“There’s an ambulance up ahead.  I’m going to stop and see if they can take you the rest of the way,” the old man said, slowing the truck down.

As he put the truck into park, Dana turned to him.  “Thank you so much, sir.”

“You’re welcome.  It’s not everyday we get to meet a celebrity, is it, Gertrude?” the man said, looking at his wife.

She smiled, holding the door open for Alice.  “You’re right, Herbert.”

“Got any room?” the old man asked the paramedic.  The paramedic nodded her head and hopped into the ambulance, yelling for her partner and getting a pair of stretchers ready. 

Dana leaned back heavily against the truck as her knees almost buckled.  “Alice, I don’t feel too good again.”

“Can you hurry?” Alice asked the paramedic impatiently, her eyes on Dana’s pale face.

“I’m really getting tired, again,” Dana mumbled, her eyelids fluttering.  Her legs began to give way and she slid down the side of the truck. 

One of the paramedics caught her.  “Ma’am, we need you to stay with us.  You could have a very serious head injury.”

“Tired,” Dana managed to get out as they loaded her onto a gurney.  Beside her, Alice was being settled onto one as well.

“Stay with me, miss,” the female paramedic said as she and her partner lifted Dana’s stretcher into the ambulance, quickly followed by Alice’s.  She then jumped into the back of the ambulance with them while the other EMT rushed around and got into the driver’s seat.  The ambulance pulled away quickly, lights flashing and sirens screaming.

The EMT immediately got to work, beginning an IV in Dana’s arm.  Dana let out a low groan, struggling to keep her eyes open as her head spun.

“Still with me, Dane?” Alice asked.

Dana turned her head slightly to look at her.  “Barely.”

Alice reached her good arm out across the ambulance toward her.  Dana managed to stretch her own arm out until their fingers met.  As their hands locked together, Dana slipped out of consciousness, the wail of the ambulance ringing in her ears as things went dark.