How 21 Students Saved the World

21 - The Lights in Our Lives

"I don't get paid enough for this shit," Doyoung said, looking at an impaled Yuta in front of him.

"Save the sarcasm for later, Doyoung," Jaehyun said, holding Yuta up, who was talking about how sleepy he was, no doubt from the concussion he gave himself earlier. "Yuta, we're going to leave the spear in you-"

"You're gonna leave the spear in what now?" Yuta asked him, eyes wide. "I can't just walk about with a spear in me!?"

Si Cheng grabbed onto Yuta's shoulders, forcing him to make eye contact. "We can't just walk around in a dark forest infested with aliens but yet here we are!" he yelled at him. "You're going to walk around with that spear and toughen up, Yuta!"

"NO! I look ridiculous!" Yuta screamed back. He didn't even want to talk about how one of his favorite shirts was ruined. "Can't you guys do something?"

"You looked ridiculous before you had the spear in you," Hendery said, laughing as he high-fived Yangyang.

Taeyong came forward and pressed a balled-up shirt onto Yuta's side, trying to stop some of the bleeding. "We really have to find a hospital, guys," he told the group. "I don't know how much blood he's losing nor how much longer we have."

"Quick, who has O- blood?" Johnny shouted at them. "Y'all, give up some of your blood, we know you have it."

"That sounds vaguely threatening," Renjun said. "How do you know, anyways?"

"Hey, just- Taeil, don't you have O blood or something?" Jaemin asked Taeil. "Can't you give him some?"

Taeil hid his arms behind his back. "I mean, yeah, but do you guys have more syringes?"

"If Taeil gives out any more blood, he's going to faint," Jaehyun said. "Did you guys not learn this in school?"

Renjun glared at him. "Don't say that while we're at school, I don't need to be more traumatized-"

"Having a spear in you is more traumatizing and we're in that situation right now!"

"Guys!!" Ten interrupted them. "Lucas here has O blood, just ask him," he said, rolling his eyes. "Gosh."

Lucas stared at him, wide-eyed. "I have blood?"

Taeyong grabbed Yuta's hand to make him grab a hold of the shirt, giving Taeyong the chance to let go real quick while he reached for his bag. "We have some empty syringes, Lucas, I'm going to take a pint from you, okay, it shouldn't hurt you too much, you haven't been seriously injured, right?" he said quickly in one breath.

"Uh- no, I just hurt my head earlier," Lucas said.

Despite all the commotion going on about Yuta being stabbed with a spear, Jaemin was able to pull Jaehyun aside for a second. "Hyung, do you not see the bigger problem we have in our hands?" he asked him, pointing off to the distance.

"What could possibly be a bigger problem than Yuta getting- oh, fuck," Jaehyun trailed of once he saw what Jaemin was pointing at.

It was that source of light that Yuta had seen minutes prior, where he was trying to check out. The light was getting dimmer, and Jaehyun was able to get a better glimpse of wear it was coming from.

Spaceship or flying saucer wouldn't be the right word, though it is when aliens come to mind. No, it was more like a small airplane with no wings, a space pod more accurately.

Is that where the creature came from?

"Stay here," Jaehyun said, pushing Jaemin back a little to make sure the younger wouldn't follow him. "We don't need another Yuta."