Escaping This Ivy Nightmare

Chapter 7

"I don't get it, why won't he wake up." Audrey sighed hours later, staring at Minho as if it would will him to get up. They had done anything and everything they could to help, and to be honest she was amazed that he was still breathing at this point. The only thing he had to do now was wake up, and nearly everything could be okay again.

"We've got to give him time Audrey." Clint said quietly from where he was watching over Nick.

"We don't have time, look at what this is doing to Thao and Newt. I don't want to watch them suffer like this, not knowing if either one will make it!" She cried, getting upset now. She'd been holding it back since Thao first showed up, trying to focus on what to do next but now it was just waiting.

 And waiting sucked. She'd gotten Newt and Thao to go rest once she assured them she would get them the second anything happened, but she doubted that would last much longer, especially since Thao didn't exactly leaving willingly.

As if on cue, the pair walked through the tent, dark circles under their eyes. "You didn't get any sleep, did you?" She asked, peering between the pair. They were still covered in blood, and Audrey realised some of it might be their own. "Lay down." She commanded, pointing to the two vacant beds next to Minho.

"I'm fine." Newt insisted, not even trying to hide that fact he could barely stand on his leg.

"Newt-"

"I hate this shuck leg!" He snapped, collapsing on the bed next to Minho, and covering his face. "I can't believe I shucking did that."

Thao quietly crossed the room and grabbed two wet clothes from the sink. She tossed one to Newt, and then sat down on the other bed beside Minho. She began to scrub the blood and dirt off. Audrey could see a few long cuts on her arms that were definitely going to scar. Thao lifted her shirt to reveal three long gashes across her stomach and rib cage. 

They looked painful.

"Let me he-"

"I can- just- his leg, please." Thao protested, wincing every time the cloth touched her skin.

Audrey turned back to Newt, carefully looking over every bit of him to make sure he wasn't hurt anywhere else, before gently taking the cloth from him and helping him clean up. "Where's it hurt the worst now? She asked a few minutes later, gently rolling up his pants again.

"The whole bloody thing." Newt winced, uncovering his face to look at her. "But I'm fine, no one here should be worrying about me at all. We've got enough to worry about, and more than enough to focus on." 

"Okay, but I'm still treating your leg." Audrey told him, taking the cloth she had and walking over to a bucket of water they had and rinsing out all the blood and dirt before coming back and placing it over his leg as gently as she could. 

Newt hissed and sat up, before letting out a small breathe. "Thanks love." He mumbled, the aching of his leg starting to slowly fade. 

"Okay, Thao you need help too. Clint, Jeff, bring out some bandages and come help me out. Four patients and just me isn't going to work." She called, before turning to Newt and lightly pushing him to lay back down. "Try to sleep, please." She whispered, before getting up and moving onto Thao and her injuries.

"I'm fine shuck faces." Thao mumbled as they all walked over to her. Nick started to scream again, making Audrey's heart skip a beat. "Seriously, go shut the kid up or something." Thao snapped, nodding her head in Nick's direction. Audrey obeyed, scared that Thao might leave if anything set her off.

Ben came in about an hour later. He had a long cut down his face that Audrey had sewn earlier. He sat beside Thao, wincing every time Nick screamed. "Talked to Alby, he told us to take a few days off. I think it's for the best." Nick's screams were getting louder, and although none of the rest of them seemed horribly affected by them, Audrey was in a panick.