It's All My Fault- (Octaven)

Raven's POV:

"Do you smell that?" I️ ask. I️ notice that I'd been smelling smoke, but I️ decided to ignore it. I️ thought that there was just a camp site somewhere close by, but the smell keeps getting stronger the farther up we go.

   "Smell what?" Lincoln asks looking at me. I️ want to ignore him, I️ can see that he likes Octavia. Anyone with half a brain can tell he likes her. But Octavia seems to think he just wants to be friends.

   "Smoke."

   Octavia and Lincoln Smell the air. Octavia turns around looks down the path, her eyes practically double in size.

   "Look over there!" She points. Sure enough, no more than a mile away is a raging fire devouring the woods in its path.

   As if on cue, we run up the path, hoping that there's a way to get around this fire. After every step, I️ feel sharp pains shooting up my leg. But I️ can't slow down. If I️ do, I'll slow down all of us, because I️ know they'd never leave me behind.

"Shit," Lincoln says. "The wind is picking up."

"It's okay. We're firefighters, we can figure this out." Octavia says. It sounds more like she's trying to convince herself that everything's fine.

The smoke is starting to surround us, we start coughing. Octavia takes off her jacket and starts tearing the sleeves.

"What are you doing?" I️ ask while trying to not to breathe in too much.

"Here, take this. Cover your face so u don't breath in more smoke," she explains handing each of us some scraps of fabric. I️ notice her voice is raspy, and her breaths are more like wheezes. I️ guess all of ours are, but I️ worry anyways.

Questions start to flood my mind as we continue to run as best we can. How did the fire start? What if I️ had said something sooner? What if we can't escape? I'm so busy thinking, I️ don't notice that the fire is growing quicker. And we are running slower

I'm beginning to lose hope. There is surly no way we can survive this. Octavia and I️ have been through a lot together. I'm sure that our luck has run out by now.

I️ scream when a burning branch falls and hits my arm. Octavia quickly turns to look at me with a worried expression. "I'm fine just keep moving okay," I️ reassure her. I️ see the soot from the fire on her face. It angers me. This girl has been through too much. She deserves the world, and instead, she's probably going to die today.

I️ look at my arm, it's bad, but don't see a reason to worry about it. I've got bigger problems right now.

We stop. The fire is surrounding us. There's no place left to run. I️ look into Octavia's eyes and kiss her. If I️ have to die today, I'm just happy spending my last minutes with her. I️ only pull away from our heated kiss (pun intended) when I️ hear cracking from above us.

   "Look out!" Lincoln yells as he runs to push us out of the way of a falling, flaming tree. The two of us are pushed to the ground. We look up in time to see the tree fall. I️ cover Octavia's eyes and try to pull her away. But she fought me off.

   "Lincoln!" She kneels beside her friend. The tree crushed his lower half, and he's unconscious.

   I️ go beside her and pull a bawling Octavia away. "He's gone O I'm sorry," I️ say as she tries to kick and punch to get out of my grip. "It's too late Octavia I'm sorry we have to leave him!" I️ say as I️ try not to think of what I️ would do if that were Octavia.

I decide I'm not going to lose another friend. First Nyla, now Lincoln, I'm not losing Octavia too. I️ feel awful, but one of us has to fight. Now that Lincoln's gone, it'll have to be me. I️ desperately look for any way we could escape, but the fire is everywhere. We have to literally walk through the flames to have even the slightest chance of survival.

"Octavia you gotta pull yourself together. I️ need you to be strong for just a little longer. Okay?" I️ try to be as gentle as I️ can, but we are running out of time. She doesn't budge. I️ try to tug her along, but she's too stubborn to move. I️ don't even know what I'm doing till it's too late. I️ smack her across the face.

"Octavia get the hell up we gotta go now!"

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