Periodicity

•Twelve•

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Gabby's POV
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February 2nd

What's that smell?

My head feels so hot right now. The sensation slowly flows down the back of my neck, down my back and travels to the tip of my fingers. I flinch as it does—or try to.

I feel myself moving but when I look down, every part of me is still. The feeling is so outer body.

The cough I let out immediately makes my throat ache. When I squeeze my eyes shut and shoot my eyelids open, that's when I realize my blurry sight.

Then my minimal hearing.

Things slowly begin to register and by the time my vision becomes clear, all I can see is broken glass and smoke. I turn my head to the side and the door is completely caved in on my leg. The car is laying on the driver's side from what I can see-and feel.

I'm hanging slightly from the ground. My left side is barely rested on the door.

The taste of blood is poignant in my mouth.

I turn in the other direction, the immobility of my neck hindering my movements.

Jade

Jade?

"Jade," I manage to mumble. She's hanging above me from the passenger side.

So much blood coming from her head. So much happening but still, I can't hear a sound. "Jade," I say again. My brain sends signals to my body to try and touch her but the dots just don't connect.

I'm stuck.

"Jade answer me, please," I try to say a bit louder. She doesn't budge. I mean...at all. I don't even see her chest move up and down the way it should.

I'm panicking.

"Jade, please," I say again before going silent.

Justice

My baby...no.

I don't even register the sharp pain that shoots through neck until I've completely whipped my head around to the back of the car.

"Justice," I turn to find an empty car seat. My heart leaps out of my chest. I try to slow down my breaths but I can hardly focus on my breathing.

"Justice?" I say again.

I look around the back of the car and it's completely empty. The door facing the sky is wide open and the back door behind my side is also caved in. I immediately begin to hyperventilate as I try to unbuckle my seatbelt.

This time, the dots do connect.

I struggle to unbuckle myself and I can feel my chest caving in on me.

"Help!" I scream for someone to come to my aid. I can't hear nor can I see Justice. The worst things come to mind and all of my motherly instincts over power any sense of pain I should be feeling right now.

"Jade?" I give up on the belt for a second and try to shake Jade once more. She still does not budge. Set off in complete trepidation, I scream loudly. We need help.

I need to get to someone.

"Someone please!" I scream. My hysterical cries are silenced once I hear the sound of footsteps approaching me. The footsteps are loud and slow. My breathing slows as I focus on them. "I'm stuck. I need help...and my baby-

The person approaches the car and I can see their body but their face isn't visible.

"My niece is unconscious," I try and help him assess the situation so he can move accordingly. "Please call an ambulance," I say but he doesn't say a word.