Arcanum - Chapter 30

Chapter 30






Paul was taken aback by the sudden hostility . "Are . . . . you . . . okay? . . . . " He hesitantly asked .

"Nothing's wrong!" I said still fuming and began walking off quickly .

"Wait . . . " I heard him call out for me .

Still fuming I ignored him and carried on walking . 'Emilia wait . . . . " I still heard him trying to call out to me, I felt his hand suddenly grab my arm turning me around, and instinctively I used the momentum and threw a punch him dead on his nose .

"What the fuck? . . . . . " he shouted instantaneously releasing my arm, grasping his nose as blood began to trickle down through his hands .

Everyone around us looked up to see the commotion, three middle aged men wearing suits began to stand up and started to run towards us . "Miss is this guy harassing you?" one asked me, while the other two stood between us glaring at Paul threatening him to not come closer .

"No… NO it was just an accident…" I said to the man

"Are you sure? . . . if he's harassing you we can call the police and stop him . "

"Honestly it was an accident . " I said to him

Man more people began joining in asking if I'm okay offered to help me get away, I began to panic none of them was understanding or listening to me, everything started to spiral out of control . More members of the public began to gather around us yelling all sorts of profanities at him . "Stop, it was an accident I didn't mean to hit him . . . " I tried to explain to the crowd but my voice was drowned out by the constant shouting and question of every around me .

I began feeling something start to pull me away from him, I tried to struggle against it but it was too strong . "Stop . . . Stop . . . it was an accident . . . " I yelled trying to fight free .

Paul was getting pushed back every time he tried to take a step closer, seeing him desperately trying to explain to them, but they kept pushing him back looking more and more threatening towards him .





"PAUL . . . . . I'M SORRY!!!!!" I tried to scream at him, not knowing if my voice reached him . Despite there being five men stopping him, he was still adamant to get past them, Paul suddenly became more aggressive and started to push them back shouting at their faces . Suddenly one came swinging at Paul, connecting right into his jaw .

"STOPPPP!!!!!" I tried to yell still getting pulled away from him, I began to struggle harder fighting against their grip .

Paul swang back at him also connecting with the guys jaw . Causing all the other four members to start beating on him like a Pinata, the image of him quickly vanishing beneath the five of them as they carried on throwing punches and kicks .

I screamed in horror, and began screaming profanities at the people holding me, I began to punch scratch and kick, anything to make them release me . "GET THE FK OFF ME!!! I yelled at the top of my lungs . Slowly one my one they started to let me go as I tried to rake their arms and kick their legs .


I quickly made a mad dash to the group of people that were still attacking Paul, stomping and kicking him . I violently began pulling their hair and scratching their faces forcing them to stop, till I found an opening and instantly jumped on Paul to shield him . A few kicks and stomps still hit me causing me to tense up harder, till it eventually stopped .

The sound of sirens approached as a number of Policeman began arriving on the scene . I hastily stood up, "HELP!!!!!!" I yelled out to them waving him arms in the air, before seeing Paul's condition . HE looked absolutely awful, blood was everywhere, bruising and swelling all over his body and his clothes littered with shoe prints, "Hey . . . . . . . . You're okay now? . . . " He was barely able to mutter .

"Yes . . . Yes . . . I'm okay . . . I'm so sorry!" I sobbed crying into him .

"It's… . okay . . . . I'm . . . . . Alright . . . . " He muttered with a smile and began patting me on the head gently, before his hand went limp .

"Paul? . . . . . Paul???!!!!" I yelled to him tears now cascading down my face .

"Someone call an ambulance please . . . . " I begged holding him tightly .

One Policeman eventually arrived gently easing me off him and began to check his pulse, "He's gonna be okay . " The officer said to me calmly .

Another officer arrived to see the situation and began to try and calm me down . "Miss can you tell me what happened here?" He asked calmly .





Anger began to well up inside of me again seeing Paul's unconscious body . "THESE FKERS ATTACKED HIM FOR NO REASON!!!!" I jumped at the closest one savagely tried to scratch and hit him .

An officers began pulling me off him . "I'M GONNA FKING KILL YOU!" I screamed at them as he ripped me away from him . The five men looking extremely confused at the situation .

