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Day 16: Gurney
| Flatline | "Don't go where I can't follow."
Everything was a blur—one moment, Theo and Malik were walking to Malik's car. The next, Malik fell to the ground, blood pooling around him. He wasn't sure what just happened, but Theo knew that his boyfriend needed help now .
He fished out his phone with trembling hands, before he dialed 911. The phone rang for a few seconds before a feminine voice answered, "911, what's your emergency?"
"M-my boyfriend," Theo stuttered, his heart pounding in his chest as he looked at Malik's unmoving body. In his back was a hole that spat out blood—a gunshot wound, from what Theo could see. "H-he got shot, and he's bleeding on the ground!"
"Is he breathing?" The woman asked.
"I-I-I don't know," Theo stuttered, his tears blurring his vision. Dammit, he needed to focus and get Malik the help he desperately needed. "I don't see any breathing! I'm at 305 Batter Street. I'm standing beside a silver Toyota Camry. Please, help him!"
"An ambulance is on its way now," the woman said, her voice calm, "what's your name and your boyfriend's name?"
"I'm T-Theo Campbell. My boyfriend's name is Malik Townsend."
He could hear a hiss from the other side, as if the woman was gritting her teeth during her hiss. "Theo," the woman said, "Stay with Malik, okay? They're coming to help him. Just stay on the line, okay?"
"Th-thank you…" Theo whispered, tears now spilling down his face. He glanced at his boyfriend's body again; he didn't want to look, he really didn't, but he couldn't help but do so. What if Malik didn't make it? What would he do with himself without his Mally?
A few minutes had passed, and Theo could hear the sirens of the ambulance getting closer. His heart slowed down at a reasonable pace, as he sighed. Oh thank God. Malik was going to live.
He watched as three men jumped out from the ambulance, readying the gurney. They gently removed Malik from the pavement, before buckling him down on the gurney. Once that was done, they began to move the gurney up inside the back of the ambulance.
Theo followed, and he was one step up in the ambulance when one of the men put a hand out, shaking his head.
"I'm sorry," he said, "we can't let you in. Your boyfriend is losing a lot of blood, and we need to get there ASAP."
Theo wanted to argue, that he didn't want to leave his Malik like this, but he knew that doing so would waste their time. With a sigh, he stepped down from the ambulance, before he rushed into Malik's car. Before he drove to follow the ambulance, he just sat in the driver's seat, praying. Praying to God, to whatever deity, that Malik would get through this.
Once he finished his prayer, he grabbed his phone and called the Roaring Lions HQ. A few rings, before someone picked up.
"Hello? Theo?" Theo recognized Olivia's voice from the phone.
"O-Olivia…" Theo stuttered, tears falling down his face once more. "Malik… he's been shot."
A gasp was audible from the phone, before Olivia asked, "Is he being taken to the hospital now?"
"Yeah…" Theo answered, his body trembling from the trauma and fear.
"I'll let the others know. Meet you at Meport Hospital." And with that, Olivia hung up.
Theo sighed, placing his phone back in his pocket. With his heart stuttering in his chest, he drove off, following the ambulance.
Malik… please be okay…