An unexpected surprise
11 48 pm, It was nearly MIDNIGHT. the night was silent. tree leaves crackling, branches swaying with the wind. all that could be heard was distant owl hooting and SOBBING. the night silence was disturbed by the sounds of sirens. Lucy's mum saw car lights at the distant end of the road. Lucy's mum stood up, leaving Lucy on the ground, and started signaling. "I'm here, I'm here," she said in the loudest voice she could. An ambulance and a police car pulled over into the scene. 2 nurses hurried out of the ambulance towards the car, with a stretcher. a third nurse laid Lucy onto the stretcher. Lucy's mum jumped into the ambulance beside Lucy. Lucy was being taken to a nearby hospital
the officers had already sealed the area and were examining the scene. "This is most probably a suicide attempt," a police officer said. "hmm," another answered. the officers noted down the license plate number and took pictures of the wrecked car, full of blood. they took close-ups of the pine tree and the blood-covered area beneath the tree.
Lucy lay there, unconscious on the gurney as the nurses moved it through the corridors of the hospital. Lucy's mum still sobbing, running behind the nurses. the gurney stopped in front of a big door. "the emergency" the door opened and the gurney went inside. "sorry ma'am, you can not come into the emergency," a nurse said to Mrs. James who was just about to follow the gurney inside. Lucy's mum was way too stressed out to argue. she kept sobbing, and sobbing, and sobbing, praying for her daughter's life. Lucy was the last person she had. she didn't wanna lose her.
Lucy was immediately shifted onto the bed. pulse oximetry (probe) was attached to her finger. A nurse started to bandage her injured head and another was securing an oxygen mask onto Lucy's face. As soon as Lucy started breathing artificial air, she became somewhat conscious. she heard the electrocardiogram machine beeping. her vision was still blurry but her eyes started to open. she caught blurry visions of nurses hurrying around with different instruments. Lucy closed her little open eyes, her head tilted to the right. the next moment she opened her eyes, she caught a glimpse of a man. it was like she was looking at a shadow, a shadow similar to the one she saw in the woods but this time it was closer. it was behind a nurse, but it seemed like the nurses couldn't see it. was it really invisible to the nurses? or was Lucy just hallucinating? the shadow stood out of all the other surroundings, the shadow looked like a grown man with strong muscles wearing a bowler hat on his head. the shadow was wearing a black coat. "we need blood," Lucy heard a nurse say. when Lucy opened her eyes again the shadow was gone.
"Mrs. James, the patient needs a blood transfusion, the girl has lost a lost a lot of blood, without a blood transfusion, saving the girls life would be impossible," a nurse named Samantha said to Lucy's mum outside the emergency. "but...but, my daughter and my blood groups don't match." Mrs. James cried. " ma'am, any relatives willing to donate?" the nurse asked. Mrs. James was the only last relative of Lucy after her dad. Mrs. James was an only child and Lucy's grandparents had passed away. Lucy's mum nodded, indicating a no.
there was a man, standing nearby. he was listening to the conversation rather interested. he was holding a thick Wonderwoman novel but it was upside down which clearly meant he was sure not concentrating on the novel. the man was wearing a black coat, with a black cloth that covered his face and a pair of sunglasses that covered the man's eyes. he was also wearing a black bowler hat. it was clear he wanted to be in disguise. Mrs. James didn't notice him, even though he stood out of all the other surroundings. she was just too worried. "ma'am you can buy blood from the hospital blood bank." the nurse told Lucy's mum. "it's $115 per pint" she added. Mrs. James had spent her last dollars on the hospital fees and didn't have any money left. "but..but I don't have that kind of money!" Mrs. James sobbed. "sorry," the nurse said and walked away. the hospital could not do anything to help. Mrs. James didn't know what to do, she was still in search of a job and didn't have any savings. she sobbed and sobbed and sobbed