"YOU! NEED TO CALM DOWN!" One of the officers said to me firmly . "Your friend is going to be okay . . . . . He's just a little battered and bruised an ambulance has been called . " He tried to calm me down notifying me what's happening . . . "My colleague is trained in first aid, don't worry just calm down, he will be fine . " He calmly explained to me .

I began to calm down, as the sound of an ambulance arrived . Paramedics came rushing in leaving no time to waste, double checking his breathing and pulse . "Can you help him please . . . " I cried .

"He will be okay . " The male paramedic replied . As a female Paramedic arrived with a stretcher, they both quickly began to put him on the stretcher and began moving him to the ambulance .

" . . . Can I go with them please… . . ?" I asked the officer for permission . . . . .

"Sure go . . . " He said allowing me to go .

"Thank you . . . " I whimpered still crying and started to run after them .

"Can I stay with him? . . . " I asked the paramedics .

"Sure come in and sit here . " She pointed at a seat and closed be door behind me and fastening the stretcher .

"Let's go!" She shouted to her colleague, to begin driving .

"Is he gonna be okay?" I asked her quietly .

"He should be fine . " She replied still checking him .





Finishing her checks, she took a seat beside me and held one of my hands, "So I'm Susan and the one driving is Tom . . . . . Your friend is going to be okay you have nothing to worry about . " She tried to reassure me .

"Thank you . . . . " I thanked her quietly .

"If you could . . . . . Can you tell me what happened?" She calmly asked me .

"So we were having lunch at a restaurant, then on the way out I got really mad at him for a stupid reason, so I began to storm off . He tried to call for me to stop but I refused, so he gently grabbed me to make me stop, and at that point I don't know why I threw a punch at his face . " I explained .

"Okay . . . . " she nodded in understanding .

Then everyone around us started to get involved, then began pulling me away from him . . . . . Even though it was a big accident, and then a group of 4 maybe 5 of them was stopping him form coming closer and got more and more aggressive with him . " I carried on explaining

"All . . . right" she said still nodding .

Then suddenly one of them threw a punch at him, making him one back . . . . then the rest of them jumped in and started to beat him senseless to the ground and carried on kicking and stomping him . . . . " I explained starting to cry again . . . . . "It was all my fault . . . " I bawled .

"Darling it's not your fault . . . . . It was just an accident . There nothing to worry about, he's totally fine . " she explained hugging me .

Suddenly the ambulance came to a stop, and the doors flung open, with some doctors standing on the other side . They quickly took him off the ambulance whisking him inside relaying information to each other .

I stepped out the ambulance, totally lost on what to do or where to go . . . . .

"Hi, sorry I didn't catch your name earlier . . . " The male paramedic Tom came stepping out the driver seat and walked up to me .

"I'm Emilia . " I answered him still crying a little . .

"Come, I'll take you to the waiting room . . . . " He said leading the way .

I quietly followed him walking into the hospital, wiping away the tears with my already drenched sleeves . We quickly arrived at a small well-lit empty waiting room .

"Take a seat here, I'll be back in 1 mins tops with some tissues for you . " He smiled and quickly dashed off while I went to take a seat .

I began to pray for Paul hoping that he will be okay, and that I am very sorry for everything that happened . Very quickly Tom returned with a box of tissues for me and sat with me .

"Don't worry he will be okay, it looked pretty bad, but there was nothing serious . " He tried to reassure me .

We sat in silence for a few minutes to let me slowly calm down .

"I'll be back shortly okay? . . . I'll just ask the doctors see how he's doing, Okay?" He asked me, I replied by nodding yes .

It felt like an eternity me waiting here alone with no news of his condition, till the door opened again . It was Tom entering the room with two police officers . "Don't be alarmed . . . . . I spoke to the doctors they said he's going to be fine, he's just got a few broken bones and some cuts and bruises he will be fine . " He explained to me calmly .

The two officers came walking towards me slowly, "Ummm Emillia? Is it? . . . " A female police officer asked, I answered her with a nod .

"Okay . . . so we are here, so we can take a statement from you on what happened earlier . " She said calmly .

I began explaining to them how it was all a big misunderstanding, and how the 4 or 5 people savagely beat Paul down to the floor and carried on beating on him .

"Thank you Miss Patel . " We will be nearby if you need anything . " they said before all three of them exited the room .

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