The Darkness Ignited (The Gifted)

Chapter 7 Part 1

Josh's Pov

I was sitting in the medical area talking to Mia when Esme came running in. She was panicked and out of breath.

She was trying to catch her breath as she said, "Leah...spy...she got stabbed...I need help,"

I jumped up, "Where?" I said adrenaline starting to course through my veins.

Esme motioned for me to follow her and started back down the hallway she came from. I looked at Mia who was now on her feet and pointed at her, "Stay here," I said then I ran after Esme.

I followed Esme into one of the common rooms where people hang out. Esme instantly went to where Leah was. She was on the floor next to the far wall. I ran over to her and quickly assessed her wounds. She had a deep wound that wasn't that long. Whatever she got stabbed with hit a major artery based on how much blood was coming out of the wound. I took a deep breath, my hands shaking from the adrenaline. I put hand hands over the wound and focused on closing the main artery. I could feel her body draining of blood, her pulse becoming weak.

The bleeding slowed a little bit but too much blood was still coming from the wound. Leah was starting to lose conciseness.

"Hey Leah, I need you to try to stay awake," I said, pushing more power into her wound.

Leah just nodded slightly, barely moving her head. Her face was screwed up in pain. I looked back to the wound as I heard Esme gently talking to her.

"Hey, it's going to be ok Leah. It's going to be ok." Esme said, quietly.

The wound just wouldn't close, no matter how hard I tried. It was like something was stopping my powers from healing her wound. I managed to close the main artery so she wasn't losing too much blood, and wouldn't bleed out right away but other veins had been punctured too. I hadn't even started checking her organs to see if they had been hit and judging from the position of the wound at least one most likely was.

I shook my head, there was no way that I could heal her by myself here. I needed to get her to the medical room.

I turned to Esme, "I need to get her to the infirmary, something is stopping my powers from working right. If I get her there I might be able to do more."

Esme nodded and looked back at Leah who's eyes were closed. She was still conscious but barely.

Esme helped me move her to the medical area. It wasn't easy to move her but we did it. 

When we got there Mia ran over "Oh my god what happened?" she asked. Esme and I gently put Leah on the bed, she was still just barely concise.

Esme responded to Mia before I could, "I don't know we were talking and I left to go get some wine that I found a couple of weeks back. When I came back in..." Esme motioned helplessly at Leah.

Mia nodded, "Can I do anything to help?"

"Uh, get Lorna, she uh... she should know about this," Esme said, her hands shaking. Mia nodded and left.

I put some gauze onto Leah's wound while they were talking and tried to stop the rest of the bleeding in the more conventional way, but it wasn't working.

I pressed my lips together. I glanced up at Leah to make sure she was still awake. She wasn't. "Leah, wake up," I said, shaking her a little. "Damnit"

Esme looked at me, "What? What happened?"

"She lost consciousness. We're running out of time." I started frantically searching for my phone. 

Esme looked at me like I was crazy, "Then why aren't you helping her?"

Caitlin had given me her number before she left and said to call her if my powers wouldn't work on a wound. I found the phone and started going to Caitlin's contact, "Caitlin gave me her phone number and said to call her if I need help and I need help."