Agh, my head. I thought as I start to come to and felt water being poured down on me. I groan then shake my head, slightly, as I open my eyes to the the muddy ground moving underneath me and hear the rain and thunder.

"Wh-what?" I muttered when I realized that I felt two pairs of hands holding my arms and two pairs of footsteps walking. I look around and noticed that two of the Scars were carrying me deep into the forest.

I gasped and tried to get out of their grasp but realized that my hands were tied behind my back. We walked past a burning car and one of the Scars threw their torch at the burning fire then both of them tossed me to the ground.

I let out a pained grunt then moved my body to lean to the side and see, above me, several bodies hanging from the trees and their stomachs cut opened with their intestines spilling out. Much like the people back at that TV station.

I lay back on my front and try to get my knees under me to push me up but then one of the Scars grabbed me and shoved me down into the ground. I struggle under him as he put a noose around my neck, now my heart was beating fast. I tried to struggle to get out but the guy pulled the rope and started to pull me up into the air.

I flailed my legs around as I was pulled up from the ground and the second Scar came up and placed a bucket on the ground. The first guy grabbed my legs and placed my feet on top of the bucket.

I began to hyperventilate as the second Scar person removed their hood, revealing it to be a woman with these long gashes across both of her cheeks. She glares at me for a moment and pulls out her knife. "You are nested with sin." She said in a low, threatening voice. "Please, please." I whispered, tearfully, as she pulls up my shirt, revealing my stomach.

"No, no, no." I pleaded and she places the knife against my stomach. ​​​Shit, this is it. No... I thought as I felt the icy cold metal against my skin. "Free them...that they may know my--" she said but then we all hear a high pitched whistle not far from us. Her partner looks over at her then towards the noise before he runs off and she removes her knife off of my stomach and lowers my shirt.

Second later, I heard what sounded like a girl screaming and growling and thats when two of the Scars come up, holding a young girl. The woman turns to her as the two men bring the girl to her as the girl does her best to fight against their grip.

"Yara." The woman said and the girl stops fighting as the woman walks closer to her then bends down to her. "Where is the other apostate?" The woman asked Yara, my eyes darting between them. Yara then spits at the woman, who stays there for a moment before she stands up.

"Clip her wings." The woman ordered the two men and the men shove the girl down on the ground. "Wh-what are you doing?" I asked as the men hold Yara's arm down and the woman holds down her legs. Then the man that was holding Yara's left arm, pulls out a hammer from his pocket and starts to bash her left arm with the hammer.

"Stop! STOP!" I screamed as Yara screams out in pain. "Here." The first guy said as he hands it to his partner. The second guy raised the hammer over his head but before he could do anything, an arrow hits him in the cheek then another one hits him in the chest.

He falls over and I gasped as the man and woman look towards the forest. Yara grabs the hammer and hits the man in the cheek with the hooked end of the hammer then pulls it out.

The woman goes to shoot her but a third arrow flies through the air, narrowly missing the woman. She turns towards the forest and fires her pistol a few times. She backs up towards me as Yara gets up and holds up the hammer with her uninjured arm.

The woman aims her gun at Yara but then I swing my legs out and wrap my legs around the woman's neck. She aims her gun at me and pulls the trigger but she was out of bullets. 

I hold my legs tighter around the woman as she tries to struggle until Yara comes up and slams the hooked end of the hammer against the woman's temple before she falls over. The woman slumps and I let go of her but that made the bucket tip over and I had nothing to stand on.

Shit, shit, shit, shit! ​​​I thought, frantically, as I was now dangling from the noose, which was gripping tighter around my neck and it was getting harder to breathe. 

"Yara!" I heard a young voice shout and then a little boy comes out of the forest, looks at me then at Yara. He goes over to her and kneels down to her. "Yara, Demons are coming." He said as I began to gag and choke.

Everything started to go foggy as my vision started to turn blurry and my ears started to ring. I could vaguely hear Yara and the boy talk but they sounded so far away and underwater.

But then I fall to the ground and the grip of the noose loosened and I could finally breath again. I gasped and coughed for air as I felt my hands getting untied. I reach for my neck and pull off the noose and tossed it aside. I turn to the two kids then raised my hands, showing them I mean them no harm, as I stand up.

"Thank you." I said, appreciatively. "You one of them?" The boy asked me as he aims his bow and arrow at me. "The WLF?" I asked and he nods. "No. I'm an outsider." I replied and the boy stares at me. "Lev." Yara said and the boy turns to her then back at me before he lowers his bow.

I look over at the dead woman and pull out the hammer from her face then I look around the two men and noticed one of them had my backpack. "Fuckers." I growled as take my backpack off of him and put it back on. 

