Temple of the Forgotten

9

With the help of Google Maps, they soon arrived at Jaiden and Sam's apartment. Jaiden lifted Sam from the back seat and carried him up the stairs sack-of-potatoes style, shooting a glare towards anyone who stared at them.
When they got to the apartment, Jaiden dropped Sam into Ellie's arms without warning, unlocked the door for her, did a sort of about face movement and started back down the stairs.
" Where are you going? We literally just got here."
Ellie said, still holding Sam.
"I'm going out to walk."
Jaiden half mumbled in reply
" Alright I guess..."
Ellie turned to go back into the apartment, when she heard Jaiden say one more thing:
" Please make sure Sam is alright."
"Okay I will."
Ellie looked down at Sam.
He was breathing but he looked so...
how could she describe it?
Dead.
How hard had that guy hit him? She took him in and laid him down on the couch. She looked at him again. There was dry blood caked on his face below his nose and smeared across his right cheek.
He looked pitiful.
She went to the kitchen, wet a rag, came back and cleaned the blood off Sam's face, not in a "loving mother" kind of way but in more of a " let's get this done so it's not awkward" kind of way.