She was pretty sure she was hallucinating, because that sounded like Josh, but it couldn't be, he couldn't possibly be there.
But then she heard a voice she could never be mistaken about, it was Connor, he was okay and he was here, he had come for her.
"Connor". Her voice was very weak and raw, barely audible more than a couple of feets from her mouth, she mustered all her energy and called again. "Connor ! I'm here".
"Connor what happened to him ?" Ami was scared, she was looking at Josh, and he looked like he was literally dying in their hands.Connor got him down on his back and was listening to his chest. "He got trapped under a falling wall in one of the after quakes, I had to revive him, I think he has a punctured lung".He tried to use his enhanced Wolf senses, feeling and smelling how his friend was feeling, but once again there was no contact to his wolf."You let him go on after that ? Connor for God's sake, he should have been to a hospital". She was afraid that they could do nothing to help Josh.
"Connor, stay here with Josh, I am going to go get Luke and ask if they have a gurney". Ami gave him a quick kiss and stood up.It was pretty clear his first instinct was to tell her to stay and go himself, it was the little bit of Alpha still in him trying to stay in charge. But then he sighed, clearly having realised that she was in much better shape than him right now.Luckily there was room for the helicopter to land only about 100 feets away and Ami ran to meet Luke as he exited, she was a little surprised when she saw him, he looked much younger and more fragile than she had expected from respect the guys seemed to have for him.
The doctors were ready to take Josh into surgery as soon as they landed in front of the hospital, and it was surely needed, doing the flight his breathing had gotten increasingly worse and his pulse had gotten weaker, they had really feared he wouldn't make it to the hospital. They moved him to a real gurney and rolled him off in a hurry, the rest of them walked slowly inside, a nurse came to receive them, she took one look at Connor’s arm and called a doctor. "I will come find you when I have been checked up". Amelia gave Connor a soft kiss before going with the nurse to get a check up. He looked after her like i
Amelia paced the room, it was so frustrating just having to wait, Luke was sitting in a chair, his feet drawn up and arm around his knees, looking very vulnerable and young. It had been a fight beyond belief to get Connor to go into surgery, he wanted to stay near Josh, awaiting news. In the end Amelia had had to put her foot down and he had reluctantly given in, accepting that he could do nothing to help Josh. He clearly hated not being able to actively do something. Actually she would have preferred to be the one under anaesthetic and not having to wake up when this nightmare was over.
"We have finally stopped the bleeding, he is still critical but stable, so now he just needs time and we have to hope his body can handle the pressure". The doctor looked at them.Amelia and Luke both gasped and Luke stammered. "He ... He is gonna make it ? He isn't dead ?""For now, we can’t make promises as his body has been under immense pressure, there can still arise complications, but he came through the worst and luckily he is strong and in great shape". The doctor answered.They both thanked him several times and he told them that they could just come to him with any questions and that the
She knew what it was even before pulling it out, and she turned and looked at Connor with confusion. "This is not your phone"."Nah you might be right, could you come over here for a minute ?" He looked at her, his eyes clearly showing how nervous he was.She walked over to him slowly and handed him the little box. "So you weren't just high on the painkillers ?""Darling I might have been a bit doped up, but I have no problem remembering what I said and I don't want to waste any more of my life". He looked at her very seriously.
"Josh ?" She opened the door, peeking inside, he was sitting up, leaned on the hoisted up bed and he still had a lot of electronic devices on him, but the breathing tube was gone.His face lighted up in a big happy smile, but his eyes showed that he was pretty doped up on medication. "Hi Ami my dear"."How are you feeling ? You really had us all scared, we thought we would lose you". She sat down next to him and gently grabbed his hand.He sighed. "I feel a bit like I have been run over by a train, but otherwise I am okay, I am not that easy to get rid of".
Amelia watched Connor as he was sleeping totally relaxed, it would be a long way to recovery for both him and Josh, but she was certain they could both do it.They were both so strong, such wonderful human beings, or well Connor was not fully human, but it didn’t matter. They were her heroes and she loved both of them dearly, Josh was her very best friend beside Linda and Connor was the love of her life.She no longer doubted for a second that she wanted to be with Connor for the rest of her life. Even children didn't seem like a scary thought anymore, she couldn't see what could possibly go wrong this time.