A/N: New chapter!! obviously... anyway thanks to the people who reviewed!! I don't have much to say... so I hope you guys like this chapter and I'll try to get the next one up soon!! R&R!!


Jazz's P.O.V

Chapter 28:

I stood up immediately and pulled Jamie up with me. Jamie hadn't heard the sound though I didn't know why.

We turned around in time for me to see a flash of black lunge at Jamie. I screamed and so did the flash of black, which turned out to be a tall girl with black hair that reached her shoulders.

The girl had knocked Jamie down before we even had time to react, she was on top of him and she pulled something silver out of her pocket. A knife!

I freaked and grabbed the girl by her shoulders and pulled her off Jamie. I turned her around and was about to grab the knife but she brought it swiftly up and I felt a sharp stinging pain run up my left arm from my elbow to my shoulder.

I gasped in pain but grabbed the knife with my right hand instead and chucked it as far as I could away from us.

I was wondering why Jamie hadn't come to help me yet but I didn't get time to check on him because the girl slapped me hard across the face.

I clenched my right hand in a fist as my left was going numb from the pain and swung my right hand as hard as I could into her face.

She fell down unconscious; I didn't bother checking to see if she was okay. She attacked us for crying out loud!

Us…Jamie! I turned quickly and gasped when I saw Jamie lying still on the ground with blood dripping down his face from his hair.

I dropped to my knees and felt for a pulse. There was one and I sighed in relief, I checked his breathing, it was fine, maybe a little shallow.

I lifted his head gently and placed it in my lap and began searching through his hair for the gash. I found it. It was big but it didn't look very deep.

I had to get him back to the caves! But how was I going to do that with my arm?

I looked at my numb left arm and saw that my sleeve was stained with blood. I pulled the sleeve carefully up and winced in pain. My arm had a huge, deep cut running from my elbow to my shoulder and there was thick, red, sticky, blood coming out of the cut.

I pulled my sleeve back down and prayed that the bleeding would stop. I looked over at the girl who had attacked us. She was still unconscious. I crawled over to her and checked her pulse. She was alive.

Then I pulled her head up and moved her hair out of my way so I could feel along the back of her neck for a small cut that all souls have. There wasn't one.

This girl was human. Great, now I had to figure out how to get both her and Jamie back to the caves.

I crawled back over to Jamie and tried to wipe away the blood from his face. It was drying so I was guessing that his wound had stopped bleeding. I gently shook his arm and called his name but his eyes didn't open and I sighed.

I looked out over the desert back towards the entrance of the caves. I was going to have to start moving, I didn't want that girl to wake up and attack again.

I reached over to my pack and grabbed a water bottle out of it. I used it to clean the blood away from Jamie's face and poured some in his moth, hoping to wake him but it didn't work.

Then I used some water to clean my cut up and I ripped the other sleeve of my shirt off to wrap around my cut. I stuffed my bloody sleeve in my pack, just in case a random soul should come across it.

I stood and walked over to the girl, I decided I wouldn't wake her so I grabbed Jamie's pack and put it around her limp shoulders.

I put my own pack on and hoisted the girl up with my good arm around her waist to keep her standing. She was taller than me. Then again so was everybody, she looked older too.

I dragged her over to where Jamie was still lying unconscious and I quickly grabbed Jamie's arm and pulled him up too.

I thought about how I was going to do this. I guess I'll just have to drag them. This was going to be a long day.

I walked forward, dragging the two Jamie and the girl with me. They were both heavy so by the time had reached the edge of the cliff I was breathing hard.

I looked down the steep cliff. It was too steep! There had to be an easier way. I looked around and saw that there was a less steep side of the cliff but it would take longer to get back to the caves on flat ground.

I headed down the less steep side anyway. Better to walk far on flat ground than to die trying to get down a way too steep cliff dragging two people with me.

When I had finally gotten down the cliff I looked towards the cave entrance. I had to make sure I could see it because if I took my eyes off it I wouldn't be able to find it again.

So I began dragging Jamie and the girl back towards the cave. It wasn't easy with my arm, which was no longer numb, but now screaming in pain. Now I begged for the numbness to come back just to get rid of the pain but it didn't look like that was going to happen so I pressed on.

I had been walking for about an hour and was halfway there. It was definitely longer. I was thirsty but I couldn't stop for water because then I would have to drop Jamie and the girl and if I did that I wasn't sure if I would be able to get them back up again.

So I walked and with every step I took it felt like my muscles were going to catch on fire they were burning so bad. My mouth was dry and my breathing shallow. I was carrying twice my body weight, maybe even more and I was getting very dehydrated but I didn't stop. I couldn't stop.

Just a few more steps Jazz, don't stop, keep going. I kept telling myself.

I finally reached the cave entrance after two hours of walking with two heavy bodies. I felt like I was about to die. My legs were shaking from exhaustion and I felt dizzy and was finding it hard to keep my eyes open.

I stumbled down the slope into the cool dark caves. I tried calling for help but my mouth was too dry and I couldn't get sound to come out. So I kept walking, not waiting for my eyes to adjust to the darkness.

I reached a fork in the caves and took the right tunnel, hoping for it to be one that led to people.

I was right, for once. I saw a figure coming towards me but it was dark.

"Jazz?" The voice of Brandt called out.

I wanted to answer but my mouth was still too dry. My foot caught a rock and I stumbled. My grasp on Jamie and the girl loosened and they fell with me as I fell towards the ground.

I hit it, hard. I felt my head bang against the hard rock and a warm, sticky liquid slid down my face.

"Jazz!" I heard Brandt yell, it was closer now, right above me. I tried to lift my head but it felt like led and every inch of my body was hurting. I felt for Jamie and grabbed his still limp arm.

"What happened?" I heard Lily's voice asked and I heard more footsteps.

"I don't know." Another voice said.

"We need to get them to Doc!" so many voices!

I wanted desperately to slip away into unconsciousness but wasn't able to. I felt strong arms wrap around my body as I was lifted into the air. I whimpered as my arm knocked against something and the pain came rushing back. I still hadn't let go of Jamie's arm and I tried to hold on as someone pried my fingers away but I didn't have the strength to.

"Its okay Jasmine, you and Jamie are going to be fine." Brandt's voice came from above me and I felt his chest rumble as he spoke, it was him that had picked me up.

I tried to see Brandt but my vision was hazy and my eyes still hadn't gotten used to the darkness of the caves. I felt Brandt start walking swiftly forward and sighed when I knew we were going to be okay.

It felt like forever before we got to the hospital but Doc's voice confirmed the distinct hospital smell, though how you could get a cave to smell like a hospital I didn't know.

"Oh my God. What happened?" I heard Doc gasp and I opened my eyes a little wider so I could see what was happening.

"We don't know." Brandt said as he placed me on a cot. I looked to my right and saw someone put the girl down on the cot next to me. I turned my head to the left and saw Jamie's still body lying on another cot.

"Jazz has a deep cut on her left arm and she smashed her head against the floor when she fell." Someone said.

"Jamie has a large gash on his head but it doesn't look deep and the girl has a bruise on her face. She might have a concussion." Another voice said.

I saw Doc's tall figure come up to my bed. He grabbed my arm and I felt the sharp prod of a needle being pushed into my skin.

I immediately felt even more drowsy and sighed in relief when the room began to black out and I finally lost consciousness.