I tried posting a new chapter last night, but something went wrong and I somehow posted a Divergent chapter instead. I am very sorry for the mistake. Big thank you to the guest and LunaTheBlackWolf for telling me!
Okay, new chapter! Sorry for the long wait on this one. But I have a VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT first. I am currently working on multiple stories, so I am trying to figure out a schedule to upload them all. So, I think that I should try to upload a new chapter once a week on Friday/Saturday. Hopefully this will work and not make you guys wait and wonder what day a new chapter will be posted on.
Also, the small Legend thing I put in last chapter was the camera. 6822. I didn't expect anyone to get this, and no one did. 6822 was John's cell number in the book. Very small thing :). If you want me to try to put small nods to the books in this fanfiction, please let me know. Alright, on to JUNE. Hope you guys enjoy!
June
If I tried to explain my initial reaction when I saw Tess on the floor, I wouldn't be able to. The entire scene is coated in a haze.
"This can't be happening. He can't take someone else from me," I say to myself.
But then my eyes snap back into focus and I am forced to live with the fact that Tess is bleeding out in her kitchen. And she needs my help.
I grab a rag from the sink and sit by her side, moving her hand away from her wound. A slit in her stomach, and it's deep. Obviously a knife wound. I press the rag to her wound and immediately the white cloth begins to turn red.
I frantically look around, looking for something to help, when I am stopped.
"June," Tess says so quietly that I almost miss it.
"What?" I ask. Before she can respond, I move her crumpled form slightly so that she is more comfortably in a straight, laying down position.
"You've got to get out of here," she whispers. She's looking at something in the corner of the room, up high. I turn my head to look at what it is. "Don't look," she hisses.
I slightly move my head back to her. "It's a camera. They're watching us."
"Who's they?" I ask.
"No idea," she smiles. "But I do know this. They probably attacked me because you told me about Day."
"Then it's all my fault," I say and let the realization sink in.
"You didn't let me finish. I am glad you told me about him. Now that he remembers you, there is nothing that will keep you two apart."
"Except a jealous madman," I reply sarcastically. I look down at the rag, which is now just a wet, red cloth. I reach for another one and quickly switch the two.
"You have to get out of here. They'll be coming for you next," she whispers as her eyes close.
"I am not leaving you," I say sternly.
"Yes you are!" she says louder. "You can't do anything to help me. I can feel it. Always trust a doctor," she smiles. A tear slips out from her eye and makes its way down her face and onto the floor.
"But I can't. You're one of the only people that I have left," I say.
"You'll meet more people," she replies, her eyes not even opening as she says this. It is almost like watching her life go from her soul onto a cloth that I am holding.
I hear cars screeching to a halt outside and shouting voices, quickly being hushed.
"They're here for you," she says. "You have to go."
I stand up and reach for yet another rag, stealing a glance outside the window. Multiple truck, all belonging to the police, are parked outside. No men are out there, which means that the thundering coming from the lower levels must be from them, making their way up the stairs.
I look down at Tess, who's eyes are open slightly now as she smiles at me. "Go, I'll be alright."
I nod slightly and grab up my things before heading towards the door.
Well, what was a door until the officers barged through it.
"Police! Drop your belongings and get down on your knees!" one officer yells. I do as told and put my hands behind my head.
"Ms. Iparis, you are being arrested for the murder of Tess, an innocent civilian."
"But-" I start. It then hits me. They're accusing me of something without seeing any evidence. Which means-
"How's Anden?" I ask.
"You are not making any sense. Do you plead guilty or innocent?"
"I am being set up. You know that. You work for him. You had someone come in here and stab Tess so that when you came in, it would look like I did it," I spit.
"Have you sustained any bows to the head?"
"Only the mental ones Anden has given me," I reply harshly.
"It is my duty to let you know, Ms. Iparis, that this conversation is being recorded to either prove or disprove your innocence at a later time. Do you have any comments that you wish to be recorded as well?'
"Go to hell, Anden. I will never love you," I say.
The man presses a button and says, "alright, cuff her."
Another man moves towards me with cuffs. I may have bruised ribs, but I can still fight. "Don't you dare put those on me," I threaten as the man unlocks them and comes closer to me.
He makes a move forward and I slip out of the way of the cuffs. "Do not resist arrest!" he yells.
I am cornered by two men, one holding a set of cuffs. I quickly kick the man with the cuffs in the groin, making him bend over in pain. I bounce off the balls of my feet and summersault over his back before the other man can catch me.
"Three stories up. Probably something down below to break my fall," I think to myself.
"Freeze!" another officer yells and pulls out a taser. But it's too late.
I am already running through the room. Without looking at Tess' body, I shield my face with my hands and jump out the kitchen window, glass shattering all around me.
I grunt in pain as my wounded side is cut by falling glass and look at the ground that is now spiraling towards me. Great, nothing to break my fall but asphalt.
I tuck and roll as I was trained to do and soon I am flat out on the ground, gasping for air.
Everything spins around me as I push myself up onto my elbows.
The police trucks are still abandoned.
I look up and see a few officers looking out the window and down at me, but none of them pull a gun. Anden probably told them to not hurt me too badly.
I get up onto my feet and wheeze as my lungs contract, trying to get in enough air to feed my body. Everything still spins, but it is in sharper focus now.
"Get away," I tell myself. I have no leads, nothing to say where Day might be. Tess is gone. I have no one.
But I can drive a car. I get into one of the police vehicles and am pleasantly surprised. "Figures, Anden's police force leaves the keys in the car," I say under my breath and smile.
"Hey, stop! That's government property!" one of the men yells.
"You think I care?" I yell back at him. I close the door to the car and make a quick turn and soon I am on the road out of the city.
As I said before, new chapter on Friday/Saturday. Thanks for reading! Please leave a comment about anything in the story :)
Thank you to the two guests for reviewing, and I like how one of you put cousin :). Good nod to the books. See you all in a few days! Well, not see, but you all get the point.
