Molly (Girl #9) played with her designated weapon: a yo-yo. The strong fit snuggly around her finger and she subconsciously tossed the yo-yo down and then flicked her wrist, sending it spinning back into her hand. Her breaths came slowly as if she was in some contemplative meditative state, but where her body was inactive, her mind raced at light speed.

People will be racing away from the danger zones. The surrounding areas are probably the safest places to be and avoid other people. But I'll never find my friends if I avoid everyone. What should I do?

Molly spun the yo-yo around completing an "around the world" before it returned to her hand. She dropped it again, allowing to spin on its own for a few seconds before snapping her wrist and once again holding the toy.

I'll never find my friends if I'm hiding. As dangerous as it is, I have to stay in the open so that I can find them, and they can find me. Hopefully before anyone else can.

Right on cue, Matt (Boy #20) appeared out of the forest and noticed Molly's presence. Both of them squared off against each other, neither moving nor breaking away from the stare.

Isaac (Boy #16) had found Molly nearly ten minutes ago. He saw her playing with her yo-yo, which he guessed to be her weapon. But instead of rushing head first into an attack, Isaac had decided to wait for an opportune time to strike with his katana. His testicles still throbbed from the last confrontation he had had, and he wouldn't make the mistake of underestimating his prey again. Molly didn't appear like she could put up much of a fight, but the stakes were too high for Isaac to continue to be reckless.

Molly didn't appear to be moving any time soon, so Isaac made himself comfortable and lost himself in the thought of Gloria for the time being.

He had first noticed her when he had skipped class to go smoke outside the school grounds. She was there in his usual spot, taking a long drag from a joint. He frowned, about to tell this girl to get out of his usual spot. But before he could cuss her out, she looked up at him and extended her pot to him. Isaac was never one to pass up free drugs and instead sat next to this girl he had never met before and shared her weed. It was soon done, however, and Isaac pulled out a J of his own and the two smoked that too.

"You feel like buying some weed?" she asked him.

"Thanks, but I got plenty." He replied, "Plenty to sell and plenty to use myself."

"You're a seller too?" she droned feeling exceptionally mellow, "Guess that makes us rivals."

And she stood up to go. He looked up at her, and maybe it was the drugs in his system, but he couldn't deny that she was hot.

"What's your name?" Isaac asked her.

"Gloria." She responded without turning around.

"Listen, Gloria, do you want to get together some time, smoke some more weed or something?" It didn't come out as suave as it had in his head, but Isaac was pleased with himself when the girl turned and looked down at him with a smile. She threw off her top and stood over him.

"Lose the pants."

And that's how it had started. Slowly they had combined their drug assets and had made a decent profit, with plenty for them to use when they felt like it. Isaac was primarily a pothead, but Gloria had introduced him to cocaine and some hallucinogens that had taken him to heaven, to hell, and then back to earth. The money continued to flow into their possession and the drugs continued to flow into their body systems. Neither had been happier.

"Please, please, don't kill me!" the sniveling boy was on his knees before Isaac and Gloria in a back alley of their city.

"Now, why would we kill you?" Gloria cooed as she approached him with a switchblade in her hand, "All you've done is lose over a thousand dollars worth of drugs."

"But I was robbed! I came back and the drugs were gone!"

"And that's very unfortunate for you." She shot back coldly, "But all can be forgiven if you pay for the drugs that you lost."

"But I don't have that much money!"

Isaac cocked the gun he was holding and aimed straight at the boy's head. The boy cringed in fear.

"I…I have three hundred with me right now. Please, take that and I'll give you the rest when I have it."

He fumbled around in his pocket and pulled out a wad of bills he had withdrawn from the bank since he had anticipated this meeting. Gloria snatched the wad and placed it into her bra.

"I think we can spare you for a week for this amount."

The boy looked at her with grateful eyes and then over to Isaac who had lowered the gun.

"Really?"

The switchblade entered his body from the back, stabbing deep into his lung. Isaac smiled and raised the gun again, firing once into the boy's head. The boy toppled over his brain matter littering the dirty side street.

"Have I told you how hot it makes me to see you kill someone?" Gloria smiled as she put away her bloody switchblade.

"Have I told you how hot it makes me to see you lie to other people?" Isaac responded, "Speaking of which, you stashed the drugs you stole from him in our usual spot, right?"

"Yeah," Gloria said as the couple exited the alley, "We won't have to worry about that weakling talking about our operations anymore."

Isaac was pulled back to reality as he saw someone knew had entered his sight. He watched as Molly and Matt faced off against each other. Isaac wondered what would happen, knowing that if they fought, he'd have no trouble taking out the winner. His eyes were immediately drawn to Matt, who only wore a white T-shirt with something else peaking out from beneath the fabric.

A bulletproof vest.

Isaac recognized it immediately. He had not run into anyone with a gun yet, but there were certainly some out there. And that vest would be invaluable when he faced them. He watched to see what would happen between the two people in front of him.

Molly was the first to break the stare. She turned her back on Matt and carefully walked off, making sure to listen for an oncoming attack. Matt let out a long sigh of relief and did the same, walking off in the opposite direction as Molly.

From the bushes, Isaac watched the two contestants part ways and he instantly made his decision. The bulletproof vest was far more important than an easy kill. Isaac kept hidden as he followed his new prey. He wondered if Molly knew how lucky she was that Matt happened to find her.

Nathan (Boy #19) woke up feeling a twinge of pain in his shoulder. He looked over and wondered where the fabric had come from, before his memory kicked in. Larry (Boy #9) and Lauren (Girl #16) had found him. Lauren had helped him – probably saved his life from bleeding to death. Where were they now?

Nathan glanced around him, but saw that he was still alone, and still without food, water, a compass, a map, or any form of protection. He sighed deeply feeling the futility of the situation overpowering him.

Where are you? I'm so useless. Even if I knew where you were, I couldn't find my way there. I'm…I'm never going to see you again, am I?

Nathan let his tears overpower him and he lay there, completely broken. He attempted to stifle his cries, but that was all but pointless. Salty droplets fogged his vision and then streaked down his face wetting the ground. He sobbed for a while, until he no longer had any tears left to cry. He sat up brushed the dirt off him, hiccupping slightly. He inhaled deeply calming his sporadic breaths allowed the sadness to leave him completely.

Now that that's out of the way, it's time to get back to business.

He had cried all his fears and doubts out of his system, and now Nathan was ready to begin his search anew. But since he no longer had any notion of direction and it was difficult to pinpoint the sun in the forest, Nathan decided to let luck be his guide. He pulled out the deck of cards he still had in his pocket and shuffled them a few times.

He looked in one direction and flipped over one card – the six of spades. He turned approximately ninety degrees and flipped another card – jack of clubs. Another ninety degrees. Ace of spades. Nathan made a mental note to not head in the direction of the death card. The final direction. Two of hearts. Nathan smiled. It was good enough for him.

Nathan gathered his cards and started off, letting the two of hearts guide him to where his heart could join his other.

Current danger zones: 15, 28, 41

Pending danger zones: 2, 21, 24, 64

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