Trenda~Aftermath

Chapter 4:

Thomas POV
I grab Brenda's hand tight as all my screams flood back. Chuck. Alby. Teresa. Newt. She looks up at me and puts her hand on my shoulder. I open my eyes and we see Harriet dragging a bleeding Aris. His clothes are covered in blood and his head is bleeding. Before I can comprehend what is happening Brenda is running towards him. She should have been a medjack, she knows how to help people. I run to catch up and quickly examine his wounds swallowing all the bad memories. I see a large gash on his leg and tell Brenda we need something to block the blood flow, a belt something. She looks around and before I know it she is pulling her shirt off. She rips it with her teeth and then she ties it tightly around his leg.

A small crowd has formed around Brenda but she doesn't care, she continues to examine his head wound. "Its just a small gash, won't need stitches" she says dabbing it with a cloth someone handed her. "Did you check his arms?" I ask. She quickly lifts up his sleeves and there is an arrow tip in his arm. "We need to get him to the medjack tent" Brenda says pulling the sleeve down gentley. "Its not a tent, just a table" i say while lifting up his legs as Brenda grabs his underarms. "I don't care, we need to get him there" she says starting to walk to the medjack station.

She sets him on the table and he begins to panic. "Where-what did you do?!" He screams at Brenda. "Aris she didn't do anything, you're safe" I say holding my hands out in front of me. He then begins to cry in pain while trying to get off the table. Brenda begins to try and calm him down, "Aris you can't move-" and within seconds aris's hands are wrapped around her throat. "Tho-thom" she tries to gasp out. I grab his hands and try and pry them off but he is so strong. Brenda grasps his hands and tries to pry them off but i see her face redden and her eyes start to roll back. I grab his bad arm and squeeze it. He screams and let's go, Brenda falls to the ground gasping for air. "Are you okay?!" I ask rubbing her back. She just shakes her head. I see the bruises start to form around her neck, but that doesn't stop her from helping him. She grabs some cloth amd wraps it around his arms to hold him down.

It isn't until then she realizes she still isn't wearing a shirt. I run to our tent and grab her a t shirt of mine and she puts it on tucking it into her jeans.

She smiles and goes back to working. After a couple hours of watching her clean his wounds she finally talks. "Someone is out there. Trying to kill us" when she speaks her voice is rough and I can see the pain on her face. "How do you know?" I ask. "This", she pulls out an arrow head. "This was in his arm" she says placing it on the table. "So what are we going to do?" I ask holding the arrow tip. "We are going to fight, protect ourselves" she says untying his arms. "He is going to be fine. I stitched up his leg, bandaged his head and arm" she says putting the arrow tip into her pocket. I watch Aris sit up and feel his head. "Did you do this?" He asks looking at Brenda. "Yes, I did" she says smiling. Before I can even do anything Aris has his lips on Brenda's. Brenda just stands there shocked. I feel jealousy build up but don't know what to do with it all. I quickly pull Brenda away and hold her tight, "what the hell?!" I yell at him. "Sorry, she just reminds me of....of rachel" he says looking down. Brenda's face falls and I instantly feel his pain. Brenda gives my hand a squeeze and walks over to Aris. She grabs his hand and kisses him on the cheek. "Don't feel bad" she says as she gets up, "get some rest" and with that Brenda gets up and walks away.

Aris lays down and falls asleep in seconds. I go to catch up with Brenda when Minho stops me,
"dude what happened to Brenda?"
"What do you mean?"

"The bruises around her neck?"

"Oh, Aris. He thought we were trying to kill him I guess..."

"Your a shank Thomas, your girlfriend literally almost got choked to death and you're fine??"

"She just ran off"

"She is at the cliff ya shuck face"
I begin to jog to the cliff and their I see Brenda with a piece of wood. I sit down next to her and take a look at the water. "Its beautiful" I say looking over the horizon. "It is" she says pulling out the arrow head. "I want to build a bow" she says randomly. "Build a bow?" I ask shocked. "Yeah, I used one when I was in Canada, hunting elk and stuff" she says gripping the piece of wood. "Okay, how do we make it?" I ask. "Fast" she says. "Okay, how can I help?" I ask. With that she leans in and kisses me. I kiss back putting my hand behind her ear and the other on her thigh. She winces and pulls away, "sorry, its just my neck really hurts" she says rubbing it. "Here, let me see" I say pushing back her hair. With that my stomach drops and I can't believe my eyes. The bruises aren't bruises anymore, they are red patches with yellow bruising underneath. "Brenda, we need to get you help" I say pulling her up. "I-i can't" she says amd with that she falls to her knees and loses consciousness.

To be continued....