LIFE ON THE GROUND CONTINUOUSLY GOT WORSE FOR MAY EVERYDAY, she had a drama queen for a tent mate, bellamy was putting on this awful leader act that was nowhere like him, and murphy continued to verbally torture wells for no reason.
she wanted the days to go by faster, hoping that eventually the ark would come down along with her mother to get her properly treated for her anemia. her sickness worried her, by the end of next month she'll be at high risk of dying from her anemia. down here, they don't have the proper nutrition, nowhere near the proper medical materials, and a lot more else.
but she put on a brave face, and didn't dare tell anyone to worry them. by focusing herself on her camp, she could forget about it. so that's what she was doing, making her way around camp to make sure no one looked injured, and as she did, she got to know a couple people.
atom, who was watching over octavia whilst bellamy went on a mission with clarke, finn, wells, and murphy to rescue jasper. and may deeply hoped they would rescue him.
krystal, her dramatic tent mate. she constantly complained about the cold, and how lumpy the soiled dirt was, but at least they had a type of roof over their heads, even though it were thin fabric, it still counts.
harper, even though she already knew her from the ark, cell mates. they bonded well, and agreed on pretty much everything, so she checked up on her as well.
when she passed by the bonfire she heard a sudden thud, a groan of pain soon following after. she snapped her head towards the noise, seeing krystal ashbrook, her tent mate, sitting on the soiled dirt with a look of pain. without hesitation, may rushed to her side, and bent down in front of her.
"you okay?" she asked the girl, stopping her hands to confide in the blonde to make sure she was okay. krystal nodded, scrunching up her face from the immense pain.
krystal winced as may gently rolled up her green pant leg, revealing a small gash on her lower leg. as blood continued to ooze out of the blonde's wound, may reached for the med pack beside her and opened it up. she grabbed a cloth and dipped a small bit of disinfectant onto it. the disinfectant, they were running out of it, and quick.
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she pressed the wet cloth against krystal's wound, earning a small wince from her. without all the blood in the way, may managed to get a better view of how deep it was. she mentally smiled to herself, it wasn't deep.
"you'll be okay—it's not deep." may informed the girl, and krystal nodded, noticing may's wristband clamped around her wrist.
"still wearing that thing huh?" krystal questioned may, referring to the vital wristband stuck on her right wrist, what may told her completely went over the blondes head. may glanced up at her and snorted, "i won't let my mother believe i'm dead, i'm not that selfish."
krystal tilted her head in amusement from may's passive aggressive reply, "so you think i'm selfish for taking it off?"
"jessica ashbrook." may stated as she continued to work on krystal's wound, grabbing a cloth to tie it around her cut, "i did surgery on her last year, pieces of broken bone fragments we had to retrieve from her intestines because your father beat her so hard he broke them."
she looked up at krystal, and saw her shocked and broken facial expression. may didn't mean to hurt the girl, that wasn't her intention, she just wanted to make her understand. "we exceeded the blood use per patient, and there was nothing we could do. she died, because the chancellor enforced that law. your father got floated later that night for attempted murder and assault, so you lost both parents in a day."
may finished tying the knot on krystal's cloth bandage, and stood up. before walking away, she looked krystal in her eyes, "i think you're a gorgeous person, krystal. don't let some jackass make you do some of the worst reckless decisions. your mother wouldn't want that for you, she'd want you to live. and for that to happen, we need the ark to come down."
as may walked away, she left krystal there sitting in the dirt, tears threatening her chocolate brown eyes. krystal knew may wasn't wrong, and she hated that. the girl had just practically insulted her and now, she was left there, to let the thoughts of what may said swallow her up whole.
after weeks of finally started to not grieve as much, it left krystal thinking again. her mother would want her to live, and to do that, she has to do whatever, by any means.
