[Off Path] | Oath of Lies ~ Newt²

[1.1] Lightning Storm

Everyone was tired, they had run out of most of their water and were trying to save as much as they could but the sun was starting to kill them. No one talked that day, they woke up and started walking. Soon enough the sun started to set, forcing them to stop for the night. They were in the middle of nothing, so they had to sleep on the hard ground. It wasn't a peaceful night, nobody slept well but at some point, Thomas woke up.

"Get up, Newt get up, come on let's go, Frypan, Aris. I see something."
"What is it?"

"See that? It's lights."
"It's the warehouse, we made it." Isa was still tired from not sleeping the night before. Thunder sounded from behind them, grabbing everyone's attention. Lightning, thunder, lightning, thunder.
"Let's go, we gotta go, come on, let's go." Everyone frantically grabbed their things before starting off in a sprint for the warehouse. Isa was in the back of the group, Casey close behind her. Shouts came from the boys but she couldn't quite hear them. The storm picked up, worse now, cars next to them getting struck by lightning. From a distance, she saw lightning strike next to the boys, sending Thomas and Minho flying, she couldn't see if they were hurt but Casey pulled her away to try and get inside. They were getting closer though they had been split up from everyone else, they were almost there when lightning hit a car on her left, sending her flying in the opposite direction. She landed on her hip sending a shock through her body. The wind was knocked out of her and her ears were ringing. Her vision was blurry and her body was in pain but she could feel someone lift her up and start running. It wasn't until they were inside when she realized who it was. Casey. He set her down on the ground and moved to turn on the lights, they had gone in a different entrance than the rest seeing as how they weren't with them. Casey came back over and ripped the arm of her shirt, uncovering the burns, it hurt to move. His lips were moving but she couldn't hear him so she reached up slowly, touching her ear to tell him she couldn't hear. He was panicked, he shook his head and continued on her other injuries. Casey had put some kind of cream over her burns, causing her to scream in pain even though she couldn't hear it, her breathing was heavy and tears were now falling freely. After bandaging what he could he moved on to her right side, where she had landed. Hesitantly he slightly lifted her shirt, only enough to see the bruising, he pushed down the waistband of her pants lightly, showing her hip. The bruises on her hip were worse. She winced at his touch causing him to jump back. He looked at her right in the eye before mouthing the words I'm sorry. From across the room, he grabbed something that looked similar to an ice pack, he placed it against her bruising causing painful groans to come out of her mouth. Slowly, her ears stopped ringing and her hearing started coming back. Under his breath, Casey was whispering.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

"Casey." His head shot up hearing her whisper. "Help me stand up." She moved to try and push herself up, wincing in the process, Casey tried to stop her.

"I don't think that's a good idea Is, stay down ok, you've got really bad injuries ok, please don't make it worse."

"Casey, I need to know where everyone else is, I just got them back and I can't lose them again."
"They're probably inside already, Brenda probably has them."
"I don't need probably Cas, I need positive."

"Then I'll go, I will go and find them then report back to you." She gave him a look. "And if I do that you're just going to get up when I'm not here anyways. Ok fine, but you lean on me and we go to Jorge as soon as we find them."

"Deal."