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"NOnononNO"
This was not happening again why couldn't they just leave us alone. It's been days, why did they care so much about catching us. We were just a random group of teens that escaped.
I could see the guards riffling through our supplies from my spot perched in a tree. Why on earth couldn't they just leave us alone. It's not like we had many survival skills why wouldn't they just assume they could leave us out here to die.
Clamping my jaw shut to muffle the grunt of pain I crouched down on the branch hoping for a better position that didn't involve my knees grinding into bark and reopening my gashes yet again.
The stupid things refused to heal, now red and angry. Definitely infected and I could do nothing about it.
We have been traveling trying to find water but the stupid sentinels keep showing up uninvited.
Chris has a bullet lodged in his shoulder still from the last attack which has rendered his right arm useless. I know Ava is fine, just hungry like the rest of us. Scott and Kellen are pretty much fine too, they both have their fair share of bruises though.
I have no clue where anyone went now that I think about them.
Pulling my eyes away from the scentinal I started to scan the trees. I spotted Ava up in a different tree with Scott beside her. They spotted me looking and pointed at the ground.
Following their eyeline I saw Chris standing with his right side braced against a tree and peeking around at the sentinel still making himself at home in our temporary shelter. How on earth are we going to get out of this. This guy is going to radio for the rest of his squad any second now and we are going to be out of luck. Especially poor Chris who couldn't climb anymore due to his decommissioned shoulder.
BANG
The unmistakable sound of a gunshot pulled me out of my mental spiral with a violent jerk. I nearly broke my neck looking at the sentinel. But he was laying limp with blood pouring down his face. What on earth. Then Chris popped up and shoved the now deceased sentinel off of our supplies with his leg as he holstered a gun with his left hand.
Wait this was our chance, I quickly started to scramble down the tree. Wait were Ava and Scott following? Hopefully. Once my feet hit the ground i checked the tree where they were and seeing them also scrambling down I ran over to Chris who had also been joined by Kellen.
"Here take this we gotta go."
Kellen shoved a backpack onto my back and moved to shove one at Ava well hanging Scott a duffel bag.
"We gotta go"
Chris said as he attempted to buckle the strap between the backpack straps with one hand.
"They do role calls every fifteen minutes in the field and if they heard that they will initiate one within two minutes of the shot."
Finally situated myself I reached out and fastened the buckle for Chris simply nodding as he thanked me.
"Everyone really?"
Chris called out scanning our group. Somehow Kellen had shoved everything the scentinal had thrown around back into the bags and all we were leaving behind was him.
"Okay let's move, I already swiped his gun and his reloads so we have a bit of protection."
No sooner than we started moving away did the sentinels radio crackle to life.
"Unit A56 role call"
My blood ran cold as we all started sprinting away from the scene being sure to stay together as the radio chattered along behind us.
"Unit A56, all sentinels to sentinel S452 last known location"
Somehow the radio came loud and clear as I sprinted away.
Branches, bushes, and grass were all mowed down as I ripped through the forest. I won't go back with them. They can't make me.
"Hey. Kid stop!"
A sentinel screamed as he popped out of some bushes and started running after me.
"Leave me alone!"
I yelled back forcing my legs to keep moving smashing through another bush as I ran.
"I said stop!"
"No!"
Then I was face first in the dirt.
"Crap"
I grunted pushing myself up off the ground, me knees are bleeding again the skin torn open allowing more dirt to get into the wound.
Then I was whirled around and grabbed by the shoulders.
I'm face to face with the sentinel that was chasing me.
"No, let me go!"
I writhed around on the ground trying desperately to get out of the sentinel's hold.
"Amelia!"
Wait Chris, he was yelling from somewhere nearby.
"Chris, help!"
I screamed back.
"Amelia!"
He yelled again as the sentinel shook me so violently my teeth chattered.
"Chris!"
I yelled again. Somehow I managed to yank my hand out of the sentinel's grip and punch him square in the nose, knocking him backwards and off me so I could run.
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Felix reeled back crumbling to the floor of Amelia's room after she punched him square in the nose.
"You good dude?"
Chris helped the newly injured boy sit up on the far wall.
"Yeah, I'm fine wake her up. Sounds like she's having a flashback or something."
Felix groaned pinching the bridge of his nose just incase it decided to bleed.
"Amelia, come on. Its not real."
Chris caught the girls flailing arms, pinning her wrists together and shaking the girl a bit hoping to wake her up.
