ꜰɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ || ᴀᴘᴘʟʏ

Chapter 5

Ruby takes a swing with the hand she has formed into a fist and hits the wall. Behind her, someone gasps in shock, but unlike what everyone thought, the 'wall' falls apart and lands on the floor. "Cardboard.", Romeo explains with a laugh and looks at the shocked faces of the others.

"Did you really think I was going to let Ruby get hurt?" he asks in spit-shock, looking at the group. "No, but we didn't expect that either," Astrid says and looks at the floor where the cardboard is lying.

"And if some people want their privacy?" asks Adeline. "Then we'll just put up curtains and you'll have your privacy, but if you can, don't be too loud," says William and is looked at in surprise by Juniper and Adeline at the same time. While James looks first at William and then at Adeline, laughing. "We certainly won't," says the blonde haired one, looking witheringly at William.

After a moment of silence, Juniper clears her throat and William's gaze is on her. "I didn't know you could make such clever suggestions, are you sure you're healthy and really William? Maybe you got infected or possessed by a ghost?" she says, looking thoughtfully at William. He looks at her confused and then laughs briefly. "Dream on, sometimes I can be clever too," he says.

"Good, then we can clean this place up, can't we?" asks Emily to the group, getting nods of agreement from the others. "We need to get some light in this room first, more than that from the torch. I'll hook up the generator with the lamp in these rooms," Romeo says and makes his way to the generator, which is almost at the entrance of the bunker.

"And we'll get something to clean," Natalia says, looking at Josephine, Ruby and Scarlett. The three nod and follow the other. The others stand there for a moment looking after the others. "Astrid, Juniper and I, we could look for curtains, couldn't we?" suggests Adeline, looking questioningly at the other two. "Take Emily with you and I'll help here," Astrid says. "In case my boyfriend doesn't know what to do again," she says, smiling triumphantly. Adeline nods and the three go back to the group's common room.

"How does it feel to be the only woman among so many men, beautiful?" asks William, looking at Astrid who is rolling her eyes at him. "Can you do that again? Looked really beautiful." "Ok, don't do that. She's my girlfriend, so get your hands and eyes off her," devon says angrily, his eyes a lot darker than normal.

William's gaze moves from Astrid to devon. "It's fine, I would never touch your girlfriend. Unless I had your permission," he says calmly and looks challengingly at Devon.

Astrid, is the biggest weak point in Devon's life. Not that he regrets, quite the opposite, yet it's like Emily and Romeo or James and Adeline, what you love you have to protect and they all do. They are all a family, each with their past, with their weaknesses and strengths, and yet they all complement each other. They can laugh together, but when it comes to someone like Astrid in this situation, they are more like warriors, fighting with each other to protect everyone they care about.

"It's not my decision if you can touch her. Even if I 'allowed' you, she would have to agree with you," Devon growls and takes a step towards William.

"Okay, that's lig- What's going on here?" asks Romeo in shock, just coming into the room. "William provoked Devon.", Oakley says, watching the whole thing from the sidelines. "Okay, guys.", Astrid says, looking at William. "I'm happy with Devon, so stop provoking him and make yourself useful. Clear the couch and the cupboards out of the room." she says, looking penetratingly at him. He just nods and pulls James and Oakley with him to carry the couch out, which looks more like a pile of junk than a place to sit. There are holes everywhere and the colour it had back then is barely visible, if at all.

"Are you all right, sunflower?" devon asks gently, turning to Astrid. The latter nods and smiles slightly. "Calm down, you know he's just trying to provoke you. And help with the cupboards," she says firmly before turning to Romeo.