(Lauras POV)
My heart was racing fast at being found out by the unknown people, the girl I held onto was breathing frantically from fear.
Glancing my eyes over to Aarat I could see the rage in her eyes as she looked at the man holding the gun at us, going back to the guy I watched as he made his way towards us.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you guys are something else running off like that. Not to mention killing some of my guys at that, Aarat I now fully well it was all your doing." he said while ever so slowly caressing her face, she glared up at him.
"Yeah and I'll fucking do it again." she sneered earning a chuckle from him, then his attention came to the other girl and noticed her injury.
"Oh Maddie... My sweet girl, why did you follow this trouble making bitch?"he asked her, I could feel her body trembling against mine.
She seemed so terrified to even look at him, when there was no response he roughly grabbed by the chin and forced her to look at him.
"Fucking answer me when I speak to you!" he boomed right in her face, tears immediately formed in her eyes.
"Back the fuck off her Travis!" Aarat ordered while aiming her gun at him, he turned to look at her with a deathening stare.
"You don't fucking scare me girl." he sneered, I decided to help and yank Maddie away from him and put myself between them.
"Do what she says, just leave us alone" I demanded while holding onto my bat, Travis turned his attention towards me now.
His eyes going up and down observing me and then he smirked in amusement.
"And who the hell might you be lil butter cup." he asked flirtatiously, I cringed as he licked the top of his teeth.
"None of you're damn business scrotum chin." I retorted back, I could hear Maddie hold back a chuckle from behind me.
Laughing menacingly Travis looked at me and then to Maddie from the back, his eyes showing such anger and frustration.
"Maddie come on, make this easy and I'll let your friends here off the hook." he said trying to sound persuasive, Aarat immediately went beside me and glared at gun.
"She's not going anywhere with you, over my dead body!" she sneered and pointed her gun to him, looking over I saw Maddie grab her arm.
"Aarat wait don't, things will only get worse if we fight." Maddie said, trembling she made her way around us and over towards Travis.
He seemed ever so pleased of her making the right choice, I could see how enraged Aarat was from how her body tensed and hand was clenching the gun.
"You made the right choice my sweet girl."he said while moving the strands of hair away from her face, while wrapping his arm around her waist his eyes darted towards Aarat and the glint in his eyes gave me and unsettling feeling.
"We're done here, deal with these two however you want." he said while walking away with Maddie, realizing what he meant Aarat readied her aim to shoot at him.
"You mother..hey get off me!" she yelled when someone unexpectedly grabbed from behind and disarmed her.
I was about to retaliate when someone else also grabbed onto me and tried getting me down, with his forearm around my neck I clawed at his his skin and my teeth in to make him let go.
" Gah you fucking bitch." he exclaimed in pain and turned me around punch me in the face, falling to the floor I tried to get back up despite the taste of copper forming in my mouth.
But the guy got on top of me and latched his hands around my neck, I tried to declaw him off my neck but his weight and strength was over powering compared to mine.
Looking over in the corner of my eye I could see Aarat trying to fight and kick the guy behind her but then another guy appeared and held both her legs down while trying to tear at her clothes.
Wait they're going to rape us?!
Panic I tried screaming in hopes of anyone hearing, praying in hopes that it would be Simon the one to hear.
The pressure around my neck was becoming to much, my ears were slowing starting to ring as it felt like all the air to my brain was slipping away.
Desperately I reached around on the ground for something to grab, as my vision began to start slipping away I felt a sharp object prick the skin of my hand.
Without hesitating I gripped onto the object and pulled it up fast to hit the guy in the face.
When he toppled off and released his grasp the air immediately filled my lungs, gasping I sat up and looked at what I did.
Turned out the object I grabbed was a broken metal rod and now it was punctured into the side of the guys face.
Panicked I stood up on my feet and looked over to the side, seeing that Aarat was still in danger I went into action.
Retracting my bat off the floor I hauled ass over and aimed the bat up in the air.
"Get the fuck off her!" I yelled out, causing the guy tearing at her shirt to look at me.
Within seconds the bat collided with the side of his neck, you could literally heard the crunch sound of his skull cracking when he hit the ground.
"Brian..fucking bitch!" the guy who held Aarat released his hold on her and pulled out his gun to aim at me, when he shot in my direction Aarat tackled him to the ground.
I saw as they both fought for the gun, when I saw that Aarat somehow got a hold of it she emptied the load into his head.
Relief came over me that she was alright, Aarats head turned around and looked at me in assurance.
"You alright?" she asked, I shook my head yes and went over to help her up.
"Wait Maddie..we have to go get her!" Aarat said while grabbing at my arm to start hauling me with her.
