Death Cannot Part Us (5SOS Fanfic) Completed

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

••Ashton's POV••

Someone's dragging me through the woods, not caring as my head bounces on each and every rock with a heavy thump each time. Pain radiates through every cell in my body, I can smell the metallic stench of blood everywhere. Then I realise, it's my blood and I'm covered in it.

What happened?

I watch the trees turn to lawn blearily as whoever is dragging me takes me up to school.

'Wha-?'

'Shut it!' The voice says before something hits my already tender head sharply and I black out.

I come to, to the sound of someone shouting for help,

'COME QUICK! He's badly injured!' There's heavy footsteps and then the sound of girls screaming and a bunch of gasping,

'Ashton!'

'Holy shit! What happened?'

'Oh my god! Ash!'

I try to speak,

'I-he-' Everything goes dark.

'It's good you found him Sampson, I can't imagine what that ghost would've done if you hadn't.'

'Probably would've killed him and mutilated the body.'

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The voices are too loud, my head- no scrap that, my whole body is aching. My head is throbbing and my limbs all feel too heavy to lift. My mind feels foggy, I can hear people talking but I can't recognise the voices. Why am I here? What the hell happened? All I can remember is finding Hazel in the corridor and....and...oh god! I went after Sampson! He did this, he put me here!

My mind is clearing, I can recognise whose talking now. I can hear Mr Hemmings and him talking,

'Tell me, how did you know where to find him, again?' Luke's uncle asks,

'I heard him shouting for help and naturally I came to his aid.' Sampson replies, and though Mr Hemmings won't notice it, there's venom in his voice.

'Well I can't say enough how glad we are you found him, I'm sure he'll want to thank you personally when he wakes up.'

'Yeah,' I snort in my head, 'sure.'

I need to get up, I need to get Sampson caught. And I need to get him back for putting me in this bed, the bastard.

I drag my eyes open and find myself in the school infirmary, I'm the only one occupying a bed, seems no one else is stupid enough to get beaten up. I can see Mr Hemmings and Sampson talking by the door, immediately I try to sit up, but groan as a wave of nausea washes over me.

'Ow.'

'Ash?'

'Ashton!'

'You're awake!'

Michael, Calum and Luke are sitting in chairs around my bed, each of them looking haggard and tired.

'Ash? Are you okay?' Calum asks,

'My head really hurts and my mouth feels like a bunch of corpses had a party in it, so all in all I'm great thanks.' I reply sarcastically.

'Well we know his sarcasm hasn't been affected.' Michael says grinning,

'What happened?' Luke asks.

'I, it was-'

I'm about to reply when Mr Hemmings and Sampson walk over, the latter giving me a harsh glare.