Pentatonix and the Recovery

Kailyn's POV {Chapter 4}

I woke up to a loud explosion. Curious, I calmly and painfully uncovered myself and repeated the process of getting onto my feet that I had done earlier. Kirstin wasn't beside me, so that made me wonder if she had gone to bed herself or was downstairs. Every fiber in my body hoped that Kirstin was downstairs, safe with Scott. I had no idea what that noise was and in my mind, it was bringing back fateful memories of hearing two gunshots and a cry of pain from Mitch. That cry was something that I never wanted to hear again, but with Victoria and Zac still on the streets, it made me fear that it wouldn't be the last time. I repeated the steps and got onto my feet. This time, my legs weren't as wobbly as before, so that must mean that I was actually starting to heal some. My legs weren't shaking, so that allowed me to start taking medium strides. I quickly reached the window and then I turned when I heard a cry of distress from Kirstin. The cry was clearly not heard by anyone besides myself. Kirstin! That's when I realized that the house was on fire. Ignoring the pain in my legs, I went to run to the door, only to stumble and fall to the ground. Pushing myself back to my feet, I stumbled all the way to the door, burning myself on the metal doorknob. I cried out in pain as I pounded on the door. I could hear Kirstin coughing and that made me pound harder. Soon smoke seeped into my room, which made me cough. Kirstin! Please be okay! I cried silenlty as I stopped hearing coughing from her room. Kirstin! No! Please no, please. I could feel the flames coming through the door, and I winced as the burning pain started. I decided to cry out.

Me: K-Kirstin, are you there?

I recieved no response from my friend, making tears form in my brown eyes. Is Kirstin dead? I asked myself as I cried out for help then the cabin creaked. Kirstin! Are you there? I tried to cry out again, but was cut off as burning pain told me that the flames had reached me completly. I then heard Scott cry out in pure terror.

Scott: Kailyn's still in there!

His voicew was high with distress and it made me shiver despite the heat from the fire. The last time that I had heard his high-pitched voice was right before the stage collapsed with me on it. He had cried out in a high voice trying to get me off the stage, was he mad at me too? I never meant to not listen to him. I should have listened to my friend, plus Scott's a singer for crying out loud! Singers ought to know when it's not safe to go onto a stage and Scott had tried to warn me, but I was an idiot and refused to listen to him. Mitchell Grassi! I am an idiot, and there is nothing that you can ever say that will change my mind! I wailed silenlty as I waited for death to finally take me. I should have died in that car accident, I should have died from falling on my injured side, I should have died from that dart in my shoulder, I should have died when I was stabbed with a sewing needle, I should have died in that hail storm, I should have died in the stage collapse, I should have died when Victoria attacked me with Kirstin watching in horror from the saftey of the window, I should have died on that floor of this cabin when I fell down the stairs when I was alone, I should have died sometime while I was kidnapped, but here I am alive. Why am I not dying when I am supposed to? Some could argue and say that I have a bad habit of not dying when I'm supposed to, like Zac and Victoria. When the house creaked again, embers fell on me, making me cry out in pain.

Me: H-help!

I then listened in horror and terror as Kirstin cried out in pure agony and grief and Mitch cried out.

Mitch: Scott, no!

Oh no! Scott's coming to get me! I longed to cry out to him to forget me but my cries wouldn't be heard above the roaring of the flames. I then heard Scott's weak, yet strong voice outside my door. He came anyway.

Scott: Kailyn, are you in there?

Unable to speak, I pounded on the door then coughed. My brown eyes closed in weakness as Scott kicked the door down. I weakly lifted my head when Scott rushed to my side.