Three Worlds Apart

Chapter XVII, Dawson

Pain.

All I can feel is pain.

I can vaguely sense movement above me, I must have fallen. 

Then it is as though I am watching the events unfold from a far.

Amelia stands over me, her hands lifted to the sky. Kriss and Ashlynn are doing the same, arrows rain down on us but they just bounce off thanks to the three with power over the air.

There's a scream, one that I recognize. Ashlynn.

A tall guy has hold of her and is dragging her away, Ashlynn was standing on the edge of our group making it easier to grab her.

Amelia's face is stricken, she needs to keep the arrows away, she needs to protect me, she needs to save Ashlynn and she can't do it all.

Kamber, Evelina and Samuel are hurrying after the man and Ashlynn but it's too late. He's already escaped and taken her with him.

The arrows stop and the hunters leave. Amelia drops down beside me at once.

Kriss looks at me and turns away to puke, nice. 

A trickle of blood runs down the arrow shaft, my shoulder is burning.

With a quick movement, Amelia snaps the shaft off the arrow. 

"We need to push it through." Amelia's words hardly register, push it through? Huh? 

Alex is holding Kriss' hair away from her face as she upchucks in a bush.

"Okay, hold him still." 

Blinding pain.

I'm probably screaming.

Blood flows from my shoulder, I groan and turn my face away from the stream flowing from my shoulder.

I hear Kriss still retching. Great I really need to hear that as I bleed.

"I'm going to have to sew it." Gosh where did Amelia learn all this first aid? I mean to be a lifeguard you had to know first aid but this is a little above and beyond. 

I've never had stitches before, so I don't know if Amelia has done a good job. Stitches don't hurt as much as pushing the arrow head through my shoulder. 

Finally the pain lessens as Amelia wraps my shoulder in bandages.

I open my eyes and see her face, she's smiling. Amelia never looks more beautiful than when she is smiling.

"Your face." I whisper, unable to really think about what I'm saying. Amelia's smile fades a little, I can feel her hand rough with scars tighten around my hand a little.

"So beautiful." Amelia's smile comes back at my words.

"Amelia." I hear maybe Kamber say, "He's still bleeding." Amelia looks down and swears quietly, "Bloody hell." 

I don't really notice my right hand is glowing, I don't really notice that I press it to my wounded. Well not until I am blinded with pain.

When my hand drops away the pain is mostly gone.

"Look at that," Amelia whispers, "You got healing powers Dawson." I prop myself on my elbows.

"Ugg, remind me never to get shot by an arrow ever again." I mumble. Amelia laughs, she leans over to check under the bandages.

I reach out and pull her head towards me, I kiss her. Probably shouldn't be a priority but what the hell? Why not? 

"We should really go now." Evelina says. Everyone stands up, Amelia helps support me. I may have healed myself but that doesn't stop me from being super shaky.