(DISCONTINUED) When the Crocuses Bloom

Chapter 16

Winter's POV:

I heard grunts as the person carrying me took a few steps, the shoulder digging deeper into my abdomen.

I needed to wake up.

Now.

I took a deep breath, calming myself.

It took a few tries, but eventually my eyes snapped open, the sight of grass below me.

"Umm, Sapnap-"

"I swear to XD George, if this is another false alarm-"

He was cut off by me lifting my knees and elbows into his back and stomach.

"Ah-" he fell to one knee, grip on me loosen enough for me to wiggle free.

I went to take a step, but the rope around my ankles sent me flying face first into the dirt.

Think fast.

I had a knife in my boot.

That'll do.

In a fraction of a second, I had brought my legs above my head and had somehow grabbed the knife.

Holding the blade between my legs, I brought my hands towards the rope.

Following the momentum of my arms, I got to my feet and started running into the charred forest around you.

"Ah!" A muffled scream escaped my mouth as an arrow embedded itself in my calf.

I stumbled at the sudden pain, but managed to stay on my feet.

I limped at a horribly slow pace through the trees.

Just as I thought I were losing them, I smacked straight into someone's chest.

I stumbled back and turned to go in another direction, but a hand was already from my elbow.

The man dragged me back towards Sapnap and George. I tried to wriggle free, but each time he just tightened his grip.

"Don't try that again"

Goddamnit Punz.

It took me five minutes to get out of Punz's grip.

Once I had broken from his grip, I started running in no specific direction.

I could barely see in the pitch black darkness and the pain in my calf was almost unbearable.

Almost.

In the darkness, I smacked into the trunk of a blackened tree.

I sunk to the floor, trying to get up but the charcoal below I keep shifting.

I heard boots crunch on the burnt wood.

A hand tugged I up by the wrists, which were still bound together.

"I swear to XD, Winter. If I try that again, I will not hesitate to knock you out."

But he wouldn't have to knock me out. I made that part easy for them.

The moment I got on solid ground, I yanked my wrists out of his hands.

I dropped to the floor and smashed my ankles into his.

He fell to the floor with a crash.

I stood up and started running again.

My breaths were becoming more and more laboured.

I was barely lifting my feet up anymore.

I took a step, at least I tried too.

My toes caught on the edge of a tree stump and I went crashing into the floor.

Then the world went black.

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