[FLASHBACK]
MARCELLUS
Pain stabbed behind my eyes, spreading through my skull until even breathing hurt. I whimpered as I stirred against the freezing concrete floor.
"Hey," a tiny voice spoke.
I forced my swollen eyes open.
A girl was crawling towards me on trembling hands and knees. She couldn't have been much older than me. Her curls were tangled into knots, her cheeks stained with dirt and tears. When she reached me, she gasped.
"You're bleeding."
I blinked slowly. Only then did I feel the warm trickle running down the side of my face. The girl looked around frantically before grabbing the torn hem of her faded dress.
"I'm sorry," she whispered.
She pressed the fabric against my head as gently as she could. It still hurt enough to make me flinch.
"I'm sorry," she repeated imm
