My World: On Fire (A Black Veil Brides Fan-Fiction)

19. Flashing Before Your Eyes

Ashley - 

The boy slumps and falls forward onto the hard ground. I look back at Phyra. She reaches out one huge, clawed hand and sweeps me aside. The air is pushed from my lungs as I slam into the wall, pain shooting up my spine. I fall to the ground, every inch of me aching. I can feel blood trickling down my face, but I can't feel the wound. I look up at the boy. He's crying. I can tell that he isn't going to last much longer. I lift myself up and crawl over to him.

He moans quietly and slowly rolls over so that he's staring up at me.

"Please... Help me..." He croaks. I don't know what to do. He's dying.

"It's going to be alright," I say. Why? Because I have no fucking clue what to do. "Cait!!" I shout out, turning around just in time to see Aniissa's shadows shoot out and yank back one of the monsters before it could squish me. Cait is no where. If she was here, she could heal him like she did Andy. She's not here and there is nothing I can do to help.

"Leave it!" Aniissa shouts at me and I turn back to the kid.

I can't just leave him here. He's only like, twelve.

A hand grabs the back of my jacket and as I start to be dragged away, the boy reaches up and hooks his fingers into the sleeve. His eyes are wide and he has blood dribbling out of the side of his mouth. 

"I'm sorry... I don't know what to do." I pull forward and whoever it was lets go of my jacket.

"Help me." He wheezes, a bubble of blood forming as he tries to keep talking.

What do I do?!

"Give him his life." A voice in the back of my head whispers. I'm not sure if it's just me or if it's what Cait has been referring to as 'her demon'.

It takes me only a moment to realise what that means and I don't really think about what I do next. I reach out and place my hands on either side of his head. 

He stares up at me. He gasps for air and his grip on my arm tightens.

"It's going to be okay." I say and I close my eyes.

I hear him gasp again and he pulls me forward slightly. I can see the images I'm showing him in the back of my mind.

His highschool years, going to college, his wedding, the kids he could have had and finally, the old man he would have become, lying in a hospital bed, his wife by his side. I gave him a life he could never live.

The boy is sobbing now. I open my eyes and look down at him.

"Thank... You..." he whispers.

I can feel the blood from the wound in his stomach seeping through my shirt. 

He coughs up more blood and he groans. His eyelids droop and he relaxes. 

I can tell that he's dead.

A loud roar from behind me brings the noise and chaos back to my attention.

"Ashley!" Cait shouts out as she's running towards me. She slams into me and I'm knocked sideways.

I manage to grab her and pull her with me so that she doesn't get hit by whatever it was that she got me out of the way of. 

It's Phyra, She reaches out and with one massive hand and grabs hold of the dead boy, lifting him up.

Cait rolls to her feet and sends a burst of flames towards one of the slimy dogs and it growls, charging at her. Aniissa's shadows are wrestling with one of the creatures and Andy and CC are racing towards me.

Just as I start getting to my feet, trying to ignore the stabbing pain in my side, one of the dogs smashes into me. Its rotten breath makes me want to barf and the sharp claws start digging into my chest. I try to kick it off, but it's holding on and will not let go.

"Ash! You okay man?" CC shouts from over the top of the monster. Andy's head pops up from over it too and I think they start trying to pull the thing off of me.

The guys yelp and their faces disappear just as another weight crashes into me and the monster collapses. All the air is pushed from my lungs and the stench of rotten food seems to get worse.

"Get it off of me!" I feel like I'm going to cry... Or throw up... Or both. My eyes are watering and I shout out again.

The guys are back and yanking at the slimy dog. It's dead now.

"This thing is so gross!" Andy shouts just as Phyra lets out a scream.

"You're telling me!" I wheeze.

They count to three and haul the thing sideways. I sigh, my breath shaky and chest stinging.

CC grabs my arm and pulls me to my feet. "Where's Jake?" he asks.

"He went looking for someone... Or something... God I don't know!" I had almost forgotten about Jake, too caught up in everything to worry about the others. Jake must be in the club wandering around and I think Jinxx and Sammi are still dancing or something.

Phyra still has the boy in her claws. She's shaking him around. She howls and throws the boy to the ground.

Cait leaps out of the way of the falling body just in time. She stares at it for a few second then looks at me. She smiles at me slightly and I notice that her eyes are slightly red. Has she been crying?

"Ashley you should get out of here," Aniissa says, suddenly standing by my side.

I snort. "I'm not leaving Cait."

"You're injured. You're just going to get in the way."

I look down at the blood seeping from my wounds. Now that I think about it I am beginning to feel a bit light headed... I sigh and nod.

"Go now," she shouts as she rushes back towards the demon dogs.

Just as I turn to stagger away, there is a loud shrieking sound. I twist back around. The dogs are bounding away and Phyra is swatting at Cait and Aniissa. She finally manages to slink into the darkness and everything falls quiet.

What the hell just happened?!