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“Everything ok?” Delly asks, touching Madge’s shoulder. “Yes,” Madge lies. “No,” she corrects truthfully. “Vox thinks I should quit.” Bristle, for her part, doesn’t burst into a I told you so. “Well,” Delly says. “Do you think you should quit?” “No!” Madge snaps, nearly emptying the cup in one swing. “Sure I’m not as fast or as strong as them, but that’s because I’ve had, what? A few weeks? While they’ve been doing this forever!” “Then it’s settled, isn't it?” Delly asks as if it’s obvious. “I just wish someone would believe in me,” Madge confesses, looking down at her white issued shoes. “You took down Lewis’s son, John back in the woods,” Bristle reminds her. “I think there’s always been a fighter inside of you, you’ve just …show more content…

Regina probably won’t even take her back. Upset, Madge leaps up to grab hold of the two rocks a little above her, but in all her worrying, she hadn’t calculated the jump too accurately, and she misses her grip, and falls. A shriek has just escaped her lips when she makes contact with the ground, a stinging pain shooting up her leg from her ankle. “Undersee!” Vox barks. “What happened?” “I fell,” Madge answers through gritted teeth, clutching her calf tightly as she blinks out tears from her eyes as quickly as she can. It was just her luck that she’d fall off the wall like a complete idiot right after being told to quit. Maybe the odds really weren’t in her favor. “You need to go to the hospital,” Vox says once she examines her ankle. “Cartwright! Allose!” Delly and Bristle quickly rush over. “Help Undersee to the hospital wing,” Vox orders before walking off, as if it doesn’t even matter that Madge is on the ground writhing in pain. “Don’t worry Madge, we’ve got you!” Delly cries as she and Bristle tuck themselves under her arms and each slips a hand under her thighs. “One time when I was little I fell down the stairs and did my ankle a real number I’ll tell you-” Delly continues her story as she and Bristle slowly carry her to the hospital, with Madge feeling totally hopeless. Delly must have sensed her sad mood, because she gives Madge a sly smile. “You know Madge, I’ve always been jealous of your hips,” Delly tells her conspiratorially. “What?” Madge asks

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