Has the Train left without us yet? =ET Day One=
Jun 16, 2015 17:04:28 GMT -5
Post by ali on Jun 16, 2015 17:04:28 GMT -5
Gabrielle kept on running, her legs somehow carrying her through the glistening dirt beneath her feet, alongside the train tracks she had seen before when stood on her podium. In the distance she could see a platform, where the train was waiting. Waiting for her? she didn’t know but the sight of the train did not give her hope. It was ominous, almost, how the metal cylinder stood there waiting with its doors open.
Her head was throbbing and her breathing was alternating between choked sobs and gasping for air to quench her burning lungs; she could feel a lump forming on her forehead. As she reached the steps, her knees finally gave way and she fell to the floor in a head, letting out a loud wretched sob. Her whole body was shaking now and the pain of the wounds she’d received from the other children were becoming very stark in contrast to the numbness she’d felt trying to escape the slaughter.
Who had attacked me? she thought, her eyes wide, tears streaming down her cheeks. The boy from 10 and Rowan...I had only talked to her the other day. The thought sickened her, that someone she considered her friend would attack her. Gabrielle touched the soaking wound on her leg; she’d paused briefly to stop the bleeding but it was beginning to soak through again. Her fingers brushed the wound and she flinched.
Her mind flickered back to the bloodbath and she remembered Elya Johnwayne. The big, scary girl with a look that could kill and an eye patch. Towering over most, a warrior amongst the other children, had been stuck down moments before Rowan had attacked. Her skull had split in two, like it was nothing, like her head was an egg. Gabrielle hadn’t seen much but the memory of the girl toppling to floor, blood spurting from the gash in her skull was almost too much for her body to handle. She heaved forward, gagging on the image of Elya Johnwayne’s death.
“I’m...I’m so…” she began to sob, clamping her hands over her mouth tightly as tears began to stream down her cheeks. She wanted to say sorry but she could barely force the word out it just came as another sob.
How had she thrown the life she had away? How could she have acted so rash, all because of a name? Brienne… the name gave her comfort in this moment, it was a slither of sunshine in this long a restless night, a moment of calm in a rough and wild storm, a touch of a hand in isolation of everyone and everything. Gabrielle let out a calming solid breath and closed her eyes.
The sound of feet pounding against the ground made her carefully, slowly, glance over her shoulder. She saw two figures running towards her, one she recognised as Geo her District partner but the other she didn’t; blonde and small and running just behind Geo. Her mind panicked trying to find the face, trying to figure out if she should be scared or should accept him. Of course you should be scared.. she told herself as her hand slowly reached for her knife; she hesitated before she turned with her weapon raised.
She gripped the knife hard but slowly dropped her arm as Geo and the stranger who was apparently Geo’s friend, came to a halt by her. She glanced at the pile of knives, shaking her head slightly; there was no way she would have been able to have thrown the knife. No way. Tears still streamed down her cheeks, sniffing as she looked up at Geo and avoiding eye contact with the new kid.
“Took you’re time..” she said, choking out her words “I thought you were dead”
Her head was throbbing and her breathing was alternating between choked sobs and gasping for air to quench her burning lungs; she could feel a lump forming on her forehead. As she reached the steps, her knees finally gave way and she fell to the floor in a head, letting out a loud wretched sob. Her whole body was shaking now and the pain of the wounds she’d received from the other children were becoming very stark in contrast to the numbness she’d felt trying to escape the slaughter.
Who had attacked me? she thought, her eyes wide, tears streaming down her cheeks. The boy from 10 and Rowan...I had only talked to her the other day. The thought sickened her, that someone she considered her friend would attack her. Gabrielle touched the soaking wound on her leg; she’d paused briefly to stop the bleeding but it was beginning to soak through again. Her fingers brushed the wound and she flinched.
Her mind flickered back to the bloodbath and she remembered Elya Johnwayne. The big, scary girl with a look that could kill and an eye patch. Towering over most, a warrior amongst the other children, had been stuck down moments before Rowan had attacked. Her skull had split in two, like it was nothing, like her head was an egg. Gabrielle hadn’t seen much but the memory of the girl toppling to floor, blood spurting from the gash in her skull was almost too much for her body to handle. She heaved forward, gagging on the image of Elya Johnwayne’s death.
“I’m...I’m so…” she began to sob, clamping her hands over her mouth tightly as tears began to stream down her cheeks. She wanted to say sorry but she could barely force the word out it just came as another sob.
How had she thrown the life she had away? How could she have acted so rash, all because of a name? Brienne… the name gave her comfort in this moment, it was a slither of sunshine in this long a restless night, a moment of calm in a rough and wild storm, a touch of a hand in isolation of everyone and everything. Gabrielle let out a calming solid breath and closed her eyes.
The sound of feet pounding against the ground made her carefully, slowly, glance over her shoulder. She saw two figures running towards her, one she recognised as Geo her District partner but the other she didn’t; blonde and small and running just behind Geo. Her mind panicked trying to find the face, trying to figure out if she should be scared or should accept him. Of course you should be scared.. she told herself as her hand slowly reached for her knife; she hesitated before she turned with her weapon raised.
She gripped the knife hard but slowly dropped her arm as Geo and the stranger who was apparently Geo’s friend, came to a halt by her. She glanced at the pile of knives, shaking her head slightly; there was no way she would have been able to have thrown the knife. No way. Tears still streamed down her cheeks, sniffing as she looked up at Geo and avoiding eye contact with the new kid.
“Took you’re time..” she said, choking out her words “I thought you were dead”