EPIPHANY ? newt

Newt stumbled backwards, removing his hand from my waist as he moved it to feel his neck, swaying on the spot. "What did you do, Seph?" he said in a slurred voice, but I just smiled, grabbing hold of his body as he collapsed to the ground, wrapping my arms around him and just... holding on.

"Seph, how... what just happened?" Thomas asked in a half shocked half incredulous tone, moving towards us and crouching down to feel Newts heartbeat, which had immediately slowed down to a normal one. I assumed his body had just shut down out of pure exhaustion and weakness, but he was breathing slowly and I could feel his heart beating, very much alive. That was all that mattered.

"I had to get him to stop moving some way," I tried to defend myself, but I knew Thomas didn't care about that part. "The cure... back at the Right Arm's camp - I took some of the enzyme. It's yours. And if... if Teresa's not lying, thats not just going to tide him over for a while. That's the cure, Thomas." A small, almost unbelieving smile fell onto my lips, and I could see Thomas mirror it.

"How did you know he had it on him? How did he have it on him?" The boy asked as he watched Newt's best rise and fall peacefully in my arms, but before I could reply, footsteps behind us made Thomas and I whip our head around, sighing in relief when we saw it was Brenda. "He's alive, he's okay." Thomas breathed out when he noticed the horror struck expression on the girls face as she saw Newt's body in my arms.

"Oh thank god." I watched as Gally, Minho and Frypan ran up behind her, Brenda repeating Thomas's words to them before they could start panicking. As much as I didn't want top let go of him, I had to let Gally and Minho pick Newt pick, practically having to drag the blonde out of my arms.

The second his warm hand was taken from mine, I could feel the rush die down almost instantly. The only thing that had kept me going was getting to Newt, and now that my mind new he was alright, I could feel everything around me darkening, my body shutting down. "Seph? Hey - you're bleeding." I heard Thomas say from beside me, but before I could reply a sudden voice echoing around the court caught our attention.

"Thomas!" Ava Paige. The woman stood a safe few feet away from our huddle on the ground, unarmed as she met Thomas's eyes. "Please. Come with me. Teresa is waiting - it doesn't just have to be Newt, you know. You can save us all." Thomas got to his feet, slowly limping towards the woman in white as he pulled out his gun, pointing it at her with shaking hands.

I steadied myself against the ground, gripping the cold stone underneath me to keep watching whatever was happening play out in front of me. I didn't want to pass out - not then. I wasn't sure what was going on but I didn't want to miss it. But my body didn't want to agree. Just as my vision darkened once again, and I let myself fully crumple to the floor, I heard a gunshot. And the last thing I saw was the look of horror and fear on Ava Paige's face as her chest bloomed with red blood.

"Seph. Hey, can you hear me? Sephora..." I blinked open my eyes slowly, wincing at the sudden bright light that tore through the darkness I had just been in. The confusion didn't end there, though. As I took in my surroundings, I could tell I was on some sort of moving vehicle, and even stranger, Mary's concerned face loomed over mine, a seemingly used syringe still in her hand.

"Newt, w-where is he? Mary - where is Newt? Is he alright? I need to see him, I-" But the woman firmly pushed me back down onto whatever surface I was lying on before I could get up, ready to start searching for the blonde in a second.

"Newt's fine! You have to relax, Sephora. He's still out of it for now, but his vitals are perfectly normal from what I can tell, he's going to be fine." Mary assured, placing the empty syringe down as she sat down next to me, "You on the other hand... Sephora, you were bleeding out and minutes away from dying due to blood loss. What were you thinking!? Minho told me about what you did - and I'm grateful beyond words that you managed to save Newt, but... you have to think of yourself as well."