Pain

When I opened my eyes I felt like screaming. My whole body hurt but my legs there is no way I could even describe the pain that was going through them. I didn't even dare try and move them. At best they are broken at worst they aren't there anymore. I was almost afraid to look. Not that I would be able to see much of what was happening anyways it's so dark. Where am I?

"Hello? Is anyone there?" I called out hoping for an answer. When I was met with silence I thought I should try again.

"Hello? Anyone? It's Sasha I need help," I yelled louder hoping maybe one of my team would hear me. Again no one responded.

Wait, my team? Where are they? What happened? I took a deep breath and closed my eyes and tried to remember what happened. Why I'm laying in a dark dusty room unconscious, alone, and injured. We were on a mission. We were all together and then there were these loud noises. I remember feeling like I was being pushed backward and my body was off the ground, but I can't remember much else. Those noises almost remind me of loud fireworks. Explosions? Did they blow us up?

I opened my eyes again knowing that if that's the case I really have to check on my legs and see if I can walk. I have to find my team. I took a few deep breaths before forcing myself to sit up. The way my legs moved when I did finally manage to sit up had me biting my lip to stop from screaming. Without much light, it was hard to make out what exactly was happening. I could see the rough outline of my legs. Good, they are still there, but one of them was bent weird and the other looked like it was under something. A rock? A piece of rubble?

I had a realization when my fingers touched the rubble. That seemed to be pinning my ankle. Am I under the rubble pile? Is that why it's so dark? Oh god, I have to find a way out of here. I have to help. I wonder how many other people are hurt or- no I'm not going to think about that right now.

I took a deep breath and looked around trying to get my eyes to adjust to see where exactly I am and what is around me. I have to find a way to get this thing off my leg.

I guess the good part about being in this much pain is that I can't really feel the pain from this thing squishing my foot, but I can definitely feel everything else. Both my legs are definitely broken but that's not going to stop me from crawling out of here and helping my friends.

The rubble on my leg didn't look like it was all that much. If I tried I could probably pull my leg out from under it, but that sounds like it's going to hurt like a bitch. I took a few good deep breaths and put my arms down next to my hips and lifted my butt off the ground putting all my weight on my arms before leaning back with all my weight.

I didn't really move like I thought I would. I expected it to hurt but that much pain made my arms crumpled beneath me and the back of my head collided with the floor really hard. I thought I had given myself a concussion at the moment, but I seemed to be okay.

There's got to be a way I can get out of here. I started looking around to see if there was anything I could grab onto to pull myself out. Wait a minute. I lightly smacked myself in the head remembering I could be using my power right now. I made two doubles and had them grab onto my arms.

I took a few deep breaths knowing how much this was going to hurt. "Alright three two one," I counted down to prepare myself before having the doubles yank me out from under the rubble.

The scream that ripped from my mouth was louder than anything I've ever heard. My whole body was shaking from the pain and I raised a shaky hand to wipe the tears that slipped from my eyes. I can't believe I just did that. I'm just glad it worked. My leg is free.

"Okay now what?" I asked myself while looking around. It seems there is a long tunnel with very little rubble ahead. Maybe if I can crawl out that way I should be able to find some sort of opening?

I started crawling and the amount of pain after going just a few inches had me ready to give up. I can't do this. I can't even see if this is the right way, if there is a way out or if all of this is for nothing and I'm just stuck down here until I die.

What's the point in crawling down a tunnel that might just be a dead-end anyway. "What's the point in crawling?" I asked again out loud realizing just how stupid I was being. Why am I crawling? God, maybe I did give myself a concussion cause I'm really not using my brain right now. I literally still have two of my doubles standing here just watching my struggle.

I rolled my eyes at myself and then had the doubles lean over and put their hands under me to support me. I'm glad no one is around to see just how stupid I'm being, that being said it's time to go find the others. I held onto the doubles as they lifted me off the ground. The pain that shot through my legs was almost unbearable, almost, it was still better than crawling.

They started carrying me down the dark tunnel. My only hope is that everyone else is okay. I have to find them. I have to help.


"Erwin, Erwin please wake up. Please open your eyes," a voice begged me.

As I started to regain consciousness I started feeling immense pain in my arm and shoulder. My back was also really stiff and I could feel a stabbing pain.

I pried my eyes open and waited for them to adjust before I could see the person in front of me. "Hanna?"

"Erwin, oh thank god. I thought for a second- you know what, that's not important."

