Chapter 3
"Look!"
James looked and slowed the car. Right above the trees there was smoke. He looked in front of him- sure enough there was a road twards the smoke. James backed up some and looked at Poppy. He couldn't tell anything about her expression, but she nodded.
James could have smiled, could have. He took one of Poppy's hands as they sped forward down the dark path. Then James saw the sourse of the smoke- A car. On fire! Worst, there was a body on the ground and blood everywhere.
Poppy inhaled and they both jumped out and ran. Right before they got to the person James realised he knew who it was.
"Ash." He breathed.
"Oh my God'' Poppy was on one side of Ash on her knees. Ash wasn't moving at all. He had cuts covering his body, but that barely cought James attention..... there was a stake in his chest.
Is he alive? Was he breathing? Questions rushed through his mind. What could have happened? Just as James was thinking this he pulled the stake out of Ash, it didn't seem pushed through to far, but didn't move until Poppy touched his cheek, then Ash's his eyes fluttered open.
"Poppy?" Ash got out barely,"James?"
James took a breath, he was about to say something when Ash got there first.
"Where's Mary-Lynette?" Ash let out in a tone James never heard, worry.
"We came to find you and all we found was you, but you need......"
Ash jumped to his feet.... well tried. He was almost all the way up when he yelled out in pain grabbing his side and wrapping an arm around his chest, falling backward. James cought him and held him up.
"Im fine.... Ive.... got... to....... find her!" Ash said with some dificulty. Everytime he got out a word he had to take a deep breath and with every deep breath pain shot across Ash's face.
Somehow, James not knowing himself, Ash got out of his grasp. He even made it two long strides, after sniffing the air, but once he stepped on the leg that had a long deep cut..... that was it.
Ash yelled so loud with agony it was almost a scream. He clutched at the whole right side of this torso with both arms. As he was doing so he was also falling. James couldn't get to him fast enough. Ash fell on his knees then to his left side in one motion.
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A/N I know this is short but the next chapter will be long.............. Im getting yelled at to get out of the computer room.
