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I heard Rob’s voice behind me "On three! Ready? One … two … three!" I was yanked back forcibly, but the ground underin, so Rob was only able to keephorizontally over the stakes I fell into the hole,down the side of one of the sharpened sticks, getting sliced open in the process I hit bottorabbed onto the over sideways onto a spike

"Holy fuck!" I yelled, panting now over the pain infilled with dirty sater and bleeding into the pit

"Get her out!" yelled Paci, and seconds later several hands grabbedme upwards Paci turned around and scra one of the stakes to push himself up with He crawled over to

I looked down at it with trepidation, expecting to see it filleted open, but it wasn’t bleeding as heavily as I thought it would be I couldn’t seeinnards, so I was happily relieved, but that didn’t stop the incredible pain fro a little, trying tocantor "I’ her to the clinic!" he yelled over his shoulder

I held on tightly, worried he was going to dropover the sides and onto his hand I didn’t want to think about how et this cut clean The wound was already filled with gunk that was now getting rubbed in, but I could hardly co practically airlifted to the clinic, Paci was running so fast It never ceased to aate the uneven ground, especially Paci who still had an injured leg I was constantly tripping whenever I walked, but Pacia step It was like he had invisible wings flying us along

LaShay met us at the entrance "What the heck happened to you this time?" she asked, not unkindly She pointed to an available spot with her half-limb "Put her down over there" She reached out and took my hand as Paci walked over "You okay, baby?"

"I’ve been better," I said, s at her weakly For some reason she instantly , callinghim a once-over "You hurt too?"

"No, I’m fine It’s just her"

"Accident prone?"

"No … heck no, she’s not accident prone It’s Fohi"

"Fohi did this?" She frowned, looking like she was ready to have a feords with hi Paci away "Go see if he’s okay I’m fine here Thanks for the lift"

Paci reached over and tookfor a little while"

LaShay ca with a bottle of so like that hittingopen wound made me instantly feel sick

"Uh,o of et a stool, but then sat down nearas you needat us for a ain "Jus’ stay outta onna have to scrub"

"Scrub?" I said, fear in my voice, as she leaned over and poured some of the liquid onto my wound I was prepared to scream, but it obviously wasn’t alcohol It just hurt a little "Phew That wasn’t bad"

"Hold on to that thought," said LaShay, right before she started scrubbingwas stinging and burning like it was on fire "Holy shit, LaShay, what are you doing toyou from dyin’ from a cut, that’s what You want soether and channeling et it over with," I grunted out

"Doin’ ain

Coli wandered in and said, "What happened to her?" She didn’t sound all that concerned

"She got hurt helping Fohi," said Paci, staring into my eyes His were like liquid pools of chocolate and totallyat him this way

"What’d he do this ti After a feard seconds, Coli huffed out an irritated breath and left

"Mirl Tsk, tsk…" LaShay shook her head "Girl’s got a serious chip on her shoulder about you, Bryn I don’t knohat you did to her, but dahts of Coli intruded on the peaceful feelings that I’d only been able to find by losing rip on what LaShay was saying There was no point in trying to ignore the pain any everyone that I wasaround with Paci at the clinic