3 | Protector

Prompt: Reader gets injured by a dangerous beast, and Newt has to save her. 

Warnings: blood, angst, a worried Newt, etc.

Rated: PG-13 (for blood and stuff.)

Requested by hendemar2000

A/N: Again, I apologize for the SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW updates! However, I try to update as quickly as possible. To be honest, this was a bit hard for me to write (as all imagines are), but I try. It's a bit short, though. Anyways, enjoy!

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Y/N could feel the pain, searing through her shoulder and her back. Her vision was blurring, and she could feel the coughs racking throughout her body. 

She screamed again, as a whip-like thing lashed onto her back. Y/N squeezed her eyes shut. 

The air around her felt so cold, and the ground underneath her was cold too. She could feel her loose hair pressed against her face with a warm, sticky liquid. Blood. 

It hurt so badly, and the silence burned her ears. Until the creature dragged its claws down her arm. 

Her yells were slowly dying away. 

"Newt," she whispered hoarsely for her boyfriend. Y/N wondered where he was now. She needed to tell him that she loved him so, so much. 

His soft eyes that crinkled at the edges when he really laughed. His love for her and his creatures. His gentle hands cupping her face when he kissed her. His light freckles that dotted his beautiful face. 

The torture started again when she felt her head hurting. She could feel a fire-hot pain spreading throughout her skull. 

What was this creature?

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Newt sighed, locking the door. Another busy and tiring day.

"Sweetheart, I'm home!" Newt called, dropping his coat on the seat. However, he was met with silence. 

Strange, he thought. Y/N was supposed to be home today. 

"Honey!" he called again. 

No reply. 

"Y/N, come on out now, I know you're hiding!"

Silence once again. 

Suddenly, he saw Niffler making a huge commotion. Niffler was pointing at the door as if gesturing for Newt to open it. 

Frowning, Newt asked, "Is everything okay, Niffler? Where's Y/N?"

Niffler rolled his eyes (if that's possible) and gestured to the door once again. 

Suddenly, Newt understood. "Okay, lead me to Y/N," he said and opened the door. Niffler ran outside, making Newt sprint to follow him. 

"Is Y/N in danger?" Newt panted as he chased Niffler. 

Unfortunately, Niffler nodded. 

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Y/N could feel the creature distorting her memories, making them painful, making her scream in agony. 

She opened her (E/C) eyes which were probably bloodshot and red by now. Trying to see what the hell the creature was, she turned her head. 

There was nothing there. However, Y/N knew that it wasn't one of Newt's creatures, who would never hurt her so brutally. 

Suddenly, she felt a claw raking down her cheek, tearing deep into the flesh. 

"Please!" she whimpered. "Stop it, please!"

As expected, the creature did not stop, only grabbed her by her hair and tossed her across the room to a wall. The force knocked the air out of her, and for moments, she couldn't breathe.

Y/N coughed up blood, spilling across her (pale pink/pink/red/dark) lips. Her hands shook violently, wiping it away. 

"Please don't hurt me," Y/N whispered to the creature, "I'm not an enemy."

Suddenly, she felt a shocking blow on her skull that sent her sprawling across the floor. It was the creature's way of saying, 'that's bullshit'. 

Her head tingled and burned, and she could feel her vision fading away. Her nails dug into her hands, telling her to keep fighting. 

But she couldn't. All she had to do was close her eyes, and the pain would go away...

No, Y/N thought, I still have Newt. However, the creature decided to attack her leg next, chewing on it. She could feel the teeth digging into her flesh. She could feel it moving inside her, eating her away slowly...

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"Are you sure that this is the way?" Newt asked Niffler, who was now on the rooftop. Niftier shook his head, and Newt understood. It was a shortcut. 

After taking the shortcut, Newt arrived in front of a beat-down building. It looked like it used to be a small hotel, but he could hardly tell. 

Newt grabbed Niffler and put him in his large coat pocket. Niffler would've protested, but he knew that it was better for Newt and Y/N. 

Drawing out his wand, Newt opened the creaky door of the building slowly. 

The building had multiple rooms, so he searched the first one by the right. Empty. Then he searched three more. Nothing. 

Suddenly, he heard an ear-piercing scream. His heart fell as he realized that it was Y/N. Tightening his grip on his wand, he kicked open the door. 

But there was nothing there. The room was empty except for Y/N, who was huddled in a corner.

"Newt," Y/N whimpered, bringing Newt's attention back to her. Newt looked at her worriedly. She was covered in blood, which triggered Newt's senses again, running towards her. 

"Can you walk?" Newt whispered gently, picking her up in bridal style. She shook her head, weak. 

Newt apparated to a wizard hospital he knew. However, the hospital was closed. Apparating to more hospitals, which, were unfortunately, were also closed, Newt found no success. Suddenly, he realized that Y/N was slowly losing movement.

"Stay with me, sweetheart," he whispered to her, pressing his handkerchief to her wound and pressing it gently to stop the bleeding. Y/N's forehead creased in pain, and she buried her face deeper into Newt's chest.

Running now, Newt was worried about Y/N's health. She had so many wounds on her body, it was hard to count. And what had attacked her? Newt recognized the marks of a beast, but he didn't know what kind of creature it was.

Newt could feel rocks digging into his expensive shoes, and the wind blowing his hair back, but he didn't care. All that mattered was that Y/N stay safe.

He tripped and stumbled on the apartment stairs, wincing as he felt the cement cut into his calf. However, he kept on running, since he could feel Y/N's blood gushing even more.

Newt managed to get himself and Y/N down into his case. Creatures immediately gathered around, worried, but Newt gently shooed them away. Laying her down on a bed in the shed, he grabbed his herbs and began a mixture.

"Darling, I'm going to have to take off these clothes," Newt said softly to Y/N. "Do I have your permission to do that?"

Y/N nodded weakly. He helped her get out of her ripped blouse, leaving her in her bra. However, he had no time to blush from her nudity, because he was horrified of Y/N's wounds. There were more than he expected.

He grabbed the mixture's container and began applying it to her wounds. She cried out when he touched a deep one, causing him to say, "It's okay, Y/N. This is going to make it better."

Newt applied the mixture to all of her wounds and wrapped a clean cloth around them when finished.

"I'm sorry," Y/N suddenly said, tears in her eyes, "For being so weak."
"Y/N, you're not weak, you were hurt, there was no--"

"But I did nothing! I could've at least tried to fought the beast! But I was so weak, so tired, that for a second, I wanted to give up. I'm just a weak girl who's doing nothing, who's helpless, waiting for her boyfriend to rescue her! I'm a typical damsel in distress needing for you to save! You come back home from a tiring day, hoping to find a strong, independent woman who can protect herself in your house. But I'm not. This is the era where women prove themselves and don't need a man to save them! But I'm a weak, useless--"

"Stop it," Newt croaked, not wanting to hear Y/N abuse herself anymore.

Y/N fell silent. She looked down at her scarred hands. Her dirty, messy hair itched badly.

"I chose you," he said, "Because I love you. Because you're different from other girls. We all have our up and down days. But you're independent most of the time. And I don't want to hear another word about you hating yourself because you see yourself as weak, because you're not. I love you, and that's that."

"I love you," she replied, and started sobbing. She burst into Newt's arms, who held her tenderly. "I thought I was going to die. I thought I was going to go away from you. And I need you to know how much I love you, every part of you."

Y/N knew that the beast would become a problem. That they would have to catch it eventually. But Newt was with her, and that was all that mattered.