“Ella,” I hear come in through the comms, “Marcella,” Axe grunts out like she isn’t being cooperative, like she isn’t happy to see him, and I’m not sure what the fuck is going on. “Look at me.” He’s shouting somewhere on the verge of breaking down himself. “Fuck, look at me. I love you.” He shouts again as Caroline looks at me. And we both start toward where he was just heading in. “Fuck, Babydoll.” He sounds concerned and Ella’s voice is so quiet that I can only tell that she is talking, but not what is being said.
“Fuck,” he wheezes. “No,” he pleads with her,what the fuck is going on? “Don’t pu—” he chokes out.
“Help…” he whispers. This time, somehow I know, it’s for us.
And then I can hear Ella speak this time clearly, as if she is closer than she was previously. “Axe, what have I done?” in a panic-ridden whisper.
“Shhh.” He reassures her before I can’t hear them anymore.
“Axe?” I call out to him. “Axe.” I try once more. “Shit,” I’m running in the direction that I just left Axe in.
“Ash, what’s going on?” Khan comes through the comms.
“I don’t know.” I shout as I continue to run. “I’m going. Someone make sure that Marc doesn’t take off.” I pause. “Fury…”
“I’m on the way.” He snaps as I hear the engine of the bike in the background. Caroline’s right behind me, crying. I can hear that she’s crying, but I can’t focus on her because if I do, I won’t fucking find them.
I see the feet in the distance as I run faster to them… 2 sets, lying on the forest floor.
“Oh god.” I mumble as I stop looking at them, turning around and gripping ahold of Caroline, trying to stop her from seeing this. “Fury… everyone… fucking hurry. I don’t give a damn what you do with Marc… fucking come here now!” I’m shouting now as Caroline shoves me off and walks past me, her scream echoes through me. Looking down to where the two of them are laying.
Ella on her back while Axe is laying half rolled onto his side next to her. I can still see the blood spreading from both of their abdomens. Only Ella’s look to be superficial. Looking between them, I see their fingers laced together. Only both of their hands are completely red from the blood seeping from somewhere.
“Ash,” Caroline whispers as she reaches over, gripping my arm. “She stabbed him.” She points with a shaky hand down to his stomach as he continues to bleed out in the surrounding dirt, then I watch her shaky finger as she points to his hand as he’s holding a glass shard. “It’s from the window she kicked out to get me out.” After a deep breath. She moves.
“No,” I grip a hold of her, pulling her back.
“Ash, stop.” She fights with me again, but I just shake my head.
“I’ll do it. She stabbed him. I don’t fucking know what’s going on, but I don’t want you near her, right now.” I move over to them to check for pulses. “Both are weak. We have to get them out of here now.” I hear the men running from behind us.
“Fuck.” Fury shakes his head, eyes widening before he rushes over to them. Moving to Ella first. “Pulse is weak. She shouldn’t have passed out from the wound.” He nods down to her stomach, then he opens her eyelid. “Fuck, he dosed her with something.”
“That makes more sense.” He nods at my response to what we all heard and are seeing now. Khan moves around me and picks Ella up, Fury carefully untangles their hands from one another, and his eyes grow wide when he holds up her hand and shows the two large gashes to them, they are what was producing the blood that has coated their hands.
“Fuck,” Fury shakes his head as he looks at Axe. “It’s fucking deep. She got him good. Come on, we’ve got to get him out of here.” Fury nods to me before I move over, and help him pick Axe up, before we’re moving through the tree line back to the truck.
“Red, you gotta drive.” I tell her as I hear Khan move into the front seat.
“Come on, El, stay with us.” He mutters to her. “Hurry.” He shouts over to us as we continue to run. “Ace, you and Rem stay with Marc. Call Jeff. He should be out here soon.” Fury and I move into the backseat of the truck as Caroline jumps in the front seat and peels out of the side of the road, maneuvering a quick U-turn before she’s speeding towards the hospital.
… can we stop ending up at the fucking hospital.
