016 ⎯⎯⎯ the second time.
At the sound of a scream my eyes open.
It's blurry at first but I make out the blood stained grass beneath me. I look down to my stomach. The tree is still there.
We're back.
The pain instantly engulfs me again as I suck in a breath and try to move. It's even worse than before and I feel like I'm dying all over again.
I look up to Tyler and see he's trying frantically to get himself off the tree, screaming in pain. I slowly bring myself to my feet, struggling to speak through mouthfuls of blood.
"Tyler! Stop it! We- need the sed..." I cough.
"Blake! Phantom!"
I spin around, a phantom charging towards me.
I have nothing. No weapons. I must've lost my backups when we were falling. So I take a step backwards, holding up my fists.
They're not getting to Tyler.
"Move!"
The phantom suddenly goes down, Ashlyn standing behind it.
A sigh escapes me, in the process causing the tree in me to scrap at my intestines, sending me tumbling forward into her.
"Blake!" Her eyes are wide, "where's Ty-"
A droplet of blood falls onto her face and she looks up.
I grab her shirt, coughing more blood, "...get him down- please."
In the blink of an eye I'm on the ground and the rest of my friends are here. Ben and Logan look at me with horrified eyes and I hear 'it will be okay' faintly.
Then I feel the prick of a needle.
* * *
"Blake?"
I open my eyes.
My hand is still connected to Tyler's and my brother is sitting beside me with Tyler's mom, both wearing worried expressions.
"Are you okay? What happened?"
I rub my eye with my free hand, tugging on Tyler's to wake him. "They found us. I feel better so they must've used sedatives and bandaged our wounds."
Sammy takes a breath of relief, "that's good. So you'll be okay, right?"
I smile, "I think so."
"Blake."
I glance at Tyler, he's holding up his phone as a call comes in from Ashlyn. Sammy and his mom exchange glances, silently agreeing to leave the room together and give us space.
I crawl over the gap between our beds and seat myself beside Tyler, holding a pillow in my lap. He shifts to make room for me, giving me some blanket as he answers the phone.
"Are you guys alright?"
I nod, "yeah we're okay. What happened?"
Ashlyn looks unsure about something, "we had gotten you guys to the school and were looking for the stadium keys when there was an earthquake or something. The roof collapsed and...I think Aiden died."
My eyes widen, "what? Is he alright?"
Tyler grips the phone, "are you guys bringing him here?"
"No...he's insisting he's fine so he's just sleeping it off right now." She turns the camera, showing Aiden bundled up on the couch with Lily, knocked out. "We're gonna head to the school to get the stadium keys for tonight, we'll see you later."
I purse my lips, "okay, be safe."
"We will, rest up."
"Sure, see ya." Tyler hangs up the phone looking irritated.
"What is it?"
"How did he recover faster than me? I'm the athlete."
I grin.
* * *
"You brought it!"
I grab the plushie, squeezing it. My brother graciously agreed to go home and bring some things I needed, one of which was my stuffed animal.
Sammy ruffles my hair, "yeah I did, now go get some sleep."
I nod in agreement, starting back down the hall towards my room. I pull my iv drip with me, holding my plushie with my other hand.
When I get to our room, I excitedly push open the door, "Tyler! Look-"
Tyler's unconscious, a nurse I've never seen standing beside him with a vacant look on her face. I narrow my eyes at her, she seems familiar.
"Excuse me? Who are you-"
A cloth is pressed to my mouth and I'm grabbed from behind. What's going on? Who is that? I claw at the arm, feeling my strength leave me.
My eyes lull and I gasp for air.
Stay awake...
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