Chapter Two
Of course Zeke would be an idiot and of course Ben would be the one who suffered for it. Thankfully, Matthew had gotten a pistol. It would be worse if he had a weapon that wouldn't be as good. He just needed to wait until Ben got out of here and then he'd help him get away to some place safe. Matthew didn't have to kill anyone. He would wait for Charity as well, and then the three of them could hide out somewhere until they came up with a better plan. If he had to kill someone he guessed he could. Currently, he was hiding out near the door, keeping himself hidden, as he watched students come out of the school. Most of them quickly ran off. It would be a good idea if he picked them off here, but he couldn't make himself do it. Everyone just kept running off anyway.
Then Ben limped out. "Ben!" Matthew called, quickly going over to him. Ben tensed. "I'm not going to hurt you. Come on, we soon as Charity shows up we'll get somewhere safe. We can try and find Zeke late, I promise." Matthew helped Ben onto his shoulder, so Ben could put more wait on him and less on that injured leg. "When I saw that map of the island there was a clinic. We'll head there and try and help your leg better, alright?" Ben just nodded to him.
After two minuets, Charity walked out of the school. "Matthew!" The moment she saw him. She quickly ran over to them.
"We need to move, now. We only have two minuets before the next person comes and we need to be out of here," Matthew explained. "Charity, help me with Ben." Charity nodded and helped Ben on the other side.
"I know this will hurt, but bare with it Ben." Matthew then started running, or at least as close as could to running. He just ignored Ben's cries of pain. It was better to be in a lot of pain than dead. He kept running until Charity was too out of breath to continue.
"Matt, we need to rest," Charity said, panting.
"We are far enough away form the school that we should be okay," Matt said. He helped set Ben down, leaning him against a tree. "How do you feel Ben?" he asked. He frowned when Ben didn't answer. Matt turned his eyes to Ben's wound. It was bleeding again. Quickly taking out his map, he looked how far away that clinic was. It he went there on his own, he might be able to get there and back within an hour.
"Zeke…" Ben cried softly.
Yes. It would be much better if Zeke was here. Then Matthew wouldn't feel so bad about leaving Charity and Ben here alone. "Charity, I'm going to leave you two here. I'll be back as soon as possible, but I need to get Ben medical attention. I can carry him on my back if you think you can keep walking…"
"Fine, let's go. I'll keep walking. I-I don't want to be left alone. W-what if I get killed?" Charity asked. She was afraid. It wasn't as though he blamed her. He was afraid too, but he didn't have the luxury to spend time dwelling on it. He wondered if anyone had died yet. If Zeke got killed then he didn't think Ben could handle it. Heck, if Zeke died Matthew wasn't sure he would be able to handle it.
"Help me get Ben onto my back then," Matthew said. Charity nodded and helped Ben get onto his back. "Hold on Ben. If you want to see Zeke again you have to be strong, alright?" Ben didn't respond. "It's okay. I think you're strong. You can stay strong. You need to. Zeke needs you to be strong." If Ben wasn't answering him then he wouldn't keep talking to him. Charity walked slowly with him. They were moving so much slower now, but at least they were moving.
"Everyone should be out and… and killing by now," Charity said softly. "D-do you think we could try and find Karri or Maxwell or Ryan?"
"No. The less people we have with us the better. The only other person I think would be okay to travel with us would be Zeke," Matthew explained.
"But how is Zeke even going to find us?" Charity asked.
Matthew frowned. "If he's smart he'd-"
"It's Zeke. He's not going to be thinking things through rationally. He normally doesn't do it, and now he's going to be freaking out and trying to find Ben," Charity pointed out.
Matthew shook his head. "Well, there's nothing we can do about it now. We just have to hope, I guess, that if we live long enough he'll find us. Right now, we have to worry about keeping Ben alive."
Charity stopped walking. "Why? If we just killed Ben right now we would have a better chance on winning."
Matthew didn't stop, even hearing her do so. "Because I want to try and avoid killing my friends. I want to save the people I care about. If it were you and not Ben in this conduction I would want someone to save you. "
"Fine. How much further do we have to do?"
Matthew looked down at his map. "We're almost there," he pointed to a near by building. "That should be it."
"Do you even know how to help Ben?"
"I'm sure I can figure out something. There should be something to clean the wound and get it bandaged better. We need to at least do that." Matthew smiled as he kicked the door to the clinic open. "Come on, help me help Ben."
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Hanah pulled Naomi along with her. "Come on, we need to keep moving." They had both gotten lucky. While Hanah didn't know what kind of gun she had, it was big, and at least some kind of hand gun, and Naomi had a hand gun, smaller than her own, as well. This would work out the way she wanted it too. She just needed to keep Naomi moving.
