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Traces of blood everywhere, Shamsa bursting in tears, and Khalaf screaming. What was going on? As i followed Khalaf's yells, i reached the source. Blood filled the ground, a kart's wheel on one side of the path, and Shamsa on the floor crying. It was too dark to see what was actually going on. I walked closer to Khalaf to find Hamdan's overall drenched in blood. I fell to the ground, felt so weak and didn't know how to react. I kept quiet and just stared at him. Drops of blood falling down from his head across his face, i wiped it off with the tips of my trembling fingers. Khalaf was yelling on the phone while telling the police to send an ambulance right away, "Yas Marina Circuit now!"Shamsa was on the floor crying, and Hamda was with Nayef trying to find a way to help. Hamdan wasn't moving, his head tilted on his shoulder, and his body very weak. Khalaf got up and said "I will kill whoever did this to him!" His face was red and filled with anger, he left the area to find the people responsible for this mess. I sat beside him and kept calling his name, and wiping his face from any blood. He opened his eyes for a second, and my heart stopped, he looked up at me and smiled then passed out. That was when i started crying.

The ambulance came and they quickly put him in and asked who wanted to go with him. At that same moment, Khalaf came running with a deep scratch across his cheek. "What happened?" Shamsa yelled with tears rolling down her cheeks. "I'll tell you later, meet me at the hospital" he replied. "Nayef, take my car and follow us" Khalaf said with a serious tone. We rode in his black land cruiser, and followed the ambulance. I was trembling, too scared to even think of what could possibly happen. The ride was very long, quiet, and the atmosphere was very tense and stressful. No one spoke all we did was follow the blue and red flashing lights of the ambulance. As soon as we reached the emergency section of the hospital. The nurses took Hamdan out of the ambulance and quickly pushed in a room. We sat infront of the room while Khalaf talked to a nurse about what happened. "Please help him" was the only sentence we heard him repeat constantly.

An hour passed and Hamdan was still in one of the emergency rooms. We were all very scared, Shamsa would randomly burst into tears pushing me to tears too. Khalaf broke the silence and told us what happened when he left. "I asked everyone in the karting area if they hit a kart by mistake, then i heard a group of guys laughing" Khalaf said. "I sneaked on them and then i heard them saying, we finally got him." "I heard one of them say, after all those years Hamdan is finally gone" he continued. "I faced them and started yelling and asking them why they did what they did then we started fighting." " I got punched on my face, kneed in my stomach, and knocked on the floor but i got up and couldn't hold myself" Khalaf said with anger in his voice. "The three of them ran away, but i took their car's plate number" "I swear to God i will bring the end of them" he yelled with a vein popping out from his muscly neck. "What's going to happen to Hamdan?" i questioned with a shivery voice. "God's with him" he replied with a cold tone.

Two hours passed, and no one came out of the room. Was it serious? What happened to him? No one was telling us anything! Nayef went to a store to get some food, cause it seemed like we were staying for a long time. "Girls you should go home it's getting late, what will your parents say?" Khalaf mentioned. "I should go home before my dad gets mad" Shamsa said in a low voice. "I'll drop you home come on, you need to rest" Khalaf said with a smile. "Hamda and Layla do you want me to drop you home too?" "Yea i need to go home too before my mum starts worrying about me" Hamda replied. "Okay let's go, what about you Layla?" Khalaf stated with concern. "I'll stay here with Nayef" I replied with tears in my eyes. Nayef came back, gave them their food, and sat next to me. "Nayef stay with her and if she needs anything get it for her, and i'll come in 30 minutes" Khalaf mentioned to Nayef. "Yea no need to ask" Nayef replied. "He's going to be okay, don't worry Layla" he said with a comforting smile. "How do you know that?" i asked while bursting into tears. A few minutes later the nurse came out with news for us. "Where is Mr. Khalaf? she said with a very serious face. I was trembling with fear. "He isn't here, but he'll be back in a few minutes" Nayef answered. "As soon as he comes back, tell him i have news for him about the patient" She replied. "Please tell us what happened, please, please" i begged. "Sorry Miss, Mr. Khalaf told me specifically not to inform you anything about the patient."