I turn to the two kids then go over to Yara. "Yara, was it?" I asked her and she nods as she holds her arm. I kneel down to her and looked at her arm, which she flinched a bit. "Easy." I said, calmly. "I'm not gonna hurt you. I just wanna look." I assured her and she stares at me for a moment before she holds her arm out to me.

"Damn." I muttered as I look at her arm then I look back at her. "I have a friend that's a doctor....Well, doctor in training. He can help you." I said and she gives me a hopeful look.

"Can either of you guide us out of the woods?" I asked them. "Yeah, I can." Yara said then she starts to get up. I go and help her up by taking her uninjured arm and pull her up to her feet. "You sure about this?" Lev asked Yara as he gives me a suspicious look. 

"Look, I know you two don't know me but I promise I won't harm you. I want to help you. Consider it my thanks for saving me." I explained and the two look at me. "After that, you two can go wherever you're wanting to go." I said to them then Yara turns to Lev. "Come on. Follow me." She said and we began to run through the forest.

"Here." Yara said as we make it out of the forest and back into the suburbs, which now the sky looked a bit brighter than it did in the woods but I could tell that the sun was going to set soon. "Okay...um....this way." I said as I point towards the direction I remember the boys and I took earlier. "What's your name?" Yara asked me. "I'm...(y/n)." I said and she gives me a soft smile.

We start to make our way back through some buildings when Yara stumbles and falls. "Yara!" Lev exclaimed as we turn to her and I go over to her. "I'm okay, I'm okay." She mutters but her injured arm looked like it was turning red. "That's not good." I said as I gesture towards her arm.

"Check over here!" A male voice said and the three of us jump. "They can't have gone far!" The voice said and Yara, Lev and I exchange looks. "Wolves." Lev mutters as he readies his bow and arrow and I pull put my pistol. "Watch your backs." I tell them. 

At that moment, a few WLF members come up then jump back once they see us. "Over here! Scars!" One of them shouted but Lev and I, quickly, shoot them down and we run as fast as we can.

"How you doin' over there?" I asked Yara as I see her holding her arm. "I'm...okay." she said, weakly. Then she starts to stumble and I go over to her and place her arm around my shoulder. "Hang in there." I tell her and we keep walking when we heard more WLF coming. 

"Fuck." I growled and we go into another abandoned building just as the soldiers yelled and started to fire. "Damn it." I said as we duck inside the building and lean Yara against the wall of the room. I pull out my pistol then look over at Lev. "Get ready." I tell him and he nods with determination and we peek out of the window.

Lev starts to fire an arrow at a male soldier, which hits him in the shoulder, while I fire my gun at a couple of soldiers. More started to come in and we just end up in a shootout until some of the soldiers started to fall over dead, without me or Lev shooting them.

"What's going on?" Lev asked and I shake my head. I look out the window just as I heard a familiar voice say. "Fuckin' assholes."

I gasped as I see Elliot, Jesse and, surprisingly, Joel walking out on the yard. "Who the hell were they shooting at?" Jesse asked and I stand up. "Probably more Scars." Elliot replied. "Then we need to keep an eye out if both groups are here." Joel said to the boys. 

"Joel!!" I called out, happily, and all three of them turn to me, their eyes widen. "Holy shit." Jesse mutters as I run towards Joel and tackle him into a hug and the two of us embrace. And I started to tear up and sniffle as I was so happy that Joel was alive cause I was afraid that he was dead. 

"Hey, it's okay." Joel whispers to me as he hugs me tighter then we break the embrace and I turned to Elliot, who had a look of relief on his face. "Thank God." He whispered as he and I hug. "(Y/n). Your neck." Joel said as Elliot and I break our hug and the others look at me as well.

"What? What is it?" I asked and Jesse walks up to me and looks me over. "Rope marks." Jesse remarks and Elliot starts to frown. "Did they try to...?" Elliot asked and I nod.

"But how the hell did you get out?" Joel asked. "I had help." I said then I gesture for them to follow me and I walk back into the building to see Lev kneeling down to Yara, who was starting to look even worse.

"(y/n), she's..." Lev started to say when he looks over at me then sees the boys standing behind me. "Watch out!" He said as he starts to load his bow and arrow but I raise my hands to him. "Lev, it's okay! These guys are with me. They're my friends." I said and Lev lowers his weapon. 

"Wait? Aren't they part of the Scars?" Elliot asked. "Seraphites." Lev corrects and I look at the boys. "They saved my life." I said and their eyes widen. "And this girl needs help." I said and I go over to Yara and help her up.

"Oh shit." Elliot mutters as he and the others see Yara's arm. "Those sick bastards bashed her arm with a hammer." I said and they stare at me before Jesse comes up to me. "Here, let me take her." He said and he takes Yara and starts to carry her.

