What if you woke up one day and everyone over the age of twenty two had just vanished from the face of the earth? How would you survive?
Eighteen year old Ember is faced with this harsh reality, supplies are running low, the world has shut down and...
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I should have known.
How could I have been so stupid.
It was all my fault what happened to Em, I rushed her away and didn't even think about her diabetes, I should've given her more time to at least make sure she had some insulin with her.
Cruze had managed to get her under control though, thank god. Zed had found some insulin they had gotten a while ago that they could give to her and now she was just sleeping it off. Luke and Cruze had assured me it wasn't my fault but it still felt like it. I had sent Luke to bed while I sat with H, occasionally I would sit in Ember's room for a while and then swap back, that's how it had been going for the last few hours anyway.
Just after 4am H moved, his arm twitched a little and then his leg, I kept my eyes trained on his face to see if he was waking up but after 2 minutes there was nothing.
However 10 minutes later it happened again and he slowly blinked his eyes open, he scanned the room before landing on me.
"Jax?" He questioned. His voice deep and rough.
"Yeah buddy, It's Jax, How are you feeling" I asked. He tried to pull himself up but winced in pain and shot his head back down against the pillow again. "Careful, you were shot"
"Shot?"
"Twice" I nodded. He looked around the room again, his eyebrows knitting together in confusion.
"Where am I? Where's Em?" He asked the question I was not looking forward to answering.
"Icarus Falls" I answer the easy one. "Want some water?" I pick up the glass next to the bed and hold it out to him but he just glares at me.
"Ember?" He growled.
"She's next door" I point to the wall where she's on the other side and he eyes me suspiciously. "She umm.... she..." I look at the ground and blurt out "Shehadadiabeticlowandpassedout"
"She what?" He yelled, he launched himself upright clutching at his chest.
"Calm down man, you're going to burst your stitches"
"I dont give a fuck" He spat "What is wrong with Em? And tell me the whole thing or I'll rip your nuts off" I knew he was going to be mad but holy hell, he had just cheated death and was now threatening to rip my balls from my body, geez.
"Just lay back down and I'll tell you everything" I sighed, he scowled at me for a moment but obliged anyway. "Before you go nuts again she's okay, Cruze has been looking after her but I rushed her away too fast and she didn't have time to grab any insulin, we weren't even thinking about that, It didn't even cross my mind. Anyway she's been too focused on you, not wanting to leave your side so much so that she wasn't eating so her blood sugar levels went too low"
"I told you to look after her" He sighed. He was right after all.
