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speeds by. The sheer heat of the train makes Ray burst out in a sweat. He can see imprints of blood on the train’s windows. Within seconds of the train reaching him, it had disappeared down the way he came, screeching in terror, on fire, while leaving a thick dense cloud of dust behind.
Tiny sparks ignite in the air as he looks up at where the train had passed. He quickly gets up and climbs out of the ditch. He turns back to see the blazing train race down the tracks. He watches it disappear into the darkness. The screams fade away but the smell of burning metal and seared flesh remain stagnant in the air. Ray turns around and is met with a startling scene. A woman is making her way down the tracks towards him; she is dragging a man with her. Ray rubs his eyes, not sure of what he is seeing. He then realises what he is seeing is real. He rushes over to the struggling woman and helps her with the man. He immediately notices the injured man has been shot, and then realises the man is wearing a police man’s uniform.
‘What happened?’ he asks the tiered looking woman
‘I found him on a stairwell next to the metro entrance on 50th’
‘He’s been shot, it looks bad,’ says Ray out of breath
‘Yeah, I know, I’m an intern’
‘A doctor?’ asks Ray
‘Yeah, well sort of, I’m Donner’
Ray smiles
‘Nice to meet you Donner, I’m Ray’
‘We need to find somewhere safe, the train tracks aren’t the ideal place right now’
‘You’re telling me, I can take you somewhere safe. A place where there are people. It’s in the sewers, there’s five of us’
‘Lead the way,’ Donner says while grasping the policeman’s arm, trying to stabilize him.
Luis Samways
Beacon of Light
Episode Two
One
‘You’ve got to control the bleeding; it’s a clean shot but a shot none the less. Put down pressure like this,’ Donner says to Ray as she shows him how to apply medical aid.
Ray follows her commands but feels overwhelmed at the sight of the police man dying in front of him. He was fine for a few minutes. They had managed to carry him off of the train tracks, but as soon as they got down to the sewers, that’s when the man started going into shock. Donner had told Ray what was happening to him but through all the excitement he can’t quite remember the exact name of this man’s condition, besides from a gunshot to the sternum, which that much is obvious at least.
‘Hold down tightly Ray, we need him alive,’ she shouts as she continues to try her best to save the man with what little supplies she has on her.
‘You got that bag from where exactly?’ asks Ray, spotting her shoulder bag wrapped tightly around her chest.
She continues to work on the man, bandaging him up.
‘From the hospital I worked in’
Ray nods, feeling as if it was a stupid question. She obviously has medical experience judging on how calm she is around the wounded man she’s treating.
‘Well you’re going to have to make those supplies last you know….God knows when we are going to come across more medicine,’ he says as he pushes down hard on the policeman’s chest.
‘I thought you said there was a group of you down the sewers?’
Ray nods again
‘Yeah there is, but we don’t have any supplies like that. I mean between the group of us we have like ten bottles of water and some minor food supplies, like candy and that. No medicine though, I should have thought of that before’
‘Well, it’s too late now. We will have to make do with what we have,’ Donner says as she relieves pressure on the man’s chest.
She stays there, kneeling. She watches as the policeman on the floor with the gunshot wound struggles for air. After a few seconds his once heaving chest slows down to an idle state.
‘He’s dead. Bullet must have nicked an artery. He bled out. I’m sorry,’ she says as if she is used to that sort of outcome,
Ray looks on at his new companion and feels an overwhelming sense of sadness. He
Tiny sparks ignite in the air as he looks up at where the train had passed. He quickly gets up and climbs out of the ditch. He turns back to see the blazing train race down the tracks. He watches it disappear into the darkness. The screams fade away but the smell of burning metal and seared flesh remain stagnant in the air. Ray turns around and is met with a startling scene. A woman is making her way down the tracks towards him; she is dragging a man with her. Ray rubs his eyes, not sure of what he is seeing. He then realises what he is seeing is real. He rushes over to the struggling woman and helps her with the man. He immediately notices the injured man has been shot, and then realises the man is wearing a police man’s uniform.
‘What happened?’ he asks the tiered looking woman
‘I found him on a stairwell next to the metro entrance on 50th’
‘He’s been shot, it looks bad,’ says Ray out of breath
‘Yeah, I know, I’m an intern’
‘A doctor?’ asks Ray
‘Yeah, well sort of, I’m Donner’
Ray smiles
‘Nice to meet you Donner, I’m Ray’
‘We need to find somewhere safe, the train tracks aren’t the ideal place right now’
‘You’re telling me, I can take you somewhere safe. A place where there are people. It’s in the sewers, there’s five of us’
‘Lead the way,’ Donner says while grasping the policeman’s arm, trying to stabilize him.
Luis Samways
Beacon of Light
Episode Two
One
‘You’ve got to control the bleeding; it’s a clean shot but a shot none the less. Put down pressure like this,’ Donner says to Ray as she shows him how to apply medical aid.
Ray follows her commands but feels overwhelmed at the sight of the police man dying in front of him. He was fine for a few minutes. They had managed to carry him off of the train tracks, but as soon as they got down to the sewers, that’s when the man started going into shock. Donner had told Ray what was happening to him but through all the excitement he can’t quite remember the exact name of this man’s condition, besides from a gunshot to the sternum, which that much is obvious at least.
‘Hold down tightly Ray, we need him alive,’ she shouts as she continues to try her best to save the man with what little supplies she has on her.
‘You got that bag from where exactly?’ asks Ray, spotting her shoulder bag wrapped tightly around her chest.
She continues to work on the man, bandaging him up.
‘From the hospital I worked in’
Ray nods, feeling as if it was a stupid question. She obviously has medical experience judging on how calm she is around the wounded man she’s treating.
‘Well you’re going to have to make those supplies last you know….God knows when we are going to come across more medicine,’ he says as he pushes down hard on the policeman’s chest.
‘I thought you said there was a group of you down the sewers?’
Ray nods again
‘Yeah there is, but we don’t have any supplies like that. I mean between the group of us we have like ten bottles of water and some minor food supplies, like candy and that. No medicine though, I should have thought of that before’
‘Well, it’s too late now. We will have to make do with what we have,’ Donner says as she relieves pressure on the man’s chest.
She stays there, kneeling. She watches as the policeman on the floor with the gunshot wound struggles for air. After a few seconds his once heaving chest slows down to an idle state.
‘He’s dead. Bullet must have nicked an artery. He bled out. I’m sorry,’ she says as if she is used to that sort of outcome,
Ray looks on at his new companion and feels an overwhelming sense of sadness. He
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