We Aren't Safe Here(BwWm)

Chapter 33

Amora's Pov

The waves of the river pulls us down the stream and in a circle then pushes us out the opposite way
As the wind whips past us we move faster down the current
If I could describe the feeling of being jostled down a rock and tree filled river , in a boat with no seatbelts
I would describe it as one of those scary video games where every thing is grey and dark and whenever you smash into something vibrations will buzz out through the controller
Except this is real life and we can't press pause instead we have to sit through this horrifying experience.
We all squish closer together in the middle
I look over at the angry waves as I lean closer to the edge, it looks pretty deep now.

Earlier before the wind picked up the waves were much more shallow
But now if someone where to fall in, I don't think you could get out.
I sit back and tuck my legs under the seat when I kick something
I reach under and pull out an emergency pack
"Yes!" I say as I pull out two flash lights and a thermal blanket along with a first aid kit and a flair
I unwrap the blanket and toss the other side to Jenny so we can use it to shield us from the rain
"How far can you guys see out there?" I yell back at allister as another gust of wind hits us
"ITS PRETTY DARK, WE CANT SEE TOO GOOD."
"I FOUND SOME FLASH LIGHTS!" I yell back and hand one to Jenny
"FLASH IT AT THE RIVER SO THEY CAN SEE!" I tell her
We both turn the lights on and shine it past Dante and at the river
And just as we do we spot a large tree mere feets in front of us
"SHIT HOLD ON!" Allister and Dante stab their paddles into the water and push us to the right past the tree
The force cause our backside to shoot out slamming into the tree sending us hydroplaning through the water
We go spinning and we all hold onto our seats for stability
"LIGHT! WE NEED LIGHT!" Dante yells out
Jenny and I both flash our lights As we continue to spin.
As we come to a stop, we now face backwards and all we can feel is our back dipping in as we fall through what is a small water fall
Allister reaches out gripping onto my waist holding me down in my seat
We crash into the bottom and water splashes us soaking us even further
The waves pull us down the right side and we continue on our way
I sit gasping and gripping my chest
...wow
I never want to do that again.
I look back at allister to make sure he's okay he releases me and goes back to paddling us through the river
Our flashlights go back up lighting our path.
We all stay quiet
All equally as stunned from our lives flashing before our eyes
The only sound you can hear is the whistling of the wind, the creaking of the boat , and the raging river
****
After what felt like hours the wind calmed down
We were all still and quiet.
Every-once in a while we would past by a zombie caught in the current but other than that nothing exciting
But as we came close to the end our ride a loud crack of thunder rings through the sky startling all of us and with that the rain and wind picked up once again speeding up the stream.
Dante an Allister try their hardest to fight against the stream to slow us down
We bump against Rock after rock giving us whiplash.

(A/N: play last words of a shooting star - Mitski)

My teeth begin to shiver and my finger feel numb from the frosty air.
I squeeze in tighter against Emi wrapping my hand around her waist, When her head falls forward limply
My eyebrows furrow
I can't believe she passed out from the ride, I mean it was scary and now there's thunder, but still...

"Emi, it's okay, it's only thunder." I say as another bolt dances through the sky with a boom
I shake her shoulder
"Emi?" I shake her harder
I flash my light on her
Her skin is a pale grey, and her lips seem cool blue
"Emi , what's wrong, are you okay?"
I place my finger under her nose to feel fading shallow breaths
When she still doesn't wake I frantically pat my hands down her body
When my right hand squelches as it makes contact with her right side.
I flash my light closer as I pull my hand back to see it covered in cold red blood.
I gasp as my eyes start water
"Emi, WHATS WRONG? WHAT IS THIS?!" I sob as I place my hand back to her side and she winced still unconscious.
I lift her jacket up to see
Her side nicked open with a giant jagged cut
My lips quiver "...Jenny, JEN HELP!" I reach over and grab Jen's thigh to get her attention.
She snaps out of her sleep like trance
"What?" She lifts her head and her eyes go wide when she catches my bloody hands on Emi's body.
Her hands go to Emi's face trying to wake her
My hands shoot to the bag under my seat and I wildly dig for the first aid box
I snatch it out and open it searching for anything that will stop the bleeding, my tears drip down my face as I sniffle.

Why didn't I notice something was wrong?

I gasp again as I hand the gauze over to jenny
"Here."
She takes the Gauze and just before she places it over the wound she freezes
"Give me some light!" I pick up my fallen flashlight and shine it over the wound
Jenny leans closer as if seeing something before reaching out to snatch the first aid box off my lap she digs through before pulling out a small bottle of alcohol
She douses her hand with it before shoving her index and thumb into the wound.
Emi wakes up with a ear shattering scream
"WHATS GOING ON ?" Allister yells through the storm and Dante briefly turns back to look at us.
"It's Emi..." I say crying harder
Jenny gasps as she pulls out a small bullet buried underneath the uncut skin of the wound
"...She was...shot." I choke out
Tears fall down Emi's bloodshot eyes
She grunts again as more blood pools out her cut .
"Hey-Hey it's okay " I say grabbing her hand
"I'm right here." I wipe my tears again
She squeezes me back and whispers into my ear "I'm s-sorry" before passing out when Jenny places the gauze on the wound with firm pressure
Her head lays heavy on my shoulder
She looks even worse then she did before.
Her skin devoid of almost all color And her skin ice cold, not like my usual bright, warm girl...

I place my hand over her wet hair patting her head.
"Your gonna be okay, I promise." I place my lips on her freezing forehead.

My tears seem to have forgotten how stop.

Here a treats for you all, an extra chapter, well not really a treat... poor Emi :(