#casillie

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Donnie skidded into the cave. His shoulder slammed into the rocks right at the end of the entrance tunnel before righting himself, sprinting to reach the main part of the cave. The sight he's greeted with makes him freeze.

Brandon has a knife pressed against Elara's neck and an arm dangling over her shoulder. Donnie narrows his eyes.

"Let her go!"

Brandon laughs. "Why would I do that when I finally have her?!"

"She's not yours to keep!" Donnie growled.

"If that's true, then she isn't yours either," Brandon fixes his glowing, emerald green gaze on the turtle.

Donnie held a hand out and a bo formed in it. He readied it defensively. Elara's hand twitches, a movement he barely catches. He knows exactly what it implied.

"That's not for you to decide," he tightened his grip on the bo.

"It is!" Brandon shouted. "She is mine and I refuse to let her go again!"

With Brandon's focus fully on Donnie and one step in front of Elara, she's able to use the moment to raise her hands and shove his arm with the knife away from her. She starts to run toward Donnie.

Brandon's eyes widen and his head burns. He claws at it with his hands, lowering it and snarling in pain.

"No!" his eyes turn an even worse green and he snaps his head back up. "If I can't have her, no one can!"

Elara is halfway to Donnie when time seems to slow down. She sees the ground by her feet turn the same green and slowly turns her head. Before she can see why, pain burst in her chest. She gasps in disbelief and stops running. An ache comes back in a crescendo, growing by the second. She looks up at Donnie as spots begin encroaching on her vision. He rushes forward.

"I-it h-h-hurts," she whimpered.

He falls with her when her legs give out. Blood stains his hands and he doesn't know what to do. In an act of desperation, he grabs her and runs. The cave echoes Brandon's laughter as he sprints out of it.

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"She's gonna be okay... right?"

Donnie presses the cloth harder into Elara's wound. "I don't know."

Millie feels Casey Jr's hand land on her shoulder and gives him a small, grateful smile. Elara's head shifts in their direction.

"I never d-did say how cute you t-two were," she rasped.

Millie gasped, immediately crashing to her knees beside her best friend. "El! Are you okay, how are you feeling?!"

Elara hissed when Donnie accidentally applied more pressure. She relaxed the slightest bit after he let up. "E-everything still h-hurts..."

"Save your strength," he suggested quickly.

She turned her head back to him, tears running down the sides. "I... I don't want t-to die..."

He shook his head, carefully wiping the tears away. "You're not going to."

"D-Donnie," she placed her hand over his, squeezed her eyes shut, and whimpered. "I lo..."

Her hand briefly held his tighter, then loosened and fell back to the floor. Her head lists to the right and the light in her eyes faded at the same time. His expression immediately falls into something tired and hurt. Millie sobs.

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I have nothing to say except

and also new ship unlocked?? Millie x Casey Jr?? unexpected, but I'll take it