[ 𝚂𝚞𝚗 & 𝚁𝚊𝚒𝚗 ] ~ 𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚡 𝙾𝙲

XVI - Nerd Talk

Bradley's Big Buy. Wasn't that the store that had the weird door thing happen to it a couple years ago? Where they just kinda. . .broke- Justin couldn't remember. Who knows if she couldn't figure it out because it wasn't really important to her when it happened, nor now, or if maybe, just possibly, it was because she'd just been attacked by a giant flesh monster for the second time. Probably the former. Why were they here again? 

As if answering her own thoughts, Justin watched as Rylie clutched onto her arm while also trying to guide a limping Twelve through to the medical supply aisle. Oh. Right. They'd been attacked by a flesh monster. Silly Justin, how could she almost forget. 

"Okay, get her down." Nancy instructed, as if she was doing anything but playing chauffeur.

Justin grabbed rubbing alcohol and gauze pads from the shelf, waiting for Rylie and Twelve to sit on the ground. "Sorry kid." Justin whispered as she rolled Twelve's pant leg up. Her leg was bleeding pretty bad, it was almost like black goo. 

"Oh, shit-" Max whispered. 

Twelve groaned, shutting her eyes and not looking at it. 

"Woah- Woah, hey what are you doing-" Max asked as she watched Justin open the bottle of rubbing alcohol. 

"Uhm. . .Cleaning it?" Justin looked at the redhead like she was dumb. 

"No, first, we need to stop the bleeding." The younger girl shook her head. "Then clean, then disinfect, then bandage." 

"You learn that from Lulu?" Rylie smirked, ignoring the pain in her upper bicep. Max nodded. "Then she must be right. Lucy's like. . .really good at cleaning cuts?" 

"Why would a ten year old be good at cleaning cuts." Justin mumbled, shaking her head and putting down the bottle. "Okay, what do we do?" 

Max put the gauze on Twelve's wound. "Mike, hold this." She instructed, showing him how to put pressure on the cotton. "Keep the pressure on it, nice and firm, okay?" She looked over to Will. "Do the same thing with Rylie's arm. We're gonna need water soap." She told the three older teens who all nodded. 

"I'll grab water bottles." Justin offered. 

"Jonathan and I will grab soap then." Nancy nodded, getting a slight scoff from Justin. The dirty blonde stood up, wandering off to the right to find water bottle packages. She found a whole section along the back wall filled with water bottles. She grabbed a 24 pack off the shelf and returned to where Twelve, Rylie, Will and Mike were sitting. 

Justin dropped her newfound water bottles down on the ground with a loud thud. "Hi." 

"Hi." Rylie gave her a slightly annoyed look. 

Mike glared before looking back at Twelve. "Does it hurt?" 

"Uh, not bad." 

"You're gonna have an awesome scar." 

Justin sat down beside Rylie, taking the gauze on her arm from Will. "Why don't you go help Lucas or Max?" Justin offered. Will nodded before hopping to his feet and running off to find his friends. 

"You'll look even more badass." Mike continued to tell Twelve. 

"Bitchin'."

"Yeah, bitchin'." 

"So. . .why is there a backpack and a pile of junk on the floor?" Justin tilted her head, looking just next to her and Rylie. 

"Lucas thought he might have something helpful." Rylie gave a soft nod, sucking in a sharp breath of pain.