They pushed their way through a crowd, Merida grabbed her head in pain "ARHGG!" She screamed, Erik spun around and looked at her, "What is it-" Merida looked up "He's in pain, hurry.. help him." She cried, Erik nodded and rushed to the center of the crowd, there was a boy, in obvious pain, blood dripping from almost every possible place on his body. The rest of the front lines met him there, Merida ran up to the boy, she knelt beside him and placed a comforting hand on his cheek, "Variel, breathe." Merdia whispered, "How did-" Merida shushed him, "You are safe now, where does it hurt, I can hear you screaming child." The boy stared at her and pointed to his stomach, the flesh was staring to close over the wound but it was a deep flesh wound. Cassian pushed his way through the crowd while Kinney, Erik and Andy tried to get the crowd to disperse. Cassian rushed up and dropped next to the boy, he immediately switched out a pocket knife which made the boy flinch, Cassian would have consoled the kid but there was no time, he started to cut through the jacket that blocked his way but the kid pulled back. "T-this is the only one I have, I-I'll freeze to death without it." He said, his voice hoarse. Merida touched his cheek, he looked up into her warm brown eyes and felt himself relax as Cassian finally got the jacket off and tore open his shirt. The wound was deep and most likely infected. "Kid, where are your parents?" Cassian asked, the boy didn't answer. "His parents abandoned him, they tried to kill him as well." Merida whispered in Cassian's ear, Cassian nodded and proceeded to wipe the wound with a warm cloth, the kid squirmed and writhed in pain. "We have to get him back to the infirmary where I can give him proper anesthetic to numb the pain. I cant work on this without my tools either." Merida nodded and called Erik over to help Cassian carry the kid back to the car where Solice and Marian waited.
Marian drove faster than she has ever driven in her life, speeding down the country road, the boy breathing heavily in the back seat. "Can you shut him up, his breathing is distracting me." Marian said, "Yeah let me just prevent him from breathing!" Cassian snapped back, Marian sighed violently as she swerved around a car. They all recognized the familiar old diner sign and Marian took a sharp turn onto the narrow dirt road, the familiar feeling of driving on a dirt road but not feeling a single bump floated over Kinney again. It told her that she has crossed over into Academy ground and was safe now, the air in the car seemed to relax as Marian came to a halt in front of the big home. Cassian and Merida rushed the boy into the Academy and Erik helped Solice shuffle her way back into the home and down into the Infirmary.
Cassian could finally rest, he gave the boy some anaesthetic and set him down to rest, the boy was laying on the infirmary bed. Bruised, bloody and pale. Cassian took him to the bathing chambers and set him down in a warm bath, he washed the wound slowly and carefully, revealing which arteries had been cut in the process of his parents trying to kill him. Cassian washed the boy's body, including his hair and his face, it was obvious the boy had been poorly treated. He had dirt caked all over his body and old cuts than had gotten infected. Cassian got Nete to help scrub the boy clean and then get him dried and back into bed with new infirmary clothes on. Cassian attached an IV anaesthetic into the boy's forearm and stitched up his stomach, wrapping it in clean white bandage and leaving him there to sleep.
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Broken
Teen FictionAndy Kalgan comes from a rough past and an abusive household. But all goes downhill when he was told his supernatural abilities were unstable he though he was surrounded by idiots. But after an incident that ended with him spending a night in the lo...
