So sorry, I messed up last chappie badly! I mixed up grievers and beetle blades…. Well, just pretend cause this fits the storyline better!
Disclaimer: No using capital letters on the phone (FIRE! — fire and chaos) 'cause that hurts my ear
Leone collapsed to the ground. Her eyes rolled back and her face grew pale. Suddenly, the word "WICKED," glinted across each of her eyes in red and bold. It disappeared quickly. I stared at her, traumatized, wait a minuet, I thought, my friend just collapsed on the ground.
I abruptly started to break down. "… Clint…. CLINT! JEFF!" I screamed between almost silent cries. "ANYONE! SOMEONE! LEONE NEEDS HELP!" I knelt next to her, brushing her hair out of her face. Newt came bursting through the trees, as if on cue. He just looked at me for a few seconds. I stood up and backed away from Leone as I nodded at Newt. He nodded back at me to give me an indication to go back to the glade. I ran back as fast as my legs would carry me. I assumed that Newt would carry Leone back.
The first to greet me back in the main glade was Gally. I shoved past him saying "not the person I want to see right now" and continued on.
I saw Alby next. "What's wrong Greenie?"
"Beetle blades. Leone. Where are the med jacks?"
"I'll get them," he said urgently, nodding me off. Not even a minute later, med jacks were rushing towards me with a makeshift stretcher.
"Where's Leo?" Clint asked. Once again, as if signaled, Newt came running out of the forest, Leone sprawled out in his arms. He carefully lay her down on the stretcher, making sure she was ok. The med jacks then rushed her over to the homestead.
"Okay, Greenie, tell us everything that happened," Alby commanded, Newt standing next to him.
"Ahh, let her go Alby," Gally said, starting his way towards us. "Let Greenies be Greenies."
"This has GOT TO BE some form of sexual harassment," I stated outright, not bothering to even look at Gally. "ANYWAY! I was going looking for beetle blades and-"
"YOU WERE WHAT?!" they all shouted simultaneously.
"I have reasons!" I responded. "ANYWAY!" I said again, "She insisted on coming. I told her she shouldn't but she ran after me. Then it landed on her, felt threatened, and attacked."
"WHY WERE YOU SEARCHING FOR BEETLE BLADES?!" they continued to shout in unison.
"If I told you why, it would break the time space continuum," I said with a smirk.
Their faces were blank. "… Well, that sounds important…" Alby trailed off.
"COMEON! You guys are supposed to be smart!" I yelled back. They all looked at me blankly.
Suddenly Jeff came running towards us. "She's gonna be out for a few hours, but she's fine," he informed. Alby nodded him off before turning back to me.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO LEO?" he asked, or rather yelled.
"Followed me. Beetle blade. Jumped from tree. Landed. Her neck. Laser. Collapse," I didn't dare speak in full sentences.
"BEETLE BLADE?" all three of them questioned.
"Shank, nobody's ever survived a beetle blade attack," Newt said, his face pale.
"Shuck, it struck her through her hair, she'll be fine. It wasn't direct. Also, were you shanks listening at all? I said 'beetle blade' 5 shucking times."
"How can it indirectly strike her, directly?" Gally questioned.
"Why are you still here? Don't you have some hammering, or whatever, to do?"
"You're the shuckiest, shuck faced shuck there ever was," Gally responded.
"Great. Now we're all bloody inspired, Gally," Newt commented.
"Everybody SHUT UP!" Alby yelled, "Back to work!" Newt and Gally walked away, Gally looking slightly disappointed. Newt's whole body copied his face and continued to grow even more pale. Alby turned back to me. "I still have practically no idea what happened, but Jeff said she's gonna be all right. He's never been wrong about somebody's state of health," I sighed in relief. "But, for now," Alby started again, "we're gonna have to put you in the slammer."
"NANI*? WHY?" I panicked.
"You were shuckin SEARCHING for BEETLE BLADES!" he responded, completely ignoring the fact that I just spoke in another language, "and you caused another glader to get hurt!"
"Shuck," I whispered under my breath, "fine." Alby took me to the slammer and practically threw me in. "HEY! I was going in willingly! And also, how long do I have to stay here?"
"Till Leo wakes up," Alby called back, already walking away.
I sighed and sat back in the wooden cage. Was this REALLY necessary? I asked myself. What seemed like years passed. Suddenly, I saw a tall figure walk in from a distance. It cleared as it got closer, revealing it was Gally. "No offense, but why'd they send you?" I asked, "Did they think I deserved to be in this much pain?" I stated sarcastically.
