Serial Story: MacKenzie Saves the World, Episode 3F

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"Fight Water with Fire" - Part 7

When she came to, MacKenzie was flat on her back, the dim florescent lights from the ceiling partially blocked by Matt-the-bike-shop-owner’s head.

“Oh god, are you okay? I can’t believe I hit you with the door. How’s your head?”

Now that he mentioned it, her head felt like someone had bashed her skull in with a baseball bat. She groaned and moved to get up, stopped by strong hands holding her shoulders down.
“I don’t think you should move,” he said, looking away for a moment. “You probably have a concussion or something. Let me call Josh. Or 9-1-1.”

“No, it’s okay. I’m fine.” MacKenzie rolled to the side, brushing his hands away as she fought a wave of nausea. Making it to her knees, she stopped, feeling the back of her head with one hand for a depression or bleeding.

“See any blood?” she asked, probing gingerly with her fingers. Matt moved her fingers aside and felt around the wound with his own before moving to face her.

“No, but you’re going to have quite the bump.” He stared into her eyes. “I really think you might have a concussion. You should get checked out. I can drive you to the hospital if you want...”

Footsteps came running down the hall and in two seconds Kevin was kneeling beside her, lips set in a thin line as he caressed the side of her face.

“What the hell happened? Are you hurt?”

“She ran into the door when I opened it,” Matt said. “Hit her head pretty hard. I was just trying to convince her to go to the hospital.”

Kevin took her hands and helped her up, supporting her when she had a hard time keeping her balance.

“Let’s go - I’ll drive. You need to see a doctor. No arguments.”

MacKenzie shook her head, immediately regretting the movement.

“But I need to see Josh. Just take me--”

Kevin shook his head, and something in his expression made her stomach flip again. Or maybe that was the headache.

“He’s not here, Kenzie. That’s why I was coming to find you. His dad had a heart attack, and he and Angela went to the hospital. They’re not sure he’s going to make it. Josh wanted you to know. He...wanted to know if you’d meet him there.”

“Okay then.” MacKenzie took a deep breath and fought back another wave of nausea. “I guess I’m going to the hospital, one way or the other. Matt, would you mind keeping an eye on things here until Kevin gets back? I know it’s not your job, but since Josh and I are both out...”

Matt nodded. “No problem at all. Don’t worry about anything, just take care.”

MacKenzie let Kevin help her out to his car and winced as she got in the passenger seat and buckled her seatbelt. It was hard to stay awake on the quick drive to the hospital, and Kevin’s incessant chatter was annoying, but he seemed insistent that she couldn’t nap. And when the car finally stopped, she didn’t understand why there was a nurse with a wheelchair waiting at the curb for them. Or why no one listened when she kept asking to see Josh...   

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