"Ricky! Ricky! Hey! Bro!" JJ hollered as they jumped out of the car at a house.

"Kie, help me." Lila said as the pair helped Pope out of the car, John B and Sarah coming up behind them to help.

"Ricky, hey! I got a problem, bro! I know you're mad at me!" JJ shouted as he knocked harshly on the door to get the mans attention. The four helped carry Pope toward the door, leaving the truck in the drive way.

"Please! We need help!" Sarah yelled after the door slammed in JJ's face, "He got stung by a wasp! He's having a reaction! Please help!"

The five began yelling over each other, all trying to explain at once in hopes of him opening the door and taking pity upon Pope, who still was gasping for air in Lila and Kie's arms.

"He can't breath, Ricky!" JJ began hitting the window suddenly, "He's right here!"

"Who can't breathe?" Ricky asked as he swung the door open, Lila sighing at the sight of the half naked man.

"Look at him! Help my friend!" John B spoke quickly and in a begging manor.

"All right, jesus christ." Ricky huffed as he pulled the screen door open, letting them in.

"Hey! Nice to meet you. Sorry." Sarah said quickly as she walked in first, John B next as he helped the girls with Pope.

"You know, I wouldn't come to you if it wasn't an emergency." JJ said to him quickly as Sarah shoved everything off the table, laying Pope down across it as he gasped for any form of breath, "Hang in there, buddy."

"What's wrong with him?" Ricky asked quickly.

"A whole lotta wasp." Lila explained as she held Popes hand tightly, "Can you help him?"

"Is he allergic to wasp?" Ricky spoke as he looked at each of them.

"Clearly." Kie explained with wide eyes.

"A beehive worth of wasp." John B explained with a violent nod.

"Raise his legs." JJ encouraged as John B did so.

"What's his name?" Ricky asked.

"Pope." Sarah informed him as Lila held Popes hand.

"Hey, Pope? Hang tight. I gotta get my kit." Ricky said as he hurried off quickly.

Lila squeezed Popes hand tightly as she stared down at him, "We're gonna get you all fix up, Pope, don't worry."

"He's looking for a kit. Go help." John B encouraged JJ quickly as the blonde sprinted after him.

"Breath w little, okay? Like a little bit." Kie cried as she looked down at Pope, "I just need you to focus. Focus on your breathing, okay?"

"It's like a duffel bag!" Ricky yelled as him and JJ looked around.

"Where's your kit?" Kie shouted in disbelief.

"This is why we stole your ambulance!" Lila yelled his way.

"Okay, I got it!" Ricky yelled as he ran back in, the black bag in his hands.

"Okay, what do we do now?" JJ asked quickly.

"You don't do anything cause you're not a paramedic." Ricky spoke quickly as he pulled a shot from his bag, "Okay. Hey, Pope. How you doing, man? You look like shit."

"What is that? Epinephrine?" Lila asked him quickly.

"Here's the thing. This is a pediatric dose of epinephrine." Ricky said as he looked her way.

"He's not a kid." Kie said in disbelief.

"Is that gonna be enough?" Sarah spoke quickly.

"It is ten times a normal dose. So if it doesn't stop his heart, it'll help him." Ricky explained as they all gapped as him, "But I gotta use the whole thing or it won't work. And i'm not going down if he dies."

"What type of guy did you bring us to?" Lila asked JJ was a crazy look.

"Fine, okay, do it! Do it! Hit it!" JJ explained quickly to Ricky, grabbing hold of Lilas hand tightly as Ricky turned and pushed the needle into Popes forearm. Lila held her breath as she watched closely, JJ's hand tightening on her own.

"Okay. That's it." Ricky spoke after he pushed the medicine, removing the needle from Popes arm.

"Now what?" Sarah questioned.

"Now we wait." Ricky explained as they all looked down at Popes body. He laid limb, completely still. Lila paced suddenly a shes exhaled, shaking her head.

"You killed him." Kie spoke in disbelief.

"No." Ricky shook his head.

"Yes, you did!" she snapped at him, "What did you do?"

"I did exactly what you asked me to do." Ricky argued with her.

"Please! Please! Pope, please, come on!" Kie cried as she looked down at Pope.

"Pope, cmon bro." JJ shook him.

Lila walked over, sniffling as the tears fell down her face, shaking Pope slightly, "Come on, Pope, I don't wanna loose another brother."

Popes chest suddenly heaved, harsh breaths coming from his mouth. Lila sighed as she dropped her head onto Kies shoulder, the pair feeling in relief more then anything. Everyone started to laugh and cheer as Pope coughed.

"Get him up, cmon." Lila said as she grinned, helping Pope sit up as she rubbed his back, "Add that to the list of times one of us almost died."

"There he is. That's my boy right there!" JJ explained as he pointed at Pope, a large smile across his face.

"It's hot! I'm really hot, guys!" Pope explained, yanking his jacket off.

"Okay, take it easy." JJ laughed as he held his shoulder.

"I gotta get outside." Pope explained as he jumped off the table.

"Simmer down." John B tried to reason.

"For someone who almost died.." Lila trailed off as she watched him go.

"He's acting kinda intense." John B agreed with her.

"It's hot!" Pope yelled as he ran outside.

"Pope, hey, man!" Lila called as JJ and Sarah thanks Ricky a moment.

Pope began running around. Kie, John B, and Lila attempting to keep him calm.

Pope sprinted and jumped into the air, "Let's go get that cross! Game six, baby! I'm Michael Jordan!"

"Uh, Pope, you're driving pretty fast." Sarah explained as Pope drove through the night, down the empty road.