"Ha ha very funny, Greenie," He responded blandly.
"Call me 'Greenie' or 'Green Bean' again and I will be forced to torture you in some way," I informed cooly. This was about when Gally opened the gate of the small jail.
"That would mean you would be -" Gally started.
"Banished to the maze?" I finished for him, also cutting him off, "I know, that's why I thought I would hug you, cause I don't think ANYONE here likes hugs," I pulled myself out of the cage.
"Ok Gre- Shank, no need to go that far," Gally stumbled on his words.
"Thank you," I tried to respond politely, but it sent shivers up my spine. I followed Gally to the homestead, imagining how traumatized Leone would be.
Surprisingly, Leone, Alby, Jeff, and Clint were already outside, waiting. I saw Newt upstairs, looking out a window, bawling his eyes out, huge smile across his face. Leone smiled as she saw me and began to walk foreword. Her eyes had deep bags under them and her left arm had a small stream of dried blood. Probably gave her a shot of some sort, I thought.
I was walking towards her, too. Gally walked over next to Jeff. Suddenly, I lost control of myself. I threw my being onto her and hugged her. She pushed me off and her eyes rolled back. The word wicked glinted across them again. I so much as blinked when suddenly she was holding her unsheathed daggers in her hands, swinging rapidly. Leone's knives were inches away from my upper torso when I backflipped away. "Since when can I do a backflip?" I distracted myself, shortly before Leone wrestled me to the ground. She swung at my face when I grabbed her wrist. Her arm was pushing mine down and she was taking small jabs at my head. Suddenly, my arms gave out and Leone stabbed at me. I rolled to my left, but she still nicked my right ear. Alby and Gally rushed onto her shoulders, trying to pull her away. She was practically growling, her knives still swinging at the open air. I was still lying on the ground, staring at the rabid-looking glader in front of me. Newt was watching from the window, horrified. Abruptly, Leone fell limp, dropping her daggers. A dead weight, Gally and Alby dropped her. Her eyes rolled foreword to their normal color, just more dull.
She began to cough, promptly. "What's going on," she grumbled. Her eyes widened. She quickly crawled away from Alby and Gally, backing up against the homestead wall. "STAY AWAY," she commanded, "I don't wanna hurt any of you." Alby started towards her. She scrambled to her feet and stood against the wall. "I am so sorry, Raven," she said before she took off running towards the slammer. She was scared of herself. Now that I thought about it, how did she know my name? I never told her. Her feet thudded each time they hit the ground. Alby started after her. Newt was no longer in the window and no less than five-seconds later came running after Alby. He was followed by Gally. Leone tossed herself into the slammer. She sat in a corner hugging her knees. Alby came up to the cell she was in and closed it. "Alby," Leone mumbled, "what have I done?" Alby didn't respond. He closed the lock and began to walk away. Less than five-seconds later, she beckoned him back. "Alby," she started, not mumbling, "Kill me… I can't do this. Please," she began to cry. No response. From anyone. Gally followed Alby away, leaving Leone to isolation. Well, almost isolation. Newt had stayed behind. He watched the cage, his eyes sunken into his skull. Nothing inside the cage stirred.
…
"Leone?" Newt started, "Are you okay?" he managed to get out before Leone cut him off.
"GO AWAY!" she cried, her voice cracking. "Please," she softened to a whisper.
…
This is all my fault, I couldn't help but think. But I also know that this is only the beginning.
A/N:
Gahhhh! Writing this is gonna kill me! To be honest, I know what's gonna happen, but it's still making me anxious. Will Leone be ok? How'd she know Raven's name? I know the answers but…. ITS SUSPENSEFUL OK? I am NOT trying to complement myself. I think my writing sucks, then Niji texts me saying "O MY GOSH YOU'RE SO AMAZING AT WRITING!" ok…. That's an exaggeration. Well anyway, thanks so much for following and stuff… Im lazy… ish… Also, Im currently reading The Kill Order, ITS BEAUTIFUL! I need to somehow tell James Dashner how amazing he is. Enough of my personal life, remember that all favorites, follows, and reviews are appreciated (even criticism)!
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junepepper
Niji here! I just wanna say that junie wasn't exaggerating. As a matter o' fact, I think its an understatement! I don't know about you guys, but I want junie to write more. Correct me if you think otherwise. ITS MAZING (no pun intended)!