A warning to the squeamish. There is some gore in this chapter. If you have a weak stomach or a fear of blood I advise skipping this chappie over.
I woke up in the room I found London with a pounding sensation in my head. There was a cloth that had been hastily wrapped around my head. Rome was cut up pretty bad. Her lip was split and her arm was bent awkwardly. Her white shirt was stained with blood and she had blood trickling down from her hairline. Rome was kneeling next to London who looked like she was trying not to pass out. Her face was pale and she was biting down on a sponge as Rome attempted to make a tourniquet of her leg. I wish I hadn't looked.
It was covered in blood, and still bleeding, I saw some red bed sheets that Rome must have used to try to stop the blood flow. Her thigh had a deep gash in it and her lower calf was covered in smaller cuts. She had some black and blue marks on her face. Her face turned white as chalk as Rome finished the tourniquet. "Done" she said. London didn't say anything. She sunk to the floor and started crying softly. I felt so bad. What the hell could have happened in the maybe ten minutes I was out? Rome turned to me "Oh, you're awake. That's good." She ringed out a red cloth into a bucket that I hoped was full of paint or pasta sauce. Had she really lost that much blood?
"What happened?" I asked.
"Not too long after I knocked you out I heard footsteps coming down the hall. I thought it was London but the thing burst into the room. I tried to fend it off. You were out cold and I wasn't going to let that thing hurt you when you couldn't fight back. It broke my arm and knocked my pot out of my hands. I thought I was dead for sure. I got slashed across my chest but It was only a flesh wound and didn't touch my heart. It would've killed me; but London stopped it. I think she stopped time for a few seconds. One minute I'm on my rump and trying to recall my will and the next minute she's in front of me and the thing is slumped over in the hallway" Rome explained. Then continued "the fight started to turn in our favor, but we got cocky. That thing got a lucky slice in London's leg and she went down. Then it was all me again. I'd hit the thing so many times my pot is now bent well out of shape" Rome picked up a circular object dripping red that may have once resembled a pot but now looked something like a large, metal fly swatter. "But it was too strong. I was running out of time. I saw your katana slung over your back so I kind of borrowed it. I only got one shot; but it was enough. I got lucky. I stabbed it and it disappeared. Your katana is a little dirty but it saved my sorry ass" Rome then pointed to an object in a red puddle that shined. I craned my neck (I was not moving; I hurt waaaaaaay too much) and saw my katana now drenched in a very deep red with no trace of the silvery color so that even the hilt was speckled. Lucky my ass...
"Wonderful." I said sarcastically. "Nee, Rondini-chan, do you feel okay?"
"...No..." She sobbed. I wanted to walk over to her but sitting was proving to be a challenge as is. I started to get up and my head started feeling light and I got dizzy. The room started spinning into stars.
"TOKYO!" I saw three Romes run up to me and it all went black again.
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I woke up feeling a little bit better. London was asleep next to me and Rome was tending to a fire in the room. Wait, fire? There wasn't a fireplace before. We must have moved. Rome turned around. "Oh, you're awake again" she said.
"Where are we?" I asked. Sitting up, I got a little dizzy but I didn't pass out again. "We must have moved or I need some serious mental help because I didn't notice how the furniture was arranged in here before."
Rome laughed. "We'll all need some mental help after this" She said. "I'll keep watch just go back to sleep. You'll need rest if that thing shows up." Rome said. I was so tired from passing out and fighting and looking around that day I didn't argue and laid back down.
"Hey, Rome you'll need some rest too. Wake me if anything happens or if you get tired; all I'm nursing is a head bump" I said. Rome laughed again.
"I once fought for three days straight with an arrow in the back of my knee, a dislocated shoulder and an infected gash on the side of my neck. I'll survive just fine" she said.
"Okay, but-"
"Go to sleep, Tokyo. I promise I'll be fine" Rome said. Little did I know that she wouldn't be able to keep her promise.
Okay well, that didn't take long and I think I'll turn in for the night. In the next chapter more of the gang arrives! Be expecting soon, I can't wait to write that! XD Plz, find it in your hearts to review.