wait to hear anything.

“Miss Jones?” A nurse comes through.

“Yes!” I stand.

“Come with me” She says as I follow her. She leads me to a room off the side as we enter I see Taylor, his body covered with bandages.

“Taylor!” I cry out as I rush to his side. He was still breathing, but it was erratic.

“S…Sa…Saam” He stutters, wincing at the pain.

“Shh, I’ve got you. Hold on Taylor. Hold on” I cry. I can’t touch him he’s covered in burns.

“Look…Lo…look…After…Damien” He stammers.

“No, you’re going to do that. Hold on Taylor. Please, I can’t lose you too!” I’m full on sobbing.

“B…Be…Brave…” He says.

“Not without you. I can’t do this Taylor! I should never have taken you there. We should have gone home!” I cry.

“N…Not…Your…Fault” He says.

“Taylor. I swear if you leave me, I’m going to come after you myself” I growl in tears.

“Lov…Love…you” He says before his body begins to shake, alarms ring as nurses shove me out the room, I’m screaming.

“No! Taylor! Don’t leave me!” I scream.

“Come on!” Beck holds me tightly, dragging me from the room but I elbow him and escape his clutches as I press against the glass as I watch them work on my best friend. I watch as they stop.

“Time of death, ten fifty-three” The doctor says as I burst in screaming for them not to stop as Beck grabs me once more, pinning my arms to my side.

“Just once more! Please” I scream as a doctor takes pity on me and agrees, trying once more.

“Holy Shit!” The doctor cries as Taylor’s machines beep once more, he was alive!

“Get her out of here while we work!” A nurse shouts as they begin to work on him.

Beck drags me out of the room and back into the waiting area as he places me in my brothers lap.

“What happened?” Luka asks.

“He died…He was dead, but she screamed at them to try once more…They got him back after declaring him dead” Beck says pacing.

“He cannot die…Not now…Not ever…He’s my best friend” I murmur into Luka’s shirt as he strokes my hair to calm me down.

An hour, an hour is how long it took for me to calm enough to hear what was going on around me. My heart hurt, it was shattered into pieces, Brian was dead, and the boys were still in trouble, as another doctor came through.

“Are you the family of Shaun Beckett?” He asks “Yes” Beck nods.

“We got him through the surgery, but I’m afraid the damage was extensive…He’ll never walk again. He’s paralysed from the waist down. He’ll wake soon. If someone wants to see him” The doctor says as Beck thanks him.

“Sam? Do you want to see him?” Luka asks as I nod sniffling.

They lead me to the room where Shaun is attached to several machines as I sit next to his bed, taking his hand in mine.

“We’ll leave you with him for a while” Beck nods as I rest my head on Shaun’s hand.

“You’ve got to wake up, I need you” I cry.

“Sam…” His voice calls out gruffly as my head shoots up to meet his. His eyes searching mine.

“Where’s Taylor? Brian?” He asks “Taylor’s bad…We lost him once…I…He might not make it. Brian’s… dead” I sob as his hand tightens in mine.

“I’m sorry…He’s strong…He has to make it” He murmurs, a tear in his eye from losing a precious friend of ours.

“It’s not your fault” I shake my head.

“It’s not yours either” He says searching my face.

“Shaun…You…You’re…You’re paralysed” I spit out.

“I thought as much. I can’t feel them, my legs…But…I’m alive…That’s the main thing right?” He says his hand squeezing mine.

“I need to get the doctor” I said as I kiss his head, my eyes were sore from crying so much. My heart heavy from pain as he watches me leave the room.

“Um…Doctor…He’s awake” I said to the doctor who got us earlier as he nods and enters the room.