A wounded dust

Adagio remained hugging the broken soul who was trembling in her soft warm embrace. The little boy's cries were becoming softer by the minute as he remained in Adagio's embrace and his shivering and shaking also began to calm down a little. Adagio began to slowly break the embrace as she leaned up to look at the little boy. Both her hands remained on his small shoulders, she looked the small boy over and noticed all the scratches and bruises he had on his face, arms, and legs. She was slowly becoming sick to her stomach at the condition this small boy was in and how much suffering he must be going through. (How could this sweet little child be in such a bad condition!) Adagio spoke in her mind. Adagio cleared her thoughts and looked over the small boy once again who was much calmer now but he was still nervous slightly and he had a look of sadness on his face. Adagio saw this and she very carefully moved her right hand towards his unbruised cheek and gently laid it on his cheek. The boy instantly looked at Adagio who was giving him a very warm caring look, but there was concern lingering behind her eyes. The boy slowly raised one of his hands and rested it on Adagio's hand. This caught her by surprise but she accepted it with a smile, (i think he's finally opening up slowly.) Adagio thought with a smile. She looked at the small boy and noticed he had a small smile on his face but his eyes were shut, and he was not moving, this made Adagio confused. She stared at the boy with a mix of confusion and worry on her face. He was just sitting there with his eyes closed and a small smile on his face with his right hand resting on top of Adagio's. Adagio just sat there for about a minute staring at the boy wondering when he would make a move, but the minute past and he still did not make a move and this caused Adagio to get worried a little. She began to slowly and gently shake him to see if this would make him move, but he never did. Now in full worry mode Adagio began to shake him even harder.

"Hey sweetheart, can you hear me?" she asked in a gentle voice full of concern. But he still did not move, he just remained sitting there without making a single budge. Adagio then began panic, she did not know what to do, she began looking around to see if there was anyone around who could help but there was no one, she turned back to the boy with desperate eyes, but that did not change anything. But then a thought came across her mind, she gently laid the boy down and rested his head on her lap, she leaned her down towards the boy's chest and moved some of her hair out of the way so she could listen for a heartbeat. She heard one alright, but it was very faint, Adagio shot up and looked down at the unconscious boy, who still had a small smile on his face. Adagio began to scan the boy's body for any more serious injuries that were not visible unlike the small scratches on his face, arms, and legs. But she found nothing so she decided to lift the boy's shirt to check his stomach and abdomen. What she saw made her gasp and tears began to sting her eyes. There were numerous bruises on his stomach and chest, and on the side of his stomach there was a horrible looking cut that was starting to bleed very slowly, and it also looked very recent. Adagio began to slowly cry and felt herself getting angry, (Who could do this to a sweet little boy like this!) she thought to herself. She immediately shacked her head and picked up the small boy and cradled him to her chest. "Ok hold on sweetheart i'm gonna get you to the hospital right away!". Adagio then ran with the small boy in her arms towards her parked car completely oblivious to the unknown teen who was watching them from a rooftop hidden by the darkness of the shadow.

Sunset shimmer was currently walking through a near empty car park towards Adagio's car carrying two plastic bags which contained kebabs for her and Adagio to eat when they got back home. As she was when walking she saw her friend running towards the car very frantically, Sunset was confused at what she saw. "Strange? i thought she said she would wait in the car." Sunset commented to herself, but she narrowed her eyes when she saw Adagio carrying something in her arms. She soon noticed Adagio was in fact carrying a small unconscious boy in her arms, this made Sunset gasp and she ran towards her frantic friend who just reached her car. "Adagio what happened? and why are you carrying a small child in your arms??" Sunset asked in a confused and worried tone.

"Sunset please, we must get this boy to the hospital! he's hurt really bad and i'm not sure if he will last without treatment!" Adagio was in tears.

Sunset gasped again and took a good look at the small child in Adagio's arms and she saw all the scratches and bruises he had all over his body, then she noticed a small red stain forming on the side of the child's shirt. This made her go wide eyed. "Ok Adagio i will take the wheel and you can sit and comfort this injured soul." Sunset spoke as she ran towards the driving seat. Adagio said nothing as she used one of her arms to open one of the back car doors and she got in and rested she child's head on her shoulder.  Sunset got into the driving seat and took the keys out of the side door and started the car engine and sped out of the carpark heading straight towards a nearby hospital.

Behind a corner in the car park a silhouette of a teenager stood watching the speeding car in the distance get smaller and smaller by the second. "You better hurry" He spoke in calm quiet voice. And with that said he turned and walked away into the shadows of the night.