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In the house Beck, Robbie and Cat had been trying to find a way out for hours but their attempts were useless, they were either impossible or highly dangerous; Jade was just on the sofa trying to seem normal but she was struggling to breathe more and more as time went by and the pain on her injury was killing her, all she wanted was to scream.
"Why is it taking them so long?" Beck asked upset and took a breath, he was going mad inside that room.
"There's a lot going on in the city, maybe they're stuck in traffic" Robbie commented.
"But it's been over a day since the earthquake and nothing" Cat said and looked down worriedly. "What if something happened to them?"
"Let's think positive" Robbie said and took a breath. "A lot of people know we are here, there's the owner of the house, Cat's mom, Jade's parents and our friends, we'll be fine but they probably had their own stuff to deal with"
"That makes sense" Beck commented.
"Yeah" Cat added and there was silence for a few seconds, Jade was only looking down with her elbows resting on her knees and her head in her hands because that was the only position that made her feel she could breathe at that point.
"How are you feeling?" Beck asked but she only nodded, she didn't want to speak because she knew he'd realize she couldn't breathe as soon as she started talking.
"Jade?" Robbie asked and she showed them her thumb to say she was okay but kept looking down.
"Jade come on, look at me" Beck demanded concernedly and she knew she wouldn't be able to avoid him forever so looked up at him and they finally saw her corpse-like appearance, her skin was pale as paper and her lips were bluish.
"Jade!" Robbie exclaimed surprised.
"Oh my god" Beck said worriedly and she shivered so she embraced herself. "You are not okay, what do you feel? Come on, tell me" He demanded as he got on his knee in front of her but she remained quiet. She was just looking at him and seeing double, it was obvious she was struggling to remain awake.
"What's wrong with her?" Robbie asked as she looked at Beck and he realized she couldn't focus her sight, she was looking at him but not really at him.
"Hey, here, here!" Beck said as he snapped his fingers in front of her face and she looked at them but she was still lost so he held her face gently to focus her attention. "What do you feel? Come on, tell me" He demanded but she remained quiet.
"Jade, talk to us" Cat said.
"Cold" Jade whispered and continued breathing heavily. "Water…" she said and Robbie immediately gave Beck the bottle so he started giving her some, she took a few sips and pushed the bottle away so he put it on the table.
"Lay down" Beck said and she didn't want to but he made her do it anyway, she laid down on the sofa and saw her three friends staring at her but they were blurry and for moments they turned into shadows. "Tell me what you feel" He demanded again but being in that position made it even harder for her to breathe, she felt she was suffocating so she started gasping.
"Jade?" Cat said scared.
"I…" Jade started and sat up again to try to breathe but she couldn't.
"She can't breathe" Robbie said as they saw her struggling so Beck helped her to get in the same position she had before, she looked down as she gasped and then started coughing so she covered her mouth.
"What's happening?" Cat asked worriedly and a few seconds later Jade finally stopped coughing but she was still breathing heavily. She removed her hand from her mouth and immediately saw blood all over it so she looked at it confused.
"Oh god, what is that?" Robbie asked and Beck stared at her worriedly, he looked at her face and saw that the blood was coming from her mouth.
"Jade, you coughed out blood" Beck said concernedly and she looked at him scared but she felt too weak.
"I…just…need…the bathroom" Jade responded between heavy breaths and they looked at her confused, they didn't understand why she had suddenly become so sick when she'd been relatvely okay all that time; she'd been acting weird and looking pale but she seemed to be okay so to see her so ill was a shock. She stood up and tried to start walking to the bathroom but she only took a couple of small steps before collapsing.
"Ah!" Jade finally screamed in pain as she held her injury.
"Jade!" Beck exclaimed worriedly and helped her up. "What's happening?" He asked as he put her back on the sofa but she didn't say anything, however he noticed she kept her hand on her side so he decided to see for himself.
"No" Jade muttered when she felt him trying to remove her jacket.
"Stop" Beck ordered and opened her jacket only to see the massive blood stain on her side.
"Oh my god" Robbie said shocked and Jade closed her eyes in frustration.
"What the hell is this?" Beck immediately took her jacket off to see more and started unzipping her dress.
"Stop" Jade said as she gasped for air.
"No you're injured, you've had this all this time?" He questioned and she nodded as she tried to cover her wound again but she was trembling and couldn't really press it anymore because she was weak. "Are you crazy? Why didn't you tell us?"
"It's no big deal" Jade muttered.
"No big deal? Look at you, you look like a corpse and you'll be one soon if we don't get you help now" Beck affirmed upset. "Stop moving, I need to see" He demanded and removed the top part of her dress, she had a bra but she was still uncomfortable because Robbie was there.
"Relax, Robbie is looking away" Cat informed.
"Jesus…" Beck said shocked when he saw her injury, there was blood all around it and it was still flowing but the strap of her dress made it slower. He also noticed she had a huge bruise on her belly and he tried to touch it but she immediately moaned.
"Ah" Jade said in pain.
"How did you get these? When?" Beck asked confused. "Was it when Robbie hit you?" He asked and she shook her head.
"No, with a glass, I fell on the table and it got stuck…and the bruise, part of the ceiling fell on me" Jade explained and he closed his eyes in impotence, he regretted not having pulled her from the center when the earthquake began.
"This looks bad" He said sincerely and shook his head angrily. "You should have told me, it's been a day Jade, A DAY! You're bleeding out"
"No, it stopped see?" She said as she touched her injury carefully but she still felt blood streaming.
