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Post by Dix C. Martin on Mar 5, 2012 1:20:42 GMT -5
"Oh sweetie..", Di sighed sadly, seeing Kathy struggling with her damp feet and footwear. Seeing how miserable the girl looked and felt tore her heart in half. At her question though, Di couldn't bring herself to answer; risk reminding her of the accident and get her dwelling on the hell they went through, and still were going through. "Not exactly, babe. Look let's just closer to the fire over there and try and warm up some. Alright?" When Kathy agreed but touched the cut on her head, Di reached over to guide her too chilly hand away from the wound. Concerned when she mentioned Dixie's wounds, and more concerned when she mentioned Julia again. Keeping her worry in check though she managed a slight smile. Praying once they got out of this nightmare, whatever fog her niece was in would lift. "Yeah. It's okay though, hon. Frankie's helping her with her cuts for now. And I bet your sitting with her will help just as much as a band-aid." Fearful when Kathy went wobbly, Di went to steady her but she managed to walk over on her own.
"K..Kat. Kathy..", Dixie whispered. It hurt her to breathe, let alone talk but she had to let her daughter know she was here and looking after her. Shifting a bit, she curled up beside her and gave her a kiss on the forehead. But just as she went to shut her eyes she heard Kathy's words and immediately went tense, as did Frankie who was tending to Dixie's knee. Looking up seeing the fear in her eyes, and then Kathy's head wound, Frankie swallowed hard before tossing more wood on the fire, and grabbing a fleece that A.J had surrendered. Draping it over the blonds he tamped down his worry and put on a smile.
"Hey..it's Dr. Hubbard er..Frankie. Your Aunt Julia and I crossed paths a whole lot at work, you know that? Anyways, I just wanna give you a quick check up, make sure you're doing okay. You mind if I just take a look at this cut?" Carefully he checked Kathy's bandage Dixie had already applied, and didn't see any infection to his relief. "Okay that's not looking bad. I know your head may hurt a bit but, that's okay. The medicine you had earlier should kick in soon and soon you'll be feeling better.", he assured. "Now, I'm just gonna take this flashlight here from the first aid kit Marissa brought, take a quick look at your eyes." Flashing the light he saw Kathy's eyes reacting not exactly as he hoped. Odds were she had sustained a concussion but just to be sure he decided to ask a few questions.
"You know something..awhile ago your Aunt Julia, bet me ten dollars that you have a better memory than an elephant does. Can you believe that?" Smiling, speaking as enthusiastically as he could Frankie hoped if he kept upbeat with his questions Kathy would be stay awake and give answers. "So in order to see who's right, me or her, I just wanna ask a few questions. Is that okay?" Getting a slight nod he gave her a friendly smile "Okay cool. What's your name? What's the name of your school? What day of the week is it? What was the last snack or meal you ate? Do you know where we are right now?", asked Frankie. "I..it's ok..sunshine..j..just answer what yo..you can.", soothed Dixie, trying to hide her fear but having a tough time of it. Along with Di who was seated across the way.
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Post by Kathy Martin on Mar 5, 2012 3:09:59 GMT -5
Kathy felt Dixie grow tense after the last thing she’d said, and opened her eyes tiredly glancing up at her in confusion. She jumped a little, startled when Frankie tossed the wood on the fire, although she quickly smiled when the fleece was wrapped around them and smiled back at the man. She kind of remembered him from The Comeback where she met Angie and Jessie, only she’d met Frankie a few times in passing.
“I... I th-think I remember y-you,” she told him with a tiny nod before letting a small smile grow as he mentioned her Aunt. “Is Au-Aunt Julia co-coming soon? Be-because I miss her.” She nodded slowly again, allowing Frankie to take a look at the cut, and wincing slightly as the bandage was peeled back to reveal the wound. When she was told it wasn’t that bad and that the medicine from earlier would start working soon she gave Frankie a smile and yet another tiny nod.
“M-my eyes?” she repeated with concern. “Did they get hu-hurt too?” She winced as the light hit them and her eyes reacted strangely. The beam did make her head hurt more than before and she felt slightly dizzy, but quickly tried to compose herself when Frankie spoke again. When she heard what he said she made a small face before smiling a little figuring this was something her Aunt would do.
