Fury of the fallen

In a small nameless village near the border of Cadia kingdom a group of children were playing near the fountain which was the trademark of the village

The sound of their laughter echoing reaching the woods

The birds chirping a beautiful melody under the shining sun

In the village adults looking at the far away kids and smiling

An echoing sound vibrated the whole village

"Nolan , the last to jump in the water will carry the other home "

And they ran as fast as they could

Laughing cheerfully,nolan surpassed Jacob

Laughing at his banked expiration

When he was about to jump he suddenly stopped , Jacob surpassed him and jumped first splashing water on him

"Haaaaay , i won" shouted Jacob then he locked back to see nolan looking absent minded,looking far at the horizon

"Hahahahaha , do you think acting frozen will save you"

Nicholas Said quietly" the birds stopped singing "

Confused with the sinking feeling inside his chest

Jacob looked at the sky and said

"Oh,look at those clouds , i think a storm is coming"

For unknown reason Nolan felt fear gripping his heart

Then the sound of the thunder shook the whole frost

A drop, two drops , then three

Water fell from the sky like hale

And nolan started shaking

That's when Jacob noticed the strange state his friend was in

Nolan crouched down till he sat on the ground holding his head while he was Trembling

As the rain became stronger all the other kids rushed back home leaving both Nolan and Jacob behind

Jacob was panicking "hay nolan are you ok" he said , but no answer came back

Nolan looked at the dark sky with fear

When the sound of thunder came again

Nolan began shaking violently

Holding his head , his face in the mud , screaming

With great difficulty he turns his head to Jakob who was frozen solid

With a crying face he mummers one word "help"

Then he was out cold

Jacob stood there looking at him

"Nolan,....., Nolan"

Jacob started shaking him

When no answer came he panicked more

Fear gripping his heart

"Hay , nolan ,...,sop..sop" he started crying

Then he crotched down , carrying nolan up on his back

He began walking slowly towards the village

The kid cried and walked

"Nolan don't worry the chief will know what to do"

For a good five minutes Jacob has been crying and talking to nolan but no answer came back

At this moment a drop hit Jacobs hand

But....., somehow it felt different,...it was heavier,and warmer

Jacob looked at his arm to find the red colored drop sliding down reaching his hand painting a red line , Then he looked at nolan

Jacob felt a lump in his throat

Blood was dripping out of Nolan's nose

It was leaking from his mouth too

Jacob panicked he started running while carrying nolan , for them both to fall down hard after a minute or so

Then he carried him again and started running ، soon after he tripped over and fell down

Covered by the rain , the mud , the little wounds caused by the fall ,and Nolan's blood , he rushed as fast as he can , but the kid wasn't strong enough to Carry someone of his weight while running,so They fell down again and again and again

After an unknown amount of time

A lumping kid arrived at the village covered in blood and tears

His loud sopping was covered by the heavy rain

His brown shirt turned to a darker color

It became sticky Jacob shouted while crying

"Heeeelp , please ,,,,,, somebody help"

That's when he heard the chiefs voice searching for them

"Jacob, Nolan , where are you " he was shouting

Jacob finally saw a trace of hope and shouted " HEEEELP"

He ran again with the last shred of strength of his body

When he saw the chief he tried to run faster to fall to the ground head first

He tried to protect nolan with his body to fail terribly

that's when the village chief arrived and he went on his knees to hold Jacob who seemed to be falling to take his breath

When he held the kid he was mortified to find the thick and viscous texture of his shirt , that sticky, viscous liquid, it was blood

When he looks at his hand all he sees is crimson

He searched the kids body to find a few gashes all around his body

The kids hand is trembling

His body ached so badly that he wanted to sleep

He was having a hard time talking and breathing , Yet he held on

For a few seconds,just a few more seconds

He pointed at the ground when the chief finally saw Nolan his face in the water with no way to breathe

The kid altered "help,...nolan.....he..." But before he could complete his words he lost his couscous

That's when the village chief had the scare of his life

Laying on the ground an eight years old kid

All his limps facing weird angles clearly broken, he had deep gashes all over his skin

The bones can be seen at a few places

His face in water and mud with no room for him to breathe 

The kid's skin was purple

He probably wasn't breathing for a long while

The chief held the boy and shouted "get the doctor now"

The village was in chaos

People came from everywhere

The two kids were carried away to the doctors house

"Doctor Charles ,please open the door "

A man shouted

"Doctor, faster the kid is dying"

An old man opened the door to find the state Nicolas was in

His eyes opened wide and shouted

"Follow me and put him on the table

You go and get a bucket of water ,move faster

Hay,you , this is my medical kit get it here,

And You , clean the other kid and apply some pressure on his wounds to stop the bleeding, Chief come with me fast "

Everyone was moving fast around the doctor who held the bucket after removing the kids clothes and cleaned him

He held a Medical scalpel

And started cutting through the kid's chest

He spoke to the chief "three broken ribs , they sunk into his lung , his heart is falling,he lost a lot of blood, get some donors now , his four limps are broken , his kidney is shutting down , that without mentioning all the bone deep cuts all over his body and the purses that may have caused internal bleeding ,that if we don't talk about all those old scars, what in hell happened to this kid , was he being tortured before you got him here or what, haaah , we don't have time for this ,don't answer now ,fill me with the details after the operation"

The doctor cut open the boy's chest and connected a tube to one lung and shut the other, that's when the kid started breathing again

"3 minutes without air,it can affect his brain , let's hope that he doesn't enter a vegetative state after all if this " the doctor said

By now all the villagers knew about the two kids

Those who weren't inside the doctor's house were standing outside despite the rain

After several hours the doctor let a sight out of helplessness and fell back to his couch

"Just what is going on in his body" the doctor mummers

Those words gripping the chief's heart with fear

"doctor , will the kid be alright?" The chief asked

The doctor said "I hope so , at least he is not on his death bed any more "

"Then , what you mean by these words , is there something wrong with him"

The doctor said "haaaah, something wrong,you are kidding, there's nothing right in there , his body is fighting itself , his veins cramping ,don't even ask my how is that possible , and his blood making faint sizzling sound , there's nothing normal here , he should be waking up in just a few hours lets wait and see if he's gonna be alright, there's nothing more we can do"

Four hours later Jacob woke up, despite the pain he sat there looking at Nolan who was wrapped in bandages all over his body

Jacob's eyes were red and the sound of his sops can be heard from time to time.

Another three hours based

Nolan opened his eyes

Pain....., terrible paint

That's all he can feel

At least it was lesser than what he felt at the fountain , maybe it was just his body coping with the pain

He moved his eyes, which were the only things he could move right now

His eyes fell on Jacob who is crying silently

Jacob was the first one to notice him waking up

He looked at Nolan's eyes which looked full of gratitude and gave him a weak smile

Then nolan closed his eyes

unknown to him that was going to be his last sincere smile for the next eight years .