"Where are we?"

"Underground. After the explosions, a lot of the ground caved in and took us with it."

"Oh god, are you alright?" I asked, trying to squint to see if I could see any injuries on her.

"I'm okay, but that's not important right now. Right now we have to figure out how to get that off of you."

"Off of me?" I looked around to see what she meant. Oh. My arm was completely buried in debris all the way up to my shoulder. "Yeah that might be an issue," I mumbled realizing that neither of us could really move this.

I reached my other hand under my back and felt a rock that I must have landed on. It was a little jagged and very uncomfortable. It felt like it was stabbing into me, but there was no blood so I guess it hasn't impaled me which is good. I couldn't seem to get it out from under me which sucks because it appears I'll be here for a while.

"Can you use your powers?"

"I don't think so," I said looking around the area. The rubble I was trapped under didn't look all that stable which means if I screwed around too much then more of it could come down on top of us. I can't teleport out of here or the whole thing could come down on Hanna. Even if she wasn't here I don't think I would be able to teleport out. I've only ever teleported while standing up and even that is quite complicated. Normally to teleport I squeeze both my hands. It helps me control my power a little better. Trying to teleport laying down, while not having full control over my powers could have very bad consequences.

I can't really portal out of here either since my bigger portals are stationary. I can move my smaller portals around, but that's still taken me a while to perfect. Trying to move a bigger one is nearly impossible without it collapsing in on itself. On top of that trying to put a human through it while it's moving, not possible, it would probably kill the person.

I might still be able to astral project, but I can't even guarantee that. Being in this much pain while trying to astral project probably won't work. I will probably get pulled back to my body the second I try.

"I can make a portal and send you out through it, but that's about all I can do," I said, trying to offer her a way out. I mean just cause I'm trapped here doesn't mean she is too.

"No, I'm not going to leave you here. I'm going to get you out."

That's probably for the best. Normally I would try and convince her to leave, but there really was no point in trying this time. I mean I don't even know if I could accurately portal her out of here. I mean I would have to probably do it several blocks away at best. If I tried to put her back on the surface I could portal her really high in the air, or open a portal that will just send more debris coming down on top of us. I would need to know what the area looks like up top before placing a portal.

"How do you plan on doing that?" I asked her.

"I'm not sure yet," she said, getting up and starting to walk around. "There has to be something around here that could help right?" She started looking around, being careful before moving any rubble, making sure it wasn't going to cause the whole ceiling to come down on us.

I tried to watch her the best I could but I was in an awkward position and craning my head in a weird way as well as straining my eyes to keep an eye on her gave me a headache and I eventually had to close my eyes and try and blink away the pain.

I could still hear her moving through the rubble when all of the sudden the noise stopped. I was about to ask her what happened when a shrill shriek filled the room. My eyes flew open and I tried to crane my head to see what made her scream. I couldn't see much from where I was and opened a small portal in front of me and one by her.

My heart stopped and I didn't know what to do. I just made the portals bigger and grabbed her arm and pulled her through pulling her away from the bloody sight.

She was screaming and trying to get out of my arm to run back over to him. "Let me go, I have to help him, I have to-."

"Hanna stop," I whispered. I was still trying to process the sight myself. How was I supposed to explain it to her?

"No, I have to help him. I can't let him die. I have to-."

"Hanna- stop!" I raised my voice and she stilled in my arms. "I'm sorry hun, but Franz is dead. You can't help him."

"He can't be, I love him, he can't be gone. He can't-." I watched as the light in her eyes disappeared. She stayed on her knees and her body stilled. She just stared over at the body in the distance. I let go of her arm and she didn't move. She just stayed as still as a statue staring at the body of her boyfriend. Well, what was left of it.

Both his legs were blown off and half of his face looked completely unrecognizable.

I used my free hand to lightly touch her cheek. "I know, I'm so sorry," I said, trying my best to comfort her. Her eyes just looked down at me and I just wrapped my one arm around her the best I could.

She just hunched overlaying her head on my chest with my arm around her back. I could feel how much her body was trembling as she sobbed. "I'll get you out of here," she finally mumbled out between sobs. "I have to. I can't lose anyone else today."

"You won't lose me," I said, trying to reassure her. I didn't have the heart to tell her that I had started to lose feeling in my arm under the rubble. I didn't have much time. If I don't get my arm out of here in a few hours then the limb will die.

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