"I don't know what to do!" Amy shrieked she sat legs crossed among the debris.
Trembling her eyes darted back and forth between Eric and Mia. She put her mobile on speaker and sat it next to her.
"So...they are conscious?" James's voice asked over the speaker.
Amy shook her head..."Yes, I can hear them....Mia is crying....What do I do?...James?"
After a long silence James came back on speaker. "Ok, I'm almost home....I think I can...uh...SHIT!"
"What's wrong?" Amy asked
"It's a cop...hold on I'm being pulled over...I'll call you back."
With 3 beeps the call ended.
Amy took several deep breaths. "Mia? Mia honey? Does it hurt?"
"No, I...I don't feel anything Mommy, it's hard to breath and my mouth feels weird and it is hard to talk." she heard Mia say.
"I'm really scared Mommy" Mia said
"I know baby...I know it will be OK" Amy said soothingly
Amy scooted over closer to where Mia lay. Unlike Eric, she had been smashed flat. Tears welled up in her eyes. The light fixture that had fallen rested about a foot away, on one side a brown smudge had stuck to the matte finish and dried. She looked back at poor Mia and could see in the brown mass two misshapen eyes twitching and slowly blinking. The outer edges of the mass were starting to lighten indicating evaporation...she...or whatever she was beginning to dry.
Amy thought she needed to act quickly.
"I'll be right back I promise" she said as she stood and ran at a full sprint upstairs. Reaching under the kitchen sink she grabbed a spray bottle, opened it and sniffed. "Perfect...just water" she said and ran back down stairs.
Walking over to the platform, she nearly fell as her foot slide on something. A knot formed in her stomach.
Heart pounding she looked down. A brown mess stuck to the side of her heal. She looked around, trying to locate Mia and Eric.
She was relieved when she saw them right where she had left them.
Amy kicked her shoes off and knelt down beside Mia.
"I'm just going to spray you a tiny bit" she said and spritzed Mia with a little bit of spray water.
Amy saw Mia's eyes flutter as the mist coated her, then she slid over and did the same to Eric. She gasped when she saw about an 1/4 of his smaller end break off and fall to the floor.
"Oh my GOD, Eric!" she said
"What Mom...what?" Asked Eric
Amy stayed quiet for a moment. The fact he had to ask meant he didn't know. "N...Nothing sweetie...um...Dad is on his way."
She wanted to again say everything will be alright...but she just wasn't sure so she hummed a lullaby instead.