So here is Part 2 of War, enjoy!
Warning: Blood/violence
"MAL!" I scream and the anger overtakes me. I sprint away from the fish n chips, unleashing a wild battle cry as I shoot in every direction, I'm shooting so quickly I must be using up a bullet every second. Pirates fall down like stones in front of me and still I keep going, running shooting everyone I see. Someone shouts my name but I ignore it. Then suddenly I spot Harry and barrel towards him, doing another battle cry. I manage to shoot him in the leg and he falls to the ground. My blood is rushing, I am nothing but rage, I'm seeing red and I don't know if it's me or the blood of the pirates I've shot, it could be both.
I decide to run back to the fish n chip shop, I need to rescue Mal and Evie. There are a few pirates in front of the shop, which I just shove out the way, and I jump up onto a wall, then swing up to a plank of wood. I pull myself up and somersault onto the roof. The pirates guarding Evie and Mal spot me, but I punch two off the roof and shoot a couple more. I untie Evie and Mal, who drops to the floor, unconscious. I pick her up and Evie kicks a pirate off the roof with a badass scream. Wow, I didn't think she had that in her.
"Evie, you need to take Mal to your place and get out of here. I need to carry on fighting." I explain, and Evie being taller than Mal, manages to pick her up and I help her get off the roof. She runs off with Mal, thanking me quickly and throwing a fish into a pirate guy's face to get him off her.
I run to Carlos, shoving him out the way of a bullet and ducking one myself. I run across the battlefield, shooting in every direction as quick as I can. The pirates are beginning to clear up, it seems like Carlos and I are doing quite well. I dodge a bullet by jumping up and rolling into the floor. I shoot back and the pirate that aimed at me collapses.
Then suddenly something hits me hard in the back of my shoulder and the pain jars through my entire body. "AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!" I scream, falling to the floor. I feel my gun slip out my hand. A small shape runs towards me, screaming my name. The pain is terrible, I can't breathe, so I just groan to try and block out the pain.
The shape has dropped to his knees beside me, and I can see that it's Carlos, who seems to be crying and panicking. "Jay, no!" he shouts, and with strength I didn't even know he had, he picks me up across his shoulders and runs with me away from the battlefield and into Mal's territory. Every step makes me want to scream because the pain is too much, and when he drops me to the floor, I groan loudly.
"Jay, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, but I need to do this." Carlos is properly crying now and he pulls out a knife. I don't know what he's going to do until I feel him stick it in my wound.
I scream at the pain and he sobs "I'm sorry Jay, I have to."
Then he starts twisting it around, trying to dig out the bullet. I scream and scream, curling my hand into a fist and then letting go again, then finally it stops. I groan as the pain subsides a tiny bit, and he drops the knife and squeezes my hand. He apologizes over and over again, while I try to gulp down air and suddenly feel an awful sob escape my mouth. I never cry! Not since I was six and dad whipped me for the first time.
But now I'm sobbing and gasping at the same time, wishing for it to be over. Carlos starts ripping his shirt up to bandage my wound, but stops. "Jay, you're going to need stitches." I don't even care at this point, the pain is blinding me and I just want to pass out. "We're leaving." he says and helps me up. I walk with him, leaning on him until I think I pass out, and by the time I wake up again, we stop at Castle-across-the-way. That makes sense. Evie's the only one who can sew.
We enter and he puts me down on the floor. "Evie!" he shouts. The sound of his voice is so urgent that she comes running immediately.
"Carlos, what's - " she stops dead.
"Evie, Jay got shot, I dug the bullet out but he needs stitches, and he's losing blood-" and we don't hear what else Carlos has to say because he breaks down sobbing.
Evie bursts into tears too and grabs her sewing kit.
Carlos sits on the floor next to me and holds my hand. "Jay, you're gonna make it." he says, still with a slight sob in his voice. The first stitch is bad, and I tense against the cold floor, hissing.
"Try to relax, it'll hurt less," Evie whispers. I do my best and I sort of get used to it, but I still tense at every stitch and I'm pretty sure I'm going to squish Carlos' hand completely.
It seems to go on for hours, but finally Evie says. "I'm done," and I breathe a sigh of relief, then regret it, because it made my wound hurt even more.
Carlos has been silent the whole time, until he speaks up. "Jay, you're gonna have to sleep here, but we'll get you a pillow and blanket. You can't move otherwise you'll mess up the stitches."
Evie goes to get a pillow and blanket and Carlos stays with me. "I'm sorry Jay, we should have never tried to fight them alone."
"Don't you apologize, Carlos, I was the one who went completely batshit crazy." I smile to cheer him up.
I see a ghost of a smile on his face and Evie arrives with the stuff. She slides a pillow under my head, which I turn to the side so my face isn't on the floor, and Carlos covers me with a blanket. "I need to go check on Mal," she says, and kisses my forehead.
"Wait!" I say.
"What?" She looks worried.
"Kiss me again, but move it down so I can kiss you back." I wink at her.
She laughs and gives me a quick kiss on the lips.
"Man you could have at least snogged me, I'm in stitches over here!" I joke, and this time they both laugh and Evie goes upstairs to check on Mal.
Carlos lays down on the floor beside me. "What are you doing?" I ask him.
"I'm gonna sleep here with you so you're not alone." he answers, snuggling up to me. I pass him some blanket and we fall asleep.
The next day I wake up on the floor, my wound is throbbing but not as much as last night, so I put my forearms on the floor and lift my head, looking around in the gloom. Carlos isn't here, but I can hear voices upstairs. Maybe Mal's awake! I push myself up and sit there for a bit, getting used to moving around, then I stand up. The room tilts and I almost fall to the floor, but then I grab the stone wall and concentrate.
I slowly make my way up the draughty spiral staircase until I reach Evie's room. I walk in and Evie looks up, shocked. "Jay, what are you doing? You shouldn't be walking around!" she scolds, looking worried.
"I'm fine, I just wanted to see if Mal was awake."
"Hey dumbass." Mal deadpans from Evie's bed, where her arm is bandaged and so is her chest.
"Mal, you're awake!" I fist bump her good hand and she grins.
"Don't do something stupid like that again, but thanks for rescuing me." she says.
"Hey, where's Carlos?" I ask, suddenly realizing that he's not here. Mal and Evie share a look. "What?" I demand.
Evie doesn't look at me when she answers. "Well...he had to go to Hell Hall."
"Shit," I say, and walk out the room.
"Jay, where are you going?" Mal shouts, but I ignore her, I walk out of the castle and down the street to Hell Hall. I climb the short way to the tiny, smashed fur closet window, swearing when my wound hurts.
"Carlos," I whisper, and I hear shuffling around.
"Jay? What are you doing here?" he asks. I can hear the pain in his voice and through the dirty window I can see that he's bruised and holding his arm gingerly.
"What did she do to you?" I ask, trembling with anger.
"Just a little more than usual." he answers, wincing as he looks up at me.
"Great. Now we're both fucked up."I squeeze my arm through the window and find his hand. I hold onto it, comforting him.
Woah that was long! I hope you like the two parter, the ending was a bit sad but this oneshot is super dark. If you have any ideas for an OC, please review with their personality, looks, parents, gang etc. and I will do my best to include them in later chapters. Until next chapter, unicornyay