Discharged

Clary's POV

I wanted some air, I felt too suffocated in the four corners of this room. I needed some fresh air to think some things and the room I am resting is too small for me to think. After several minutes, probably half hour, when my dad left the room, I decided to sneaked out of the room I am resting. To my surprised, I found out that the place I am actually staying is a house and not a hospital.

I thought I was in the hospital, the room that I was staying looks like a hospital room. I have been staying in that room for three weeks and I haven't even noticed that it was not a hospital. I pouted, dad did not even mentioned that to me. I should have at least roam around here and not be bored for three weeks in that room.

The house seems to be empty, there is no trace that dad is still here. The doctor that would usually visit me is not also visible in the house. The house that I was staying is full of figurines and paintings. They were nice to look at, but I want some fresh air to breathe. I feel suffocated for staying several weeks at that room, I want to walk outside.

When I stepped outside that house, I felt unfamiliar with the place. It is isolated from the village and the forest is surrounding it, it is found in the middle of the forest. I wasn't familiar though with this forest. It is definitely not the forest that I always travelled to to get into the magical falls.

I decided to walk in the direction where in front of the house is pointing. It was already dark when I left that house, it is probably seven in the evening. I wasn't sure, I did not take a glance in the wall clock in the room that I was staying.

The moon is full, tonight. I admired its luminosity, I missed staring at it from the magical falls. There were also a lot of stars in the sky. I guess, it is a nice evening to have a walk.

I felt refreshed by the sight of trees and the feeling of grasses on my shoes. I have been staying inside for so long that I missed this feeling. It was nice to be in the forest, it felt calming and reassuring. I did not shifted into my wolf form to enjoy the feeling of walking in this forest.

It was dark in the forest, but I could still see the surrounding with my eyes. There was no opened path in the forest that will guide me out of here or will help me to go to the other village. I guess, it was planned to be not found the house that I was staying. There were no other houses too that was build in the forest. I guess, I will be just walking out of my gut feeling tonight.

I was surprised when I heard some footsteps in the dark, it actually terrified me that I began running forward. I cannot see who was following me which made me even terrified. I can hear their footsteps following me and I can't help but only to run.

"Who are you?!" I yelled, still running with my breath.

The footsteps that was following me stopped after that. I sighed when I can no longer hear those footsteps, it is probably some wild animal that was running here in the forest and the sound of my voice did probably scared those animals. I am gasping for air when I stopped from running, I guess I got too paranoid.

But it turns out that I am wrong. I was still gasping for air from that run that I made when some men jumped in front of me. I got scared and was about to run behind when the other men appeared. They were already surrounding me. In total, they were six and I couldn't have a chance to fight with them.

"W-What do you want?" I asked, too afraid for my own life.

The man from my left side only laughed out of amusement, the others were seriously looking at me. I haven't seen these men before, they were not part of our pack.

The sight of gun in their hands made me remember the day that the castle was attacked by some wolves. They are probably members of that pack. The thought of it doesn't help my situation at all, it made me afraid even more. I couldn't think of which direction that I should run to as they were all surrounding me.

"I-I will...give anything, just don't hurt me," I pleaded them, the tears are starting to form in my eyes. I only got healed, my arms and knees cannot put a fight now. I am still weak, I am still recovering from that verge of death experience. I will be helpless to put a fight.

Some men laughed at me, I could sense the bloodlust running inside them. I could feel that they will not let me survive this.

I stumble out of my knees when one wolf at my back shot me in my knees. I screamed out of the excruciating pain that I felt, the bullet landed on the same spot that I got a bone fractured.

"P-please...d-don't kill me," my voice broke as my tears started to flow out of my eyes. I held with my two hands my knee that was shot by bullet to stop the bleeding. It was too painful, it was more than I could imagine and the terror that I am feeling added to that pain.

Another bullet was shot in my back which made me scream again. It was too painful, it was excruciating. It did probably landed in my organs.

"Don't let her live! Kill her!"

Bullet was shot one after another, the noise from the gun was not subsiding and I have probably took an entire magazine of bullet in my body. My body felt numb with that and my brain has probably stopped from functioning.

For someone who has almost experienced death, I am so sure that this will be the end of me. I cannot feel my body and I can feel my soul separating from it. As if I am in a movie, all my memories started replaying in my head.