"Hanah, I'm tired. Don't pull so hard. I'm moving, I'm moving," Naomi whined. As far as Hanah knew, she was Naomi's only friend in this class. That was a good thing. It meant the girl wouldn't betray her. It meant that she could just keep the girl close and know she had her back.
"Shut up, and listen." Hanah put one hand over Naomi's mouth and the other on her gun. She quickly turned to face where the noise was coming form and had Naomi pushed behind her.
Monaharshu jumped out at them, moving to stab them. Without thinking another moment, Hanah shot him in the chest, twice to make sure he was really dead. "Tst. There's one down."
"H-hanah…" Naomi cried softly and clung to her back. "I-Is he really dead?"
Hanah sighed, before putting on a smile. "Yeah. He's really dead. Scary wasn't it? Don't worry, I'm going to protect you. We're going to make it a long way, don't worry. So, you need to stay strong and help me."
Naomi nodded. "I'll do my best. I'm glad I have a friend like you."
Hanah grabbed onto Naomi's arm again. "We need to keep moving." Naomi nodded and they were soon moving again.
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David stretched as he walked. "I think we're in good shape, huh?" he asked the small group of people with him. He looked down at his own gun, a shotgun. He had gotten lucky, that was for sure.
"I suppose we could have gotten worse," Ryan said with a laugh. David looked down over at Ryan's weapon, an Uzi. As long as Ryan could main it, it was probably better than his own weapon.
"Maybe you two got good weapons. I got wire. What am I supposed to do with wire?" Karri asked, shaking her head.
"I'm sure we can think of something to do with it," David said, shrugging. "If nothing else, we could use it to set up a camp and keep it safe with that."
"Oh, that's a good idea," Karri said with a smile.
"At least your weapon is more useful than mine," Max said, frowning. "I have a guitar. What am I going to do with that?"
"You know how to play, right?" Karri asked. "We can play and-"
"That's a stupid idea," Ryan cut her off, suddenly frowning. "The last thing we need is to draw attention to ourselves and get ourselves killed."
"We're all going to die anyway, so why can't we have a little fun before that?" Karri snapped back.
"Maybe I don't want to die," Ryan said.
"So what, you're going to kill all of us?" Karri asked, anger in her voice.
"Guys, stop fighting," David said.
Max took a few steps back. "Please, don't fight…"
"Maybe I will just kill you all," Ryan spat, lifting his gun. "It's not like keeping you guys alive will help me any."
David quickly got his gun and pointed it at Ryan. "I'll kill you before you get the chance."
"I'd like to see you try," Ryan turned his gun to face David. "You know, I've always hated you. You were a good athlete, smart, good looking. You had everything, but I'm going to get the last laugh and kill you right now." Ryan fired, and David followed quickly behind. Karri and Max ran off the moment the guns went off.
"F-fuck you Ryan," David coughed up some blood.
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Lillia was already lost and afraid. People were dying, weren't they? She… what was she supposed to do? Even if she wanted to kill someone, her weapon was a computer mouse. It didn't even have a cord. She couldn't even try and kill someone with it. It wasn't like she had the body strength to even strangle someone if given the chance. As she walked, her eyes were drawn to two bodies on the ground. Lillia screamed. D-David and Ryan were… they were dead…
After taking a moment to calm herself, Lillia walked over to the bodies. It looked like they had killed each other. Her eyes went to their guns. A shot gun and an Uzi. She could actually kill people with that and-
Lillia screamed again as she felt a bullet go through her shoulder. Another one went through her chest before she had a chance to see who had shot her.
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Zeke waited until he was sure no one was going to the three bodies before he walked over to the bodies of Ryan, David, and Lilli. Good, more guns would help him. He picked up the Uzi and shotgun, along with the water of the other three. He could go with little food, but he needed to keep himself hydrated. He also had to make sure that he didn't weight himself down with extra stuff, and those bullets were going to be heavy. He had gotten lucky, and gotten a weapon he was good with. A sniper rifle. He could pick people off without much issues. First though, he had to keep moving until he found Ben. The thought that Ben could be-
When he heard movement, he grabbed the Uzi and went a wave of bullets to where he heard the sound. Not the smartest idea, but he wasn't going to take any chances. After a moment, he slowly walked over to where he heard the sound. Shaila. Well, another girl dead. That worked for him. There were at least a good number of dead right here, and none of them were Ben. Until he learned otherwise, Zeke would just need to keep killing people to protect Ben. If Ben was- Because Ben was still alive, then the less people around to kill him the better chances he had to live. Zeke would find him. He'd save Ben from this horrible mess, anyway he could.
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"Well, this this perfect," Zach asked, laughing some as he looked over to Ezrial. "It looks like you're going to be killed now." Zach took a few steps closer to the blond, a rapier pointed at him.
