HAPPY CHAPTER TEN! I know, I know, I missed yesterdays update and this chapter is short, but I have perfectly good explanations I'm not going to share with you. REVEIW REPLIES!
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I want to go out with a bang.
I want to go out knowing that someone out there might have trusted me.
Chapter Ten
-Aleks
Great. Just great! Ty was injured, the horses were gone, and we were trapped in the unnatural dark of the snow storm. We could hear shouts still, barely through, over the water, and I was shivering. Sleet and river water – not a good combination. Elove helped Ty up and looked at me briefly, smiling giddily.
"Let's go!" Elove said, and she started walking.
"Elove, we don't know where we are going. We just jumped off a mountain and landed in a river. We're in unknown territory. This is hopeless," I said, and Elove walked over to me, still smiling, and then slapped me full over the face. I held my stinging cheek and glared at her, and she just tipped her head to the side and giggled.
"I said, let's go!" she said with cheer in her voice, and I grumbled under my breath but, nonetheless, I followed her. Ty stumbled as he stood and I grabbed his arm quickly to steady him. I recoiled and shivered. I touched a Hybrid.
"Watch it," I muttered, and Ty nodded, looking slightly hurt.
"Admittedly, we are walking into a snowstorm with no horses, so this will be fun!" Elove chirped, and I mentally face-palmed.
"No shit," I said, and Ty jammed his hands into his pockets and followed me. I was only wearing jeans, a black shirt and boots. I'd left my jacket and my bandana at the base, and I felt for Ty a bit, because his shirt was as thin as the air on the mountain. Elove stomped through the snow happily, and we kept moving. Behind us we heard a splash and Elove swore loudly. I was shocked. She'd never usually had a foul mouth…
"Run! They're coming!" she yelled, and we started running. Ty kept his head down and pumped his arms quickly, and for a second I told my thoughts to shut up and actually let me think. I needed to piece this together. Elove said Ty had killed someone, and that if Red found out she would flip and have him killed. It was just a random person, but maybe Elove thought it would make her not trust him and kill him? Nah, that doesn't sound like her. Unless… I gasped and skidded to a halt.
"Oh my fricking god!" I yelled, and Elove stopped, staring at me. I looked at Ty in horror.
"What's wrong?" Elove asked, rushing back, and I pointed at Ty shakily.
"I know who you killed."
-Red
I grabbed the edges of the fabric and took a deep breath. We'd pulled the blankets under the saddles off the horses and now we were going to use them to glide down, or something along those lines. We were more likely to fail and plummet to our deaths, but we had water and sharp rocks to cushion our fall. Yay…?
"Now isn't a good time to mention my fear of heights," James muttered, and then he jumped. He glided for a few seconds and then a large chunk of snow fell off the trees drooping over the edge and he fell under it, splashing and nearly getting swept away. He grabbed the edge of the lower shore and climbed up, gasping.
"Tracks! This way!" he yelled before coughing loudly.
"Now or never!" I yelled, and I leapt. I glided for a millisecond, and then the wind swept me upwards, and then the cloth twisted and I fell. The world spun and I saw the sharp, glistening rocks beneath me. I would fall and either break most of my bones or I'd be speared through. How fun. And then, quite cheerily, my crappy life flashed through my mind.
Doing kid stuff, living an uneventful life happy with my brother and parents. When my parents died in a mine collapse and my brother became my official carer. The beginning of the war. I was only eighteen then. I remember my older brother grabbing my bow and quiver and chucking it at me as I pulled on my winter cloak. He'd then yanked me out of our house and we'd ran for the woods as the terrifying Hybrids flew overhead, throwing fire charges and causing destruction. The friend I'd made who had died in front of me when the Hybrids dragged her away. The moment we'd discovered all of the greatest heroes had failed and were trapped in a prison. All the times I'd fallen down hills, all the scratches, bruises, breaks and all the times only my brother could make me stop crying when it became too much. I remember when, at the end of the first year, it had snowed so terribly my brother had told me to rug up and hide in the trees. I had waited and waited for him to come back with food and some dry wood for a fire, when I'd heard him scream terribly. I'd leapt down, going against everything he'd told me, and nearly died when a black-clad Hybrid in what looked like purple yoga pants flew over me and towards a thick bush. I'd hid and hoped it remained oblivious. My brother had taught me that the snow dampened their senses and tired out the Hybrids because of the water content in it, but how they'd developed a small immunity to it from living here so long. I remember when I'd hid in the bush and heard crying, and how when I'd peeked out the bush I'd seen a flash of a dead, bloody body, and a blood stained sword lying close to the bush, staining the snow around it. I'd seen the yoga Hybrid sitting beside a Hybrid with long hair covering his face, and I'd seen the blood on his hands and his face and knew then he had killed that person on the ground, and then I'd nearly given myself away when I recognised the ripped apart body. I'd had to drag myself away crying to the tree with the knowledge I was alone, and that the boy had killed my brother.
