Rourke's Kid
Chapter 3
There are some words that should not be used to wake a person up. Chief among those is the word "fire", Lily realized as her eyes shot open. For some reason, Milo was shouting "fire" and it was incredibly warm, it actually felt kinda nice. Lily's eyes started to drift closed, as she looked up at the beautiful golden glow coming from outside her tent. Wait a minute! Her eyes shot open and she grabbed her bag, and she raced outside. Unbeknowest to her, her sketchbook fell out of her bag. Milo grabbed her arm as she ran alongside the truck he and Audrey were sitting in the back of and she jumped in. She wondered why her sleeve felt so warm and glanced at it in surprise as Audrey yelled something in Spanish and started hitting her arm. The bridge started collapsing under all the weight of the trucks and the three of them screamed as they fell into the pit below them.
Lily slowly stood up, her ribs paining her even more than earlier and she felt something sticky on her head. Audrey was giving a damage report to her dad and she made her way over to the rest of the group. Helga looked at her in concern and made eye contact with Sweet and thrust her chin at Lily and he nodded and walked over to her and started wiping her forehead off. Apparently, in the crash, Lily had cut her forehead on something sharp, most likely glass or metal. While Lily was being cared for, Helga and Rourke discussed getting out of the dormant volcano. When they called for Milo though, there was no reply. Sweet and Lily made eye contact and she dashed off to look for Milo before Sweet could grab her and try to carry her.
When they finally caught up with Milo, Lily gaped at the incredible sight in front before her and dug in her bag for her sketchbook and looked inside when she couldn't feel it. Damn, she must have dropped it! All she could find inside the bag were her knives, her gun, and a bunch of pencils. Suddenly, their way off the cliff was cut off by a group of- who were they? Milo said excitedly that they must be Atlanteans and when one them started talking to them in Atlantean, Milo started hesitantly answering the person. Lily recognized a little bit of what they were saying but the constant switching of languages made it hard for her until she recognized French. Mole obviously recognized it and said something into the leader's ear who had taken off her mask. Whatever it was he said, she didn't like it and punched him in the face. Lily started laughing while Sweet clapped and then she clutched her ribs, noticing that blood was starting to show on the outside of her gray shirt. Not wanting Sweet or any of the others to see it, she folded her arms over the blood, gritting her teeth at the pain.
The group entered a huge room and the woman who had brought them there kneeled to an old man who was lying of a couch. Lily only caught a few words of what they said but couldn't concentrate over the pain. Audrey sidled over to her and wrapped an arm under Lily's shoulders, holding her up and Lily let herself droop, keeping the blood concealed still or trying to anyway. Her arm was getting wet and she glanced down and saw blood staining it. She would have to ask Sweet to look at it. "Lily, it's ok. Relax. I don't mind if you collapse. I've got you." Audrey whispered to her and Lily nodded once before she fainted.
When Lily came to, she was under an awning and Audrey was leaning over her. "Sweet, she's awake." Audrey said, relief in her voice. Sweet looked up from where he was sitting with his head in his hands and immediately jumped up. "Why did you do that? Why the hell did you do that?! You were hurt, what makes you think that you are invincible and can go gallivanting on adventures when if someone saw your injury, they would have been able to nearly see your ribs! Why didn't you tell me?!" He shouted, his voice growing louder until it could have been heard back up at the surface. Lily, terrified beyond belief actually started crying. She was sick of trying to be strong and invincible all the time. She covered his face with her hands, trying to muffle her crying. Sweet hugged her and said "go ahead and cry as much as you need to. I was scared when you collapsed in the throne room. I was so scared." She sobbed and he stroked her head.