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"No no, this can't be happening right now. I don't want to die," Ruth mumbled, her breath shaky and pure terror in her voice. In all the time that I had known her, I had never seen her being this afraid. I had never seen her as horrified as she was now, and it was completely breaking me. "I don't want to die, Jay," she looked at me, eyes full of tears, "Do something, Jay. I don't want to die, please."
"Oh, sweetheart," I mumbled, and despite how much I hated it, a tear drop slipped from the corner of my eyes.
"I cannot die this way," she repeated hastily, looking around. "There's so much left to do. There's so much left to say.."
"I know, I know, sweetheart." I nod, holding her hand, trying to calm her down. The oxygen masks hung above us, but I knew they wouldn't be much help an