Pope cheered into the air.

"Pope, last to judge, but I think you should slow down a little." JJ explained from the back.

"That would definitely delay our arrival to the cross. We gotta get there." Pope explained quickly with a point of his finger, speaking fast.

"You know what will also delay us? If we crash." Lila said.

"Lila Alpheus!" Pope yelled out the window, "Alpheussssss!"

"Oh my god." Lila explained with wide eyes.

"Why did we let him drive again?" Kie asked.

"Because I said i'd rip your ears off." Pope informed her.

"He said he'd rip our ears off." Sarah nodded.

"I was joking about that, by the way." Pope giggled.

"I would hope so, you know." Lila nodded her head.

"It's a really funny joke." Kie nodded.

"Hey, how ya feeling, buddy? How ya doing?" John B called from the back, feeling on edge at how fast they were driving.

"Uh, fantastic. I don't know what JJ's cousin gave me, but I am moving!" Pope explained with a bright grin, waving his hands around.

"We couldn't tell." Kie shook her head.

"Okay, well, um, you're going really fast right now." John B tried to reason again.

"Like, really fast." Lila agreed from where she sat higher, due to being on someone lap because there had only been three seats.

"Yeah, really fast!" Pope yelled as he turned to look at them.

"Pope!" Sarah yelled as Pope did a sudden swerve on the road.

"I don't know if you noticed, but there's these giant oak trees all along the road. They're like six inches off the road." John B explained quickly in hopes of calming Pope down or getting him to pull over.

"Popes, there's a car!" Lila explained as she saw the blue lights coming there way.

"You don't need to pass. You don't need to pass." Kie explained quickly as she gripped onto the door.

Pope swerved past the truck quickly, "What an asshole."

"He's going the speed limit." Kie inhaled quickly.

"Yo, can we just pull over?" Lila asked, feeling out of breath quickly, "Like just a sec?"

"We're not gonna get to the cross if we're dead, Pope!" John B spoke quickly to the boy driving.

"We're not gonna die. It's our divine right to get to that cross." Pope explained over his shoulder.

"Pope, look at the road!" John B hollered at him quickly, nearly running into the oak tree as Pope turned the wheel suddenly, making them spin in a circle. The six yelled as the truck spun, crashing suddenly into a oak tree as the windows broke and air bags blew.

"Can you hear me, sweetie?" the paramedics asked as Lilas eyes fluttered open a second, the shards of glass stuck to her face as she was still stuck in the car.

"Lila!" Kie called as the truck door flew open, Lila jumping out suddenly as ragged breathing came from her, "Are you hurt?"

"There was a car accident. Do you have a name?" the woman asked, the gurney coming toward her.

"Lila." the blonde said weakly, sitting her head up some as her door open. Her arms were covered in blood, looking to her right where Logan had been sitting. Her heart dropped when she saw he hadn't been there, "Where's my brother?"

Cried of pain echoed through the road as the paramedic got Lila out of the car. She took notice of the old car, seeing as though it was crushed from the opposite side she was driving on. The cries of pain echoed louder as she looked around, her eyes setting on Willa screaming from the ambulance, her face bleeding and arm bent in a weird way.

"Lila! Yo, yo, it's all right. Take it easy." JJ explained as he jumped out, coming after her. Lila inhaled, feeling her chest tighten and not being able to catch a breath. Her brain flooded of the memories from her sixteenth birthday, almost two years ago. JJ tried to hold her, getting shoved away as Lila held a hand out to him. Her face was red and her chest heaved.

"Where's my brother? Where's Logan?" Lila asked, wincing in pain when she was moved into the gurney, the shards of glass along her body far from comfortable.

Lilas head turned and saw Sydney's body along another gurney, she nearly smiled at the sight of her before she realized something so much worse. Sydney hadn't been breathing, she was lifeless and half her body was crushed from the side of the car that was hit.

"Syd." Lila cried, trying to sit up as the paramedics tried to get her to lay back down, "Sydney! No!"

Lila cried as she fought against the paramedics, once Sydney was rolled away, Lila saw a few leaned down on the ground. They were about seven feet infront of the totaled car, three around. Lila watched as they moved, the body coming into view as she broke.

"Logan!" Lila sobbed at the sight of her brother, dead. The paramedics held her back, the glass her arms hands digging deeper as she fought against them, "No!"

"He's dead!" Lila hollered as JJ grabbed hold of her, "No, get off of me!"

"What's going on with her?" John B asked as he got out of the truck.

"Did I hurt her?" Pope asked in a panic.

"Lila, Lila, calm down, take a breath." JJ spoke, trying to hold her still.

"She's having a panic attack." Kie spoke quickly.

"I'm fine, i'm fine." Lila exhaled as she went down to her knees, JJ going with her. Lila inhaled the air, trying to catch her breath, "I'm okay."

"We're gonna have to walk the rest of the way." Pope spoke up quickly, "I'm going to get my cross."

"You good? You wanna pass out?" JJ asked as he looked at Lila, trapping her in his arms, "Allergic reaction?"

Lila shook her head, "I'm okay, i'm okay."

The large truck passing them made Lilas eyes look up, catching sight of Renfield in the passengers seat, looking at Pope while Rafe drove. His eyes set on Lila, in JJ's arms and staring at him in disbelief, he gave a minor glare but didn't stop driving.

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kylie speaks

yes, i know we all
like to joke about the
accident sometime but
for the sake of this chapter,
avoid your dark humor. ptsd
is real and i'd hate for someone
with ptsd of there own to
read this and then have to
see comments joking about it.