"C'mon. Let's go." Joel said and Elliot and I lead the group back towards the theater.

Elliot knocks on the door and a second later, Daniel opens the door. "Did you guys...?" He started to ask but Jesse comes in, still carrying Yara. "The fuck?!" Daniel said then he sees Joel. "Joel! You're okay!" He exclaimed. "Hey, Daniel." He said as we all come in and Daniel looks over at us, confused. 

"What the hell? Who are these kids?" Daniel asked as Jesse sets Yara on the couch. "Daniel? Everything...?" Dina started to ask as she came into the area and saw all of us. "What's going on?" She asked and I turn to Daniel. 

"I need you to look at this girl's arm, please." I said as I point at Yara. Daniel look at me then at Yara, his widen as he sees her arm, before looking back at me. "I'll do my best." He said and he kneels down to her.
"What the fuck is going on?!" Dina asked and that's when I started to explain to them what happened.

"Shit! A hammer?!" Dina said, shocked, as Daniel looks at Yara's arm after I explained everything. "Yeah." I said just as Daniel touches Yara's swollen and red arm. "Can you feel this?" Daniel asked her. "No." she said, tearfully, and Daniel frowns. "The bone’s shattered. She has compartment syndrome." Daniel tells us.

"What does that mean?" Lev asked, nervously, and Daniel gives him a somber look. "What’s compartment syndrome?" Lev asked him. "If too much pressure builds up in your muscles, the blood can’t move in and out of the tissue." Daniel explains. "Tissue?" Lev asked, confused. "Kind of like the skin inside your body." Daniel said then he looks at Yara.

"And since she has compartment syndrome...It mmeansher arm has to come off." He said and Lev's eyes widen in fear. "She’s a soldier. You can’t take her arm!" He exclaimed. "We leave it, it’ll turn gangrenous." Daniel explains to him.

"Just make it stop hurting. Please." Yara cries and Elliot turns to Daniel. "What do you need?" He asked Daniel. "Ideally? A saw, sutures, clamps, antibiotics...But we’re far from ideal right now." Daniel replied. "We have knives. Fire. Cut and cauterize it." Jesse suggests. "She would die from infection." Daniel said and everyone looks down but I don't want to give up on this girl.

"Make me a list. I mean we were gonna go to the hospital anyway. I can get whatever you need." I said to him and everyone looks at me. "You still want to go out there after what happened to you?" Joel asked me as he nods at my neck.

I place my hand on my neck then closed my eyes for a moment then looked back at him. "I know you mean well, Joel, but I've got to do this. I owe these two that much. If it wasn't for them....I wouldn't be standing here." I said and Joel's eyes soften a bit at me. "I'll go with her. I know a shortcut to the hospital." Lev said. "I'll go too." Elliot said.

"Then I'm coming too." Joel said and Elliot and I turned to him. "You sure?" Elliot asked. "Well, I gotta make sure you two are safe." Joel said and I smiled. "Just like old times." I said and Elliot smirks. "Yeah." Joel said then we turn to Daniel. 

"We'll be back as soon as we can." I said and he nods. "You guys be careful." Jesse said and Yara speaks up. "Lev." She calls and he walks up to her. "May she guide you." Yara said to him as he places a hand on her shoulder. "May she protect you." he said. "I'll make sure she's safe. You have my word." Daniel said to Lev, who nods then he turns to us and I nod at him.

"Come on, boys." I said and we make our way out. 

"(Y/n), what are your friends' names?" Lev asked me as we walked out of the theater. "I'm Elliot." Elliot introduced. "And I'm Joel." Joel said. "Joel. Elliot. (Y/n)." Lev said as if he is processing this. "And those other people?" He asked as we continue onwards. 

"The other girl is Dina and the guy that was carrying your sister there is Jesse." Elliot said. "And the guy thats gonna help your sister is Daniel." I added and Lev nods. "Okay." He mutters and we walk though the street and through some buildings until we get up to a roof of one building and Lev speaks up.

"There it is! That’s the building we need to get to." He said as he points towards a tall building with a red cross on the side.
"‘Kay, we see it." Joel said and we walk on. "What happens if we can’t get the stuff your friend needs?" Lev asked us. "Uh...he’ll have to try and do the surgery with what we have around the theater. It’s not...That wouldn’t be good." Elliot explains.

"Do you think she’ll make it?" Lev asked us, worriedly. "We get these supplies...Yeah, she’ll…Have a good shot." I assured him. "Okay." Lev said as a small smile forms on his face. I give him a reassured smile and patted his shoulder. "Lead the way." I said and Lev nods and leads us the way.