"Target hit".
"Jonathan?".
"Yes Sir". The sniper replied as he picked up his sniper case with his right hand. He used his left hand to adjust his phone so he could use his upper shoulder to hold in place his phone, pinned to his ear, while using his hands to hold his binocular telescope.
"Chase?".
"Status not certain but Jonathan emptied his clip on him. So I'm of high probability he is dead".
The line went dead.
The sniper packed up his artillery and exited the area.
Orion phone rang while at Ashanté's house.
"Hello…..Who's on the line?" Orion asked.
"Hello, this is Cape Town Specialist Hospital. Mr. And Mrs. Lace just got involved in a gunshot accident, they are currently being rushed here, we're calling to make sure one of their relatives is aware".
The call ended.
Ashanté noticed the sudden mood change on Orion's face while he was receiving the call. She sat upright to listen to the conversation. As soon as the call ended, the phone slipped out of Orion's hand and fell to the ground. And crashed.
"What happened, what is going on?" Ashanté queried.
Orion stood there dead fixed to the ground, looking into nothingness. For a moment, he wouldn't hear or see anything. He was just there, lost, empty.
Ashanté, who was frightened by his reaction stood up and tapped him. "Orion, what is happening? Don't do this to me. Talk please".
Orion turned his head slowly to face Ashanté, looked at her dead in the eyes and whispered, "My parents got involved in a gunshot accident. I was called by Cape Town hospital that they were being taken to the hospital". He had said that with the last ounce of energy in him as he slowly slumped away and fainted.
Ashanté moved as quickly as she could to grab Orion before he falls and hit his head. Gently, she lowered him to the bed. She wore her dress, and helped wear Orion his dress. She went to her mom's room and told her what had happened.
By the time she was back to her room, Orion had fully become alert and aware.
"Glad you're awake, I've told my mom about the incident and she's taking us to the hospital. She will be waiting for us outside".
Orion stood up from the bed, surprised about how he got to be clothed, went outside to see both Ashanté and her mom waiting for him. He entered the car, exchanged pleasantries with Ashanté's mom as they sped off to Cape Town Specialist Hospital.
An ambulance had arrived 7 minutes after Jonathan was shot. Martha, who had found cover during the shoot-out had escaped the scene while Jonathan and Chase shot at each other.
Cinderella, who had crashed into the numerous gazebos had hit her head and chest on the car steering, which led to blunt trauma on the head and chest. The sudden collision had fractured her neck bone, also plunged her forward, thereby head crashed into the car windscreen. Jonathan was dead by the time he landed on the floor after the hit.
After sometime, Chase coughed and blood spurt out of his mouth. He felt his head was heavy, as he tried to raise his head and he became dizzy. He lifted his hand to his head and felt blood seeping out of his skull like a leaking reservoir. He could feel a bullet in his skull. How he hadn't died was a surprise to him. Jonathan had emptied his clip on him and he only had three bullet wounds. Pathetic.
Chase spat the blood in his mouth, and tried to stand up. His shirt was red soaked with his own blood. He winced and sat on the floor, pressing against the bullet wound in his abdomen.
"I need to get out of here now". He said to himself while struggling to get up.
He scanned for the Audi R8 that brought him there but it was not there anymore. Not surprised at all, he picked up his leg, the left one first, groaned, and stood on the other.
With an unsteady gait, he limped away from the garden, groaning, finding his way into the neighbouring streets. He could hear the siren of an ambulance arriving with some police too.
Chase found an unoccupied building and entered, he sat on the ground and checked his bullet wounds. He winced at the sight and made attempts to stop the bleeding.
Using his teeth to grip the end of his shirt, he pulled on it thereby tearing it into two unequal halves. He pulled off the shirt, created a knot and used it to tie his abdominal wounds, adding pressure where the bleeding was much. After some time, he started feeling drowsy, struggled to keep his eyes. He fought a good fight, but he was seen snoring away his pain.
Orion jumped out of the car as soon as it got to the Hospital gate. He ran into a doctor at the entrance, held on to him and asked panting, "Where is my mom?".
"Your mom? Ask the nurses at the triage room". The doctor said, dismissing the lad.
"Please, where are my parents? Orion asked the nurses at the triage room.
"For which case?" One of the nurses responded.
"A recent gunshot casualty" Orion answered.
"Okay, go to ward room 3, 2nd Floor". The nurse replied.
Orion ran to the 2nd floor, Ashanté and her mom hastily followed.
Using his eyes, he counted the room, 1....2....3, room 3, this room.
He barged into the room, leaving the health professionals inside startled. He went straight to this mom, grabbed her and wailed.
"Mom! Mom!! Please come back, Please!!!".
One of the nurses pulled him away from his mom, as he struggled to free himself. Stronger than her, but she held on to him.
One of the doctors called aside Ashanté's mom and asked, "Who are you to her? Relatives??".
"No, Neighbours, that's her son there".
"Okay, that's better. We would like to inform you that her husband was brought in dead, so he is currently been taken to the morgue right now".
Orion wailed. Tears could be seen welling up on Ashanté's eyes.
"Well, for her, she has blunt trauma to her head and neck, she also fractured her cervical bones and currently unconscious, we're trying our very best to revive her. As you can see, she's on live support. Regarding the bills, there's no need to worry as she's on insurance.. We're very sorry, Ma".
"Please, what's wrong with my mom, why won't she wake up?" Orion asked screaming.
The nurse holding him answered, "She is in comatose".... "A state of coma".
"Will my mom wake up? I need her to wake up please!".
"We can only try, boy. We can only try".