Broken Blade (Discontinued)

Cal

I followed close behind the nurses as they rush Mare to the medical unit. People stare in disbelief once they realize it is the little lighting girl on the stretcher. Let them stare, she juts needs to get help soon. We finally turn the corner and go into the unite. They bring Mare into the only private room they have have. The two nurses gently transfer Mare to a bed. She has not opened her eyes again and I would fear she had died If i didn't see her chest lightly rise and fall with shallow breathes. Moments later the door swings open and Sara and Julian stand in the door way. Word travels fast around here, so its no surprise Julian has already heard. Sara rushes over to Mare. She begins to rip Mare shirt open in order to get to the wound better. She stats to remove Mares bra but remembers Julian and I are still in the room. Sara motions for us to leave. "No, I am staying here." I demand for the second time today. "Cal, Sara will be able to work better if we sit outside." Julian says calmly. I don't know how he can be so calm.  I have been anything but calm, and though I try to pull myself together I just seem to be falling farther and farther apart. Julian and the two nurses had to drag me out. 

We are forced into the hall outside. On of the nurses brought out chairs for us but I refuse to sit. I decide to pace instead. I am in my own scary wold that I don;t realize that my hands are a blaze. "Cal, you keep doing that and you are going to burn down the building." Julian instructs. I stop pacing and look at him. I realize how small he has gotten. He looks so fragile and older than he is. The prison put a toll on him and yet he is still as smart as ever. Though he is right that I need to put out the fire, I am to angry to even attempt to calm down. "Why must everyone I love die? She was the last one. Mare was the only thing keeping me here! Why must she be so stubborn! She should of come with me when Shade me to the jet." I say angry beyond belief. That anger was quickly washed away and replaced with sadness and pain. Julian stands and I prepare for a lecture but instead he pulls me into an embrace. Julian and I have barley spoken to each other and certainly never hugged but I don't pull away. I hug him tight and hold onto the tears that threaten my eyes. He is the only family I have left. "It will be okay." Julian says. The tears slowly fell down my face. I have never cried so much but it feels good. I cry mostly for Mare but I cry about everything else that has caused this nightmare. The deaths, the betrayal, the fighting, the ones I loved. I used to be strong and bottled it up but Mare's accident has broken the bottle. I had everything and now because of that rat Maven I am loosing everything. If I see him I will rip him apart piece by piece. He is the reason Mare might die. 

We been waiting here for hours. I finally calmed down and sat. Just as I was about to close my eyes to get some rest, Sara walks out with a nurse following close behind. I jump up and rush over. Sara is as pale as a ghost and looks ill herself but I must know happened. She passes by me with her head down. Julian met her half way and guided her to the chairs. The nurse walks towards me and I prepare for the worst. "She is alive and will be okay. She did flat line a couple times but we revived her and she will be fine. She was very lucky, one centimeter up an it would of pierced her heart but she was unlucky in the fact that the blade had pierced her spinal cord and without the help of a healer she would of been paralyzed from the waist down.  Sara healed as much as possible but she is still very weak from the prison. The silent stone taken a toll on her. She will visit Mare a few more times to continue healing her. Mare will be her for awhile. I must also let you know she may not be the same after. She will be mentally and physically weaker. Her lightning will drain her quicker than before. She will have to train for awhile in order to build her strength back up to what it was before." A few remaining tears escape down my face. I am relieved that she is alive but it bugs me that she flat lined twice and to think of he being paralyzed is terrifying. "May I see her?" I ask " Yes, but she will not respond. Sara put her in a resting state almost like a coma but shorter. Just until her body heals a bit more."

I can't wait any longer. I rush in and see a peaceful Mare laying on the bed. My heart breaks. She lays peaceful yet limp and lifeless. Her skin is no longer warm and tan but pale. Thankfully she is no longer covered in blood. She wears a clean medical gown with new white sheets. Her old sheets and clothes lay in the corner waiting to be thrown away. I make my way towards the bed and kneel beside it. I grab her hand knowing that is the only safe way to hold her. She is ice cold and her fingers are stiff. I hold tight and sit there. I know I should be crying but I have no tears left. I instead feel numb. This whole day has been a nightmare and there is too much emotional pain that I go into lock down. I didn't know how long I sat there for but I am aware that it's been to long. I pull myself  together and look up. Light bounces of an object and stings my eye. I get up to see what it was and i immediately regret it. On the side table next to Mare was the sword that had impaled her. The sword was longer that I imagined and my stomach turned. It started a beautiful polished silver and fades into a dark red. The sight of it brings flames to my hands. I curiously pick it up and inspect it. Who ever this blade belongs to I will make them pay deeply for what they have done to Mare. 

Leaving a populated facility with a long, bloody sword is not easy. I don't know why I am taking the sword with me and why I can't bring myself to destroy it, I just can't. The sword is wrapped in the blood stained clothes and sheets. I had told the nurses that I was going to be going by the dumpsters and would get rid of them and to my surprise they believed me. The walk to my room is not far but is hard when you are holding a big ball of bloody sheets. There is no way to blend in. When I finally reach my room I hide the sword under the cot in the farthest corner possible still wrapped in the sheets. Hopefully Mare will never see it. I grab a blanket from the cot and make my way to the medicinal unit once again. A thought of Shade flashed in in my head and I decide to make a pit stop before returning.

Oh boy this is the longest chapter I have ever written! I hope you enjoy it! I had lots of fun writing it. P.S. I'm sorry I couldn't kill Mare! I tried but I couldn't bare the thought of my little lightning baby dying.