We made it half way till a figure appeared ahead causing us to stop in our tracks, Aarat aimed her gun ready to fire at it till I realized it was Simon.
"Don't shoot,he my friend." I said while rushing over to Simon, he came up to me and gripped me tightly around my arm.
"The fuck were you thinking running off?!" he yelled causing me to feel like a scolded child, the worry and anger on his face.
"Aarat.. Maddie they need our help
" I said , Aarat came up beside me and looked at Simon.
"That doesn't matter, you're suppose to stick with me and you ran off with." he said.
"Look you two can argue later, I need to.." before she could finish talking the sound of a car alarm going off came from outside.
Looking behind Simon I could take a guess it was Travis and his men trying to steal our rides.
"Shit they're trying to leave!" I said while pushing Simons hands off and running towards the front entrance.
I could hear Simon yelling for me, Aarat followed behind with gun set and ready.
When making it outside I could see that Travis was trying to start up Simons truck, taking out my gun I aimed and started shooting at the windshield.
Maddie scream could be heard but luckily Aarat saw that she ducked down, I managed to to get five shots in till noticing some of Travis men drawing their guns into us.
"Oh shit. Get down!" Aarat yelled while yanking me down and towards and abandoned car in front of the store.
I felt a bullet barley missed my head as I fell down next to Aarat taking cover, placing my back against the metal door I looked at the brick wall and watched as every bullet zipped over and hit it.
Aarat was looking to see how many bullets she has left, taking the chance also looked to see if I have enough. Cursing underneath my breathe I saw that I had no more bullets, quickly I pulled out my bat from the belt hoops.
"The fuck is a bat gonna do for us?" Aarat asked looking at me dumbfounded, looking back at her I couldn't help butbget aggravated.
"You have any other fucking bright ideas then?" I asked harshly, before she could even say anything someone came up from behind her.
I was about to swing my bat a them till realizing that it was David, somewhat relieved I pulled back and saw that the others were also now with us.
"Lets ice theses fuckers, try not to damage the truck!" hearing Simon voice order out, looking frantically I couldn't see him anywhere.
Everyone started opening fire on Travis men, Aarat was also shooting at them till the gun was empty.
Trying my best I peaked out to look over and seeing that Simons truck appeared to be empty, seeing now would be a good time I looked back to Aarat.
" Maddie's still in the truck, David cover us please!" I yelled, he turned to me and nodded his head.
Taking Aarats hand I pulled her up and made our way over to the truck, we had to slouch and cover under the bullets and having David clear a path for us.
We reached up to the driver side of the door, pulling out her blade Aarat decided to be the one to open it. Coming up behind her I watched as she yank on the door revealing Maddie cowering underneath the head board by the seat.
"Maddie I'm here, where's Travis?" Aarat asked looking inside questionably to not seeing him.
Maddie was slowly made her was out from the the hiding spot till I felt something tightly grip the back of my sweater and forcefully yank me back. When landing on my back I looked back up to see it was Travis, Aarat turned around and tried to swing her blade at him but he was to fast and caught her hand.
Twisting it till she let go of the blade he turned her around and pressed his gun to her skull, his back was facing me which was good to my advantage.
"I just want the two girls, let us go and there will be no more trouble!" he yelled out towards Simon and the others, getting up I slowly crept behind him and readied the bat in my hands.
I looked inside the truck to see Maddie looking at me and shaking her head for me to do it, taking my chance I pulled back and swung the bat as hard as I could across Travis back.
The impact was so loud and hard that the wood of the bat cracked and nearly broke, Travis grip on Aarat loosened causing her to fall to the ground. I looked at him baffled that he didn't hit the floor, but to my better judgement he was a lot stronger than I thought.
When he slung around saw it was me I almost went pale at the enraged expression he gave me, panicked I tried to use what was left of the bat to hit at him but he used his arm to block my attack.
Grabbing at my bat he chucked it out of my hand, I didn't know what to do now.
" You fucking lil shit, you're gonna pay for that." he sneered and aimed his gun at me, I began backing away frantically.
As soon as his finger went on the trigger I saw Maddie launch out of the driver side door and tackle Travis , his gun went off but I didn't see or feel it bit me.
Aarat saw Maddie struggling with the gun in his hand and rushed over to help her, from how well they worked together I could tell that they really cared for each one another so much that they want to be rid of this guy.
Successfully the managed to get the gun from Travis and aim it at his head, Maddie got off and looked down at him anger. I managed to to find Aarats blade and made my way over to them, handing it over to her I looked over to David and them to signal that it was alright now.
"You're making a mistake Maddie, everything I'd done for you was for you're best interest." Travis said while looked between her and Aarat, the look on their faces shows how little his words affects them.
