Sam awoke with a start, lying on her back she looked down into a mass of brown hair. 'Someone is here.' Sam's mind warned her. As she slid her arm slowly out from under Carly, the other girl started to wake up with a groan. Sam clamped her hand around her mouth whispering quickly,
"Shhh, it's okay, it's just me. I need you to be as quiet as you can." Carly nodded at this suddenly more awake than ever. She began to shake out of pure fear, of what she didn't know,
"Everything is going to be okay Carly, I promise." Sam's voice cut through her mind and she instantly relaxed, feeling safe once again. She climbed out of bed and silently checked around the trailer. Sensing nobody but her and Carly she slipped out of the trailer, she did this so silently that had Carly not been watching the door open and close she wouldn't have known Sam left. 'Amazing' Carly thought as she too sat up. A scuffling noise, and then a bang against her trailed made Carly jump up and go straight to her door, cracking it open a little. Sam had a man pinned against her trailer and Carly heard a voice pleading,
"Please just listen! I'm not here to hurt anyone I came to warn you!" He sounded sincere but Sam's voice was the next to be heard, calm and controlled,
"Well you sufficiently hurt me so I'm sure that if you don't start talking soon you and I will be having a long talk next to a river." Carly's heart began to pound; she thought it would surely beat out of her chest. 'Sam is hurt? What did he do to her? Not my Sam, wait…my Sam?' Carly started to open the door more but was stopped by the man screaming some more,
"I only attacked you because you startled me, I didn't know you were around until you were in my face!" Carly placed her hand over her mouth so her gasp that was forced from her chest would be inaudible, but Sam heard it loud and clear. Suddenly the man was on the ground and unconscious, Carly hadn't seen what Sam did, and as Sam turned towards her she opened the door fully letting her know it wasn't another intruder.
"Please go back inside." Sam whispered leaning down, binding and gagging the man but staying in the shadows. Carly stayed firmly planted where she was trying her hardest to see all of Sam in the dark of the night. She was slightly hunched over but trying to keep her demeanor professional and she was moving very slowly. Carly stepped forward towards the mostly hidden girl and Sam started to walk to where she had thrown her jacket earlier. Before she could get there however Carly was in front of her blocking her from her jacket.
"Come into the light please," Carly was dying to see if Sam was alright and she wasn't helping anything by getting a jacket, "You can get your jacket after I make sure everything is fine." Sam hesitated, she didn't want the girl to see her, her shirt was slashed open and the gash started just above her right breast and burned painfully all the way up to the top of her shoulder. So instead of moving she began to speak,
"I'm going to take him," She indicated the man that was still far from consciousness, "And were going to go someplace where I can speak with him, privately. It's kind of cold out don't you think?" Sam stood up straight knowing she would give herself away if she hunched anymore. The pain seared through her shoulder and she winced slightly, good thing Carly couldn't see her.
"I saw that, now come into the light," Sam cursed herself for underestimating Carly in such a simple way. Sam admitting defeat trudged forward until an outside light shone brightly accentuating the rapidly growing blood splotch covering most of her right side. Carly sucked in her breath rapidly, she couldn't let Sam go out and be with that man alone with a slashed up shoulder, even if she was good at what she did.
"Let me bandage that before you leave…" Carly pleaded with her eyes, but wanted Sam to understand that she wasn't asking. Sam shook her head at this and indicated her car,
"That thing has all I need to bandage myself," Sam said, and at the desperate look in Carly's eyes she slightly conceded. "Alright look, when I get back I'll let you fix it up correctly, I don't want to go out after all your work just to have it be ruined." Carly nodded at this and slowly moved towards Sam. She leaned forward and kissed Sam softly on the cheek,
"Come back to me alright? I need you here." With a slight smile, she turned without even letting Sam answer. Not that Sam could even muster words, the lips that had just collided with her, although only on her cheek, left her stunned to the maximum.
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Sam knew she shouldn't think too much of that kiss, she really needed to focus when this man rejoined her in consciousness. She slightly nudged him with her foot, hoping to get this over with quickly. Her shoulder was hurting her badly and although it had sort of stopped bleeding she felt utterly exhausted at the loss she had already had. Her bandaging was just a tight wrap across her chest, not very professional or very effective, but it would keep the blood off of her new shirt until she got back to Carly. 'Carly…' she began to daydream again until a cough cut it short.
"Don't bother screaming, no one is going to hear you out here. If you try to do so anyway I'll make short work of your life." Sam turned the man over so he could look at her, getting the full effect of the seriousness in the girl's voice he began speaking,
"Listen, I came to warn you," Sam scoffed, but this didn't stop the man's words, "Rex is coming, I was sent by Jared who has disappeared with his family. Rex is so enraged he can't find them, he threw one of his workers off a four story rooftop. I came because I am Jared's friend and he asked me to do this one last thing for him, please I really didn't mean to go after you but when Rex Altorie is after you…everything is terrifying." He shook slightly as Sam leaned down and sensually whispered in his ear,
"I'm not scared of him, and if he so much as lays a finger on Carly, I'll make sure he begs for me to end his life." She cut the ropes that held the man's hands together and helped him up. Letting him brush himself off and check his wrists Sam started to walk back to her vehicle.
"Thank you…" the man said quietly.
"I've done nothing worth thanks." Sam retorted honestly not understanding what the man meant.
"You got Jared away from that terrible place, and I truly believe you will take care of Rex, and for that I am forever thankful. He's done a lot of horrible things to a lot of good people." With that last sentence he shivered and started walking off away from Sam's car. As Sam watched him go she felt more determined than ever to protect Carly. 'Speaking of her, you better get back and make sure she is alright.' With that thought she headed home.