“James hold her up I want to see if she is bleeding from anywhere we can’t see right now?”

James was looking at me. I think he knew I was very close to losing it. Sámi snapped her fingers and James went into action gently lifting her shoulders and sure enough the wound from her chest was bleeding thru her back as well.

“What do you think James, gunshot?”

“No the exit wound is too neat.”

“Ice pick.”

“What?”

“It’s an ice pick, thin yet long enough to go thru the other side, ice pick.”

“Sámi?”

“Shane’ s right…Shane you have to get out of here so we can do what we have to.”

“I don’t want to leave her.”

“Sorry you don’t have a choice, send Helena in as well we are going to need her hands….and we might need your blood, you are her type yeah?”

I nod my head. How did she know that? Unless Helena has a big mouth and talks to her about everything…..

“Great, now go on and let’s see if we can’t help her.’

They set her down. And she looked like she was in a great deal of pain. Her eyes were open just a little. I think the light was hurting her eyes. I leaned down and kissed her cracked lips. And she lifted and curled her fingers in my hair. She was trying to say my name but she couldn’t. I walk out.

“They need you inside.”

‘I will see what I can do.”

“Don’t let her die. Please Helena, don’t let her die.”

“I will do my best Shane…..”

Chapter Six

Sitting, wondering, waiting. In another world, in another life this barbaric stuff never happens. In this world, in another place we live alone in the world counting stars, running hand in hand like happy idiots, sharing drinks out of hollowed out coconuts, we don’t fear and we never sleep, everything is quiet except when it needs to be loud, our faces hurt from so much smiling, blood is never an option and life keeps ticking away.