Pain (L.H)

Dead in the Street

I twirled my blond ends around my thin index finger as Luke and I stepped out of our hiding place, an old ruined shed. I picked the splinters out of my hands as we made our way cautiously through the bushes and out onto the street.

We had won our mini battle with my father and half his men so the scene in front of us wasn't pretty. My father's motionless men were scattered in all places with bleeding heads and other organs of the body. My father managed to escape the fight. I'm pretty sure he was afraid. But I don't care one bit. He should be.

To my left I see Zac helping Ashton to stand since his shoulder was struck from a bullet. On my right Jake was sitting up while rubbing his head that had a quite large gash across it.

The air felt chilly and the area smelt like blood. The sky suddenly turned a little lighter and the atmosphere turned peaceful. The gentle breeze swept passed us causing my hair to flow back. I assume it was six in the morning or something like that.

I pondered in my mind whether Luke faced tasks like these everyday, whether this was all he saw in every single moment of his life. The feeling of seeing something like this wasn't pleasant especially knowing that you killed one of those people dead in front of you.

Moments ago Luke handed me a gun out of his right pocket and that was the first time I have used it. The guy I killed lay a few meters in away from me, blood gushing out from his stomach. I almost gagged at the sight.

"So this is what its like?" I asked looking up into Luke's blue eyes "this is what it is like to be a leader, you get to see all this?"

He starred back in mine, a frown formed upon  his face "yes" he replied and looked out into the distance "I see a scene similar to this every time."

Tear filled my eyes "its horrible" I say, voice slightly cracking.

I eyed one of the dead men. I could have been just like them if I had continued to live with my father. Luke wrapped his arms around me.

"I know Jazmine" he says "I know."

"It will only get worse" I say "right?"

Luke nods.

Suddenly Zac runs to us both.

"We need to get Ashton to the hospital, he is loosing a lot of blood, lets go" he says, the words tumbled out of his mouth fairly quick.

"Luke take your shirt off" I say

"What?" He says with a confused expression

I mentally pace palmed myself. That didn't come out the way I expected.

"Take your shirt off and wrap it around Ashton's shoulder, you and Zac can help him walk until we find a hospital" I say "the rest of us take any sort of weapon from the men."

Luke nods and pats me on the back "good thinking Jazmine" he says "lets go, move it!"

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We were all sitting in the waiting room at nine in the morning, dirty and tired. We all kept our heads low, earning suspicious stares from all the people near us. The room was silent, the only sound heard was the clock ticking loudly in the corner.

"Luke Hemmings" says a nurse as she walked in through the door.

All of us snapped our heads up.

"Ashton is alive and well but has lost a large amount of blood" says the nurse as he stands in front of us "we will have to perform an operation to repair the damage done to his shoulder."

The nurse then lifts a bag with the cold metal bullet inside.

"This bullet is filled with DTB which I believe is a virus that can effect the circulatory system" she explains "we will have to keep him here a little longer after the operation just to see what part of his body was affected by this"

"How long will he be here for?" asks Luke

"Approximately two weeks" says the nurse

"He can't be here for that long" Calum says "we have things do to"

"I'm sorry" she says "this is a very serious case, visits are allowed unless he goes completely insane"

"Pardon?" says Zac "what do you mean completely insane?"

"The virus runs in the veins and in the blood" explains the nurse "it causes the victim to act violent with themselves and others around them and can mess with their blood circulation which causes them to faint, have the need for alcohol and on a rare occasion it can cause death."

Suddenly shouts were heard from in the hallway and the nurse gasps and presses a button on her earpiece "Mr Dantis, we need three operators and two nurses to do operation 213 in room C12, stat!"

The nurse then shut the door leading into the hallway "it appears that the virus has affected Ashton too soon" she says "I promise you we have everything under control."

Muffled curse words were heard from Ashton and Luke took a step forward only to be stopped by the nurse "the operators have it covered, come back in two days and I promise you he will be fine."

We all walked out of the room and out of the hospital "what do we do now?" I asked Luke

Luke looked down at me "we stick together" he says "all of us"

"We can't go back to my place" says Michael "I'm pretty sure everything their is destroyed"

"Jake can we crash at yours?" asks Zac

Jake hesitates but then nods "if anything is ruined I'm blaming you guys"

"I'm not keeping a promise that everything will be okay" says Luke "but honestly Jake, your part of Gang Unknown you have to expect that somethings are going to get ruined."

I knew where Luke was coming from. My life isn't going to be ruined, it already has been ruined. I have missed all special occasions and experiences thanks to my father.

Luke says there is hope to a better life after this is all over.

I really hope there is.