“I-I do have a good memory,” she exclaimed quietly before nodding slightly. “It’s o-okay. Wha-what do you want to ask me?” But as the questions came, Kathy started feeling confused trying to think up all the answers, and she glanced at Dixie before looking to Di and back to Frankie. “My name is K-Kathy... Mershon, like my mommy and daddy. Um... I go to... to the...” She tried to think but it didn’t come to her and so she moved on to the next question, which proved to be tricky as well. “It’s Friday be-because Au-Aunt Julia made me cookies for a treat and that’s wha-what I was going to eat.” When asked where they were now she looked towards the entrance of the cage and back at Frankie with a small shrug.
“I... I think I was swimming be-because my sock and feet are wet,” she told him after a moment. “Bu-but this doesn’t look li-like the pool we go to. Did Aunt Ju-Julia win the bet?”
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Post by Lily Montgomery on Mar 6, 2012 23:12:41 GMT -5
Lily was huddled near the fire, holing her broken arm close against her body as she watched the others. She missed her dad and the rest of her family. She just wanted him here to tell her that it was okay and take her home from this. She was feeling tired and cold and more than anything just wanted to be home. She kept trying not to think about the driver and the condition she had found his body, but she knew she'd never get that image out of her head. Her eyes teared up and she looked down as they crossed her cheeks.
Even while staring down she could still hear everything else going on around her. She was confused by the way her friend Kathy was acting. Her head lifted as Kathy said her last name was Mershon. No it wasn't she was Tad and Dixie's daughter so she would be a Martin. She wasn't normal. But not in the way Lily wasn't normal, it was something else. As if she was broken. Lily immediately feared it was her fault. She had gotten Kathy out of the water and performed CPR. She thought she had done everything right. She knew she followed the exact steps taught to her in her class. But maybe she had done it wrong, or too late and Kathy was already hurt from it. But Lily still blamed herself. "It's my fault...." She said softly, staring over watching Frankie with Kathy but not speaking to anyone in particular.
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Post by Colby Chandler on Mar 7, 2012 8:55:34 GMT -5
Colby disentangled herself from Jamie and moved over to sit next to Lily Montgomery. “Lily, look at me,” she told the younger blonde softly. “That bus driver’s death wasn’t your fault, and neither was the bus falling off the cliff. You have no need to blame yourself, because if you do, it will come back to haunt you.”
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Post by Lily Montgomery on Mar 7, 2012 21:58:04 GMT -5
Lily turned her gaze from Kathy and over to Colby as the other woman approached her. "There was so much blood....so much red..." She told Colby as she told her not to blame herself for the drivers death.
"That may not have been my fault, but...I got Kathy out...I performed CPR...but she's not acting right. What if I screwed up? If I had been faster...or did something different, maybe she'd be fine"
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Post by Colby Chandler on Mar 12, 2012 20:10:16 GMT -5
Colby listened to everything that Lily said; waiting for her to stop speaking so she could. “Lily, I’m sure that Kathy will be fine. You want to know why? You were capable of helping save her, that’s why. She’s going to be okay; you helped save a life tonight.”
She looked over at Jamie and smiled. Then she heard someone call out. “Hello, anyone out there?” Colby got up and rushed over to Jamie. “That’s the rescue teams, Jamie; we’re going to be okay!”
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Post by Di Henry on Mar 14, 2012 17:21:48 GMT -5
Watching everything going on with Dixie, Kathy and Frankie, nervously Di hoped and prayed that in spite of everything that was going on, her niece and sister and friends would be okay and help would be here for them soon.
In the meantime Frankie heard Kathy's answers and bit his lip, while Dixie looked on horrified but unable to say a word. It was like her daughter was stuck in some kind of time warp and it scared her to death.
