The Fallen ➵Lahey

//In Which she's giving up//

And the world was gone - Snow Ghosts

"Layla! Can you hear me? I need you to wake up"I hear an unfamiliar male voice say as I open my eyes to meet a pair of brown ones.

"I'm Eric. You're safe now but we need to take you to the hospital"he says as I lay on a gurney in the class still. I look around to see it's just us and some cops. "Lydia, Where's Lydia?"I ask barley my voice raspy.

"Is that your twin?"he asks and I nod. "She went with the other paramedics but I've got to get you out of here. I 'll be right back"he says waking away from me. I slowly sit up trying to avoid the pain in my head and hop of the gurney nearly falling.

I slip out of the class stumbling through the hall. I feel so disoriented as I stumble through the halls that I can barely keep my eyes open. I move my hand to the back of my head where Ms.Blake hit me and feel blood.

"Bitch"I mutter as I stare at my bloody hand. I notice a bunch of people in the hall and spot Isaac looking distressed as Allison talks to him. I try to get myself together and walk.

"Isaac"I whisper and his head snaps in my direction. Him and Allison both run towards me as hot tears form in my eyes.

"She tried to kill me"I whisper as Isaac checks me over for wounds. "Are you okay?"Allison asks with worry and I nod.

"You're bleeding"Isaac says as he sees my hand. "We have to stop Jennifer"I say as Isaac pulls me into his chest and I hug him tightly.

"I should have gone to school today"he whispers. "It wouldn't have changed anything but I snuck away from the paramedic so we're gonna need to hurry for everyone starts searching for me"I say. "How's Lydia?"I ask worried.

"She has some bruising on her neck and they're taking her to a hospital down town because Beacon Memorial is being evacuated. "Allison informs. "The storms that bad?"Isaac asks looking out the window.

"It will be. And I overheard the EMT saying the Backup Generators might be too old to last if the power goes out."Allison says as I walk to my locker and pull out some wipes to clean the blood off of me.

I watch as Isaac and Allison talk while I clean myself up. I pull out a bottle of Advil and take two pills. I pull my hair into a ponytail to hide my wound and I dab some powder on my neck to hide my bruising.

The power suddenly goes out and I groan as I take a sip of my water bottle. I quickly shut my locker and rush to where I see Isaac.

Allison and her dad walk up behind us and we follow him out the school to his car. "I'm gonna take my car"I say to Isaac and he looks at me. "What? No, it's not safe"he says . "I'll be fine but we've got to stop Jennifer"I say as I walk away from him to my car.

I get in and start my drive to the hospital. I turn the radio on as I shiver from the rain. The radio starts to buzz so I tap it but it doesn't work and I hear heavy breathing.

"The fight is within you, child. One will sacrifice all" a voice says from the radio making me slam on the breaks and stare at the radio in horror.

"Hello?"I call into the radio like a lune. "Layla, Layla, Layla"the voice chants making my eyes widen. "What do you want?"I ask.

"You must fight because what's coming will take everything you have. You have to fight for what you want and for what you believe in"the voice whispers making me frustrated.

"Why is this happening to me"I say to myself. "You must choose the boy or your destiny"the voice says and I instantly know it's talking about Isaac. I start the car up and start to drive.

Suddenly I feel my car start to spin out of control and I scream as it flips over and the glass shatters. All I can think about is how my mom is gonna kill me. I hear and ambulance stop. "Hello?"A voice calls as they rush to my side.

"Layla!"the voice I recognize as Eric's. "I'm accident prone"I manage to joke and he laughs as he pulls me out my car and carries me to the ambulance where his partner helps him set me onto the gurney.

"I'm sorry for running away"I whisper as my eyes start to close. "Everything is gonna be alright. I just need you to stay with me"he says as I begin closing my eyes.

I open my eye to see a little girl with long strawberry blonde curls like mine jump roping in front of me as I stand on the sidewalk.

"Cinderella dressed in yella went upstairs to kiss her fella, made a mistake, kissed a snake. How many doctors does it take? 1, 2,3"the little girl sings as she jumps.

"Layla, mommy says it's my turn"a girl exactly like her says running to her. This is Lydia and I , I smile at the memory.

"But daddy bought it for me"the younger version of me cries. "For us to share"Lydia corrects and mini Layla huffs as she chucks the jump rope at Lydia and runs down the sidewalk where she spots a curly haired boy with a spider man comic book in his hand and his juice box in the other.

"What do you want?"Layla asks the boy as she puts her little hands on her hips. He looks up at her with fright and her eyes soften as she runs up to him. "I'm sorry"she whispers to him and gently takes his comic book.

She flips through the pages looking at the cool pictures. "Spider Man is cool"she says to the quiet boy. "I like Snow White better though"she adds as he just stares at her. "That's my sister over there but she's being mean"Layla points to Lydia jump roping.

"Do you have siblings?"Layla asks and the boy nods. "Here"Layla says as she pulls out a lollipop from her skirt pocket and hands it to him making him smile. "Thank you"he says speaking for the first time and she nods.

"Mommy says sharing is caring"Layla smiles. "Isaac, come back"a voice yells breaking the two apart. "Bye, Isaac"Layla smiles.