It wasn't me.

Part 16

POV Gabriel

"Let's go. Now." I growl into Madeline's ear as soon as Rage disappears. I grab her arm roughly and drag her through the crowd to the room she changed in. Blake and Darian follow silently after me. We enter the back room closing it quickly. I drag her over to the couch and drop her on it. "Spin around."

"Why?" She asks looking at the three of us confused. Blake rolls his eyes.

"You're back. It's all cut up and bleeding. Everywhere." Her eyes widen in realization and she quickly spins around for us. I can't see any of the cuts due to all the blood. It just keeps coming out. Darian grabs towels for us, and Blake grabs the first aid kit. I clean her back gently with a towel. She sucks in a few breaths at the pain and winces every now and then but other than that she's quiet as I work. Theres still blood, buts it's not as bad as before and I can see the cuts more clearly now. She's got lots covering her whole back. It's all scraped up and bleeding, but thankfully won't be needing any stitches. I grab the alcohol and pour it down her back. She jumps and lets out a scream and whimper before quieting down. I wipe the rest of her back, put bandages over it, and stand up.

"D-done?" She whispers dearly in pain.

"No. Turn around, you've got a cut in your eyebrow that might new stitching." She sucks in a breath and turns around. There's blood dripping down her face and her eyes are filled with unshed tears. I work quickly. I wipe her face before putting some alcohol on a cotton ball and pressing it against the cut through her eyebrow. She whimpers and a tear rolls down her cheek. Blake thumbs it away before stepping back again. I start on the stitches quickly. She yells twice and whimpers throughout the process but doesn't say anything. Tears roll freely down her face, pain clear in her features. I don't realize the door opens until a familiar voice rings out.

"Hey gu-" Rage starts before stopping. "Shit. I was going to ask Gabriel for help on my own injuries but I'll come back later."

"Stay. Darians good with it. He can help with the ones on your face, and I'm assuming your back is in the same condition as hers was?" I ask not looking up. I continue with the stitches on Madeline's eyebrow. She whimpers loudly when I mess up and look at Rage. The needle going right into the wound.

"Sorry." I grunt. She doesn't say anything, just gives me a soft hum as tears continue rolling down her face. Rage sits beside her on the couch. I don't look at him again though, instead focusing on the last part of the stitches. I finally finish and Madeline lets out a relieved sigh.

"Got anything for the pain?" She groans.

"Mm. Painkillers should be in here somewhere." Blake mutters. He moves around for a bit searching through some things before appearing with a bottle. He passes it to Madeline. I move around the two of them to get to Rage. Darian is kneeling in front of him cleaning his face of the blood to his face more clearly. Once he's done we see a cut on his eyebrow, lip, and the bridge of his nose, where the blood was clearly coming from.

"Move." I tell Darian. He listens and stands up letting me tend to Rage. "Spin around."

                  "Uhm.. why?" He asks looking at me confused.

                  "I need to clean your back, dumbass." Rages lips part in an 'o' before doing what I told him to do. He spins around on the couch sitting cross legged. His back is full of blood and bleeding but it's not as bad as Madeline's was. I work quickly cleaning his back and putting bandages over the parts that need it. I stand up again.

                 "Spin around again." He grunts and does as I told him. He brings his legs down widening them so I can stand between them. I clean up the wounds on his face and put a bandage on his eyebrow and nose.