"I don't know how much more of this I can take." Hannah sighed as she sat down on the ground.
"How much you can take? Hannah, we have an unconscious JJ on the floor. Sammy can barely stand and she's bleeding from a bite from JJ and Kevin might have a concussion." Haley snapped while she knelt beside Kevin.
"I'm fine." Kevin grumbled and pushed Haley away.
"Hey!" Sammy snapped. "There is no need to push her." Sammy glared at the boy, using the table to help her walk closer to him. "I suggest that you leave this room now before you end up like JJ." She threatened.
"Now is not the time for this." Michelle said. "We need to get JJ off of the floor and you need to do some explaining."
"I'll get JJ." Paul offered and went to the smaller boy and grunted as he lifted JJ off of the ground.
"Sammy, what did you mean by that Michelle had already pulled that?" Kyra asked.
"I don't think she's in any condition to answer any questions." Lance said.
"You guys want to know? Fine, I'll tell you." Sammy looked at Michelle. "Remember when you woke up on the living room floor with a cut in your arm?" She didn't get a response, but she saw in her friend's eyes that she did. "You went insane like JJ did." Paul entered the room right when Sammy said that line. "You were getting sick in the bathroom and I heard you. You opened the door, went into the kitchen, laughing and ripped open a bag of flour and threw it everywhere. Then dumped water on me before grabbing a knife and going into the living room. You destroyed the cochins that had to be replaced, you sliced open your own arm and then cut me twice before I pinned you down and calmed you down." The room was silent. No one spoke, no one did anything.
"What time is it?" Kyra asked softly a moment later.
"We would usually be getting up in a hour." Hannah responded after pulling her phone out of her pocket and reading the time.
"I'm not in the mood to sleep anymore." Kyra said. Sammy walked across the word without a word and left her friends, the sound of the shower going off soon followed.
"Are you okay Michelle?" Paul noticed how Michelle stared at the ground blankly.
"I don't even remember doing that." Michelle whispered.
"Does that mean JJ won't remember when he wakes up?" Haley asked.
"He has a better memory than we do, he might at least remember something." Paul said.
"I'm sick of all of this." Kevin grumbled and got up. "Am I the only one that's worried about themselves? There is something going on here and I'm not sticking around to go insane myself." The boy scoffed when no one responded and he left the room at all.
"Lance, you haven't said anything." Michelle said.
"I'm just not sure what to say." Lance responded.
"You had enough to say while Sammy had JJ on the ground."
"What are you talking about?"
"Ruin it? Ruin what? Why wouldn't you let me help Sammy when JJ was trying to bite her arm off!" Michelle snapped.
"Sammy obviously had a plan, she's said she took care of you, so she could easily take care of JJ." Lance answered faster than expected.
"Maybe we should go back." Paul said.
"Go back where?" Kyra asked.
"Home. I don't think we can handle living here. It's been only a week and Sheyla's been hurt, Michelle and JJ have both gone insane and who knows what is happening to Sammy." Paul explained.
"We can't go back." Haley said.
"I don't want to go back." Hannah added. Everyone stopped talking when Sammy reentered the room, wearing jeans and her oversized white hoodie. She didn't say anything as she passed by her friends and was about to leave the kitchen again.
"Where are you going?" Haley asked quietly.
"Out." Sammy stated.
"'Out' where?" Michelle added.
"I need to see Shey." Sammy said and left without waiting for her friends to say anything else.
Sammy looked up at the sun as a shiver ran up her spine. How could it be so cold out with the sun being so bright? Sammy remembered that it was early fall, maybe it was just a chilly morning. Sammy stopped walking and turned around, looking at the house she had just left. Wasn't JJ complaining about being cold before she tackled him?
"Morning." A deep voice snapped Sammy out of her thoughts.
"Free?" Sammy turned back around and was greeted by the large man.
"I'm surprised you're up." The man chuckled.
"I am not in the mood to deal with you right now." Sammy pushed past Free and walked on.
"So what happened last night?" Free asked and followed the girl.
"It was an average night, not like it matters to you." Sammy responded.
"Are you sure?" Free stepped up net to the girl and grabbed her arm, holding it up in the air. "Because you smell like blood." The man pulled back Sammy's sleeve and exposed a large bandage.
"Let go of me!" Sammy snapped and yanked her arm away, pushing her sleeve back down. "It's none of your concern. I barely know you and you don't know me."
"You're Sammy." Free stated.
"Congrats, you know my name. Most of the DWMA knows my name, it's hard to find someone that doesn't know the weird new girl and her weird friends." Sammy adjusted the bottom of her sweater and walked off again.
"What happened?" Free repeated his question and continued following the girl.
"Why should I tell you? How do I know that you're just not a figment of my imagination since you've only showed up twice and when I'm alone."
"Then why shouldn't you? Usually people feel better after they talk about it." Free suggested.
"I talk enough in my life." Sammy stated. "Why don't you just leave me alone?
"I'm bored and you guys seem like a fun group to watch." Free answered.
"Nice to know that our lives make an entertaining show for you."
"One of you didn't go back to the house yesterday." Free's comment made Sammy stop. "I believe that it was the girl with the long light brownish hair. She wears a TARDIS necklace." Sammy didn't say anything. "Something happened to her."
"It's none of your business." Sammy said softly before walking again.
"I heard you guys went out on a mission from a friend of mine. Did she get hurt?" Free waited for a response, but got none as they neared the DWMA. "Was it your fault?" Sammy clenched her hands and took off running, not looking back. Sammy heard Free cursed and when she reached the bottom of the steps of the DWMA, she finally looked back and saw that Free was gone.
"I really hope I'm not imagining things." Sammy sighed and climbed up the large flight of steps.
Sammy rubbed her hands together, feeling colder as she entered the building and walked straight to the infirmary. Ignoring everyone trying to talk to her, all asking where the rest of her friends were at and not getting a response.
"Shey." Sammy said as she opened the door to the infirmary and saw that Sheyla was still unconscious on the bed.
"She'll be out for a little longer, it was a harsh hit to the head." The nurse's assistant said. A strange woman with black circles on the ends of her mouth, but Sammy was getting used to seeing different kinds of people at Death City. "Nygus told me what happened when I came in this morning." The woman said, but Sammy didn't hear her. Sammy went to the chair next to the bed and sat down. "It wasn't your fault. Accidents happen during missions. You should hear the story about Soul and Maka when they met Crona."
"It was my fault." Sammy said and grabbed her friend's hand, feeling a light pulse through her palms. "I convinced her to go to the DWMA and she got hurt."
"Is she your meister?"
"No...I don't have a meister."
"You'll find one, everyone does."
"Justin didn't." Sammy released Sheyla's hand and leaned back.
"Justin's a different case, he didn't want one for some reason."
"What's your name." Sammy suddenly asked. "I've only seen you here once before when Paul needed a refill on his inhaler."
"Eruka." The woman answered.
"Erika?"
"No, E-u-r-k-a."
"Ah, sorry." Sammy rubbed her arms to warm them up. "I know a girl name Erika, she's a cool girl. Left her behind with so many other people and they all left so many other people as well so I wouldn't be alone." Sammy looked at Eruka. "Was what I did selfish?"
"You didn't want your friends to feel left out." Eruka said.
"Yeah." Sammy leaned forward again and rested her head in her hands.
"Don't be to hard on yourself, kid." Eruka smiled at the girl as she headed out. "I'll be back later."
"Okay." Sammy listened to the door click shut and she waited for Sheyla to wake up. Not knowing how long it would take.