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Chapter 17: After Shock

Lana looked at Sam carefully studying his face for any crucial signs. There was none. His face stayed blank, the only indication that she had heard him was the widening of his eyes and the dilation of his pupils. They stayed like that for only a few seconds Sam's eyes rolled back and he slumped to the floor. Lana gave a slight chuckle then down at Sam's unconscious form with pity. Poor Guy. He's definitely had quite a shock.

Dekka was knackered. Last night had really taken its toll on her. She couldn't even bring herself to climb the stairs. As soon as she'd gotten in she made her way to the sitting room and collapsed into the nearest recliner. Immediately sleep claimed her dragging her into the depths of unconscious faster than she could say 'FAYZ'.

Edilio couldn't feel his feet. He just dragged them along, shoulders drooped head bowed with exhaustion. His house just happened to be right on the edge of the area the fire had affected. Some houses were half gone while others were barely touched. E did pass some unlucky few that only had a front porch or a pile of rubble left. Edilio passed a particular pile of rubble which let off a stream of offensive words. Edilio did a double take; all of a sudden he could feel his feet. He approached the rubble cautiously.

"H-Hello?" he called out, feeling kind of self-conscious talking to collapsed house. "H-Hello? Anyone there?" He tried again slowly climbing a few stairs. Still no answer. After waiting a few more seconds Edilio shrugged then turned to walk away. He wondered if maybe he imagined the voice it would be very easy with his current state of mind. Unexpectedly after, followed an agonized howl. A desperate cry for help wrenched from the feral part of your brain.

The fatigue that clouded his eyes was gone. Edilio leapt into action dropping to his knees and grabbing pieces of tiling plaster then throwing in random directions behind. His eyes constantly scanned for signs of a body. He had to work fast; there was no way of telling how long this person had. After a while Edilio began to get desperate he'd been trying to find this person for too long and yet he still hadn't heard anything since that awful cry of pain. Just as he was considering running for help, a pale dusty hand was caught in peripheral vision. He lunged towards it frantically trying to uncover the body. Edilio looked down at the body in horror.

Brianna lay on the rubble pale, covered in cuts and burns and clutching to the edge of life.

Voices, loud voices, arguing voices no not arguing more like heated discussion. But still they were far away. As if right next to her but not quite there. Astrid wanted to see who it was but her eyes were as heavy as lead. She wanted to move her arm but her finger only gave a slight twitch. She should've been concerned maybe even panicked but she was too tired. Too tired to complain. She was content enough to sleep some more, Astrid couldn't remember a time where she felt more brain-dead.

Dahra was awoken by the rough shaking of her shoulder and someone practically screaming down her ear.

"DAHRA! WAKE UP!" She opened her eyes to see one of Edilio's soldiers with a scared look on his face.

"Alright, alright I'm up" She said irritably, glancing at the clock, she'd only been asleep for an hour half. She looked over at the commotion going on in the middle of the room. Everyone stood in a circle around Edilio as he laid a corpse on a nearby table. Sounds of exclamation and shock could be heard throughout the crowd, Dahra watched as Lana barged her way through and laid her hands on the body.

"DAHRA!" She shouted, waking the girl from her stupor. Dahra ran forward and nearly ran away again. Briana lay on the table

Her skin was white and chalky from dust and blood loss. There was only one way to describe the way she looked: broken. Her limbs stuck out in the most unnatural way, she didn't move not a muscle and if was breathing she must've been finding it hard the way her was positioned Lana looked at one the medical helpers(kids who came to volunteer now and again, some more regularly then others) She pointed at one girl around 14 yrs old.

"You, find a pulse" The girl immediately grabbed Brianna's wrist. Lana pointed at another volunteer.

"You stop anyone from entering here" The boy ran off. She continued this until everyone had a job. Dahra stood in shock watching Lana heal Brianna, she jumped when a hand grabbed her shoulder but relaxed when she heard who it was.

"She's a natural, isn't he?" Edilio asked.

"Yeah, wait, hold on a minute, aren't you supposed to be at home?" Dahra yelled

"Well I had more important things to deal with."

"Yeah, those 'things' have been dealt with" She replied using a sharp tone.

"No they haven't, look I can still help."

"No you can't," Dahra soother using a softer tone "Look Edilio believe me when I say you have done enough and I know you wanna help but you're not helping Brianna or yourself by not getting enough sleep. So please go home rest as little while and when you're ready you can come back later"

"Hmm I suppose that would be for the best. Alright I'll go see ya around." He walked towards the door but stopped halfway through and pointed at 2 of his soldiers.

"OI! You two are under strict orders to do whatever Dahra tells you to. If she tells you to grab equipment, you grab equipment if she tells to path up a wound you patch an up a wound if she tells you to roll over and die you roll over and die. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, sir" They answered in unison.

"Good" Then he turned to leave. The two turned to Dahra expecting an order.

"Umm, just go and help where you can." They scurried off excitedly while Dahra walked up to Lana rolling her sleeve.

"Right what have we got?" #she asked

"Well it isn't pretty" Lana replied "This house did alot of damage she's got a few broken ribs one of which have punctured a lung, a sprained wrist, and a bad concussion plus a lot of cuts, bruises and burns." Dahra listened to her while looking over Briana's body. She noticed how she let out particular piece of information.

"What about her leg?" She asked quietly

"It broke in more than one place and the other leg he knee is dislocated, we're gonna have to move it back ourselves." Lana replied close to a whisper.

"Anyway let me heal the rest and we can relocate leg together." Lana added in a louder voice, but just a she was about to put her hand on Briana's arm her and Dahra floated to the ceiling along with all the other occupants of the room as if the gravity had been turned off with a switch. The only one staying grounded was Briana. Dahra looked across as could see Sam struggling with Astrid's unconscious body. A few units of equipment were floating around as well but not as high as everyone else.

Then Dekka stalked in. Her braids flew around her head in an natural way, her whipped around her as if she stood in the middle of a hurricane, her arms were prone by her sides which means she was controlling the gravity by some other means which was but worst of all her eyes glowed. She had no pupil, no iris just green the same haunting shade of green of Sam's fire.

"Where is he?" Dekka growled in a voice not her own.

"Where is who?" One of the volunteers asked

"WHERE IS BRIANA?" She demanded causing various equipment around the room to shake violently sending scalpels, blades and other sharp objects in all directions.

"She's over there" Dahra said in a small whisper. Dekka turned and stalked over to Briana's unconscious form. Dahra couldn't tell but it looked like she was scanning Brianna. Then unexpectedly her face crumpled and she kneeled next to the table and cried hysterically. As soon as her knees hit the floor the gravity was restored and everyone fell to the floor abruptly, definitely bruising the part of their anatomy they landed on. Dahra watched as Sam fell face first then rolled over to catch Astrid. He heaved a sigh of relief before placing her back on her bed.

From the other side of the room Dekka could be heard repeating the same praise over and over again.

"I'm so sorry, please forgive me"

Dont't worry we'll find out what happened to Brianna soon and Sam will tell Astrid the big news! How will she take it?

Also Happy 15th Birthday to me and 2 of my friend sone of which is the AMAZING girl who introduced me to Fanfiction she is the reason I have no spare time anymore!

Yesterday I watched Breaking Dawn part 1! It was breath-taking!

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