The Forgotten Blossom | A Riverdale Story

Chapter 7: Escape

Claire picked up the heaviest stone from the pile, further injuring her shoulder in the process. She hauled herself onto the window sill and smashed the window. After brushing the shards of broken glass away, she eased herself gently through the gap and tumbled through the other side into the snow. Her feet froze as soon as they touched the icy ground. She tripped, her knees stinging from all of the glass still stuck in them. She didn't recognise the place so she just started walking. She stumbled across the snow, her whole body shaking violently due to the cold. Deep red drops of blood drizzling down her face and into the snow so that she left a scarlett trail behind her. Striking, completely contrasting to the pale, glittery white.

"Help" Claire tried to call out, her deep scratchy voice whispered "help me please". Suddenly she recognised a building, the back of The Bijou. She stumbled over, Kevin and Moose were going into the theatre.

"Kevin, help!" Claire shouted as loud as she could. He turned around to see the girl bleeding severely.

"Oh my God, Claire?" he ran over, Moose following. Kevin carried the girl's freezing body back to that truck as Moose began to drive. They hurtled down the quiet streets back to Alice and Fp's, Kevin in the back holding his sweater to Claire's head to try and stop the bleeding. "Claire, what happened?" he asked the girl.

"Hal" she replied before closing her eyes. Kevin kept a close eye on her breathing as they neared the house. Once they arrived, both boys lifted Claire up the steps and banged on the door. A frantic looking Alice opened it, she gasped seeing her baby covered in blood. She turned away, crying into a shocked Fp.

"What is it? What is it?" Hermione came running down the hall. "Claire" she whispered as she saw the girl in the doorway. Fred carried her limp body to the sofa, laying her down gently. Blood seeped from her wounds, absorbed by the soft material. Hermione phoned an ambulance telling them to come as soon as possible. Alice was still in shock, crying as Fp desperately tried to comfort her. Cheryl held a cloth to her sister's head trying to soak up the blood. When the ambulance arrived they carried Claire away on a stretcher to Riverdale General Hospital. Hermione went into the ambulance as Claire's official carer and Alice, Fp and Cheryl all went in Fred's truck. Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Archie later followed in Archie's car.

"It's not your fault Ali" Fp told his girlfriend.

"It is Fp, Hal did this to her and I was supposed to protect her" Alice protested.

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