beyond death

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One of the boys has dark blonde hair and brown eyes, he's lean yet a bit muscular and he looks about my age or maybe a little younger. The other boy has brown hair and light green eyes, his body is muscular and he is quite tall. He looks like he's 18.

"Are you okay?" the blonde one asks holding out his hand to help me get up.

"I'm fine" I say accepting his help and brushing off the dust from my clothes.

"Thanks for, you know, saving me" I say picking up my backpack.

"It's cool" the blonde says "Im Will and this is my brother Finn"

"Scarlet." I say shaking their hands.

"What the hell is a sixteen year old doing on the streets alone in the middle of the night?" Finn asks, his cold eyes studying me.

"I- uh, it's complicated" I say stunned by the sudden question. "What about you guys, Do you live here alone?"

"Pretty much, yeah" Will replies "So where are you headed?"

"Im supposed to be going down east but my car broke down earlier."

Will looked at me and then pleadingly stared at his brother.

"Nope" Finn immediatly replied.

"Cmon man! She's all alone and she lost her car." Will argued

"You don't have to d-" I start but Will puts a hand over my mouth

"Will, don't you remember last time we welcomed a stranger into our home, im not fucking losing anyone again."

"Oh please, that was different! you know she's gonna get eaten by one of those things if you don't let her stay." Will asks Finn.

Finn stares at Will for a while and then finally rolls his eyes

"One night." he decides and starts heading to the house.

"Thank you, I really appreciate it" I say as I follow the brothers to their home.

We enter the farmhouse and I take a look around. It is not very big, but it's nice. It has a small kitchen, a lounge area and a hall with four rooms.

"Come with me" Finn says heading towards the hall. He takes me to the last room and opens the door.

"You are gonna be staying in my room" he says while taking out some clothes from the drawers.

"Where will you be staying?" I ask

He ignores my question and hands me a large shirt and some boxers "You can sleep in these while I put your clothes in the washer, the bathroom is the second door to your left" he says

"Thanks" I say heading out to the bathroom

I put on the fresh clothes and a harsh sting reminds me that I busted my knees and elbows earlier.

I inspect my wounds and decide to just wash out the blood and I head back to Finn's room.

When I get in I spot healing cream and bandages on the bed. Finn must have noticed my wounds.

I slowly put the cream on my knees and elbows, wincing in pain as the cream makes contact with the injuries and start wrapping the bandages around the gashes.

Once im finished I pull off the covers and lay on the bed. I stare at the plain celling until I finally fall asleep.

"Cmon Scar, we are almost at the top!" My father encourages me, his eyes filled with determination 

"I too tired dad, I don't think I can walk any longer" I sigh and stop to rest.

"You will never make it if-" he starts saying