A/N: Hi guys! I'm so sorry I haven't updated lately, I've been busy with school. Thank you soooooo much for your reviews; it means a lot. You guys are amazing! Well, here's chapter four. I really hope you guys like it. Warning: A LOT of stuff happens. Please review.
Chapter 4
I woke up to see that it was still night time. I saw Zach sitting by the fire with a hand gun right next to him, then he looked up and saw that I was awake. "Did you sleep okay?" he asked. "Yeah. How long was I asleep?" I asked him. "Two hours." he said. Two hours? It felt more like two weeks. I looked at my stomach and saw that my wound was wrapped up in a bandage and it didn't hurt as much as before.
"Do you feel any better?" asked Zach. "Yeah, I'm fine." I said with a smile and he smiled back. Yes you heard right. Zach Goode smiled, not smirked. Wow, you don't see that every day.
"Where's Jonas?" I asked.
"He went ahead to look for any sign of Liz. He said he'd tell us if he found anything." Zach explained.
"Guys, Come up the hill! I think I found something!" Jonas called to us. Zach helped me up and we started walking up the hill, then we both stopped dead in our tracks. There was rustling from the bushes that surrounded us. Two wolves then appeared from the bushes and started walking toward us growling. Zach loaded the gun and I drew my bow, then one of the wolves charged at Zach but he shot three bullets into the wolf killing it instantly. Then the second wolf walked around us and charged at me. I shot two arrows killing it.
"That was too close," I say taking a deep breath. "Let's go before more show up." Zach says then he grabs my hand and we walk up the hill. When we got there, Jonas was looking at some sort of gate; on the gate was a bunch of abstract drawings that looked just like the ones I saw in the cave, and by the looks of it they were drawn recently. "I've seen these drawings before." I told them. "You have?" asked Jonas. "Yes. In the cave." There was a pause then Jonas said "Let's try to open this gate." He walked to a lever and motioned for Zach to go to the other one. Once the gate was opened, we walked inside and the gate closed behind us. There were torches and old Japanese lanterns that were lit very recently. Zach and Jonas each grabbed a torch then we started walking.
"This is amazing." I said it so quietly that it was almost a whisper. "It looks like some lost civilization."
"It sure seems that way." said Zach.
"I haven't seen anything like this before." said Jonas.
"I hope Liz is alright." I said.
"I'm sure she's fine." Zach said then gave me a smile. I smiled back and put my hand in his. We continued walking - then we all heard noises coming from the bushes. Not more wolves. I thought to myself, but what we saw was definitely NOT a wolf. A man appeared from the shrubbery and walked toward us slowly. Then my eyes widened - he looked like the men from the cave! "We know where your friends are," The man said. Zach drew his gun and aimed it at the man. "Come with us. We'll take you to your friends." He tried again but none of us moved an inch. "Zach, Jonas, don't listen to him. He's one of the men from the cave." I whispered low enough that the man couldn't hear me but loud enough so Zach and Jonas could hear me since they were closer.
The man kept coming closer and I drew my bow, then another man came out of nowhere and tackled me - pinning me to the ground and tying my hands behind my back. I could see that the same thing happened to Zach but I couldn't see Jonas anymore. What did they do to him? Did he get away? Then the men dragged me and Zach to a small ancient village a few feet away but that's not the worst part; the worst part was that the village was on fire! I saw crew members from our ship tied up like me and Zach. One of the crew members started running away but a man with a heavy Russian accent turned and shot him in the knee causing the crew member to fall to the ground. The Russian man turned toward me and hit in me with the butt of his gun and I too fell to the ground. "Cammie!" I heard Zach yell and I saw the Russian look down at me. "Don't move." he said to me then he left, leaving me and Zach alone.
I looked at Zach and he nodded and took this as our chance to escape. We crouched out of sight behind the old stone walls. We found a small broke down shed and we ducked inside. The Russian walked right past our hiding place and for a moment I thought he didn't see us, but I couldn't have been more wrong. He turned around and looked right at us. He pointed his gun at us and told us to come out slowly. We had no choice but to do as we were told. He grabbed me and Zach kicked him in the shin. Then the man pushed Zach and continued to drag me away, but I used every ounce of energy I had and pushed him to the ground. Zach managed to take off the ropes that bound his hands and I did the same. Without thinking, I reached for the man's gun and started shooting him. The man landed on me – pinning me on my back trying to take the gun out of my hand - but he was having a little trouble 'cause Zach was pulling him off me. The man pushed Zach off him but Zach managed to punch him in the face. The Russian man kept trying to take the gun out of my hands but I used all my strength and before I knew it - I pulled the trigger.
My eyes went wide and the man rolled off me. Zach helped me up not caring about the fact that I was covered in blood, then I pointed the gun at the man on the ground until I was sure he was dead. Then I dropped the gun and tears started falling down my cheeks. Zach noticed and wrapped his arms around me and I cried into his chest. I killed a man before when we were in the woods around Mr. Solomon's cabin, but this felt different. The first time I didn't know the gun was in my hands, I didn't even know I pulled the trigger. This, on the other hand, felt completely different than that. I knew the gun was in my hands this time and this time I knew I pulled the trigger. And even though he tried to kill me just now, I couldn't help but feel sorrow. I couldn't help but cry.
"It's okay, Gallagher Girl. He was bad man. You had no choice. He would have killed you; He would have killed us. " Zach said trying to calm me down, but it didn't work. I just purposely killed somebody! But he was right; I did have no choice. He would have killed me. He would have killed Zach. I saw my bow and arrows on the ground next to the Russian man's body. I walked out of Zach's arms and picked them up then Zach and I began walking to try and get far away from these men.