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Natalie had been looking around for Veronica, her eyes were wandering in every direction, rushing over when she saw Van supporting a limp Veronica. 
"Woah, Van what happened?" she helped grab the brunette, gently lowering her to the ground. 
"She just passed out, the smoke? Blood loss? I don't know," the red head exasperated. 
"Van!" Taissa jumped on the girl, hugging her tightly. 
Natalie watched as the two hugged, examining each other for injuries. 

Natalie lightly hit the girls cheeks, "Veronica! Veronica wake up!" 
Natalie looked down, seeing the blood that was being sourced from the cut coming from her stomach. 
"Misty!" 
The poodle hair girl ran over, pushing Natalie out of the way. 
"I need bandaged and something to disinfect it," she ordered, Taissa was already running over, ripped pieces of fabric and a bottle of something Van had found in Jackie's bag. 
Natalie took a deep breath, staring down at Veronica, Taissa sat beside Natalie, observing Misty begin to patch up her best friend. 

"She saved my life, Tai," 
Taissa looked over, "She's going to be fine, Nat. Freaking out and thinking of the worse isn't going to-" 
"Oh son of a bitch!" Veronica shouted as she felt a horrible burning in her side, forcing her out of her unconscious state. 
"Ah, see, there she is, always making an entrance," Taissa teases. 
Veronica let out a cough, looking around, "Holy shit, how long was I out for?" 
"5 years, we're robots now," Natalie looks at the girl, a smile tugging on her lips. 
"Very funny," 
"Only a few minutes. Really it was a bit dramatic if you ask me," Natalie teases again. 
Veronica goes to respond, but bites her tongue as Misty continues to clean the gash on her stomach. 

"Here, squeeze my hand," Natalie offers it, the brunette takes it, holding it like a lifeline. 
Misty tightly secures the bandage, then rushing back over to help Coach. 
Veronica sits herself up, standing up. 
Her and Natalie walked over, Veronica stared in horror as Misty approached the man with an axe. 

Before anyone could stop her, Misty swung it down, chopping off the mushy remains of the mans leg. 
"What the fuck!?" Natalie exclaims, still holding Veronica's hand. 
Veronica stared in horror, looking around, screaming and chaos still filled her ears. 
"God, it's like we're stuck in Lord of the Flies," 
"What the fuck is that?" 
Veronica looks at Natalie, "Did you just not pay attention in English?" 
"Why would I need you when I had you," 
Veronica went to respond, but Laura Lee's screaming made everyone scramble to see what was wrong. 

"Laura Lee? Are you hurt?" Veronica was quick to rush over, seeing the blood on her forehead. 
Laura Lee just pointed upwards, Veronica looks up, her eyes going wide when she sees Coach Martinez, limp in a tree. 
Veronica helped Laura Lee stand, moving back to stand beside Natalie.
"Dad!" they heard Javi yell, Veronica helped Shauna in keeping him to avoid looking.
"Don't look Javi," 
"He's got to be dead right?" Natalie asks.
"What the fuck?" Shauna hits the girl in the arm, before going back to telling Javi not to look. 

"Okay, who's got the best arm?" Jackie asks. 
"I'm sorry, what?" Veronica looks at the girl.
"I'm thinking we try to throw things at him to see if he moves"
"You want to throw rocks at Coach who fell out a fucking plane?" Taissa asks.
"This isn't a fucking carnival game, Jackie," Veronica adds
"I didn't say rocks. Someone's shoe or whatever."
"Oh yeah that's a fuck-ton smarter" Van begins. "You're on fire today Jackie. Oh right! That was suppose to be me, huh?"
"What?" Taissa asks. 

"Yeah, okay so we don't have time for this. So what the fuck do we do? We need a plan," Veronica looks around the group.
"We could lower him with ropes?" Laura Lee stepped forward.
Everyone sent her a confused look. "With what ropes Laura Lee? Are we suppose to pull them out of our magic bags like we're Mary fucking Poppins?" Veronica looked at the blonde. 
"Vines then? I don't know!" 
"For fuck sakes Laura Lee, we're not going to Tarzan him out of a tree!" Natalie exclaims.
"Oh, you got a better idea then?" Jackie snaps. 
"Then shoes and vines? Sure! Lets just, cut the fucking tree down!" 

"Dad!?" 
Veronica whipped her head around to see Travis running towards the tree, climbing up. 
"Travis!" the girls yelled, but he ignored them, continuing to climb up. 
Veronica heard the cracking of the branch, it being unable to to support all the weight. 
"Travis! Travis watch out!" Veronica yells as the branch began to crack and fall. 
Natalie grabs Veronica, facing her away as the branch fell, displaying to everyone their coach, impaled on a branch. 

Natalie held onto Veronica, Veronica could hear the panic breaths that were escaping her. 

The group began to walk back to the plane, Veronica, Natalie and Travis falling to the back of the line. 
With shaky hands, Veronica grabbed her pack of smokes and a lighter, bringing the smoke to her mouth, lighting it. 
She inhaled deeply, the sensation bringing her a feeling of comfort. 
She offers it to Travis, who had been taking a swig from the flask Natalie had given him. 
Veronica trades her smoke for the flask, taking a sip, the alcohol burning down her throat. She enjoyed the feeling for a minute, passing the flask back to Natalie. 

Veronica took her smoke back that had been passed to Natalie prior. 
Veronica stared at the cancer stick for a moment, she could practically feel the sensation of her jamming it into her skin, the burning that went from pure pain to pain that made her feel good. 
Natalie looks at the girl, the conversation the girls shared sticking to her like a moth drawn to a flame. 

"Ronnie?" 
"Yeah?" 
"You're going to smoke that, right?" 
"What else would I do with it?" 
Natalie didn't respond, watching as it was raised to Veronica's lips, the smoke blowing out through her nose. 

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