encrede wrote:
tate cries out and begs someone, anyone, to call an ambulance... QUICKLY! tears cloud his twinkish gaze, as he looks around the room, his desperation obvious. the other contestants just stare. finally someone pulls out a phone, and tate throws himself at them, grabbing the phone out of their hand. he quickly punches in the numbers: 9-1-1. he waits, breathless, for the call to go through.
“911 what’s your emergency?” he finally hears.
“it’s–i need an ambulance! right now! he’s hurt!”
“okay sir, what’s your location?”
“it’s um– the uhm–it’s the international potato throwing championship! at the place!”
“okay, we’ll have an ambulance sent there right away. is the person in question conscious?”
“n-no! he just passed out!”
“is he breathing?”“y-yes...”
“what happened to him?”
“i... it wasn’t ... i didn’t mean to!”
“sir, i need you to tell me what happened to him, so we can help him.”
“i’m sorry... i used too much power. i... i was throwing a potato... it’s the potato throwing championship right... and-its it’s just so slippery... it slipped... i accidentally hit him...”
“so you hit him with a potato?”
“y-yes... very hard... i’m so sorry... i didn’t mean to...”
“sir, where did the potato hit him?”
“...”
“sir?”
“...the klaviericle...”
tate sits in a daze until the ambulance arrives. he refuses to leave klavier’s side. people have gathered around the two of them, whispering and pointing.
“do you think...”
“i hope he’s okay...”
tate just sits. he caresses klaviers hand, admiring the perfectly defined knuckles, the soft skin. after what feels like forever, he hears the ambulance signals. people run up to him, touch his shoulder, ask him to please move aside. he lets them inspect klavier, hear the paramedics yelling things to each other. he watches them put him on a stretcher, and he follows them all the way out to the ambulance. when he tries to get on, still refusing to leave klavier, they stop him.
“sir, you can’t come with the ambulance”
“but-“
“sorry, but you can’t.”
“No.” tate says. the paramedics stop, staring at him. “i’m coming with him.”
they gaze at him warily, and at each other. tate walks onto the ambulance. this time they don’t stop him. no one stops tate power.