Quinn's eyes burst open as he was suddenly choking, no more able to grasp the air into his lungs. His view no matter how blur, was totally recognizable. He tried to scream for help, tried to move his hand to wake up Lana but with no luck. Drake's smirk was so familiar; Quinn would be able to see it through closed eyes. The whip tightened round his neck, Drake's gooey tentacle squeezing the life out of Quinn.
"Hello fisher man." Drake laughed to himself. Quinn gripped tight onto the tentacle, trying to pry it away.
"Hey buddy, don't try to hook onto the worm, it's not going to work." Drake said and then flung Quinn to the side of the Church. Quinn flew through the window and landed hard on the dirt, shards of glass raining on him. Lana's eyes flew open at the crash and she screamed as Drake stood ahead of her.
"The Gaiaphage's calling Lana." Drake said, serious.
"Get lost you son of a bitch!" Lana cursed and then swung a wild punch at Drake. Patrick was on his feet but he stepped as far as he could from the creature. Drake's head only spun to the side, his smile still glued onto his face. Lana jumped over the pew and pulled out her shotgun, aiming it right at Drake's head.
"Try and shoot me Lana. You think I'll die? Where have you been all of these days?" Drake spread his arms out wide. Lana shot him anyways, maybe he couldn't die but stunning him was she needed. Drake jumped back and landed on the floor, the bullet gone swell through his head. Suddenly Lana was running, out of the Church sprinting down the stairs. She looked around for Quinn and saw Sam, Edilio, Brianna and Dekka crowded around someone. She ran towards them and gasped as she saw Quinn lying unconscious on the ground. There was a purple swelling ring round his neck, his face was scarred and he was bleeding from a big gash across his forehead. Edilio was shaking Quinn's shoulders while Sam and Dekka raced inside. Brianna was just a gust of dust. Lana kneeled down and pressed her hand gently against Quinn's neck, feeling his heart beat quicken.
"He's dying." Edilio said, kind of shocked.
"Not on my watch." Lana replied, feeling her powers slowly remove the mark. Soon Quinn was gasping for air, his chest rising and falling fast. Inside the church there were all kinds of crashes and burning noises.
"Edilio help me get Quinn out of here." Lana looked up at him. Edilio nodded and they both carried Quinn, Lana holding his feet and Edilio his arms, towards the Plaza. There were kids slowly forming around the Church and around the fast moving duo.
"What's going on?" John appeared his curly red hair bouncing as he spoke.
"Drake's here. Get the kids out now!" Edilio ordered and John was already on his feet. They placed Quinn down once more and Lana again started her process. Edilio held her arm and looked her in the eyes.
"Will you take care of him?" she could see that it was the signal that he needed to leave.
"Never would I not." She replied and looked back the slowly closing gash on his head. Edilio patted her hand and jumped up, machine gun all riled up. Lana kept whispering words under her breath. The Gaiaphage was back and she didn't sense it. Was it finally getting out of her thoughts? Was it finally leaving her screwed up imagination? Quinn's eyes opening suddenly made her happy, seeing him awake, alive and breathing healthy was great! She hugged his hard breathing body and felt him jerk underneath.
"Drake's here." He quickly said.
"No." Lana sarcastically said. But Quinn didn't even break into a smile, for some reason he was sweating.
"Quinn what's wrong?" she asked, clutching his arms.
"Drake's back…" he said.
"Ya, I get that…" Lana replied, her left eyebrow cocked up. Quinn sat up fully and started pulling his dark hair.
"Woah, woah! What's wrong?"
"Ah! Something's killing me!" Quinn screamed and stood up. He placed his palms on his knees and breathed out heavily.
"Quinn?" she called out. Quinn screamed all of a sudden.
"It's got me, it's got me!" he shouted, scratching his arms away. Lana saw as new wounds opened up but that was the least of his problems. Lana turned back and saw Penny, arms outstretched and laughing at the poor struggling Quinn. Quinn continued screaming, seeing the imaginary bugs crawling up his arm, seeing Drake whip him useless and feel the presence of the Gaiaphage so close, he could hear it breath into his ear. Lana pulled out her shotgun and aimed it at Penny.
"Stop it or I'll fucking kill you." Lana screamed. Penny just snickered as Quinn rolled on the floor, he was burning, a fire that creamed his skin and flesh.
"Penny I'll not heal you, I'll let you die on the floor like a lab rat." But Penny just stood there. Lana clicked the safety off and aimed right at the girl's head. But before she could fire she heard a scream behind her.
"Lana, run!" It was Sam. Lana turned around and suddenly she was grabbed by a whip arm and pulled along. Drake held on tight to Lana as he and Penny ran. Sam stretched his arms out and tried to fire his light but was stopped by Dekka.
"You'll burn Lana!" she screamed as she ran alongside him. It was too late anyways as Drake and penny disappeared into the bushes, Lana's screaming echoing through the trees. Sam gently patted the scars on his arm and winced. The memories came flushing back through his mind. He shook his head violently and pulled at his hair. Make the pain forget the memories. He then heard a soft moan and looked down and Quinn, arms, face and legs bleeding. He looked worse than before. Sam and Dekka ran to him while Brianna just appeared beside them. Sam kneeled down and held onto Quinn's scarred shoulder.
"Quinn." He shook him. Quinn opened his eyes, fear printed clear on them. He clutched his forehead and sat up.
"Fuck that hallucination bitch!" Quinn shouted, ignoring the fact that little kids crowded him. Suddenly his face turned serious and he gazed at the ground.
"I know how Lana feels, Sam." He whispered.
"What?" Sam asked.
"It's just terrifying, the Gaiaphage is just so…..conquering." he said, his eyes roaming on the dirty ground. Sam didn't say a word but just looked at his frightened friend.
"They got her Quinn." Dekka said. He looked up, shocked.
"How?"
"Ambush. Penny distracted her by torturing you and then Drake grabbed her." Brianna said, her scowl was deep enough to make marks in her face.
"We have to get her back."
"No shit Sherlock." Dekka said. Quinn stood up.
"No I'm serious."
"So are we." Sam replied.
"If we don't who knows what's going to happen to her." Quinn softly said.
"What's with all the heroism all of a sudden?" Dekka asked, arms folded across her chest. Blood dripped from her shoulder.
"Because it's Lana." He replied. Everyone silently looked down, Sam scuffed his already dirty shoes on the ground.
"And I love her."
Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed this story! :D :P Sorry if I take too long to upload this, school is just horrible with the homework -_- Anyways Take care and please R&R! :D Any suggestions too?
