THE REASON ━ glenn rhee ²

𝟐𝟑. unconscious woman

THE REASON

chapter twenty-three ; unconscious woman
[ season five – episode fourteen ]

DARKNESS WAS ALL she could see, feel, and hear. It was as if she was in some kind of void— but she knew all well she wasn't. She just wished she had been. She could hear the sound of her own heartbeat, beating away without her control like it usually did. Except, it was a quickened pace. Where she was, it was peaceful. If she could've stayed there any longer, she would have. She didn't want to leave just yet, but Earth had other plans.

First, Kloe's senses of touch came first. She was certainly lying on the ground, a few pieces of rubble pushing pressure into the center of her back. Her left arm was near her waist, but her other arm was extended out. The right side of her cheek seemed cold— like that also was against the ground.

Next came her sense of smell — God, it was awful. Every time she breathed, it was like she was breathing in nothing but pure ash. It burnt every time she inhaled. As her sense of hearing began to fade back, all she could hear was a loud ring and the squeak in her chest. She felt warm liquid down the side of her face, running off into her mouth and painting her teeth crimson.

There were muffled voices in the distance, was what it seemed. She had no idea that the muffled voices were next to her. What on earth had happened? Weren't her and her friends just partying over finding Micro-Inverters? She didn't even want to know.

She didn't even realize the heavy weight across her entire body. Something was atop of her — she had no idea what. Eugene rose to his feet after calling out to the others that he was okay. Glenn and Noah hurried over within an instant. Glenn held a worrisome look in his gaze, while Noah had the same. Everyone was coughing... except for Aiden, Tara, and Kloe.

"Eugene," Glenn was frantic, "where's Kloe and Tara?"

The scientific man turned off to the side after struggling to his feet. There were many boxes blocking his path from where Tara and Kloe were from, making him step forward in hope to look over and see that the two women were alright. His bottom lip trembled with fear as he slowly gaped across the wooden boxes. His face dropped tremendously.

Glenn watched the man's face fall, making his stressed out body leap to the side. He shined his flashlight that was clearly running low on battery in between the gaps of the boxes, despite the fact that a majority of them were missing. His eyes widened like bugs when his light landed on Tara.

Blood was everywhere surrounding the woman's head. There was a massive gash wound on her head, an excessive amount of blood pooling around her. "Is she breathing?" Glenn immediately asked. "Eugene, is she breathing?" he repeated after Eugene stood still for one singular second.

"I— I can't tell," he stammered, his next priority settling in his mind. He was scared for his friend, his heart proved that. His heart pounded heavily, the sound of it almost taking over his entire eardrum and any source of hearing. He had to find Kloe. Wherever the hell she had disappeared to, it couldn't have been far. The moment the explosion happened, she pushed him out of the way before something happened.