Mount Olympus [2]

Jace

Jackie crouches before Rayah and asks Nic how we're to get her home, not bothering with my opinion. I still don't touch Ray, terrified of doing something wrong, and think about the twins.

"Oh, god, no," I mutter, shaking my head, "F*ck home. We need to get her to a hospital."

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Nic

Jace comes to the same realization as I and I swallow, ignoring my burns and crawling to him.

"Go get Alyx," I order, "It'll be easier if we have someone else to help carry her. Have him bring a car too."

He swallows before standing and bolting off towards home. I glance back at Jackie.

"You don't know, do you?" I ask, "She can't just go home. If she's like this... She's with child...two actually."

Rayah

OUCH!

She touches my burn and I practically scream, "D-Don't do that," I manage to choke, coughing afterwards.

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Jackie

I touch Rayah's burn, her screaming, and she manages to say something. I swallow before nodding and Nic says something to me.

"You don't know do you?" He asks, "If she's like this...She's with child...two actually."

I swallow again and sigh, "I didn't know that," I mutter to myself, worried.

Jace

I bolt home and drag Alyx from the couch, "We need to find a car, now!"

"What's wrong?" he asks.

"Just find one."

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Nic

I nod at Jackie and study her before looking back at Rayah. Finding a place on her shoulders where she isn't burned, I set a hand there to comfort her.

"Jace'll be right back, Rayah. We'll get you to help once he does," I tell her, "Just stay awake until then, alright?"

Rayah

I nod and relax when Nic sets a hand on my shoulder, wincing again at the pain of me moving my head to nod. Seriously? How the hell is this hurting me?

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Jackie

I study Rayah and see how she's shaking, her hands trembling. She stops once Nic sets a hand on her shoulder and I flash a smile, "You'll be okay, just a few burns," I tell her.

Not just a few burns. Just sympathy, I shake my head at myself.

Jace

Alyx jacks a car and hops in as I speed off back towards Rayah and the others.

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Nic

She calms with my hand on her shoulder and I flash a smile, relieved she's at least slightly better.

I wonder if she would mind me calling her Sis? 'Cause...I mean, she's the mother of my nieces or nephews so...

"Just a little longer," I tell her, "You're doing great. Everything's gonna be fine. You'll just need a lot of rest after this."

Rayah

I nod again, ignoring the pain, and hear a car. I tense, not knowing what's going on, "W-What--" I cough, "W-What's that?"

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Jackie

I try to stay calm not liking the state she's in, and hear the car with Jace's other brother, and Jace running towards us.

Rayah starts freaking out, "What--What's that?!"

I calm her with my empathy power and she relaxes again.

Jace

I leave Alyx to stop the car, hopping out before I can, and run towards Rayah and the others. She starts freaking out and then all of a sudden calms. I drop before her and swallow.

"Ray, it's me," I say, "It's just me. We're going to go for a ride, alright? Get you to some help."

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Nic

Jace shows up and tells Rayah we're going for a ride. I remove my hand from her shoulder and glance at him before looking at Jackie.

"Now we just have to get her in the car," I mutter.

Jace pushes everyone else off, wanting to be the one to hold her, and warns her before scooping her up and gently setting her back down in the backseat of the car. He sits beside her but stops touching her, not wanting to cause any more pain.

"Never mind then..."

I stand and look at Jackie before heading to the car and taking one of the passenger seats and leaving the one beside me for her.

Rayah

I somehow get inside a car and open one of my eyes, my skin still blistering, and move my arms to wrap around my stomach loosely.

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Jackie

I hop in the car, still worried, and sit beside Nic, "You think she'll be alright?"

Jace

"Alyx, go," I order, worried.

Rayah opens an eye and wraps her arms around her stomach. I check her hands for burns, finding only the palm of her left untouched, before taking it.

S'okay, Ray. You're gonna be fine.

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Nic

Alyx speeds off, somehow knowing where the hospital is, and I glance at Jackie.

"She has to be," I whisper, "It'll kill my brother if she isn't."

"She'll be fine," Alyx says with confidence, "Nothing in her future says she's not going to be. Jace's too. No large losses. It might take a while, but she'll be okay."

He glances at me in the corner of his eye.

"And her death isn't what'll kill him, if that's what you were talking about," he adds in a whisper, "It's something much worse."

Rayah

I flash a smile at Jace, trembling again, and tighten my grip around myself, "I-I'm hurting, Jackie, Make it stop..." I plea, close to crying.

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Jackie

What can I do about it? I'm not a freaking healer... Wait. But she is.

"Rayah," I turn to her, "Try you're healing power, It might work because you really need it," I whisper.

She shakes her head, "I can't..."

I sigh, "Why not?"

"I-I'm hurting!" She repeats.

I dare to touch her wrist and she starts crying, "Stop." I order.

I bring her hand to her cheek and she whimpers, just as the burns start clearing on her face.

"See?" I flash a smile.

Jace

Rayah starts healing herself and I smile, setting a hand on her face once the burns clear.

"That's it, Ray," I whisper.

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Nic

I shake my head at Alyx, always finding his visions and stuff a little creepy, and look back at the couple.

Rayah

"S-Stop!' I scream, "I-It hurts!"

"It's helping you," Jackie releases my hand from my face and moves it to my arm.

"N-No!' I yell, my arm turning to fire. She yanks back, swearing, her hand sizzling.

"What the hell?" She says, shaking it out.

I close my eyes again, "It hurts..."

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Jackie

Seriously? I'm freaking HELPING her and she burns me. Ugh...

I glare at her, "Would you rather have a chance of suffering for the next month or heal yourself?"

She opens one of her eyes, glancing at the burns on her arms and legs.

I nod, "Exactly," I snap, turning foward and studying the huge burn on my hand I got from her.

Jace

I remove my hand from Rayah's face too, worried it was hurting her, and take a deep breath.

"We're almost there," I tell her, "Just relax."

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Nic

I look at Jackie's burn and then my own, sighing.

"Do you think the fire was started by someone?" I ask, getting the feeling it might not have been so coincidental.

Rayah

I sigh, thinking, "I'm going to try healing myself again," I say, "I'm scared of hospitals."

I bring my hand to my burns again, wincing, and squeeze my eyes shut. They slowly dissapear. I open my eyes again and touch my knees, the burns on my legs clearing, and then I bring it to my neck, and then...My stomach. I-It went through my dress? The fire went through my dress? What the freak...?

I bring my hand to my stomach and it clears as well, but a HUGE pain occurs, "Ow..." I mutter, wrapping my arms around my stomach.

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Jackie

As Rayah starts healing myself, I think about Nic's question, "Probrably," I answer, tearing a peice of my dress while wrapping it around the palm of my hand.

Jace

I scoot closer to Rayah and set a hand over her arms that are wrapped around her stomach, "What's wrong?"

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Nic

I think about it, "Do you know anyone would who do something like that?"