Flicker ~ newt

7. Stung

Elaine

"I need firewood Laney."

"It's shucking freezing out there though!" I protest

"Please." He looks up at me with those brown eyes I love so much.

"Fine but I'm taking the greenie as a pack horse." I say turning on my heals grabbing the greenies arm.

"By all means." I hear him say behind me.

as we open the door we are already being buffeted around by the wind.

The sun is low in the sky trying hard to peek through the clouds.

It looks like it's going to rain.

"Why did you want me to come with you?" Calls the greenie even though he is right next to me the wind snatches away his words so I only just catch them.

"Isn't it clear? I didn't want to suffer alone." I say pointing in the direction of the forest and pulling my jacket tighter around my shoulders.

The trees are sheltered, so we have a brief rest from the biting wind.

"There." I point at a pile of dry sticks under a tree signalling for him to pick them up as I'm busy with some other sticks.

"So..." he says from behind me.

"So?" I ask turning to him. He isn't looking at me but instead walking around picking up sticks while he talks.

"So what's up with you and Newt?"

"Where is your filter greenie? Don't you wanna ease into it?" I ask spluttering.

"Nah no time, so what's up with you two."

"I honestly don't know. Ever since I came into the glade he has felt so familiar to me, like i knew him before,"

"Before what?"

"The glade. It's like I can feel this connection or something but I don't remember how it got there, do you know what I mean?" My face is burning red but I ignore it grabbing more sticks and shoving them into the greenies waiting hands.

"I mean I guess?"

I hear something behind me and whip around seeing ben standing there.

"Oh hey ben! Did you need something?" I have an uneasy feeling in my stomach.

"I saw you." He isn't looking at me, he it starring at the greenie.

"Ben? What's going on" I take a step closer to him placing my hand gently on his shoulder.

There's something wrong with him, his mouth is frothing, his body is shaking like a leaf and there is a line a blue veins on his neck keeping up onto his jaw and cheek. He doesn't look like himself..

"You ruined everything!" He charges toward the greenie, pushing me hard against the ground I feel my head crack painfully against something then I'm turning looking to see Ben on top of the greenie.

"El!" He calls then a scream of pain rips out of him as Ben pierces his arm with his finger nails.

I grab the first thing I can find. A heavy stick I hit Ben with it hard and he falls.

"Run!" I yell and we both turn and run, through a gully and over some fallen down trees, I can see the light of the homestead in the distance.

"What the hell is wrong with him?!" Yells the greenie only a foot ahead of me.

"I have no idea!" I yell back.

I feel my feet get pulled out from under me, I fall reaching out for anything grabbing the greenie all three of us topple down a hill I land hard and my breath is pushed out of me.