Escape the Night: All Out War
A/N: Hey, ETN fans, I'm back with the next chapter, and boy was my weekend hectic. Not only was I making some changes to the ETN stories that I already posted, but I also now have a smart phone, which I'd been avoiding getting for years. The reason that I've joined the legions of smart phone users is because one of my jobs is requiring us to clock in and out on mobile app, which you can't get a on a flip phone, and so that's why I've had to get a smart phone.
So, much for being retro.
Anyway, time to see how our YouTubers handle going into war with that jerk of an owner, Colin.
Read, review, and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Escape the Night. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER THREE: BACKYARD WAR?!
The group headed back down the stairs, following Colin through the second floor and to the back of the house. As they got closer to the back door that lead to the balcony and the spiral staircase, they could suddenly hear gunfire and explosions going off outside, and both Joey and Dawn exchanged perplex looks. When did a battle break out in the backyard?
Colin opened the door and went out first with his pistol at the ready with the others behind him, cringing as there are more gunshots going off, ripping through the night air.
"Omigod," Eva whispered, keeping close to the soldier. "What are we about to see? I feel like I'm in Call of Duty."
"Are we in a war?" Lele asked.
Joey shook his head. "There's nothing out here-" But then Colin fired off a few bullets, scaring them and making them cringe. "Omigod! What did you just shoot?!"
"There's nothing to shoot out there!" Dawn protested, her ears ringing. 'Oh, this isn't the best place for someone with sensitive hearing.'
"Whoa," said Eva, holding back her panic. "It is not that serious."
Colin ignored her. "We need to get on the radio," he told them, putting away his pistol to aim his rifle, and nodded to a radio that was sitting among a pile of rucksacks that hadn't been there before. "They think I'm a deserter."
"Geez, I wonder why?" Benny muttered and cringed as there was more gunshots going off around them, and soon they could see actual soldiers running around, shooting each other, and dying all over the place.
While Colin kept watch, the group gathered around the radio, Joey set the gold bar on one of the packs, and Eva picked up the radio. "Hello? Is anyone there?"
`"Where the hell have you been, soldier?"` an angry male voice snapped from the radio, making them jump. "We're getting killed out here!"`
"I-"
`"Now listen up. There's a small rotunda on the south side of the estate. Inside are top-secret documents we need badly."`
"Secret documents," Eva repeated, eyes wide.
`"However, it's guarded by a vicious sniper with a wicked eye who shoots at anything that moves."`
"Any…" Eva began and stopped her eyes wide with fear and her friends were looking equally fearful. "Omigosh. That's us. We move. We move!"
`"If I were in your boots, I would circle around to the far side of the estate and frag that dirty Jerry with a grenade through the window."`
"A grenade?" Eva squealed, her stomach churning at the thought. "Through the window?"
`"Yes. A grenade. Are you deaf?"`
"Yes!" Eva objected. "I'm super scared! I'm a YouTuber!" And she cringed with the others as there were more gunshots.
`"The documents inside should give you the next step. Good luck, soldier."`
Once the radio went silent, Eva turned to face her shellshocked friends. "Guys, we can't do this," she protested. "I upload…I sit at my computer…I sleep until two PM…"
Everyone started talking at once.
"There's a sniper?
"He said we have to…"
"We can't do something like this!"
"We don't have weapons!"
"I'm in heels! I know I'm going down!"
"This is a really bad idea!"
"Hey!"Colin snapped, shutting them all up. "We're moving." He then started down the steps and they reluctantly followed.
Eva quickly grabbed the gold bar and held it like she was going to hit someone with it. "Okay. Let's go. I'll bludgeon them with my gold."
The group made their way down the stairs, keeping an eye out for attacking Germans, plus they had to be extra careful because of the enemy sniper. They were all freaking out in different ways, and some were more vocal then others about how they weren't ready to go into battle like this, especially not the girls since they were wearing heels.
"This is crazy…" Oli moaned. "I'm not ready for war…"
"Guys, be quiet!" Joey hissed. "There's a freakin' sniper out here!"
Tim pointed at a nearby soldier. "Colin, he's a redcoat. Is that a problem?"
"Yes,"Oli answered, sighing. "That is a problem."
Ignoring them, Colin pressed forward, and the others did the same, although they were doing it reluctantly.
"Where are we going?" Joey wondered.
Eva shrugged. "I don't know," she admitted. "We're just following him. I don't know. We're just following him. I don't-"
All of a sudden, bullets started flying everywhere, and while Tim dropped to the ground, Colin began shooting back, taking out a German soldier that'd been stalking them, and the others were screaming and running away.
"Who's shooting at us?!" Joey shouted as they dove behind some trees as the shooting stopped for the moment, and he held Dawn close. "What the hell was that?!"
"Leave us alone!" Oli shouted while ducking behind a tree.
Colin peered around one of the trees and pointed at the nearby rotunda. "You see him?" he asked. "Right there?"
"No!" Joey and Dawn both exclaimed.
"The sniper. He's right there. In the rotunda."
The group peered around the trees again, and this time they could see the tip of a rifle sticking out of one of the windows. Now they could see the sniper that'd been shooting at them, and they confirmed that they could see him.
Colin got up, his rifle at the ready. "We're going to walk around the other side of the house. Stay on my tail."
"I'm on your ass!" Lele shouted happily.
And just like that, they were moving again. Colin was in the lead, Lele was on his ass as promised, Eva was behind her, then Joey, then Dawn, then Benny, then Tim, and Oli brought up the rear.
"I'm on Tim's tail," Oli said to no one in particular.
Tim smirked at his friend's unintentional humor. "Oh, yeah."
The group made their way around the house until they were just a short distance from the rotunda, and they had managed to get there without being shot at. Once they were in position, Colin reached into his rucksack and pulled out a grenade, which he handed to Eva instead of one of the guys, surprising them with this choice.
"We're gonna take this grenade. I need you," he said, pointing to where Eva needed to go, "to run a B-line up to the rotunda, and I need you to throw it through the window. All right?"
"Me?"Eva squeaked, clutching the grenade. "I don't even know what to-" She yelped when Colin pulled the pin, and she ran as fast as she could, positive that it was going to go off any second, or she was going to get shot first. She knew that her friends were shouting encouragement at her, but she couldn't hear over her own pounding heart.
The moment that Eva was close enough, she threw the grenade into the nearest open window, and she ran back, screaming the whole way with her hands waving in the air, and she'd just barely got clear when the grenade went off, bathing the inside of the rotunda with fire.
The explosion made Dawn, who clamped her hands over her ears, Lele, and the guys jump, and Joey ended up falling forward when he slipped on the wet grass. He got up and they hurried after Colin as he headed to the rotunda, Eva catching up with them with a rattled expression on her face, and her own ears were ringing from the explosion.
Now it was time to get the secret documents.
A/N: Yeah, a war zone with a lot of loud noises isn't the best place for someone with sensitive hearing, and I can testify to that since I do have sensitive hearing. See you all on Thursday. Bye for now! R&R everyone!
