It was very dark outside, which made my fears much worse. I hated it when I couldn't see. I couldn't help but think that even if I couldn't see them, they could see me. But, I was wearing a black t-shirt, as was Kaylynn. But, I'm pretty sure I felt eyes. But, I'm also pretty sure that I'm very paranoid. So, I could just be feeling what I think I feel when I don't really feel it... makes perfect sense, right?
We all stayed close to eachother for fear of losing someone. But, we didn't hear anything for a while. We heard a few coyotes and whatnot which scared us, but, they were the least of our worries. We saw a few scorpions, which really just scared Kaylynn and I. But, was it our fault? I'd always been afraid of bugs and creepy crawlers. As was Kaylynn, apparently. We hated how much this made us think we were girly-girls. But, our self-image was not really our biggest problem right now.
We walked around for a while, wondering where we were going, and the boys saw something. A mine? Yes, a mine. We walked down into it after a moment of contemplation. While outside the mine, I thought of what was down there. It looked dark and scary, especially at night. Then I thought about the cashier at the gas station. Did he help them to get to us? I wanted to ask Jake, but I kept quiet as we walked into the mineshaft.
We walked past homemade headstones with pictures on them. I looked down at the headstones and wondered if those people that died were monsters, too. Could they have been just as bad? I felt sorry for them, without even knowing what they were. I stayed close to my friends, looking around me every five seconds, paranoid from the day I'd had.As we heard a laugh in the darkness, Jake wrapped his arm around my waist and raised his weapon, ready for a fight. "Come out, you ugly fucking bastards!" He screamed at them, and I tried to calm him. "Shh, shh, no Jake, be quiet!" I begged, putting my hand over his mouth.
He pried my hand off of his mouth easily. He paid no attention to me. Tyler was behind Kaylynn and I, protecting our backs, while Jake was in front, protecting us from all angles, really. But, how much damage could they do if something attacked us? I mean, Tyler didn't even have a weapon. Oh no, we're gonna die, aren't we? We're gonna die. I thought, becoming hysterical in my mind. I snapped back to reality when I heard my soft cries and heard Jake's voice.
"Don't worry, I promise everything's gonna be alright." He said to me and pointed his gun at the darkness, readying himself for an attack. He had actually calmed me down a bit. I was alright as long as he talked. As long as he was alright, and Kaylynn was alright, and Tyler was alright. Before I could turn my head to see Kaylynn, I heard something.
Another laugh. And, Kaylynn started crying, too. "You fucking bastards! Leave us alone!" She screamed, angry and sad at the same time, with tears of fury and sorrow streaming down her pretty face. I wanted to go up to her and wipe the tears away, but right now, she looked so angry. I didn't want to risk her yelling at me.
"We're gonna have fun with you two." The whispery voice came and they all knew who they were talking about. I put my hands over my ears as Jake shot into the darkness and yelled. "Shut up, you asshole!" He screamed. The voice came back though.
"Oh, ya got me, boy. Now, I guess I'll just have to run off like a wounded puppy. Or, I could stay around... maybe we could play a lil' game. That sound good? Sounds nice to me." The voice taunted. I felt the urge to scream at him, but I wondered if that would do any good. I didn't.
"Come out, you coward!" Jake yelled. The voice laughed. "If you say so. Oh yeah, I hope ya don't mind company." The voice said, and laughed, as the one deemed Pluto came swinging an axe and was followed by two other men. The stone-like man that was dragging Kaylynn was one of the men and Lizard was the other. I screamed, as did Kaylynn, and we ran through the darkness, the boys running, too. Jake shot back at the men. He hit Pluto, but that didn't stop him. He continued swinging.
Tyler stayed close to Jake, since he was weaponless. Kaylynn and I ran into the darkness, scared out of our minds. I looked behind me the whole time, looking at Jake, making sure he wasn't killed, and then I remembered that there were two other men looking for them. I turned my head and looked ahead of me to see Lizard waiting for me to continue running. I stopped and screamed and Kaylynn ran into my back, 'cause she watching the boys, too. She turned her head to see what was wrong and saw Lizard and screamed and ran the other way, tugging me along, and all of a sudden, she stopped. "Get 'er, Chameleon, I'll take this one!" Lizard screamed to the stone-man.
And, we were stuck between two men running for us. We ran, getting very tired. "We have to split up," said Kaylynn, breathless. "No, we can't, they'll kill us." I said. "Listen to me, go that way, I'll go this way," She said pointing in two different directions and she split apart from my side. I stopped and looked at her. "No!" And, then I started running the way she told me because I heard Lizard coming up behind me.
I heard his screams of excitement, and I screamed in fear as the screams got closer to me. I screamed more and more, in hysteria, as he got closer and closer and his screams grew louder and louder. And, I felt him grab my hair. He pulled my hair back and held my head on his shoulder, looking down at me. I screamed and he smiled, screaming in a mocking fashion. He picked me up and put me over his shoulder, while I was kicking and screaming. "Let me go!" I screamed. "Jake!" I screamed.
But, he couldn't hear me over Pluto's maniac screams and his and Tyler's own screams of terror and his gunshots. I looked around for Kaylynn and saw that she was nowhere to be found. "Kaylynn!" I screamed. I looked back at the man carrying me and wiggled my way off of his shoulder and in front of him, beating him with my hands. "Where's Kaylynn?" I screamed in his face. He punched me and I was knocked unconcious. I felt him put me on his shoulder again. "Damn bitch, you'll learn not to talk to me like that. I'll beat your ass, bitch." He said, and I felt the cold night air engulf us, and I opened my eyes to see we were outside the mine. I looked around and was afraid. Where was Kaylynn? Where was anyone? Could anyone save me?