Rolling Girl

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

“NATSUUUUUUUUUUUUU!”

        Angel’s clique stepped back hastily.

        “We should probably run… We don’t want the police to find us.”

        Lamy picked up Angel and slung her across her back, stumbling at her weight.

        “You little blonde slut… you totally deserved this. And… even more.”

        Lucy gritted her teeth, swallowing what little pride she had left to conceal her anger and despair.

        As she stood there, frozen and helpless, she waited for solitude.

        She quickly took out her cell phone and frantically called the emergency room.

        “Yes?! Hello… I-I have an i-injured friend here… Name? Lucy… um, H-Heartfilia… his name is Natsu… Natsu Dragneel…”

        As soon as the words promising of aid were uttered, Lucy’s eyelids grew heavy.

        She finally collapsed.

~Rolling Girl~

“So he’s not the only one injured…”

        “Medics! Prepare the cleansing medicine!”

        Lucy slowly forced her eyes to open, hearing the siren of the ambulance wail, the lights flashing.

        Steps resounded through the alley, alerting Lucy of presences nearby.

        “You’re Lucy, right?”

        Lucy looked up at a kindly face, streaked with concern as she analyzed Lucy’s wounds.

        “Y-yes…”

        “I’m afraid you’ll need medical treatment as well… Please, stay there and allow me to place you on the gurney, alright? I’ll have to contact your parents; you’re under 18, correct?”

        Lucy mindlessly nodded, but she quickly froze.

        She immediately shook her head.

        “Sweetheart, you can’t refuse medical treatment… your lacerations are too severe and deep… from the look of it, you may have cracked a few ribs as well.”

        Lucy furiously declined, momentarily swallowed in memory.

        The medic sighed.

        “All persons have a right to receive medical treatment… however, this cannot remain unknown to your parents. Please stay there.”

        “W-wait…” Her voice failed to speak her mind.

        As she waited there, awaiting medical treatment, she swaddled herself in a protective barrier within her mind, refusing to succumb to her own memories.

        Lucy’s vision slowly blurred as she once again lost consciousness.

 ~Rolling Girl~

“Please, no!”

        Lucy gasped and sat upright as she shook her head, trying to clear the fog in her mind.

        She looked down and saw herself in a hospital gown, with bandages covering much of her arms and legs, with tubes attached to her.

        The nurse folding sheets next to her looked at her. “Something wrong, dear?”

        Lucy blinked. “Um… when will I be released from the hospital?”

        The nurse reached over for the clipboard laid next to her. “Seems like they’ve knocked you out, and in that process, performed a few tests, including X-rays. Luckily, you didn’t fracture any ribs. However, it seems your wounds are treatable.”

        “T-that’s great… is it okay if I be released immediately?”

        “Honey, are you sure?”

        Lucy gritted her teeth, flinching at the word “honey.”

        “Come on, honey… you’re too sweet of a temptation for me to pass up…”

        “Alright then… just fill out these forms, and you should be ready to go!”

        “T… thank you…”

… and goodbye.