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They sat there in silence. Alistair's actually helping Anastasia… The Kanker versus the Lovebird, settling to kill them one by one. Eddy sat down inside a car in need of repair, and Johnny joined him. Eddy then asks him for a cigarette, which Johnny doesn't hesitate to hand him one. They light one together, and think.
"This is bad….really bad." Nazz says.
"I know, two of the most psycho kids in the school coming after us. The new Bonnie and Clyde, or maybe even James and Suzan Carson." Eddy replies.
"Fight them we must or Anastasia my head will bust." Ed says, sacredly.
"Didn't you say that before?" Johnny asks.
"Well, we'll have to make a plan. Come here." Double D says.
The others crowd around Double D, who is still working on Ed's collar.
"Get my map out." Double D orders.
Eddy gets his map and lays it out on a table.
"Now, what we want to do is head to the North side of the reservation. There are helicopters and trucks alike. We'll have to make a raid there to get out. If all else fails, I don't know what they'll do to us. Let's just pray that we get home safely, gentlemen."
"If you ask me," Johnny interludes, "It's that home isn't a good place to be. They'll be crawling up our asses if they find us at home. Our best bet is to get a plane ticket to Europe. We'll then head to Greece."
"Why head to Greece? What do they sell grease everywhere we turn?" Eddy asks, sarcastically.
"Actually, they don't sell grease everywhere, it's just-"
"I was being sarcastic, sock head." Eddy says.
Double D pays no mind and gets to work on Ed's collar. After about another minute of working, the light on Ed's collar begins to dim. In another minute, it falls off. The others sit there, astonished until Eddy begins to whoop and holler. He grabs Nazz and brings her in closely, while Johnny crosses his arms and gives an approving nod and smile while the others jump up and down. Double D hugs Ed, which Ed reciprocates by squeezing Double D hard. Eddy then hugs Johnny, who gets surprised but also reciprocates it in a brotherly way. Nazz then turns Eddy around and kisses him, full on the lips, to which the others laugh at.
"We finally did it! Ed's collar came off!" yelled everyone in unison.
As the cheering dies down, the others scramble to get to the seat. Nazz eventually gets the chair, and Eddy and Johnny pick up their cigarettes off the floor, fearing that the cherries would set off an explosion. They sit down in the broken car, and play with the radio, and then they realize that it works. They see the channel of reggae music hits, and Bob Marley's song 'One Love' was playing. The sense of right was all through the air and the boys decided to sing along.
One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel alright.
They eventually realized that it was a government radio, because it just looped over and over. They didn't care, though, as the song brought them together again. In his whole life, Johnny felt like he had a family once again. Not the family that was never there, but the family that he always saw on television, altogether and happy.
…9:00
Hours later, Nazz's collar came off. In that time, the other's had gone to sleep. Double D had felt his eyes begin to sag, and noticed Nazz was also sleeping against the chair. Double D thought about getting to sleep when he noticed two figures walking towards them in the distance. One had a slight limp, so slight only Double D's trained eyes could notice. The figure had a curvaceous body, and the figure next to her had a martial artist's body, something like Bruce Lee. His eyes widened when he figured the two out. It was Alistair and Anastasia.
Without thinking, Double D shook the others awake. Eddy woke up with a start; Ed and Johnny were a little bit of a hassle. Nazz came awake as soon as she could. Double D began to shout.
"We got to get out of here. Alistair and Anastasia are coming!"
"We can take them. I've got my machete." Eddy says.
"How is that going to go against two trained martial artists? Didn't think about that?" Johnny says.
Eddy lets out a disappointed grunt, and looked around the garage. In the far right corner was a van that had the company's logo on it. He points it out to the others, and they hurry towards the van. Eddy got into the driver's seat, and realized that they were no keys. Hurrying as fast as he could, he opened the space beneath the steering wheel, using his street smarts to hotwire the car. He hopped in and stepped on the pedal and they took off.
Five minutes into the drive, they felt a little bit relieved, but they were still on their toes. They noticed Johnny, a cold look on his face and his lips were holding onto the cigarette, which was at half.
"How can you be so calm and collected in a time like this?" Double D asks.
Johnny pays no mind and takes a huge drag of the cigarette. He opens the window in the passenger seat in the front, and puts his cigarette out the door.
"That'll give away our position, what're you doing?" Eddy asks, frustrated.
"Those two are probably on our trail anyway. So, why cover our tracks?" Johnny says.
"What are you talking about?"
