The Fallen

Chapter 29

"That should do." Alec said as he finished wrapping one of the bandages on Taylor's leg. "Dallon what even happened back there?"Liam asked as he worriedly looked at Taylor as Alec looked like he was going insane. "I don't know. I know they are demons but some of them are like no other. They must be close with the devil himself."

"Which one are those?"

"The ones with the symbols all over their skin. It's something I've never seen."

"They seemed to be more powerful than the others. Like they were the boss."
"I understand what-"

"What happened?" A weak voice called out catching everyone's attention. "Taylor. You're okay." Alec said relieved. "Why wouldn't I be?" Taylor croaked as she tried to push her sore body up but, fell back down causing her to groan in pain. "We'll talk about this later." Liam said to Dallon. He nodded in agreement before the two walked over to them. "Fuck." Taylor groaned. "I hurt all over." She clutched her side. Blood coated her hand and she pulled it away. "So what happened?" She asked looking up at Alec. "Jessica is... dead." Alec said grimly looking back to see Brendon and Angel walk up behind the group. "Taylor can you walk?" Brendon said while looking over her. "I don't know. Let me try." Taylor didn't have enough strength to sit up let alone walk but, she was going to try anyway. She tried her best to sit but, the wound in her side made it hard to move. Alec bent down and put her arm around his shoulders then stood. Taylor whimpered and clutched her side. "N-no." She said tears welling up in her eyes. "We'll stay here. Leaving tomorrow no matter what we already wasted too much time." Bendon said turning to look for his bag. Alec sat back down. "Why the fuck did this have to happen?! We were so close!" Taylor shouted as loud as she could. "We'll still get her back. Don't worry." Alec said scratching the back of his head. Taylor sighed. "Well we could have already been there but, if it wasn't for those mother fuckers." She stated. Time passed until the sun began to set in the sky bathing everything in its golden glow. The group all fell asleep next to the fire.

Taylor woke up due to the pain in her leg. She pushed her body up and everyone else was sleeping peacefully. Taylor scanned her body to where the bandage was colored in crimson red. She flipped her body so she wasn't on her side and let out a sharp breath. As she brought her knees up she felt weak. The weakest she ever felt. She continued to push her body up as she managed to stand up fully. She leaned on her one good leg as she moved her slacking one forward and put weight on it. Pain shot through it before she fell down, crunching leaves under her. Her attention went straight to the sleeping bodies around her as Angel and Brendon moved in their sleep. "If you're going to do stuff please be quiet." Said a deep cranky voice. It came from Mark as he held Sean to his chest. "Just trying to speed things up." Taylor said disappointed. "Just get rest. It takes time to heal." Mark said half asleep. Taylor fell back onto the ground and sighed. " Well I don't have time." Taylor said as she was already tired and her head fell back.