Seeing Red (Stark's Daughter 5)

Chapter 15

I throw my mask onto the floor beside me. No one says a word.

I grab the arrow in my chest and slowly pull it out, the blood gushes onto the metal suit and i breath a sigh of relief. The street seems to spin in front of me as i collapse onto my back, but hands catch me.

"Kiddo, speak to me." My dad begs as he gently lays me on the floor.

"Skye!" I hear Zeke shout, but Hulk holds him back.

"Yep." I breath through clenched teeth.

The pain numbs me and i gasp for air, my lungs collapsing inside me and ribs stabbing my organs.

"Its gonna be okay." Dad promises, pulling off his mask, then putting one of his hands on my back and placing the other on my chest, trying to stop the bleeding.

"I want Zeke." I whisper, looking up at my terrified dad.

"Hulk, let him go!" Dad orders.

Zeke sprints over to me, kneeling on the floor and draping me over his knees.

"Hey beautiful, you're going to be fine." Zeke promises, kissing my forehead and stroking my hair. He replaces my dads hands on my chest and puts pressure on it, causing me to gasp.

"Clinton, i am going to freaking kill you!" My dad screams and i hear the familiar sound of thrusters and guns.

"Zeke, I love you." I whisper, feeling my eyes flutter closed.

"I love you too." Zeke replies, his voice shaking as a tear falls down his face and lands on my shoulder.

"Don't leave me, please." Zeke begs.

"Im trying not to. But it hurts so much." I admit, tears streaming my face.

"I-I told Hawkeye that sh-shooting the suit in the arc reactor k-kills them." I stutter, like a record stuck.

The sound of helicopters echo in my ears as i hear Hawkeye shouting and Captain races to my side.

"The helicopter is here for you, Skye. You're going to be fine."

My body goes instantly numb.

A question pops into my head, the last thing i think of: how can i feel numb, when to be numb is to feel nothing?