Lucky Me
I woke up in a room that was not my room, in a house that was not my house. It used to be weird, but eventually I had gotten used to it, just as I had gotten used to everyday life here in the FAYZ. Well, almost everything...
Everything was normal in the morning when I had gotten up. I walked down the same stairs, down the same hallway, greeted the same invisible people, and walked into the same kitchen to eat mush out of a can.
Sadly, just as I was about to sit down and eat, that wretched little girl, Taylor, popped into the kitchen with a serious look on her face. I slowly put down my can of mush and waited for the bad news that would keep my stomach grumbling in the morning.
"Quinn, something bad is happening in the plaza, everyone is being called there," she stated plainly. It was obvious she didn't enjoy this; she didn't want to be here to tell me what was going on, she wanted to be next to Sam to see what was happening. Well, I was sure she wanted to stand next to Sam; probably not caring if there was a tornado ripping through town. The girl had a pretty big crush on him and everyone knew it.
"Right, well," I finally answered, turning to head out of the kitchen. "Tell Sam I'm heading right over."
"See ya, Quinn," she said right before popping right on out of there.
I sighed, not liking the idea of some problem over at the plaza and Sam wanted me there. I wasn't good with problems, especially other people's problems and Sam knew that. Why Sam wanted me there was baffling.
Perhaps, he's trying to give me another chance at showing everyone in town that I was reliable. Although, how could I do that when I hardly believed it myself? I asked myself the same question every day before walking over the threshold into the outside world we called, FAYZ.
I froze when I heard a scream of pain followed by angry shouts. The scream pierced right through my heart, it was pitiful and weak; there was another scream that set my heart beating rapidly, I thought it was going to jump out of my chest. I was still frozen on the spot, until I heard the gunshots followed by Sam's commands.
Quickly, I began running towards the center of the whole thing, which was hard with everyone crowding around. When I reached Sam's side, I wished I had stayed on the outer edge of the circle. There, in the middle was that girl with the devil himself, Drake.
However, the girl received more of my attention than the devil, surprisingly.
She was crumpled on the ground, in a pool of blood. Her arms were outstretched towards us, as if asking for help, but no one in town seemed to be giving her any.
My hand went to the small scar on my right arm and I understood why. But, seeing her so pitiful at his feet, bleeding to death, I just couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
Death…wait…that girl! She was supposed to be dead already. She had died in that battle. I saw her lifeless body being carried away by him. My brows furrowed in immense confusion as I tried to think it through. I looked over at Sam, but he was snarling at the devil.
"Get out of here Drake and take your corpse with you-"
"Fuck," Drake sighed. "How many times do I have to tell you, she's not fucking dead? Ask your healer bitch, she'll tell you the whole fucking story. She was there; she helped bring her back to life. Sadly, she did a horrid job and brought her back with no memories of her old self. Completely brain dead this bitch. Take her; we have no use for her in Coates."
"Lana?" Sam directed his attention past me, almost as if I weren't even there. I shrugged it off, knowing that I wasn't very important in a situation like this. Hell, I could hardly understand what was going on much less stand up for the dying girl.
"Sam, he's telling the truth. I was there…I'll explain it later," she said in hushed tones. "But if someone doesn't take her in right now, she will die from blood loss."
"That's another grave I don't look forward to…" Edilio spoke up; he was on the other side of Sam next to Astrid.
"Sam, she's not moving."
"Don't take her in."
"She's dying!"
"Let the bitch die and rot."
"Sam, Sam, Sam…"
There were comments coming from all sides, striking Sam at the core; I could see it in his eyes as he struggled to come up with a quick decision. Something I would never have been able to do, then again that's why he was the mayor and not me.
"Sam, she's a traitor!" Someone from behind yelled.
Those words stung me the most. I was a traitor, but Sam had given me a second chance. Not thinking it through, I stepped forward and grabbed Lana's hand. I turned to her and said breathlessly, "Heal her." Then I turned to Sam with a frown. "I don't know the whole story, but dude, we can't have another death on our hands."
Sam nodded at me before looking back at Drake. He grimaced. "Get out, Drake. I never want to see your face around town ever again. I don't care how many useless people you have up there, but we don't ever want to see your face around here or else I won't hold back anyone from shooting some holes in you."
"Hey, no need to be jealous of my beautiful face," Drake said, grinning that mad grin of his, but there was something in his eyes. No, there was something missing from his eyes; that glint of insanity and pleasure. It wasn't there, but I didn't care. Having Sam at my side, after Drake disappeared into his car and drove off, made me forget all about it.
He put his hand on my shoulder and muttered, "Thanks."
"No need for that…" I shook my head as I watched Lana start her healing process. "It was a moment."
"A big moment."
I smiled weakly, thinking I only stepped up because I was hurt from that comment earlier. I didn't tell Sam, though. It was nice to feel him back at my side, even though it wasn't for the reasons he was thinking.
It took some time for Lana to heal the girl, Jessica, fully. There were some big wounds on her. How she was still alive, after all that, I knew I would never understand. Yet, there was not much time for that when Sam ordered Edilio and me to help him carry her to Dahra.
Once we had done that, though, Sam, Edilio and I talked for a little bit. Well, it was mostly Edilio and Sam.
"What are we going to do with her when she comes back to the land of the living?" Edilio asked, holding his gun close to him. "She did betray the whole town."
"I don't know," Sam sighed, running a hand through his hair. He looked over at me as if I had something to add, but this is where I receded back into the shadows where I belonged. Sam was the one with the powers and everyone's support. Edilio was the one everyone could count on to protect them. I was the guy who sold out his best friend. Sam frowned. "Well, we need someone to watch over her, twenty-four-seven. Make sure this is not some other plan."
I nodded in agreement, but that was my second mistake. My first one was stepping forward to help the bleeding girl.
Sam was staring at me, Edilio soon joined, making me raise an eyebrow at both of them.
"Quinn, you've known Jessica from before. Back when things were normal, right?" Sam asked; there was a look in his eyes that I didn't like.
"Sort of…barely," I said with a shrug. "We weren't super close or anything. She and I hung out for like five minutes once…Our moms knew each other, but hardly talked." I blustered on without an exact train of thought on what to say. It was unnerving with them looking at me like that.
"Then you two hung out a little before the battle-"
"Before she betrayed us," Edilio spat, sending me a look I knew all too well. I lowered my eyes to the ground all too used to that look.
"Hey," Sam said sternly, looking at both of us with a strong look. "She's not even the same person anymore. Lana stood up on her behalf. She can't remember a single thing, meaning she's going to need to be taken care of..."
I simply nodded. Sam, on the hand, continued.
"By someone who knows her better than the rest of us." He looked at me again, expectantly.
"Right," I said, nodding once again. I felt like a bobble head from all this nodding.
"Quinn," Edilio sighed, stepping in. "It's your job to watch over her now. She's in your charge."
"What?" My eyes widened in surprise, even though I somehow knew this would happen. After all, I was probably the luckiest guy in the FAYZ.
SURPRISE! Bet NO ONE saw that coming! Hee hee, Quinn is now invovled, what will happen with NJ now? After all, Quinn's the complete opposite of Drake. What will happen with Drake? Is he going to be completely out of the picture now?
Okay, I'm not that cruel. Love Drake too much to take him out anytime soon, but review and you'll see~
Right, so this is where I'm going to tell everyone...the last chapter was well the last one I put songs in x.x It's difficult to keep up with that so yeah...no more songs, it's give me a bigger headache, sorry T-T
Thanks you to all my lovely reviewers, Valkerie, SummerFeally, Recklessness and MidnightSummer97 ~ ^_^ Thank you!
