WOUNDED,
CHAPTER EIGHT

JILL crawls out of the derailed train with her head in excruciating pain. she sat against the wall for a moment before standing up. "m-mikey?" she looked around the train tracks with her heart pounding tremendously. "mikey!" she called out once again but louder than before.

she looks down at the floor seeing a trail of blood leading towards a door. "god, mikey. please be okay." she whispered, turning the wheel on the door. she pushes the door open to see more blood trailing towards the more open space of the room.

she walks towards the open space, only to see mikey against the wall, searching through his bag. "mikey!" jill rushes over, kneeling down next to the injured boy. "what happened?" she asked with worry written all over her face. "you okay?" she questioned, examining his face for any cuts.

"j-jill... it hurts." mikey grunts, looking down at his side. jill looks down to see a sharp glass injected into his side, deeply.

"fuck, fuck, fuck." jill mumbled, running a hand through her hair. "i-i can't pull it out. you'll bleed to death." she shook her head, looking at the boy.

"i-i have some bandages in there. i mostly use them whenever i fall off my skateboard but—." he grunts in pain, gripping the knife injected on his side.

"let go of your side, i got this." jill grabs his bag, searching through it for any bandages. after searching for a bit, she takes out a bandage and some water. "i don't have anything to cleanse your cut with." she started. "so for now, i'm gonna have to bandage it. when we're out of here, i'm taking you to the hospital." she informs. "bite on your sleeve cause this might hurt a lot, alright?" mikey nods, starting to bite on his sleeve.

"on the count of three." she started with a shaky breath. mikey nodded, biting down tightly on his sleeve. "one, two, three." she counts down, pulling the knife out. mikey lets out a loud scream with blood oozing out from his side.

"oh god." jill takes the bandage and wraps it around mikey's waist. "if we find a nearby hospital, i'll stitch you up. i promise." jill says, tying a knot around. mikey grabs his bag, pulling it onto him.

"c'mon, i got you." jill helps mikey up, slinging his shoulder around her shoulder. she held onto him, making their way outside of the underground tracks.

they get out of the tunnel only to see the beautiful park of raccoon city. mikey admires the clock tower, holding onto jill as they walked towards the bridge.

once the two made it towards the bridge, they saw a fiery figure burst out of the tunnel. the monster flailed it's arms, falling into the river, extinguishing it's flames.

jill smirked. "bitch can't even swim." she scoffed, walking with mikey. "mikey, why don't you go wait in that tunnel for me? i'll be there after i call carlos." jill suggested with the young boy agreeing.

mikey walked off the bridge and headed towards the tunnel. jill watches mikey closely before taking her radio out. "carlos, respond." jill spoke.

"yeah, what's up?" carlos responded, causing jill to sign in relief. hearing carlos' voice made her feel safe, especially with everything that had happened. she was happy to have him.

"we didn't make it, the train derailed." she informs with her head throbbing a bit from the traumatizing memory.

"derailed? was anyone hurt?" carlos questioned with his heart rate starting to increase tremendously.

"everybody's dead, mikhail, everybody." jill answered. "mikey's alive but he needs to get stitches. he's bleeding slowly. i patched him up the best i would but—." she sighs in frustration. "i don't wanna lost him, carlos." she whimpered.

"shit.." he mumbled. "don't worry about mikey, i'll be on over with some supplies and i'll stitch him up. for now, he can manage, he's a tough kid." carlos responded.

"i hope." she sighs, looking over at mikey to see him sitting against the tunnel's wall. "nicholai left is to die." the brunette admitted, looking away from mikey.

"wait what?" carlos questioned in confusion. jill was about to respond before she saw something move in the water.

"what the fuck?" jill asked, shifting a bit at the sudden change of the water. something jumps up at jill, causing her to run. "it's back!" she exclaims.

"jill, what happened?! jill, come in!" jill turns her radio off, shoving it into the back pocket of her jeans. she starts sprinting down the bridge, glancing at mikey as she ran. the boy was knocked out and blood was starting to coat his bandage. "sorry mikey but we're gonna have to make a little detour first." she mumbled, taking out her explosives as she reached the fountain area.

after a few minutes of fighting the monster, it falls to the ground. jill steps over it, yelping once it's tentacles grabbed her leg.

she takes her hand gun out, shooting the chain of the gate, causing it to fall onto the tentacle, slicing it in half. jill stands up in pain, kicking the left over tentacle off her foot.

"c'mon mikey." she started, walking over towards the unconscious boy. "let's get you—." she gasped as the creature's sharp thorn pierced through her skin. she pulls it out slowly, only to her to start coughing. she falls to the floor, convulsing and foaming from her mouth until she goes completely unconscious.

nikholai watched the scene unfold with a big smirk written across his face. "interesting. you've been done me a big favor, ms valentine." he chuckled lowly, walking away from the two injured people.

a day later, mikey's eyes fluttered open. he sits up, wincing in pain. "i forgot about that." he muttered. his eyes widened once he sees jill laying there. he crawls over to the girl, frantically. "jill! jill!" he shakes the brunette. "shit! jill, wake up this isn't funny!" he pleaded, shaking her again.

he stands up, pacing around with panic written all over his face. the lump in his throat grew and his heart started to beat fast. "what would jill do, what would jill do?" he asked himself, running a hand through his reddish brown hair. "she'd call carlos, alright." he raced over to the unconscious girl, taking her radio out.

"carlos? it's mikey, and uh i need your help." he croaked, biting his lip from letting out his sobs.

"mikey! are you and jill okay? where are you guys?" carlos questioned with a tone of worry in his voice.

"w-we're in the tunnel by the clock tower a-and—." the young boy starts to sob at the thought of jill dying. "jill's unconscious. s-she's pale and you could practically see her veins." he explains, sniffing softly. "i don't wanna lose her carlos." he whimpered.

"don't worry, kid. i'm on my way. stay out alright?"

"okay." mikey sat next to jill, watching her with worried eyes. "i trust you."

so, this is my second attempt to upload this because wattpad was being a bitch. i hope you enjoyed this chapter 💗

DATE PUBLISHED: 7/22/20
TIME PUBLISHED: 3:53 p.m.
WORD COUNT: 1209