Lucy knew the men in black where police officers. She had seen her mother speak to two of them not long after she had been sent home from hospital after the angry man tried to hurt her mother.
The other two, a tall, slender man and a slightly plump lady, where new to her. She did not recognize what they were supposed to be, although she could see the badge above their breast pockets read: Paramedic.
‘Oh my god. I can’t believe you found anyone out there,’ cried the lady paramedic, as she rushed to meet them. Almost immediately, Lucy could feel the woman gently pressing two fingers against her good wrist. She had experienced this many times in hospital. It had something to do with making sure her heart was still beating.
‘How many?’ Asked Malcom unmoving as the paramedic checked over his little passenger.
‘There was fifty five passengers in total.’ Said the broad shouldered police officer, his face a blank wall of no emotion as he spoke. ‘Out of that number we have found fifty four de--’
‘Yeah we saw the last one,’ said Malcom sharply cutting off his fellow officer. ‘What caused all this?’
The broad shouldered officer looked at his partner, another emotionless man with a slender face who nodded for him to go ahead.
‘It’s still early into the investigation sir, but from what we know right now it would seem that a jilted husband wanted to get revenge on his ex-wife. It would appear that he built a homemade bomb which he later detonated while on the train. We found pieces of the bomb in a red backpack still worn by the suspect.’
The female paramedic beckoned for her partner to move and help her lift the little girl off Malcom’s back.
‘Her pulse is very faint. We need to get her to the hospital now,’ the paramedic wasn’t asking for permission but simply stating a fact.
The world around Lucy was beginning to blur as she felt the other paramedic lift her away from the warmth of Malcom’s body. They were soon moving up the stairs, and she glanced back at her two new friends she noticed that they were no longer the big cats she had thought they were.
Malcom stood next to his fellow officers, his hat neatly clamped on his head but his face was soft with concern.
She turned to look at Jason and was surprised to see that he was just a few steps behind her. He too was no longer the big cat she had thought he was. Instead his lined face was flushed red with the cold and the green overall he wore seemed to shine brilliantly against the snow. She noticed the badge above his breast pocket also said paramedic.
She tried to offer him a smile but there was just no energy left in her body as she felt her world turn in all directions quickly. Soon after that she was staring up at the grey sky once again, snowflakes landing on her face.
‘You’re going to be okay sweetheart. We’re going to get you to the hospital as quickly as we can.’ Lucy could hear the female paramedic but she could not see her. Only the constantly falling snow.
Then just before she fell asleep, a face she recognized instantly appeared to stand over her. It was those beautiful long strands of blonde hair that caught her attention, as her mother’s smiling face looked down on her.
Her blue eyes seemed to sparkle with the happiness of someone who no longer had to deal with the pain of the real world. The white robe she wore seemed to make her look even more stunning than Lucy thought she could possibly be, but the finishing touch was the large, soft white wings which spread from her back.
‘I love you baby. You don’t need to be afraid of anyone anymore.’
Just the sound of her mother’s voice was enough to make Lucy’s eyes well up once again. Her heart ached for her love and her body wanted nothing more than to be smothered in her gentle arms.
‘Mummy,’ it was the only word she was able to speak before the world slipped away and she slipped into a deep sleep.
EPILOUGE
Two weeks after being released from the hospital Lucy awoke in her new bedroom. Her aunt, who she had been named after, had brought her back to stay with her. She had no children of her own, so her aunt spent a lot of time dotting after her, making sure she got everything she needed.
Lucy loved her aunt, but in her heart she still longed for her mother. Nothing had been able to push away that empty feeling she had in her heart every time she thought about her.
It was on the morning of her seventh birthday that Lucy received something she never would have dreamed of. Tied to the post at the bottom of her bed was a single pink balloon with the words I love you carefully written by her mother’s hand and below that was a small set of angel wings.
The emptiness may never go away completely, but that day was one of the happiest days she could ever remember.
THE END
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