And I remembered my shock and fear when Eddie and Aleks had dragged in that same boy who had killed him.
I opened my eyes and stared at the sky, feeling everything snap into place and calm spreading through my body. Seconds till impact. Here it comes… sweet release. My eyes drifted shut. Suddenly hands were scratching at my arms and they got a grip on me. My eyes snapped open and I saw Eddie. He yanked my arm, changing my trajectory slightly, and I splashed into the water. I shot to the surface, gasping, trying to shake the wet hair out of my eyes.
"Eddie!" I screamed. He hadn't hit the rocks, had he? A familiar head bobbed up from the bottom, and I grabbed him, letting the current push us along. A hand reached out and I took it, using my other hand to keep my grip on Eddie's collar. James pulled us out of the water and I sat there, gasping for air, wet and cold. The snow formed a light dust over my head and shoulders and I shivered. My sword was still in my belt, my bow had been swept away and half of my arrows were gone.
"Eddie, you saved my life," I said in shock, and he shrugged.
"No biggie. I don't want Red pancakes," he said with a short smile, and I stood up, shaking.
"We need to keep moving. We're on foot now as well, so we better get on with this. Have you still got your weapons?" I asked, and he nodded, patting his sword sheath.
"Yeah. Let's go," he said, and James stood up.
"Should we get the others to jump it?" James asked, and I nodded. I turned around and cupped my mouth.
"Oi! Jordan! Steven! Seamus! Jump!" I hollered. "Nick and Daniel stay and try to figure out a safer way down!" I heard a few calls back that were lost in wind as it roared, the frenzied snow speeding up. I heard an exceptionally louder splash and Seamus and Steven swam up, hauling themselves out of the water.
"Jordan's still coming. The idiot didn't want to jump," Seamus said, and I rolled my eyes.
"We'll wait," I said, and then we heard a short little scream and then a splash. Steven snorted and then walked back to the edge, reaching a hand into the water. Jordan grabbed it quickly and climbed out with Steven's aid.
"Dude, I'm scared of heights, and I jumped first," James said with a laugh, and Jordan glared at him as he wrung out his shirt a bit.
"Shut up. Let's just catch up with the Hybrid, the snows picking up and with Aleks on his team they'll be doing everything they can to cover their tracks," Jordan said, and I nodded.
"Let's go," I said for the millionth time, and we finally set off. I was troubled by my brief flashback when I was certain I'd die – Maybe I should tell Eddie. But… I just can't.
-Jerome
Hisses, screeches and other-worldly noises filled the air as the Hybrids advanced slowly, their nails growing and their eyes glowing that unnatural purple. One of them lunged at us, spreading his wings to speed at us, and Bash picked up a stick and smacked it in the face. It fell to the side, shocked, and Bash stomped on its head. Its claws shot up and raked down his leg, ripping a chunk of his skin and a part of his skin as Bodil hastily yanked him back. Sky looked at me, and we all picked up sticks. I ran forward with my long stick up and screamed as I bashed it down on one of the Hybrid's head. It reacted quickly, hissing loudly and jumping on me, claws up and ready to slash my face open. Sky shoved it off me and pulled me up, and then whirled around with his stick and the other Hybrid ran into it.
"Sky! The sword!" I yelled, and he remembered the sword he'd stolen off of the Warden.
"Oh yeah!" he said, and then he grabbed it from where it was hanging on his belt and swung it out in a wild circle. It connected and the Hybrid reeled back, shrieking and holding his face as black blood gushed. Sky stumbled back, unaccustomed to the weight of the sword. Slowly, he smiled. He leapt forward, whirling quickly with the sword, slashing the sword across one Hybrid's back. One of his wings dropped off and it screamed a ghastly, horrible noise. A hand grabbed me suddenly and pulled me back. I opened my mouth to yell when a hand covered my mouth, cold and calm. It pulled me back inside and the door shut, and the body dropped me like a sack of potatoes. I fell to my knees and when I looked up I gasped. It was the girl.
