Saving the Dead by Chancy Christopher

Author:Chancy, Christopher [Chancy, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2015-08-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Crash

“That was hard-fucking-core, man!”

Sutter grunted. “If we hear any more complaints from her, I will have her brought on charges of 911 abuse.”

“Shit, John! I didn’t know you had it in you!” Drifts was practically giddy with enthusiasm.

“If that foolish woman tests my resolve, I guess we’ll find out.”

“Um, guys, Sam Mr. Sutter.” Justin spoke up as he pointed.

A red-eyed young EMT approached them from the entry doors of the ER.

“Who’s that?” Justin asked.

“That’s Alex Dmitri, Billy Harrison’s partner. Damn, he looks rough.”

“What can I do for you, son?” Sutter asked Dmitri as he approached.

“Sir, um Leo, asked me to come and get you,” said Dmitri.

“Thank you, we were just on our way out there.”

Ramirez met them just outside Unit Three-Fifty-Two. Harrison wasn’t anywhere to be seen. He looked at his partner. “Sam, go ahead and take Justin on to the unit. I’ll be along shortly.”

Drifts nodded. “Come on, kid.”

Justin cast Sutter and Ramirez a worried look as he followed behind.

“How’s Billy?” Sutter began.

Ramirez shook his head. “Not well. Listen John, I’ll be frank with you. I think that last call was a career-killer.”

The supervisor nodded. “I was afraid of that.”

“Yeah. He’ll most likely have PTSD after this,” said Ramirez.

“What about his partner, Alex?”

Ramirez shrugged. “He’s distraught, but not nearly to the same degree. He was still in the cab when Billy had to use the drill.”

“Damn! Billy doesn’t know how lucky he is. He could have been bitten or worse. No offense.”

Ramirez waved the comment away. “I think he does. Billy said she came really close to sinking her teeth in him. That’s part of what is messing with him. He has a kid sister her age.”

Sutter exhaled. “That’s tough. I remember when I had to drill a toddler that was close to my oldest grandson’s age once.” The supervisor shook his head trying to dislodge the unwanted memory.

“Yeah, and teenage boys will always get to me.”

Sutter looked at him. “Leo, I can’t even imagine.”

Ramirez looked back soberly. “Trust me. You really don’t want to.” His eyes went far away for a moment. He pulled himself out of his mind’s eye and looked back at Sutter. “Anyways, I would recommend pulling him from the field for a week; two would be better. Maybe give him a couple of weeks riding third to re-acclimate. If he comes back at all.”

“Agreed. I already have a chaplain and a counsellor en route to headquarters to give both Alex and Billy a debriefing. I’ll schedule Billy to ride with you when he returns.”

“Fair enough.”

Sutter smiled as he asked. “Are you going to warn Sam?”

Ramirez looked back at his ambulance. “No, I find it’s best to let management take the fall for these kinds of decisions.”

“It was your suggestion.”

“Sure it was. But I have to spend twelve hours locked in a cab with that man. I’m not going to let him believe differently.”

Sutter smile broadened. “Fair enough.”

“Hey, Leo!” Drifts called.

“Aw shit, he heard you,” chuckled Sutter.

Ramirez smirked then looked back at his partner.

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