"Chris?"
She mumbled wiggling in her sleep. The girl was drenched in sweat clearly having been stuck in this nightmare for far too long.
"Amelia, wake up, its not real"
Chris tried again shaking the girl a bit more aggressively. She just flailed harder in response.
"Felix come hold her arms. Amelia wake up"
The boys situated themselves on the bed one holding her arms to stop her from flailing and the other holding her shoulders.
"Chris you gotta yell or something, This one is bad"
"Amelia!"
Chris yelled suddenly shaking the girls shoulder.
"Chris!"
She screeched in return as she rocketed up off the bed pupils blown wide as she hyperventilated. Tears started to pool in her eyes as the adrenalin came crashing down around her.
Chris quickly scooped the girl up in his arms, she had helped him through this before he was going to help her through it.
"Its okay, i know, i know"
Amelia sobbed into her hands from where she sat curled up in chris's lap. Continuing to drain her energy with broken sobs as chris gently rocked the pair. She was strong but the thing that would forever break her was their past. From the day they escaped to the day they were found by a hunting party those four months would haunt her forever.
"I dont k-know what happened."
The girl sobbed, refusing to look up from her hands even when felix tried pushing a wet washcloth into her hands to wipe her face.
"A-ava said she saw the boys and that they seemed o-okay but i started having night-nightmares"
She huffed out breaking down into more sobs. Chris reached one arm up and pulled her head down into his chest, tucking her under his chin as he continued to rock them. The two boys made contact over the girls head. Felix had never experienced what they had but he knew what they went through was as close to hell as you could get. It was evident he was doing his best to help the girl as he gently traced circles over her back to attempt to distract her.
"I know, sometimes you talk about it and the night terrors just come back. Its okay. We made it out"
"They didnt though."
She mumbled. Chris let out a sigh. He knew how she felt, he had lead the entire escape and one of his biggest regrets was that he failed to get everyone out. The two boys that were still trapped in the district he had tried his best to forget about, he knew he would do something stupid if he were left alone for too long thinking bought them. Then there was Nick who had escaped but never made it to the crater.
"You told me i cant blame myself for that. That means you cant either."
Chris hummed accepting the washcloth from felix, and tipping her chin up to wipe her face.
"I dont blame myself for their sacrifices. I just wish i could do more than the occasional visit to district 2. They deserve to be out here with us not trapped wherever the districts had them for all these years."
Amelia huffed pulling her face away and grabbing the washcloth to use herself.
"We didnt even see them- well devin until just last week, thats not good for our luck."
"Well we still need to try. Not everyone can send a message outside of their district like taylor."
"I agree but we cant do it right now, this winter is going to be bad. The elders told me theve never seen it get this cold so early."
"Yeah yeah fine but im bringing this back up with everyone in the crystal season. I finally can save someone we left behind and im not going to let it go."
She huffed before turning to Felix. Her expression turing to confusion at the small drip of blood visable under the boys nose as well as his slightly bloody hand.
"What happened to you?"
Felix blinked in surprise as amelia leaned forward using a clean corner of the wet washcloth to wipe the blood from under his nose.
"Well you punched me."
He deadpanned, obediently holding still as she fussed over his slightly bleeding nose as well as the blood on his right hand from trying to stop the bleeding.
"What!"
She yelped jumping off the bed and rushing out of the room. Only to return with a new washcloth which she used to quickly wipe the blood off his hand before she shoved a different cloth over his nose to prevent the blood from dripping down his face.
"What do you mean i punched you?"
Amelia questioned felix befor whipping around to face chris without letting him answer
"What does he mean i punched him?"
"Well like he said you punched him."
Chris spoke hiding his smile behind his hand as the girl fumed.
"Why are you laughing he got punched and i dont remember it!"
"Well you were asleep."
Chris laughed as Amelia hucked the wet washcloth she was holding at him. He tried dodging but ended up falling off her bed causing the two boys to laugh as chris laid on hs back on the ground.
"You both are the worst."
Amelia huffed as she helped chris off the ground. The pair simply chuckled as the group made their way out into the main room of the hut. Chris taking a seat on the couch, scooping up seriphina and plunking her onto his lap. Felix sitting on a barstool and amelia heading over to the sink where she plopped the washcloth before leaning over the counter.
"Okay, why did you guys come get me up?"
"Because i couldnt let you sleep all day and we have a lot to do."