Us Against All Odds (En)

the attack

In times of pain and sorrow, I want to hold you close and cradle you, take your pain and make it mine. When you cry, I cry and when you hurt, I hurt.

Nicholas Sparks

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-"Okay, so now it's your turn," Maya said as she moved into position, ready to be 'attacked. Cameron had approached her and she had just had time to see his gaze change.

-Excuse me Maya..." he said as the blade pierced her.

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-"your father doesn't want you to have children."

Luckily Maya had good reflexes and felt Cameron change.
The blade had managed to enter her though.
The blow had been in her lower abdomen, but she had managed to hit her arm to stop it before the blade went any further.

A cry of pain was heard and Greg and another participant in the class came to take Cam's arms to pull her away from Maya.

Carina had run over, her wife was holding her lower abdomen, still standing.

She was trying to reassure her wife that the blade had not gone very far despite the amount of blood on her hands, which made the brunette panic.

She had turned around as Matthew had approached Cameron and struck him in the face:

- "What the fuck is wrong with you man?!"

Another man from the class had come over and put his arms around Matt to get him to calm down.

Carina in turn had started yelling at the policeman asking why he had done that, but not removing her arms which were against her wife. One hand on her shoulder and the other on her other forearm.

-"Lane knows a lot about me. He's blackmailing me. Taking for stabbing you will cost me less than taking for everything he knows about me."

- "But we fucking trusted you, Cameron."

- "You're a fucking asshole! You motherfucker! They were nice to you and you're..." Matthew was struggling. He was defending his sister, his new friend, his new friends, he was defending himself from these men.

- "Don't think it hasn't been hard for me. I didn't think I would get attached to you, but..."

- "there's no 'but' Stronzo!!!"

Help had been called and Maya's adrenaline was starting to drop.

-"Car-carina..." She said in a weak voice while Carina was still screaming at Cameron.

- "si Bambina?" she asked, changing her tone of voice dramatically and turning around, remembering that her wife was still conscious and there and in bad shape, and that she needed to focus on her rather than her attacker.

- "I... I don't feel well" was all she had managed to articulate before she lost her balance.

- "Mayaaa!" Carina had shouted before barely catching her wife by sliding her hand from her shoulder to the back of her head.

The hands of the blonde had left her lower abdomen. Immediately the Italian had helped her to lie down and had compressed the wound.

-"Matthew, can you help me?" Carina said, knowing full well that this would also calm the young man down.

-"Yes, of course," he said in a suddenly softer tone and stopped struggling.

Carina then looked at the man who was holding him and nodded for him to release him. Immediately the young man had come to crouch beside her new friends.