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Waking up I felt an excruciating pain run through my head as a warm tingling feeling coated most of my face

I tried to move but my body felt as if it was burning every time I tried to lift my head

Raising my hand I went to scratch the tingling part of my face only to feel a warm liquid on my fingers

Pulling my hand away from my face I noticed a thick layer of runny blood coating them

All of the tingling and itching was my blood that had pooled all around me

Dropping my arm back to the floor I regretted what I did

'Why couldn't I just let it go like normally?'

'Why did you punch him back you idiot? Why?'

'NO! Why did that fucker beat me so much? Why did he do this, to. Me!"

A boiling rage filled me as I hated him for hurting me so badly

I no longer regretted my own actions but hated him for making me do this, I hated him for hurting me so badly and I hated him for making me throw that punch

My unconscious mind twisted and changed the flow of events making me into his innocent victim

It made me want to punch him, hurt and kill him

I let my rage fuel me and push me to my feet

My head ripped and broke with the pain that pierced my very soul

But even then I continued getting up

"Slootch"

A large river of blood poured out of the back of my head

Making it to my feet I turned around and looked down to the large puddle that lived between the cracked tiles and broken floor

Blood painted most of the white tiles and stained the shelves

Grabbing my clothes with one hand I stumbled and walked out of the bathroom

Hugo was no longer sitting at his desk and had completely disappeared along with his loved book

Normally I would have noticed this but My mind was fading in and out shallowly causing my thoughts to be non existent and my body to move habitually

When my thoughts returned I was already laying face first inside of my room

My hands empty and my clothes laying somewhere I didn't know

'W.H.E.N?'

Everything faded to black and I fell into the familiar void once again

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[Charlottes POV]

Walking into the cafeteria I grabbed a tray of food that had been left out for those that were rushing in like a tidal wave

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My eyes still felt itchy and sore from earlier when I was hugging Lucas tightly

Remembering how close I was my face suddenly felt burning hot, almost like lava was flowing just beneath my skin

'W-why did I do that?'

I felt embarrassed at my past self for clinging so tightly to Lucas

'You idiot! What if he thinks you're weird now?'

My mind was in conflict until I spotted a massive plate of food that took up a whole tray

Stuffing his face was John as he rushed as fast as he possibly could

Calming down I went up to him

"Hey John, what have you been up to?"

Looking up from the pile of food he discretely nodded to me before continuing to stuff his face like a feral beast that didn't know any human manners

"You seem to be in more of a rush that normal, did something happen?"

Pausing he swallowed all of the food in his mouth before talking

"Didn't you hear? There's a new tier 2 monster that took up residence near the bases border. The attack force is going to hunt it and I'm joining them"

"Really, that's the first I've heard about it"

"What? What have you been up to? Everyone's talking about it"

Looking away with a slight blush I recounted to John what had happened to Lucas these past few days

"Oh. So that's why you haven't heard about it, you've been to busy taking car of your hubby to hear about it"

My mind exploded at his words

"W-What?!?! What're you talking about!"

"How many people do you think know about your crush?"

"How many?"

"Almost half the base. Mainly the adults actually"

My face just kept burning hotter and hotter at his words

'I-is it that obvious?'

I could feel my brain melting

As I was lost in my own wild thoughts John continued to eat like a starved beast completely forgetting about out previous conversation

I tried to cool my head as John didn't slow down inhaling his food in the slightest even after our conversation

It took a few minutes but I finally calmed down enough to start eating my food

As I reached out a guy with short brown hair came up to the table

He continuously looked around making sure no one was paying any attention to him

After making sure no one was seeing him he knelt down and leaned on the table

"What do you want?"

My tone was icy and caused him to shiver in fear

'Is this another one of those fuckers who are 'in love with me'? Can't they take a fucking hint?'

"A-ah. I'm sorry b-but..."

He paused and quickly searched around the room again to make sure he was safe

"Spit it out already you piece of shit"

The guy was so scared he couldn't even muster up words, he just sat there shivering

He couldn't even look her in the eyes

Seeing such a scene John swallowed his food and tried to calm me down

"Charlotte, you need to calm down. What makes you think he's here for you after all, that sounds pretty narcissistic of you"

"Narcissistic? Says you-you! Fucker!"

"Hahaha. You see she's just a feisty cat, you don't have to worry"

It seemed he had calmed the guy down at my expense, which was obviously a shit thing to do

"S-so I'm part of D-Dicks gang right. B-but well you see"

"Just spit it out already"

My patience was already nearing its end as he just kept going round and round

What caused most of my patience to disappear was the fact that he mentioned Dicks gang. The biggest dipshits in the base

"H-he. They went overboard. Th-we did something"

His head quickly dated around every few seconds making sure he wouldn't be putting his own head on the chopping block

If he did Dick would mercilessly beat him for telling others about this

"What did you do?"

Even the boorish John had stopped and given the guy his full undivided attention

"in t-the showers, they had a big fight"

"Who did they fight"

Hanging his head low in guilt he mustered up his courage

"L-Lucas"

Immediately after his words left his chapped lips he was dangling off the floor being held in the air by my hand

I firmly grasped his neck

My grip didn't waver or falter no matter how much he desperately struggled to break out of my grasp

"You beat up Lucas?"

"Kreaa. P-please. I. Could-couldn't stop. Them"

"Charlotte! Put him down"

A crushing grip squeezed my wrist causing my bones to shift in place

I could barely put any strength into my hand causing the guy to fall onto his ass before John let go of my wrist

I cradled it with my left hand as the bones tried to go back to how they were before

Kneeling down to his eye level John asked in a flat tone just like he was using earlier

"In the showers you said"

Barely being able to breathe the guy simply nodded his head

Putting his hand onto their shoulder he thanked them

"Thank you, if Dick causes any trouble, come find me"

He flashed a smile before standing up and facing me

"Come on, let's go make sure Lucas is ok"

"What about him!"

"Charlotte. You should be more worried about Lucas, he might be dying"

Fear gripped my heart as the anger subsided and disappeared

I pictured Lucas laying helplessly on the cold floor, life drained from his eyes and his chest still

Horrified I launched out of the cafeteria running towards the showers as fast as I possibly could