The boy flattened out the uniform he was wearing and turned to face me. "Who are you?!"
I leaned on the wall behind me and tucked a strand of blonde hair behind my ear. "Alexa.. who are you?"
He breathed out a laugh and looked away, "Its complicated...
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"sometimes surviving is the worst kind of pain"
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Police quickly swarmed the interior of the store. Five and I managed to find an exit at the back. I leaned on him for support as he carried me back to his house, our hearts still racing.
Before leaving, Five had found a belt in the store, and tied it tightly above my wound. Although the pressure did slow the bleeding a little bit, I was still losing a lot of blood. My eyes started to drift shut and I stumbled, almost falling off of Five.
"Lexa!" He pulled me back up. "We're almost there, don't worry." His voice trembled slightly.
I tried to hold onto him, but I could feel my consciousness slipping away.
He grunted and dragged me along. He noticed I was falling behind and encouraged me, "You just gotta hang on a little bit longer, okay?"
"Okay."
Eventually, Five and I made it back to the mansion. My vision was blurry and the world seemed to spin a little faster. Five carried me through the foyer of the mansion and looked around for help.
I heard an unfamiliar voice. "Five? What the hell happened- holy shit!"
Another person spoke, "Are you okay? Can we help?"
"Find Grace and Pogo." Five ordered.
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I fell in and out of conscious as I laid down on a metal table. There were numerous voices that sounded around me, but I was too delirious to figure out who was speaking.
"Five what happened?"
"We were attacked."
"By who?"
"Will Alexa be okay?"
"She's going to need surgery."
"You can't just drag random people into this mess!"
"She's not random. She's like us!"
"I think it would be best if you all left the room."
