Ijaya | ✔️

16

'Limited breath'

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I was going mental

My blinks got harder, breathing irregular and my hands were trembling.

Nereus was useless, he passed out after he told me about Lark and Ijaya. One of us was thinking straight, Dario managed to tear me off him before i killed Nereus.

"Calm down you twat! We'll find them." Dario grabbed my face firmly

"How Rio! Because from what he told me, Ijaya is in a deep pool of water and Lark is at an extremely high tower just waiting to drop" yelling isn't helping but it was all i could do. I felt useless, unable to help both of them

"I found two keys on him. They're probably in the woods"

He was right

He went for Lark and told me to go for Ijaya.

My dad taught my sister how to handle these situations since she was little, she'll be okay. I was running, searching with nothing else on my mind other than finding my princess

"Come on Ijaya" i say out loud "be okay" the time had sped by, the starry night making it harder for me to navigate in the woods

I was going in blindly, as stupid as it seems, i didn't have a choice. Her life is on the line and I can't waste my time planning ahead

I came across a replica of the building Nereus was in. I kicked the door open, rushing inside

I couldn't breathe, I couldn't see.

Everything was a blur. I forced my feet to move towards the scene in front of me.

Nothing but a pool was to be seen.

In the pool was Ijaya, chained to a metal chair at least five times her weight.

Jumping in i swam to the bottom

Two men jumped in after me, to help me bring her to the surface. Even with the two of them it was a struggle to bring her up. One of the men was still outside, gathering equipment

The water slowly filling my lungs stung. My breath was leaving me ever so slightly and my heart was pounding.

Her face was as pale as a ghost, her lips a light shade of blue. She was ice cold, and she looked in a lot of pain. Her eyes were closed shut, water oozing out of her nose.

I was getting frustrated, there was no keys and no way to get her out. I pulled on the chains, punching and kicked as hard as i can until they finally let her loose. I held onto her and swam her to the surface.

My whole body tenses as my palm went to her heart. No sign of life

Ijaya wasn't breathing.

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The smell of hospitals made me sick. Hence to why i never went to one. Ijaya needed professional aid and unfortunately my team wasn't able to offer her that.

Lark was okay, however Dario was injured, he jumped after her when the timer went off and she dropped off the tower. Three men caught them before they got any serious injuries but Dario broke his ankle

They found traces of drugs in her system and luckily it wasn't lethal

Ijaya's dad was found, he came to the hospital and her mum sobbed in his chest as her piercing screams and muffled sobs caught everyone's attention

No words were able to comfort her, it was understandable. She almost died in the water and hidden in darkness- one of her fears.

Thirty minutes later, and i was pacing the room. I concerned people with my emotion. They looked at me and saw me as numb, they were unsure what i'd do if I snapped

However, Ivaylo was the one who concerned me. He was unreadable, trapped in a daze. It was reasonable, his sister was nearly drowned and his boyfriend broke his ankle

Once my mum arrived, she was quick to try calm me down, for the tears I didn't even know i cried. No one's ever had such an impact in my life, no one other than Ijaya.

"How is she?" I hear Dario ask, Ivaylo rushed over to him and sat him down

"We haven't heard anything, they're still working on her"

He nods his head "did they say anything when you brought her in?"

My throat felt blocked and it was a struggle to get the words out "possible nerve damage, they struggled to get her heart beating again. She had a lot of water in her lungs and now we wait"

Dario got up, ignoring Ivaylo's protests and the pain in his ankle "get some rest" i shook my head and laughed "I'll rest when she's awake"

Another thirty minutes passed and a doctor came out from the emergency room. We all rush towards him and he goes straight to her parents "how is she?" Her mother asked

The doctor smiles "it was very difficult to get her heart beating again and to warm up back to normal body temperature. We've had to put her on a machine to assist with breathing. She will be monitored closely throughout the night and if she seems like she's ready, we will try to take the machine off her tomorrow"

Relief washed over me

She's okay

"Only immediate family are allowed to see her for now. The rest of you should go home and rest"

They weren't going to let me see her, it was all getting too much. If they think i'd go home and sleep while she's in the hospital struggling to breathe they are wrong

I made myself comfortable on the chair of the waiting room and unexpectedly dozed off

Possible scenarios, positive and negative. Played through my head as i slept

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