"Alan Mcgregor - Angels Of Mercy" - читать интересную книгу автора (McGregor Alan)

through him. He squeezed the woman even tighter, trying in this mad instant to spare
her as much pain as he could.

And then he felt himself tumbling through the air as he fiercely hung onto the woman.
He heard her wild, keening scream as he screamed along with her.

As they tumbled, the sky lit up around them, spouting great gouts of fire. It was as if the
very heavens were falling. Was this the end of the world...?
One minute later:

His life had turned to shadows in an instant. He knew he was bleeding, and he had an
unbearable pain down his left leg. He moaned, trying to drag himself to his feet. But he
couldn't. He felt outward with his hands. Stone? Bricks? Broken concrete, maybe. He
winced as he tried to sit up, finding he couldn't. With a sinking feeling he realized he
was pinned to the ground.

He turned his head and saw a form that in the deep twilight looked like an elegant black
rag doll sprawled on the ground. "Ma'am?" he called softly. "Ma'am, are you alright?"

She wasn't far from him. Apparently his holding onto her when his world suddenly blew
apart kept them together until they'd hit the ground. He tried to touch her, to rouse her,
but found she wasn't within easy reach. And when he tried stretching his arm out, a
tearing pain seared through his chest. He was sure some of his ribs were broken.

He felt his face. He felt the slick blood in his hair. "Ma'am?" he called again.

The form he knew to be her moved slightly.

"Ma'am, are you alright?"

Silence...

"Ma'am, please try to answer me. We're in real trouble unless we work together."

"Ahhhhh..."

Frank's heart suddenly went out to this woman as he felt her pain.

"Uhhhh...ahhhhh..."

"I'm here, ma'am. You're not alone. I'm here," he encouraged.

The woman tried to sit up. Frank encouraged her to push, to try with everything she had
in her to come to full alertness.

The shadowy form of the rag doll struggled, finally managing to sit up. "I hurt," she said.
"I hurt so much."

"Just sit for a minute, ma'am. Try to get your strength back before you do too much--"