I don't need your help | Raven Reyes

pt14- not for you

I was tied to a pole, my arms above my head and I couldn't move. In front of me, I saw myself attempt to hold down my screams as the red hot metal sliced into my skin. I felt sick to my stomach.

My eyes shot open as an excruciating pain coursed through my veins, starting at my stomach wounds. I gripped my arms around my front and let out a loud grunt. I must have rolled over because I suddenly fell to the ground with a loud thud. "Arghh!" I grunted once more. I was in too much pain to notice anyone come near me, "May? May, what's going on?" I couldn't answer. "Clarke!" I heard the retreating footsteps and some more shouting from outside, another few seconds passed and two pairs of footsteps returning. "May!" I was still clinging to my front and rolling on the floor desperately trying to ease the pain but it wasn't working. "Everyone out!" I heard Clarke order. I heard her ask me something again but I was struggling to listen. I strong pair of hands gripped my wrists and pulled my arms away from my stomach. I opened my eyes just enough to see Bellamy holding my arms to my side on the floor. "Get the fuck off of me!" I managed to shout. "I'm only trying to help!" I felt someone carefully lift up my shirt. "Oh my god." I heard Raven say. She had been the one to get Clarke and refused to leave until she knew I was ok. "May, I'm going to cut your shirt off, ok?" My teeth clenched to stop myself from swearing.

My shirt was ripped down the middle and pulled off of me leaving me in only my bra. I lifted my head off of the floor just enough to see the large bubbles that had formed on my skin, They looked a yellowish-white colour and seemed to be leaking pus. I closed my eyes and rested my head back on the cold floor. "The wound is infected, if it gets into the bloodstream it could kill her..." As if my body could hear what she just said, my vision went black as my eyes rolled to the back of my head, I could feel myself shaking but I couldn't control what I was doing, I slowly slipped into unconsciousness.

When I woke I could feel a weight on my thigh, when I looked up I could only see the long brown hair that was tied up in a ponytail. "Raven?" I mumbled. She opened her eyes and lifted her head off of my leg, "Hey..." She grumbled back wiping the sleep from her eyes. "How long have I been out?" I asked. "Only a few hours." She paused and glanced at my still exposed stomach except for a few bandages that had been wrapped around me. "Why didn't you tell us what happened? why didn't you ask Clarke to check it as soon as you got here?" She looked me directly in the eyes and looked as if she was about to cry. "It wasn't a big deal." We still held eye contact and I could feel a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. Was I going to throw up? "Not a big deal? Murphy told us what happened, and that doesn't sound like not a big deal!" She raised her voice slightly. I couldn't bare it anymore so I looked away and focused on the ceiling above me instead as I was still lying on my back. "I don't want to talk about it..." It was true, I couldn't bare to think of it and I just wanted to keep my mind busy. "Ok fine, I'm sorry," She said, raising her hands in surrender.

"Just please tell me something to distract me." I almost begged. She looked at me in surprise by the pleading in my voice. "Ok..." she paused in thought, debating what to say. "I officially ended it with Finn last night when he came to speak with me." I slowly sat up trying not to move my stomach too much. "Finally! It's about time you moved on." I replied. "Yeah well, he didn't wait very long for that, he left with Clarke about an hour ago to go hunting." She sounded hurt. "Ok? So what? Just go do the same." I stated. She looked up at me. "What?" "Whilst they are out of camp you can keep busy with someone else." Her features then flooded with disgust. "Ew no! Who would I even do it with?" "Oh please! Have you seen the way everyone looks at you, any one of them would take you to bed if you gave them the chance!" I grinned at the flash of surprise on her face. "Really? You think I should do it?" I nodded. "Yeah, you need to move on and what better way is there than to have a one night stand!" She smiled at me and I shoved her shoulder with my hand. "Now leave me alone I need to get some sleep..."