"Yeah..kiddo, Julia did.", Frankie weakly smiled, trying to hide his nerves. "Listen though Kathy, if Julia were here with us now she'd tell you that you have to do your best to stay awake. Okay? Keep those blue eyes open and stick close to the fire. We'll get your feet and socks toasty warm in no time.", he assured. Throwing some more logs on the fire, he waited as Di helped move Kathy closer to the flames, before moving towards her wide eyed mother. "Fr..Frankie, wh..what's wrong with her? W...What's wrong with my baby!", Dixie choked out. Quiet enough so Frankie was the only one that heard her. Unfortunately he could hear her breathing trouble too. "Dixie just try and relax, okay? If your heart's acting up stress is the last thing you need. And you know it!" "B..But.." "I know..I know you're scared. But think of it this way. Kathy survived. Once we get out of this nightmare and back home, we'll run some tests and figure out exactly what's wrong. But for now..we gotta just think positively. There could be other reasons why her memory is off. Don't forget she's cold and exhausted and in a strange place." "But you said she had a concuss-" "I know. But if she sustained a mild one, once we get her treated at the hospital, get some food in her, get her warm and back home, it'll do wonders. We just gotta keep it together until then. Especially you. I really need you to try and stay calm until help comes..Kathy and Tad and J.R and your twins, not to mention my folks, Myra. We all need you to get home in one piece. Okay?" "O..Okay. Okay.", Dixie reluctantly obeyed as she lay back down, using her scarf as a pillow. "Good. Just hang in there okay."
After he got Dixie settled, saw Di and Kathy warming up and Adrian across the way snuggled with Madison, Frankie was ready to crash but saw Jamie run out of the cave, and Colby follow. "Guys hey! What's going on!", he yelled, before hearing Colby's announcement that got him smiling. Immediately Di got up and went over with Jamie to lead the rescue men over. Frankie wanted to walk too but his leg had finally gotten the better of him. Luckily it gave out on him when he was standing close to Madison and he managed to sit close to her.
"It's okay man I got it!" Adrian yelled before leaving the cave. "HEY! OVER HERE!! WE'RE OVER HERE!!", the boy yelled at the top of his lungs, sure that he'd gotten somebody's attention.
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Post by Kathy Martin on Mar 14, 2012 19:52:15 GMT -5
“I’ll t-tell Aunt Julia wh-when we get home that she w-won!” Kathy exclaimed though her face was weary and tired. As Frankie spoke about her staying awake, she nodded slowly and was taken by Di over to the fire. The heat was melting the cold on the surface of her skin, but underneath she still felt like she was swimming in ice water. Resting her head against Di’s arm she tried very hard to keep herself awake but it was getting to be too hard.
It was only when Jamie and Colby stood up that she sat up and glanced about as the two of them left the cave and headed out into the thick falling snow. There were shouts for attention for the voices in the distance and Kathy watched as Di got up next and made her way towards Jamie. Seeing Dixie and a few others left in the cave, Kathy scooted across towards her and gently took her hand.
“I-I think Aunt Ju-Julia’s here to save us,” she whispered to Dixie with a tiny smile. “We c-can go home.”
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Post by Marissa Tasker on Mar 17, 2012 17:53:16 GMT -5
"Aunt Marissa wake up I think daddy is here to rescue us... Dont you want to be awake when daddy sees you... You dont want him to see you sleeping do you..."
Marissa feeling AJ gently shake her and hearing AJ's voice and something about JR, slowly uses her good hand to reach up and rub her eyes abit. She slowly opens them and looks around, to say the least Marissa was tired, her body was hurting and her arm was badly mangled and broken. There was cuts and bruises all over her body and if JR was really here she couldn't wait to see him. She then looks over to AJ and gently brushes her hair from her face before she begins to speak.
"I'm sorry I fell asleep hun, I'm just a little tired thats all. But did you say something about your daddy? Have you see him or something hun."
Just then the rescue men make there way into the cave, Marissa was relieved to see them coming to there rescue.... She was tired and she knew everyone around her including herself needed medical care. Marissa wraps her good arm around AJ and gives him a small tired smile as she begins to speak.
"Look were going home AJ.... Well more like to the hospital but were getting out of here hun and going home where we all belong."
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Post by Dymnovamy on Sept 26, 2020 13:10:43 GMT -5
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