Chapter 6 - Gone

Chapter 6 - Gone?

Reuven dropped his bow to the ground, the bow’s clatter loud as a bell in the suddenly silent clearing.
“What... What HAVE YOU DONE!!!” Mitchel’s voice was full of barely controlled fury.
Reuven was shocked. He did not know what he had just done. He looked at his hands, and he snapped at that moment.
“AHHHHHHHH!!!” Reuven screamed and shrieked as he tore from the clearing, his mind driven by insanity.
Meanwhile, Mitchel was trying to get Kimberly unto the horse, in an attempt to rush hr back to the Royal Doctor to save her, but Kimberly had already lost a huge amount of blood. Furthermore, the arrow had been tipped with poison.
“Mitchel... Leave... me... here...” Kim managed to gasp out those few words. She knew the extent of her injuries very well, and she knew that she would not survive.
“I can’t just abandon you here, you know that I can’t live without you...” Mitchel was on the verge of tears.
“I know the extent of my injuries very well, Mitch, just leave me be.”
Both Kim and Mitch were nearing the castle, and Mitchel’s heart was renewed with hope.
“See? You’ll be in good hands...”
Arthur was waiting at the castle doors with the Royal Doctor, knowing that Mitchel would not come back unharmed.
“Looks like my prediction was correct... Royal Doctor! Go help Mitchel!”
When Mitchel’s horse stumbled into the castle, Kimberly was immediately put on the stretcher and sent to the hospital.
“Save her, save her would you?” Mitchel’s bloodstained hands grabbed the Royal Doctor.
“I don’t know, her extent of her injuries, is serious...”
Mitchel grabbed the Doctor’s collar and growled at him “You’d better, or else...”
Arthur stepped forward and placed his hands on Mitchel.
“Let this man go now.”
Mitchel looked shocked at his own actions and muttered a quiet “sorry” as he backed off from the Doctor.
Meanwhile, Kimberly was given a blood transfusion in the hospital, but an unfortunate incident had unfolded, her blood type was so unique that the hospital had no reserve of it. The Royal Doctor would have to operate on Kim with the fact of her lack of blood.
Mitchel stood vigil outside the operating theatre all throughout the operation. His nerves were tense and he could not stop himself from imagining the worse.
After what seemed like an eternity, The Royal Doctor staggered out of the operating theatre with a look of defeat in his eyes. Mitchel knew what had happened before he even asked.
“What happened? How is she?”
“I’m sorry, he won’t make it. She was poisoned and already lost a lot of blood, it was almost impossible to save her already. You might want to take a last look at her...”
Mitchel stood there, absorbed the shock of the news. He was overcome by grief and finally collapsed on the floor, crying for his lost love...


Chapter 6 - End