Silus had no idea how long he had been unconscious but he could still see the moon through the hole in the roof he and Lilly had made falling through. His arms were still around Lilly who lay unmoving on top of him.
"Lilly?" Silus whispered, tilting his head to look at Lilly. There was no answer.
Silus grunted as he rolled over and carefully laid Lilly on her back. He felt for her pulse at the side of her neck and sighed in relief when he felt a faint flutter. Silus slowly got to his feet and arched his back, testing for broken bones. There was a throbbing pain from his ribs, some fractures no doubt, but no broken bones. They would mend quickly enough.
Looking around, Silus took in his immediate surrounding. They were in what seemed to be an industrial freezer. Having punched through the roof, the moon provided some light to the interior. The dark did not bother him as his eyes could see everything clearly. It was the cold which worried him. Lilly was hurt and he had to get her to a hospital.
There was a cough and a groan from near his feet. Silus quickly knelt down and gently held her hand. Lilly was waking up.
"How do you feel, Lilly?" asked Silus.
Lilly squinted up and frowned, "Silus? Where am I? What happened?" Lilly made a move to sit up but the dagger in her shoulder had her cry out.
Silus quickly held her down and said, "Don't move. You have a dagger in your shoulder and we fell through the roof of this building. We are in a freezer and I have to get us out of here. The hole we made in the roof is too far up for us to reach. I will see if there is another way out."
As Silus let go of Lilly's hand to investigate, Lilly held on and said, "Thank you. If not for you, I would most likely be dead already."
"Shh… You saved my life before as well. I will not let you die, Lilly. Now, rest," said Silus. He took his hand out of Lilly's weak clutch and took off his coat to cover Lilly.
"You will be cold," said Lilly, weakly trying to push the coat back to Silus.
"No. You have lost a lot of blood. You need this more than I do," said Silus, tucking his coat around Lilly, careful not to touch the dagger and the wounded shoulder. Lilly closed her eyes and gave a slight nod, drawing in a laboured breathe in surrender.
Silus made his way to the closest wall to see if he could find a door. There was none and he turned right at the wall. Along the way, Silus passed some boxes and crates stacked up high which were covered with ice crystals. They were lucky to have fallen into a clearing and had not hit any of the stacks that might have caused an avalanche and crushed them for certain.
At the far end of the second wall, Silus saw a door and walked over to it. As expected, it was locked from the outside and the steel door and walls were too thick to force his way through. Silus made his way round the freezer and found no other doors they could leave by.
Silus quickly made his way back to Lilly. Lilly had drifted into a fitful slumber but woke when Silus placed a hand on her right shoulder.
"There is only one door and it is locked. There must be vents around here some where and I will look for it but…" Silus hesitated, trailing off.
"But what?" asked Lilly.
"I will have to remove the dagger and try to stop the blood flow or I wouldn't be able to move you later," said Silus.
"Do it then," said Lilly matter-of-factly.
Silus placed a hand on Lilly's left shoulder to hold her down and took the hilt. Lilly gritted her teeth and turned her head away.
In one swift motion, Silus pulled the dagger straight out and pressed his hand which was on Lilly's shoulder over the wound, putting pressure on it.
Lilly let out a chocked scream and writhed in pain. As Lilly began to lose consciousness, she heard Silus call her name. She wanted to reply but no voice came forth when she opened her mouth.
Just before Lilly slipped into the beckoning darkness, she felt a warm liquid touch her lips and flow into her mouth. It had the familiar coppery taste of the blood from Silus.
[I have contemplated whether Silus should have removed the dagger before going to look for the door or may be not even try it. But I thought this would let the story flow better although it's not technically right I think. What do you think?
So once again, Silus has to give Lilly his blood. The scene from the movie was so ingrained in my mind, I just had to use it here.]