Ezrial took a deep breath. If he didn't do something quickly then Zach was going to kill him. Getting stabbed to death was not something he wanted to have happen to him. It wasn't going to be painless, that was for sure. "Look, you don't have to do this."
"Sure I do. Now, why don't you scream for me?" Zach asked. Ezrial felt he probably dissevered this. He had been horrible to Zach while in school, like a lot of the class has been. That crazed look in Zach's eyes though, it told him that the other had lost it. Ezial's hand went for his own weapon, but Zach had length on him and-
A large rock was thrown at Zach's head. The moment it hit him, Ezrial pulled out his stiletto and started stabbing Zach. He didn't stop until someone pulled him off. Blood… he was covered in so much blood… He looked back at who had pulled him off. "Are you alright Ez?" Phil asked.
"Phil.. You saved me…" Ezrial said. He watched Phil picked up the rapier.
"Well, we should get going. No use staying here. We should try and get you cleaned up. You're just covered in blood," Phil said.
"Don't worry about it, just follow me."
"R-Right…" Ezrial said, following him.
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"You shouldn't have hid out and waited for me. You could have been killed and what would that have done?" Josh asked Ashe.
She shrugged. "But I didn't die, so it's okay, right?" she asked, taking out the bow and arrow. The weapon she had gotten. Josh knew she hunted all the time with bows, so he was thankful she had gotten that. If anything, she could probably aim better with that than with a gun.
"I guess. I got a lighter for a weapon," Josh said, shrugging. "Not sure how much good that will do for us."
"You can just use it to light the tips of my arrows on fire if need be. It will be useful if we see someone in a house. We'll just burn them alive," Ashe said.
Josh shuttered at the thought. "Burning people alive sounds horrible," he said, shaking his head. "But I suppose we don't have a choice. Everyone has to be killed, right?"
"Yeah. Just think of this like I do. We're in a giant game of cat and mouse. If you win, you're the cat, if you die, well, you were just a mouse to begin with then," Ashe shrugged. "Let's keep going. I would love to find and kill Hilda. It'll be nice to kill that bitch."
Josh looked down. "I don't like fact that no matter what we want, people will have to die in order for either of us to live through this. Ashe, In case we don't… I need to tell you something. I lov-"
"Come on, we should keep moving," Ashe cut him off. "Just follow me and try not to make a lot of noise. I have to be able to hear people coming, alright?"
Josh just nodded and followed along with her.
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Miriam frowned as she tried to make the right knot. She didn't want her death to be too painful. Her weapon had been the perfect one for her. Rope. She would just kill herself and let that be the end of it. Tears were soon flowing out of her eyes. She didn't know how to do it.
"Oh, what do we have here…" Allen asked, laughing as he walked over to her. His eyes looked crazed, and it scared her deeply. "Trying to kill yourself? I'm sure I could help you with that."
"Stay away from me!" Miriam screamed, taking a few steps back.
"Come now. I'm even willing to help you have a little fun before you die. I bet you're still a virgin, huh?" Allen took a few steps closer.
"I said stay away!" Miriam screamed again. She started running. He was going to rape and kill her! She had just wanted to kill herself so she didn't have to be a part of this horrible game. She didn't want to be killed! She didn't want to be raped!
She could hear Allen chancing her. "Have you see Hilda?" he called, as if they were having a normal conversation. "I think she needs me. I would like to see her again before she gets killed. It be nice to tell her I actually liked her, but I suppose it doesn't matter. I bet you haven't see her." He was so much faster than she was, and was soon on top of her.
"P-Please don't kill me," Miriam begged.
"Don't kill you? Weren't you just trying to hang yourself? I think I'm doing you a favor." Allen pulled her shirt off. "I'm even going to give you a good time before I kill you."
"S-stop it! J-just kill me and- I saw Hilda. She wasn't that far from here. Y-you should still be able to catch her if you run," it was a last ditch effort to save her life.
Allen got off her of. "Oh, was she? I guess we'll have to wait until later to finish it. Good luck with killing yourself." Allen quickly ran off.
"I can't believe that worked. I'm saved," Miriam said with a smile. She sat up and put her shirt back on. While she wanted to die, she wasn't going to let herself be rapped first. What was she supposed to do now though? She had left her rope back there and-
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Zeke shook his head and he got Miriam right between the eyes. One of these times he hoped he didn't have to kill a girl. Oh well, it was another one down. They had to be getting close to when they would give the list of deaths. That was good. He would know the danger zones and how many people were left. Hopefully, a lot of people had died and none of them was Ben. No, of course none of them was Ben. Zeke had to save him. Zeke would save him.
The dead:
Girl 11 Lillia King, Girl 12 Shaila Kirington, Girl 15 Miriam Opine, Boy 1 Zachary Andover, Boy 7 Ryan Hammand, Boy 16 David Rolland, Boy 18 Monaharshu Su. 7 down 35 to go.