"Naughty boy," she said. "Now you have to watch your punishment." She kicked me swiftly and I passed out. I'm so good at this. When I awoke I could no longer hear the sounds of fighting and my hands were bound behind my back. A gag was in my mouth and I chewed at it to try and break it.
"I wouldn't do that," a cool, calculated voice said. The girl stepped into my field of vision. She held a blood-stained iron axe, and she casually wiped the blood off with her finger.
"Isn't it beautiful? I call it Mjolinr," she said, patting it affectionately. Her headphones were off and hung around her neck. She looked almost normal; expect she was holding me captive.
"Now, Jerome, I told you that if you tried to rebel or talked to Mitch, you'd face a fate worse than death," she said almost conversationally, and I struggled against the bonds. "I didn't expect you to actually do anything, so I needed to come up with your punishment quickly." she reached out into the shadows and dragged out a different chair. I screamed in horror. Mitch was bound to the chair and sat their limply, his wrists and ankles bound. His shirt had been ripped open and long slash marks were cut into his chest. Blood had been smeared on his face at the edges of his mouth so it looked like a ghastly red smile.
"Do you like it?" she asked, twisting the chair around so I could see him in different lights, like an artwork she was proud of.
"The lords will praise me for this. It's my best yet. They'll be all like, 'Oh Aleatoire! It's perfect!'" she said, sarcasm in her voice. I struggled with increased frenzy, rocking the chair back and forth, straining against the ropes, tears dripping from my eyes as I screamed until my voice was hoarse. She waited until I slumped against my chair in defeat. I couldn't take my eyes off Mitch. His eyes fluttered and he groaned.
"Mitch!" I cried, my voice muffled through the gag.
"I really doubt this boys intelligence," the girl, apparently called Aleatoire, said. "He ran out, straight into me. He's an idiot, alright. I knocked him out cold and pulled him here. He told me absolutely everything. I will never forget how terrified he was; it dripped from his voice, beautiful and frenzied. I've never heard anything quite like it."
"You're a sadistic monster," I said, through the gag. She smiled, walking over to me and yanking the gag out. I spat at her and she laughed.
"You don't make it hard," she said, and I stared at her with fate.
"J-Jerome?" Mitch stuttered, and I looked at him, desperate. I needed to break out and save him. I needed to. But how?
-Sky
Jerome had disappeared. I was still killing the Hybrids. It was going well, until one of them knocked me down. He hissed, spittle flying in my face, and scratched me deep. I yelled in pain and worked my sword up, digging it into his stomach, and I threw the sword to the side with all my might. Still scratching at him with the sword impaled in his stomach, he fell beside me. I yanked my sword out and he spasamed, and then died. Frenzied shrieks filled the air and I heard Bodil screaming. A Hybrid was consistently gnawing at his arm, ignoring Bash tugging on his shoulders and wings, trying to pull him back, all the while crying and screaming. I ran over and slashed my stolen sword and the Hybrid fell, and I stared in shock. It had bitten Bodil's hand off. He looked at me with tears in his eyes and then looked at Bash.
"I… I'm sorry," he said, and he fell to his knees, crying steadily, his arm bleeding with amazing speed. All the arteries and veins in his arms had been sawn off by the Hybrid's teeth and now gushed out the wound.
"Bodil," Bash said, sobbing, and then Bodil died just like that. Ian and Quentin were bashing the Hybrids with the swords they'd stolen off some of the dead bodies and I saw Quentin go flying, bleeding from his neck. Ian screamed in fury and the Hybrid that had slashed his neck was soon in pieces. Ian kept stabbing the dead Hybrid, crying, and the other Hybrid snuck up behind him and leapt on his back, digging its teeth into his shoulder. Ian fell and another Hybrid rushed over, joining in on the feeding frenzy. I saw the other people who'd broken out with us going down, they Hybrids feeding on their bodies like the monsters they were. Me and Bash were the only ones left. Bash looked at me in desperation as he grabbed a sword. We went back to back as the unpreoccupied Hybrids advanced. I took a deep breath and prayed to all the gods I knew that at least some of us would survive.
So... yeah. I just killed off Ian, Bodil, Quentin and other people in one go. Are you proud? :) And, um... please tell me in a review, now this is the hard part, please tell me which person you'd rather have live: Jerome or Mitch. You have until the next chapter goes up to tell me! ONE OF THEM MUST DIEEEEE BWHAHAHAHA! And don't forget, PJIM2 goes up on the 9th, Jerome's birthday! And someone else very special to me is going to be celebrating his birthday too :)