A.N.: I meant to post this yesterday but I was busy and ended up forgetting, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The four of them headed off in a direction none of them had gone yet, hoping to find another generator, or another hook to dismantle, maybe even the exit so they could know where it was. They'd only been walking for a few minutes when Ryan stopped Bryce mid step.
"Bryce!" Bryce startled at the exclaim as Ryan grabbed the back of his shirt and tugged him back.
"What?" Ryan pointed at the ground where Bryce had been about to step. There was a bear trap. Bryce's eyes widened.
"Oh."
"Yeah," Ryan sighed and looked back and Evan and Jonathan, "We need to watch where we step, okay?" They nodded and continued walking, walking around the bear trap.
The farther they walked, the more the scenery changed, trees becoming scarcer and crumbling walls and decaying boxes filling up the space. The occasional burning barrel was the only light they had, not using the flashlight to save the battery, and after they'd been walking for what seemed like hours, Ryan called for them to rest for a bit.
They stopped by a burning barrel and sat down against the nearest walls, Bryce and Ryan on one wall, Evan and Jonathan against the attached wall.
They sat in silence for a few minutes and Jonathan went over what they needed to do. Since there were four of them, they needed to fix five generators in total, so they had three left, then they needed to find the door and open it and get the fuck out of there. Okay.
What was nagging at the back of his mind though, was how they got there. He had no memories of what happened and he wondered it the others did.
"Guys," Jonathan spoke and they looked over to him, "Do you have any idea how we got here?" Bryce and Ryan shook their heads but Evan furrowed his eyebrows and pursed his lips.
"I'm not sure how we got here," he said, "But last I remember I was at home and I'd heard someone in my house." Evan sighed, "And then nothing."
"What's more disturbing to me is how they found Jonathan and I," Ryan said, "I've been so careful about what I put out there about where I am and I'm assuming so has he. So how are we here?" None of them spoke up, they didn't know.
Behind them, a twig snapped and they jumped before looking at each other. The sound of metal grinding started as Jonathan slowly stood up and moved towards the edge of the wall, peeking around it.
There he was, a large built guy, wearing dark clothes, a mask over his face, in one hand a machete, the other a bear trap. He was bent over, setting up the bear trap, the metal clinking into place. The killer stood up straight and his eyes immediately locked onto Jonathan. Jonathan's eyes widened and he backed away from the wall.
"We gotta go. Now." The others scrambled to their feet and they ran away. Just a glance behind them told Jonathan that the killer wasn't intending to act like the ones from the game, chasing after them just as quickly as they ran from him.
"Should we split up?!" Evan shouted.
"No," Jonathan answered, winded already. Fuck, his lungs were burning, "We need to stick together." They weaved through the maze of walls, wooden boards, and trees, vaulting through windows when they could, dropping boards behind them to hinder their pursuer in any way.
They'd left the area with the crumbling walls, finding that now their only cover was the trees and tall grass. They were spread out a bit, still in sight of one another but far enough away that they wouldn't get in each other's way. Jonathan glanced behind them again, finding that the killer wasn't as close anymore and it looked like they would be getting away.
And then he heard a scream of pain and he looked towards the sound, finding Ryan and Bryce doing the same, Evan lying on the ground. Ryan, who was closest to him, moved to help him up. Jonathan heard the grind of metal as Ryan helped him and soon Evan was standing up with the help of Ryan. Jonathan glanced back at the killer, finding him closer than he'd been before heading straight towards Ryan and Evan.
"Hide!" Jonathan hissed at them and Evan and Ryan rushed to duck behind a tree. Jonathan scanned the ground, spotting a rock on the ground and picking it up. He threw it at the killer, who'd gotten scarily closer to them. It hit the killer's back hard, the killer grunting in pain and turning around. Jonathan could practically feel his glare.
"Come get me asshole!" He yelled, taunting the killer. All that was on his mind was getting the killer away from Evan. The killer practically growled as he took the bait, storming towards Jonathan.
Jonathan was just getting ready to sprint away, when the killer crumpled and went down, sprawling to the ground unconscious. Above him, Bryce stood with a thick branch held above his head, having whacked him over the head. Jonathan smiled at him.
"Thanks." Bryce looked up from the killer to Jonathan.
"No problem."
"Guys!" Jonathan and Bryce looked towards Ryan, who had taken his hoodie off and was holding it to Evan's ankle. Evan had his eyes shut tight and it was clear that he was trying not to scream from the pain the pressure Ryan was putting on his ankle caused.
"What happened!?"
"Bear trap," Evan gritted out, "Didn't fucking see it." Ryan pulled away the hoodie to check on the wound and Jonathan had to close his eyes. There was a lot of blood.
"We gotta get out of here," Bryce said, "I don't think he'll be out for long." Ryan took his hoodie from Evan's ankle and he and Jonathan pulled him to his feet. Evan tried walking by himself but as soon as he tried placing weight on his injured ankle, it gave out on him. Jonathan managed to catch him before he went crashing to the ground.
"Your ankle's injured, idiot," Jonathan said, his voice light, no bite in the words, "It's not gonna support your weight." Evan just grumbled in response as he let Jonathan and Ryan help support his weight. Bryce led the way, leading them as far away from the killer as they could get.
