Chapter Nine
Emmett peered out of the broken shuttle hull, a heavy metal rod in his hand. He was here alone with Jane as she recovered, while Edward and Peter went looking for food and hopefully trying to find Ivan, Jasper and Demetri. They had arrived a day after Demetri led the beast off and found Edward and Alec injured but okay while Marcus was dead. He had died on impact and Jasper had grabbed a parachute –he still didn't understand why there was one on the spaceship- and jumped out right after the hull he and Pete were in ripped off.
"Are they back yet?" Jane whispered as she peered out of the room she was in, her voice barely above a whisper as Emmett gripped the bar tighter his body tense in preparation of an attack.
"No, not yet." Alec whispered to his twin sister as he shielded her body with his.
"Emmett! HELP!" He heard Peter yell before he and Edward burst through the trees into the now clear field with Ivan in their arms, blood pouring from multiple wounds.
"Fuck, Jane, get back inside! They found Ivan!" he ordered before rushing out and lifting Ivan from their arms and inside to the makeshift medical bay.
"Where did you find him?" Emmett asked as he laid his friend on the table and began to remove the shredded clothing, he needed to see where the damage was done and then figure out what he needed to clean and wrap the wounds.
"We found him in a thicket of thorns." Peter explained while Edward placed the weapons they found on the ground, one of them being Demetri's bow.
"IVAN!" Jane yelled as she hobbled back into the room, her face pale as she took in her husband. Alec desperately tried to hold her back
"Jane, you need to leave, I'm sorry but you have an infection and something else I don't know about and Ivan is sick right now he's losing too much blood. I know you want to help Jane, but we can't have him getting any sicker, if he got worse there is nothing I can do to help him. Alec, take her to the other room and calm her down." Emmett explained, his eyes never looking away from his hands that were stitching up one of the fatal wounds.
Alec nodded as Jane held back a sob, she understood Emmett; she didn't like it because she needed to be near Ivan but she didn't want to be the reason for his already deteriorated health to become worse.
"Come on Jane, you can help Edward, Peter and I fix the weapons," Alec whispered as he guided her shaking form to the room across from them where Edward placed the weapons, Peter following. They only had three guns, her knives and Demetri's bow.
"He's going to be pissed about his bow when we find him." She choked out while trying to force a laugh.
Edward snorted while nudging the disaster that was DeLuca's bow. "I'm pretty sure he won't care that much. We haven't found Marcello, I'm pretty sure that he would be more pissed off at that than his fucked up bow."
"I'm shocked to say this, but he is right." Jane muttered, her eyes never leaving the bow. They had lost Marcus and they may have lost both Felix and Demetri. They could also lose Ivan if Emmett couldn't help him.
"I know. But Felix gave him this bow." Peter mutters, fingering the bow itself before sighing. "We can't go out again, it was an off chance that we found Ivan, and we need to look for Demetri and Jasper before anything. I know they aren't dead, that they are still okay, I would know if they died right here." He explained placing his hand on his chest where his heart rested.
Edward couldn't help but snort, he didn't really find it all that believable that Peter Whitlock was anything special, especially not being special enough to have some form of clairvoyance. Someone like he should get that gift but no, Edward got the curse of being able to read people.
"Shut up fuckward, go sulk in a corner or better yet, do us and this world a favor and go throw yourself off a fucking high cliff." Jane snapped with a snarl before automatically throwing her hidden blade causing Edward to yelp as he felt the sharp sting on his arm.
"Fuck you, imp!" he snarled out before stomping from the room, his hand holding the cut tightly.
"He'll be okay, Jane." Peter mumbled as he placed a calming hand on her shoulder, at this time he wished he was Jasper in that sense, everyone was able to calm under his touch.
Alec silently moved closer to his twin and grasped her free hand with his. He wasn't too sure that Ivan would be okay but he had to believe Peter, after all the stories he has heard from the others Peter is rarely if not never wrong.
Emmett finished up the stitches and began to clean the wounds some more, Ivan had passed out long ago from the pain and now Emmett was just worried that besides the other worries his friend might just not wake up.
There were unknown substances in some of the wounds and he didn't know what they would do to Ivan's blood, if they were poisonous or not. If the ship was full and running, if it was the part of the ship that held the medic bay, then he would be able to do a full scan on Ivan and Jane both.
Sighing, he rubbed his face tiredly as he stared down at the man before him.
"What am I supposed to do…" he grunted out before straightening and went to find Jane. He had to inform her that he was stable for now but if they didn't get help soon – he just hoped that there was life form on this planet besides animals and they were friendly - or find the medic bay quick. Ivan might die.
"Emmett, how is he?" Jane asked as she quickly hopped to her feet, her eyes wide and teary.
"Jane, he's stable for now but if we don't find the medic bay or some form of help on this damn planet then we may just lose him. I'm sorry Jane, I did the best I could with the instruments I have." He explained tiredly, his hands shooting out as she began to waver on her feet. Catching her just as her knees buckled from underneath her.
"I'm sorry Jane, so sorry." Emmett muttered as he pulled the small woman close to his chest.
Jane let out a sob and clutched the oaf as tight as she could. "It's okay, Emmett; it's not your fault. You did the best you could; I understand and don't blame you."
"PETER! ALEC! EMMETT!" Edward screamed out as two women dropped from the trees. One tall, the other short, and both equally blonde and very much almost naked.
The three called rushed out with weapons in their hands, only to stop short as they took in the women before them. They were both equally stunning; one was shorter than the other with flowing honey gold locks while the other was tall with waist length gold hair that shone in the light.
"We come in peace, we heard you need help." The taller one spoke, her eyes locked on Emmett.
"Who are you? What do you want? How did you know we needed help?" Peter demanded.
Charlotte cocked her head to the side and frowned. "We have watched, Sky Creatures, watched as you bring back sick man. We can help; he was in the thickets of thorn valley." She spoke; her words slightly broken and mispronounced as she adjusted her voice for their tongue speak.
"You can help my husband?" Jane piped up with hope in her voice, causing all to look her way.
"Yes, we help… We help you and your mate. Sister Isabella help heal, she heals… she healed one like you." Rosalie spoke, her voice strong and unwavering unlike her sister Charlotte's.
"Who? Who did she heal?" Peter asked, he needed to know if it was Jasper, Felix or Demetri.
Alec watched the trees behind, his eyes locking onto the fiery red ones framed with red curls that danced like the very flames. He knew that the woman wasn't harmful, just shy.
Rosalie cocked her head to the side, her mind grasping her sisters' memories.
"He calls for you by names in illness. He calls you family, you call him Demetri."
A/N: Well? Well!
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