Always and Forever (sequel to The Heart of a Pouge)

Chapter 9: Trapped

We all run Pope to my dad's car in hysterics and I keep telling him to stay awake.

'Pope, what do you need, buddy?' JJ asks as he runs out from the church

'Keep his legs elevated' Sarah instructs as John b and I lower Pope into the back.
'What do you need Pope?' I ask. Pope starts motioning to his arm with his fist
'A shot!' I yell to JJ

'A shot? Okay. I know where to go! Give me the keys!' JJ yells back to me

'They're in the ignition! Go' Kie tells me
'Right. I knew that' JJ says running into the car seat with Sarah next to him and Kie, John b and I stay in the back with Pope lying on top of us
'Keep a hand on his pulse' Sarah tells me as Pope gasps
'We got you' Kie tells Pope
'Hang on, Pope! We're going' JJ says before zooming off, away from the church
'Pope, stay with us please' I beg as we drive off.

JJ parks the car at Ricky's and honks his horn as we jump out.

'Ricky! Ricky! Hey! Bro! Ricky! Ricky! Hey, Ricky!' JJ pounds on the door hysterically as the rest of us come up behind him.
'Ricky, hey, I got a problem, bro! I know you're mad at me!' JJ yells as Ricky appears in front of the door
'Remember that time you stole my ambulance?' Ricky yells through the fly screen.
'Yeah. I know. I know. I know you're mad. Wait No! Don't do that!' JJ yells as Ricky shuts the main door
'No! Please! Please, we need help!' Sarah screams
'He got stung by a wasp!' Kiara yells
'He's having a reaction! Please help us Ricky!' I cry as JJ goes to a window and starts to bang on that instead.
'He can't breathe, Ricky!'
'Ricky!'
'He's right here, please!' JJ Sarah and, John b yells through the walls and Ricky finally opens the main door.
'Who can't breathe?' Ricky asks and John b points to Pope
'Look at him! Help my friend!' he yells. Ricky looks between John b, Pope and I
'All right, Jesus Christ' he agrees opening the front door.
'Hey! Nice to meet you. Sorry' Sarah introduces herself before going to his dinning table and throwing everything off his before helping John and I lay Pope on it.

'You know, I wouldn't come to you if it wasn't an emergency' JJ tells Ricky as Pope lays on the table
'What's wrong with him?' Ricky asks
'Wasps!' I say
'Wasps?'
'Yes!' Sarah yells, stressed
'Is he allergic to wasps?'
'Clearly' Kie yells
'A beehive worth of wasps' John b adds
'Raise his legs!' JJ instructs John b and the two of the raise Pope's legs up again.
'What's his name Sky?' Ricky asks me
'Pope' I answer
'Hey, Pope. Hang tight. I gotta get my kit' Ricky says after taking a look at Pope before running away to find his kit
'Hang tight? Ricky!' JJ yells
'He's looking for a kit. Go help him J' I tell JJ and he quickly runs off after Ricky.
'Breathe a little, okay? Like a little bit' Kie whispers to Pope
'We need you to focus. Focus on your breathing, okay?' I add
'Okay, I got it! I got it! I got it' Ricky yells before running back to us and he gets out a needle

'What do we do now?' JJ asks
'You don't do anything 'cause you're not a paramedic' Ricky tells JJ
'Okay. Hey, Pope. How you doing, man. You look like shit. Here's the thing. This is a pediatric dose of epinephrine'

'Is that gonna be enough?' I ask Ricky
'He's not a kid!' JJ says
'It is ten times a normal dose. So if... if it doesn't stop his heart, it'll help him. But I gotta use the whole thing, or it won't work. And I'm not going down if he dies' Ricky gives JJ the ultimatum
'Okay! Fine! Do it! Hit it!' JJ yells not caring about anything Ricky just said and I didn't care either, I would rather have low odds then actually guaranteed death.
'Okay' Ricky says and gets the needle ready
'Come on, hurry up!'
'Pope, hang in there, buddy' John b says
'I hate needles, man' JJ groans as Ricky gives Pope the needle.

'Okay, um, that's it' Sarah asks
'Now what?' I ask Ricky
'Now we wait' Ricky says. As we wait I can hear Family Feud playing the background and after a moment of Pope not responding tears start to build up in my eyes as I think I've lost another person I cared about