"All the shit you've done me...everything you said was utter bullshit. You hurt me, tried to killed my friend and put me through hell.. You had this coming" Maddie sneered and pulled the trigger without hesitating, Aarat watched as she repeatedly shot at him till the gun was empty with gratification.
I just looked at Maddie and felt sorry for her, whatever he had put them through it had impacted her so much and that doing this would make her feel at ease.
When the gun was empty she dropped it on the ground, her body was shaking along with tears silently falling down her face.
Aarat pulled Maddie into a hug and placed her face on her shoulder, her eyes looked at me and shook. In appreciation.
I could hear the other coming in our direction, looking over them I could see Simon.
Feeling relieved I went to run over towards him, he saw me running and before he could get a so for word out I jumped up and hugged him.
Dumbstruck he wasn't expecting that, taking a second he wrapped his free arm around me while the other one was still holding his rifle.
"You fucking had me worried there Angel." he said in all seriousness, I wrapped my arms tighter around Simon suddenly feeling so much safer being with him.
"I'm sorry..please don't be mad." I said in a pleading tone, hearing him sigh I felt Simon pull himself away.
"I'm not mad Angel but...damn it Laura you're bleeding." he said noticing that my shirt was seeping with blood and now had stained his shirt.
Looking down I saw the lower half of my shirt was soaked in blood, pulling it up I gasped to see that I was actually hit.
H..how was I hit...I didn't even feel it.
Now that my brain proceed the knowledge of the bullet wound my body slowly began to have a reaction to it, groaning in pain I looked at Simon with a half smile.
"Guess I got to excited and didn't feel it." I said in amusement, before I could think to take a step towards him I felt my feet begin to give out.
"God damn it Laura!" Simon groaned and quickly scooped me up in his arms, I felt him walk us towards the others and the girls.
"Alright change of plans, ending this scavenge a bit early. Everyone start heading back to the Sanctuary. You two come ride with me!" he said gesturing for Aarat and Maddie to come with him.
Doing what he said Maddie got in the back and Aarat in front, I felt as Simon carefully placed me in the back along with Maddie while laying my head in her lap.
"Watch out and help her for me." he said to Maddie, she nodded and looked down at me.
I tried to carefully apply pressure on the bullet wound to stop from bleeding but it hurt so fucking bad when I touched it, Maddie saw me attempting to do this and stopped my hands.
" You'll make it worse or infect it if you keep touching it. Do you have anything I can use to disinfect the wound?" she asked looking at Simon in the driver seat.
While trying to keep his attention on the road he reached into the side of his seat and pulled out a small glass bottle, reaching behind he handed it to Maddie.
I watched her great the smeared label on it and looked back at me.
"Vodka will have to do I guess..here you're gonna need a swing of this." she said while untwisting the cap, I looked at her in confusion.
"Why?" I asked, I earned a look from both her and Simon who was looking in the rear view mirror.
"Cause its going to fucking hurt like hell, drinking some it this will help ease the pain." Maddie said while placing the bottle out for me to take, I grabbed it from her hand and hesitantly placed my lips around it.
Tipping my head back I took about to gulps of the drink till I felt my throat and nostrils burn, I chucked it back in Maddies hand while coughing in discomfort.
"How the fuck can you drink that?" I asked Simon half coughing and laughing, from the angle of the rearview mirror I could tell he was trying not to smile.
Earning another laugh from me till I felt Maddie start lifting up my shirt, she hissed when seeing the wound. Thinking fast she pulled out her belt and folded it, she tilted my head up for me to look at her.
"I want you to bite down onto this for me ok."she said, shaking my head I let her place the belt between my lips as I bit down on the leather material.
Grabbing onto her hand I waited agonizingly as she began pouring the vodka onto my wound, naturally my body reacted from the unwanted pain that began stinging from inside.
My hands latched onto Maddies arms and hand as I kicked at the back side door to go with the pain, my jaw locked into the belt as my cries were muffled from behind it.
Tears slipped from my closed eyes, grabbing the bottle from Maddies hand I began chucking down almost a quarter of the bottle to help deal with the pain , when giving it back to her I slowly felt my lips get numb.
"Do it again.." I said before placing the belt back between my teeth, Maddie had torn off a piece of my sweater to wrap around the wound after dowsing it again .
When doing the process again it didn't hurt as much as before, but the mixture of the liquor and loss of blood was starting to affect my head. Looking over at Simon I could see his attention onto the road and that the speed of the truck had increased, he seemed to want to get me back as fast as possible.
Smiling I placed my hand out onto the back of his seat, slowly I felt my subconious slip away into darkness.