Chapter 10: Splash

"Well how do we kill Kross? He could kill us!" Derek scoffed.

"We could trick him, like a decoy, and then come up from the back," I said. "And kill him."

"He should die," I repeated. "He should die."
"How many people has he killed?" Derek asked, sarcastically.

"6," I sighed.

"Oh, that many…" Derek trailed off.

"I want to kill him," I said again.
"We will," Derek sighed. "After we sleep, of course."
We waited a couple more minutes, and woke Ashley and Kyle up. They let us sleep.

I went to sleep easily.

We run from Kross. "Come on, Ash! Catch up!" Kyle screams.

She runs faster, and catches up. "I'm so scared!" She cries.

"We have to keep going," Derek says.

Then, we fall.

"AHH!!" We scream. We fall into a volcano.

We burn, feeling defeated, but we don't die.

We continue living, burning to death.

Out of nowhere, Kross comes, and-

I screamed, waking up, startled.

"What's wrong?" Kyle cried.

Derek woke up, too.

"Sorry, just a dream…what time is it?"
"4:30. you slept for about 4 hours," Ashley replied.

"We should get going," Derek said. "Earlier, the better."
"Earlier? For what?" Ashley asked.

"We…we have a plan…" I trailed off.

"To do what?" Kyle asked.

"Kill Kross," Derek breathed.

"But…we should just stay here, and watch for him, then if we see him, run away," Ashley said. "We could last for a couple hours!"
"And then we get to the boat," Kyle nodded.

"But Kross will still be alive," I sighed.

Ashley finally nodded. "You're right. Let's kill the bastard."
I laughed. "Let's go."

We went outside, and Kyle sighed. "I'll distract him, and you guys come up from behind, and"
"No!" Ashley gasped. "I…I don't want you to! Kyle, you might get hurt…I don't…I don't want you to die."

"I will," Derek said.
Kyle gasped. "I'll be right back."
He ran inside quickly, and a moment later, came out with a giant gun.

"What's that for?" Ashley said.

"Backup," he chuckled.

Ashley sighed. "Oh."

"Incase he…" Kyle trailed off.

"We should go," I said.

Everyone nodded.

We went through the back of the hotel, because it was only accessible to anyone from the inside of it.

When we got out, we stopped running.

"Where should we go?" Ashley asked.

"The woods," I said. "There's a bridge, I think We can get to the other side."
We ran through the woods.

"Kyle," Ashley wondered. "When should we get married?"
We all stopped running.

"I hate your parents, and they find out everything," Kyle laughed.

"I hate yours, too," Ashley smiled.

"So as soon as we can," Kyle nodded. He turned to Derek and me. "You two would come, right?"
I nodded. "Of course!"
Derek smiled and nodded.

"Cool," Ashley said, smiling.

We continued to run.
"Do you see him?" I whispered.

"No…" Ashley trailed off.

"Nothing," Kyle sighed.
"Ugh," Derek sighed.
We kept walking.

"Hey, is that a bridge?" Kyle asked.

"Yeah, but why is that divider there?" I asked. There was a fence in the middle of it.

"There's…nowhere else to go. We should get to the other side," I said.

We quickly ran down to the bridge, looking around.

"The waterfall looks so beautiful from so close," Ashley sighed.

"Yes, it does," Kyle smiled.

They hugged.
"Come on," Derek said.

We ran to the edge, and I climbed over.
"Be careful," Derek whispered.
I made it over quite easily.

"Come on," I told Derek. He climbed over, having trouble getting passed the fence on my side.

I looked back at Kyle and Ashley. Oh my God.

"Guys," I whispered. "Hurry."
"What? Why?" Ashley asked. She turned behind her.

David Kross stood, at the end of the bridge, waving his large knife, back and forth, teasing us.
"Go!" Kyle yelled, and aimed to shoot Kross.

He hit him, in the knee. He yelled, and fell over.

Ashley climbed up, and one leg over the fence on the side of the bridge, then the other. She held on, and looked desperately at Kyle.

"What are you doing?!" She asked, tears running down her face.

They looked at each other, for a silent moment. Kross continued slowly walking.
"I love you," he told her, and kissed her lips.

She was crying through the kiss, but she managed.
"Kyle!" She cried, as he went to run and shoot Kross.

"No…no bullets left…" he trailed off.

He ran to Ashley. "I…I don't care if you get married after me. Do you love me?"
"Oh, my God!" Ashley laughed through her tears, "I love you forever! But…please, come on, Kyle!"
"I'm saving you," he finished, and ran toward Kross, attempting to hit him with the butt of the gun.

"What are you doing? Come on!" She begged.

He missed, and Kross grabbed it.

"No!" Ashley sobbed.

Kyle ran backward to Ashley. "I love you…don't ever forget that."
I put my hand to my mouth. "Oh, God…" I trailed off.

Derek put his arm around me. "Come on, Ashley," he whispered.

Ashley shook her head. "No! No! Kyle!"

She was gasping and crying at the same time, making her cough through her tears.

"Ashley, go, go…" Kyle whimpered.

Kross grabbed the gun, and threw it over the edge, into the river below.

He grabbed Kyle, and took out his knife.

"No!" Ashley continued screaming.

Kyle's face was horrifying. He looked so scared, so desperate…

Ashley and Kyle where only a couple feet away from each other. It was so sad.

Kyle grabbed the knife from Kross, and attempted pushing it back. Kross grunted, and fought back.

"Kyle!" sobbed Ashley. "I love you! Please, no!"
The sound of the knife going through Kyle's neck was hard to describe.

Blood flowed out of his mouth, and he looked at Ashley, for the final time.

"Ashley…" He trailed off, and Kross tossed his body over the bridge, into the river.

"NO!" screamed Ashley. "No!"

Kross looked down at Kyle's body, floating in the same place.

Ashley looked down, too, taking a deep breath, then up at Kross.

He waved his knife at her, back and forth, side to side.

"Come on!" I told Ashley.

Kross looked at me, and squinted. I gasped.

Ashley shook her head, and looked back to Derek and me, to Kyle, to Kross. She shook her head again.

"I love him," she whispered.

Kross gazed at her.

"He's gone…"
Kross shook his head, and pointed his now bloody knife at her.

"I'm not yours." Ashley breathed.
He shook his head, and gazed at her, again.

"I love Kyle," Ashley whispered. She looked at Kross again. Her voice was shaky, yet stern. "You…you can't have me."
My eyes widened in shock. "Ashley. Come on. Please."

She looked at us, then at Kross.
"Ashley," Derek said sternly. "Please."
She took a deep breath. She looked so confused.

"Please, Ashley," I sighed.

She started to cry again, and came over the ledge.
Kross sighed. "Doesn't matter. You'll all die, anyway."

I looked at Kross, and while Ashley ran at the divider.

"You BEAST!" she sobbed. "How could you do that?!"
Kross shook his head, and smiled.

"I hope you get killed. By anything. Just die! Just DIE!" she sobbed.

Derek grabbed her and held her back.

"Come on, Ashley," I sighed.

We walked away, and I turned to Kross, who was nudging at the gate. He looked coldly at me, and smiled. "You're next."