You weren’t there for the fight, you were out on a walk to clear your mind from everything that had happened the past few weeks. The forest seemed to slowly grow colder.. then it began to snow so you began to trudge back to the cabin.

when you arrived there was already a good amount of snow upon the forest floor, but also laying on the snowy forest floor in-front of the cabin was the team captain, Jackie Taylor. The usual confident look on her face torn away, leaving a peaceful, fragile one, her body looked pale from the cold.

You nudged her with your foot “Captain, it’s too cold for you to be out here cmon”

no response.

You crouched down beside her, her body was.. frigid to the touch- like ice. But she was still breathing.. barely. You felt this terror hit you as you realized Jackie was on the verge of death.

“Oh shit- Misty get your ass out here!”

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It had been a few days since you had found Jackie out there, she’s been barely conscious, for the best of it and delirious for the worst of it, but you refused to leave her side. Nobody would tell you why she was out there in the first place, it’s been so frantic lately, Tai and Van have been wrestling to keep Jackie’s little lapdog away so she doesn’t make things worse.

Misty has had to cut a few of the girls toes off in your mind all you can hear is her screams of confused agony while barely conscious.

Ben had given up his room the only room away from everyone. Jackie was slowly getting warmer, slowly. You laid there body curled against hers, Misty said there was still a chance she won’t make it

“..You’re not gonna die on me captain”

you whisper to her, in some hope she’ll hear you, her body feels fragile still. But sometimes you feel her shift and it reminds you that she’s still fighting.

But you feel her shift again, more deliberately, as if waking up. You look at her as she opens her eyes, but for the first time they don’t look.. as cloudy? She suddenly sits up in a motion so quick that sends ripples of shock through you, especially for a girl who’s body is still so weak

she’s panting as if she just ran a mile, her big hazel eyes darting around the room before landing on you

did she have a dream that bad? She seems panicked..