Johnny flicks the cigarette out the window, and rolls up the window. He straightens his jacket and begins to explain,
"Eddy, we both have had experiences with these bastards. My theory is, since these guys are cold-blooded, they're going to have our trail in a second. That Alistair kid, he's not a normal kid like us. You've seen his eyes in our school; they were just like Anastasia's. Now, they're dead and vacant, like a corpse. Whatever I did, I must've caused some kind of head trauma that the brain was waiting for. Alistair's a genius kid, he's been able to paint beautiful pictures, play the violin like a pro and kick ass like he knew it for years. Those Kanker kids might've taught him some stuff, since they live in the woods, basically. But I've seen Alistair; he's not a country bumpkin like them. As for Anastasia, she's a master of seduction and she can get you in a heartbeat, just like what happened to you. She's damaged, but not like him."
"You're basically saying they're the same?" Nazz asks.
"No, not the same. Alistair's a borderline sociopath. Anastasia's a psychopath. Sociopaths and psychopaths are way different. Sociopaths can manipulate you and not have feelings. Psychopaths have feelings; they just use it in different ways. Put two of them together in a same room, they're bound to kill each other or they'll team up to kill you."
The other's sit in silence before Eddy remarks,
"You pulled this stuff out of your ass didn't you?"
"You learn a lot from listening to stories." Johnny responds.
Eddy looks ahead at the road, turning on the lights to see his way. Just as he turns them on, his mirror turns a bright yellow. He looks into the mirror and sees Alistair and Anastasia, in a bright red sports car. Anastasia leans out the window and shoots the side mirror out. The others duck down as Eddy tries to steer the wheel while trying to dodge the bullets.
"Look! Up there!" says Ed, and he points toward a hill, where two corpses were huddled together. Ed checks the mirror and notices that they were thirty feet from the new duo. Eddy makes a risky move and pulls the van over.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Double D said, astonished that he actually swore, and covers his mouth.
"They might have guns. Go check them up!" Eddy yells, and he jumps out the van and runs up the hill.
Johnny grunts and goes after him. They go and find the guns that they used they killed each other with. Eddy finds seven clips inside the daypack of the corpse on the right, and Johnny finds the same number inside the other bag. They turn around and see the car coming closer and closer. They sprint down the hill and give Double D and Ed the guns. They speed off, the sports car just on their tail.
"Ed, Double D, open the back door and shoot!" Eddy commands.
"I don't know how to use this!" Double D yells.
"Just pull the fucking trigger and the bullet comes out!" Johnny screams.
"But I-I...uh.."
"You're fucking useless, Double D. Give me that!" Nazz yells, and she snatches the gun from his hand. Ed opens the door and begins to pull the trigger until his clip runs out. Eddy tosses him a clip and Nazz opens up her door and shoots again.
Ed and Nazz come down to their last clip, so they open the door and shoot one at a time, using their bullets wisely and trying to buy some time for them. Johnny takes note of this, and tells Eddy.
"Damn! My gun's out of bullets!"
"So is mine!"
The others look at each other in disbelief, before Johnny grabs Eddy's shoulder.
"Eddy, let me drive…" Johnny says.
"Can't you see I'm driving here?" Eddy says.
"Just get your ass up and let me drive!"
Eddy does as he is told and gets in the back. Johnny begins to make twists and turns until he comes through the campsite.
"Eddy, take care of the others." Johnny says.
Eddy becomes astonished and looks at the others in disbelief,
"WH-what are you talking about."
"I'm saying, take care of them. You'll figure it out."
Johnny comes to a cliffside, and comes to a stop. Eddy and the others begin to get confused and ask Johnny what he's doing.
"Just get out when I say. I'm going to get us out of here."
"What? What are you doing?"
"I always looked up to you, Eddy. Like a year older brother."
"What?"
"Remember when we had that fight? And we made up after that? Those were good times."
Eddy is still in shock until Nazz shakes his shoulder and says,
"Eddy…he's saying goodbye."
"What?"
"My plan was to let you guys live. I was never a normal kid; I was usually the annoying baldy."
"Johnny, don't say that," Eddy pleads. "I always thought you were funny."
"Yeah, but to an extant… I'm sorry that I got on your nerves. I'm sorry that I'll never see you guys at school…I'm transferring."
Ed began to cry, and when Johnny turned around, he was crying too. Except his face was strong and determined.
"I want you to not forget me, Eddy. Please, don't forget me. Make sure that you keep her safe and the rest, too."
The sound of a motor going through the woods was deafening. Johnny wiped his tears away, and the car came closer and closer.
"NOW! GET OUT!" Johnny yelled.
The others did as they were told, and they got out just in time before the car hit. Alistair also jumped out of the car, too, leaving Anastasia doomed to die just as Johnny did.
"This is it." Johnny thought to himself. "This is how I'm going to die….it was fun while it lasted."
Johnny and Anastasia were in halfway down the cliffside, with Anastasia shouting obscenities as Alistair had trapped her in the car.
"Goodbye, everyone." Johnny said to himself, and he has only time to crack a small smile and shed a single tear before the van and the car reach the bottom. Within seconds, they explode together.
One love…one heart…let's…get…together and…feel alright.
"JOHNNY!"