"No, it didn't and it's affecting you" Beck said. "Robbie help me, we need to put pressure here" He said and Robbie finally turned to them but as soon as he saw the huge bruise on her abdomen he got worried.
"This is where you got hit by the ceiling right?" Robbie asked and she nodded.
"Why?" Beck asked because he could see his concern.
"I think…I think her injury is not our only problem" He responded.
"What do you mean?" Cat asked confused.
"I've read a lot about medicine and traumas and stuff" Robbie commented. "This isn't a normal bruise, she is bleeding internally"
"What is that supposed to mean?" Beck asked confused.
"That she's got a hemorrhage, she is not only bleeding out on the wound…I think the trauma of the ceiling falling on her damaged one of her organs" He explained. "It basically means that her blood is leaking inside her"
"Is that bad?" Jade asked worriedly almost whispering and gasped, she had to do that every time she opened her mouth.
"Yes" Robbie said.
"Damn it" Beck said concernedly and took a breath. "Is that why she's spitting blood?"
"Maybe...Her lungs must be filling up with blood, that's why she can't breathe but I don't know if that was from the stab or the hit" Robbie commented and Beck put his hand on her forehead.
"She is still cold" He said.
"We need to get her out, she needs help…we can't do anything here" Robbie affirmed. "She might catch an infection too, if she hasn't yet"
"God damn it Jade, why didn't you tell us?" Beck asked angrily and she looked at him emotionlessly as she struggled to breathe.
"Forget it" Jade said and coughed out blood again so he looked at her nervously.
"We need to get out now, she's been like this for way too many hours" Beck said and she embraced herself.
"I'm cold" Jade said with a shaky voice and Beck put her dress up again, he covered her with his jacket and she tried to smile at him but then several tears started streaming down her face. "I'm sorry…" she whispered.
"You're an idiot for not telling me" Beck responded and stroked her cheek. "But I love you, we'll get you out"
"No you won't" Jade whispered and tried to take a deep breath but couldn't so she closed her eyes in pain. "I can't breathe, I…I won't make it" she affirmed as the tears streamed down her pale face.
"Don't say that, you'll be fine" Beck affirmed and wiped her tears away. "Do you trust me?" He asked and she smiled as she nodded.
"Yeah…"
"Well, then trust I'll get you out of here one way or another" He said and she nodded but deep inside she was starting to feel her life was slipping away. "Cat, stay with her" He ordered and Cat sat down next to Jade while Beck and Robbie looked for a way out.
"I'm going out the window" Beck said.
"Beck, you could fall and die" Robbie responded.
"She is dying and I won't just stay here to watch it happen, she is my girlfriend" Beck said and took a breath as he looked down at the street. "Let's make the rope I told you about, I'm gonna need your clothes and yours too Cat"
"Kay kay" She said and started undressing, she stayed in shorts and a little top to give him her jeans and sweater, Robbie also had to stay in his underwear and Beck did the same. They tied all the pieces of cloth together and tied it to the window but then they realized it didn't reach the ground, it barely reached the first floor but they didn't want to use Jade's clothes because she was freezing.
"You're gonna still fall one floor, that assuming this doesn't break" Robbie said. "It's dangerous"
"I have to do it" Beck responded. "Take it and make sure it doesn't fall off, okay?" He ordered and Robbie nodded.
"No, no…" Jade said as loudly as she could and Beck immediately walked towards her, he sat down by her side and she shook her head at him. "Don't do it" she said trying to stay conscious.
"It's going to be fine, I'll get you help" He affirmed.
"You could die" Jade responded and then abruptly leaned forward covering her mouth, she grabbed the first thing she saw which was a pitcher and started throwing up in it but she only puked out blood, she felt she was drowning inside her body.
"Oh my god" Cat said scared as Jade put the pitcher back on the floor and Beck looked at her trying to hide the fear and pain he felt seeing her but he couldn't, he was terrified and his face reflected it.
"I could die? You are not the right person to say that, you bled out for hours without telling us and you're dying now" Beck commented as she gasped for air. "I'll be fine and you'll get help"
"Beck, I'm…dead already" Jade affirmed and closed her eyes as several tears streamed down her face.
"No, that's enough" He said and she nodded.
"Yes" She whispered and tried to reach for his hand as she trembled so he grabbed it. "I can feel it" Jade said sadly and started crying more but then coughed again and more blood came out of her mouth, it wasn't stopping at that point.
"No" He said as he cleaned the blood off her lips and chin.
"It's not…your fault" She affirmed and tried to take a breath but her body didn't let her even begin, she felt pain as she started to fill her lungs with air and she couldn't keep going.
"Stop talking, I must go now" Beck said and tried to stand up but she kept holding his hand.
"No, just wait…a few…minutes" Jade responded and swallowed the blood she felt coming. "I want you here when I go" she whispered.
"I need to get you help" Beck said. "Please, you're gonna be fine just resist"
"I can't" Jade said as she cried quietly. "I tried"
"Jade" Cat said scared and Robbie put his hand on her shoulder.
"Don't speak, you're weak" Beck said and she nodded as she looked at him.
"I'm so sorry" Jade said and her voice broke because she was crying, she was terrified of death and she couldn't avoid it. "Tell me…that…you love…me" she demanded and he smiled with tears in his eyes as he kissed her hand.
"I love you more than anything" Beck affirmed and she smiled.
"I love you too" Jade said and it was clear she was struggling to stay conscious. "I'm sorry" she said and he shook his head.
"No, stop talking" Beck ordered but she felt her life had come to an end and she couldn't keep fighting it, she simply put her hand on his face and smiled a little before everything turned black and her hand dropped.
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