All Alone

Chapter 26

           "Father!" Maxon yelled at the king.

           "Ah, to whom do I owe this pleasure?" The king said. He was tall and had light brown hair.

            The rest of the group finally finds Maxon and stumbles in the throne room.

           "Ah, so you brought visitors!" He clapped his hands in excitement. 

           "Don't you touch them!" Maxon snapped harshly. "You touch them, and I will make your death more painful!" He said angrily. He focused on his father.

           "Maxon stop!" Rosie yelled. 

          "He's not worth it!" Thomas added.

            The king then quickly pulled out a gun. For a second, Maxon thought Rosie had slowed the time, but in reality, she didn't. The king pulled the trigger and the bullet hit Maxon right in the chest. He fell to the ground.

            Everyone grabs him and runs. Jack turned into one of the slightly larger dragons (Not a super big one, otherwise their camp would be given away when he landed) and flew everyone out.

           When they get to camp, Bella was there and Skylar was still pretty banged up. No one knew what to do. Time was running out for both Maxon and Skylar.

           Bella hugged Jack as she cried. She buried her face in his chest. Surprisingly, he didn't back away. "I don't want them to die..." She cried. Jack hesitated but then slowly wrapped his arms around her.

           Rosie knew Skylar was still alive. Skylar must have heard Rosie when she told her unconscious body that Maxon was dying because the sky went gray and a huge lightning storm started.

          "I guess this is her way of telling us to save him." Jack gave a light, very small chuckle. 

           Mia walked over to Maxon and did something with his brain to reduce the pain he was probably feeling.

         "Rosie, see what you can do for Maxon. You have been shot before, so you probably have a better idea of what to do than us." Jack said.

          Rosie nodded. At that point, Mia ran to the village to get medical supplies. Of course, she put her hood on. Jack looked at Bella. He could tell she was stressing out, so he took her for a walk while Thomas kept a look out for guards. Jack knew Bella wouldn't be useful if she was stressing out.

          About five minutes passed, and Mia came back with supplies. It was surprising how fast she made it to the village and back. The supplies weren't much, but it was all she could get.

         Rosie carefully took the bullet out of Maxon's chest and did her best to close his wound. The bullet was extremely close to his heart. She was surprised he hadn't died yet.

         She then looked through the medical supplies and found a medicine. She turned to Skylar and gave her a shot. This would hopefully keep her stable and jump-start her healing process.

       "Did anyone else hear Maxon call the king 'father' right before we walked in?" Thomas asked as everyone worked and he kept watch. 

        Mia nodded. They decided they would ask Bella when she got back from her walk about it. She had known Maxon the longest.