"rena, get it! quick!"
the little girl dashes away from the room, completely forgetting about the hostages and dissapearing in the hallway. the guy places jaime's face between his shaking hands, desperately talking to the limp girl.
"jaime, h-hey jaime..." he says, cradling her head on his lap, ignoring the other three people that were in complete confusion.
'what the fuck was happening?' was amelia's first thought. what were they supposed to do? run away? fight? help them? it didn't help that when she looked at the boys, they looked just as lost as she is.
the guy continues to talk to the fallen girl, assuring her that she's going to be fine even though she probably can't hear him. and the sight saddens amelia, even though they previously were intent on killing them. she takes a step forward to the two when a keith grabs her arm.
"we need to go."
"but we can't just leave them!" kane butts in, "are we really just going to run away and not help them?"
"help them?" keith turns to kane, "are you out of your mind? they were trying to kill us, and you want to help them? this is our chance to run away."
"but-"
"kane, oh my fucking god, we're seriously not having this conversation right now."
as the two bickered, the little girl returned holding a small case in her arms. she runs over to the guy and places the box on the bedside table, opening it and retrieving a small jar and a syringe. the guy takes the syringe and plunges the tip in the jar, sucking up the liquid inside it.
he turns to the girl, ready to inject her with the syringe, but he was hesitating. the syringe hovered above the girl's forearm, but it looked like he wasn't sure what to do with it. his looked full of uncertainty, meanwhile jaime continued to look worse and worse.
"tristan?" the little girl glanced at her shaking brother.
"give me it." amelia kneels beside them and holds out her hand.
"w-wha-" the guy stuttered, "why would i-"
amelia rolls her eyes and takes the syringe. "because if you don't, then i will." she rolls up the girls shirt and exposes her abdomen, piercing the skin as she injected the fluid.
"lay her on the bed." amelia instructs, and the guy nods and follows, picking her up and laying her down on the bed
"will she be alright?" the little girl asks.
"she will be, she just needs to lay down for a bit."
amelia turns around, facing her two comrades who were watching the whole thing. she walks closer to them, "are you two done arguing?"
keith rolls his eyes, "yeah, and since you already took care of that fiasco, let's just go. before the remembered what they were doing before."
amelia nods, looking back at the two who were watching jaime on the bed. they looked miserable.
"yeah, let's go."
kane looked reluctant, but she nodded. and as they were walking out the door, the guy shouted for them.
"wait! please, don't go!"
keith groans, "ugh, what now."
amelia turned around, "hm, why? you guys held us hostages, so i think we have every right to walk away right now."
the guy bit his lip, looked down at the girl on the bed, and turned back to amelia.
"w-we need your help."
keith had to laugh, "you need our help? i thought you were the ones who said that you don't need anything from us. and honestly, we're doing you a favor not blasting the three of you down at this moment."
"i know, but please-"
"pfft, shut up. kane, amelia, let's go-"
"she's going to die!"
that sentence stopped them on their tracks. kane looked at the guy, "what do you mean she's going to die?"
he points at amelia, "you, you know where to inject the syringe, right? that's the last of it, we don't have any anymore. please, we only did those things to ypu because we wanted your cars."
"amelia, what is she saying?" keith grabs her arm to face him.
she had a dark look on her eyes, swallowing a big lump before speaking, "she's diabetic."
"yes!" the guy exclaims, "so please, help us. just get me to the pharmacy at the end of town and bring me back and you can leave us alone-"
"woah woah woah," keith held up his arm, "you're making a lot of demands right now. because from what i recall, you put a gun to my head. so, i dont think you're in the position to ask us any favors. also, how are you sure the pharmacy isnt butt empty? we can take you there and you could find nothing."
the guy had nothing to say, desperation pouring in his face. he turns to look at amelia, like she was his last hope. and amelia herself didn't know what to do, again. both parties had points, the girl was going to die but they weren't sure if the pharmacy is a lost cause.
so she looked at kane, who had the same look of pity as she had. she turns to keith, who was aggressively shaking his head "i swear to god amelia, if you fucking dare."
she turns to the guy, who was practically begging like he was begging for his own life. and she looks at the little girl, who had big doe eyes that just clenches amelia's heart.
so she turns again to keith, who upon looking at amelia's face, slaps his palm against his forehead.
"you're going to get us killed."
