When morning came, I was awoken by Ellie shaking me. "Enid, wake up!" she said quietly yet panicked at the same time. I open my eyes to see her kneeling over me. I sat up and rubbed the sleep away from my eyes. "Huh…? Ellie? What's going on?" I ask with a yawn.
From the look on her face, something was definitely wrong. Something was freaking her out. "Those fuckers tracked us…" Ellie answered. I snapped fully awake at the sound of that. I jump to my feet and jump on a washing machine.
I look out of the window and see that three of David's guys were right outside, searching for Ellie and I. I swear I felt my heart jump into my throat. Looking back at Ellie, I see just how scared she really was.
"We gotta get out of here…" I say, jumping down from the washing machine. We kneel down to Joel for a minute. "We're gonna draw them away from here." Ellie said, looking at Joel. "Don't worry. We'll come back for you." I say, grabbing my bag and throwing it over the opposite shoulder so it wouldn't fall off.
I then follow Ellie up the basement stairs. She and I both knew that Joel wasn't able to defend himself. So we had no other choice but to draw them away from him.
I led the horse out of the house as quietly as I could. Ellie closed the garage door as quietly as she could. She then got on the horse and leaned down to help me up. I grab on and sit behind her with my arms wrapped around her backpack.
"Go…" she whispered. The horse starts to walk forward. I grip onto Ellie's backpack and look at the men. "You sure that those girls are even here?" one guy asked. "Man, there are horse tracks down the fuckin' street. They're here." his accomplice says.
Suddenly, Ellie gets grabbed by another guy. She fought against him. Before I could defend her, I got grabbed by another guy. "Hey, we got them!" they yell. I fought as hard as I could.
I grabbed my knife and stabbed the mothrfucker in the eye. "What're you waiting for? Shoot them!" one guy shouted. "But David said-" "Fuck David! Shoot them now!"
Ellie and I rode off in a gallop as the guys started to shoot at us. While running, a guy tried to get on. "Get off!" I shout, kicking him off.
We got shot at multiple times as we rode off. "What the fuck's wrong with these guys?!" I yell, avoiding a bullet that flew past my head. "They really want us dead!" Ellie cried over the array of airbourne bullets.
We run down a hill and I hear someone say to shoot our horse. When we came to a cliffside, the hunters shot down the horse. Ellie and I fly off of him and fall down the cliff.
I shouted in fear as we fell. It felt like slow motion the longer I fell. When I finally hit the rocks, a thousand volts of pain shot through my body, causing me to cry out in pain.
Hitting the bottom of the cliff, my entire body felt sore. I sit up with my entire body shaking. Ellie had landed face first.
I make my way over to her and help her up; one hand on her back and the other on her arm. We both looked up and were horrified to see that the horse was dead in the snow; crimson blood staining the snow.
"Oh no… Oh shit!" Ellie cried, getting up with me. "Let's get the fuck out of here!" I say, my voice filled with panic and fear. We then start to make a run for it down the hill.
"They're running to the cabins!" a hunter shouted. Ellie and I jump through the window of a cabin. We instantly crouch down to stay out of sight.
"Where do we go?" I whisper, staying close to Ellie as we move through the cabin. "We find a way around them. Lead them away from Joel. You with me?" she asked, looking at me. "I'm with you." I reply.
We quietly move into the kitchen and immediately hear the voices of David's guys outside of the house. Ellie and I quickly grab our bow and arrows so we'd remain silent.
"Are we really gonna kill those girls? David said he wants them alive." one guy said nervously. "He doesn't make that call. James told me that those are the girls from the university. How many of our guys were killed there?" another guy said.
Ellie carefully opens the side door that led to outside. "Shit, I didn't know that this was them. Screw David then. I'm not taking a chance with this." the first guy responds. Ellie and I remain silent as we sneak past them; they go into the cabin that we were just in.
We sneak into a shack and hide inside it. From what I saw, there were only 3 guys. Therefore we carried a greater risk if we went into combat, especially since they were all armed and desperate to kill Ellie and I.
We tried sneaking out, but another guy had spotted us. I quickly pulled out my pistol and hid in the shack yet again. The guys start to shoot at us. Ellie and I raised up only for a moment and shot back at them.
I shot a guy in the chest three times while Ellie got another guy in his head. We kill the three guys that were in this area before we move on. We hide another platform as a guy starts to walk by.
I pulled out my bow and arrow so I could take the guy down stealthily. His footsteps grew louder and louder as he got closer. When he got close enough, I shot an arrow in his neck. He groaned and fell over dead in the snow.
"Nice shot." Ellie said. "Thanks. You too." she whispered. We moved out as stealthily as we could. But it didn't work for long.
"I'm gonna kill you, you little shits!" a man shouted, sprinting at me. Before I could react, I was grabbed from behind. The guy had his arm around my neck and he tried to choke me. I coughed and gagged loudly while kicking outwards.
This catches Ellie's attention and she doesn't hesitate to come to my rescue. She stabbed the guy in the back. He dropped me with a pained yell. He then turns and grabs at Ellie.
"Don't touch her, motherfucker!" I yell, stabbing the bastard in the head. Once he fell dead, I helped her to her feet. We managed to kill what was left of the hunters in the area.
"Okay… that's that." Ellie said, making a nailbomb. "Hopefully there's no more of these fuckers here." I say, looking around with slightly widened eyes. "I hope not either." she said, standing back up.
"Thanks for the save back there." I say. "You're welcome. I'm not letting those fuckers touch you." Ellie replied, giving me a hug. I hugged her back a bit tightly.
"And I'm not letting them touch you either. They'll have to get through me." I say, pulling back from the hug. We stare at each other for a moment. I swear I felt my heart skip a beat for a second.
But we didn't have time for any of that; we had to keep moving. We go up a flight of cracked, snow covered steps. At the top was a sign that had faded writing on it. But we could still read it.
"Look, nature track. That should get us out of here." Ellie said. I followed her to a broken bridge that was over freezing water. We pressed ourselves to the wall of the bridge as we moved along it.
We prayed not to fall in the water. When we made it over, we continued on. My heart was beating hard against my temples and I couldn't catch my breath.
Ellie sensed this and took a hold of my hand, which calmed me down a little. We jump down a small ledge and listen to our surroundings carefully. From the sounds of things, we weren't being followed.
We came to a tunnel that looked to be our only way through. "Enid, see if it's clear." Ellie said. "Okay." I reply, and go in the pipe while crouching. I made it about a quarter through before a large piece of debris stopped me.
I back out of it and stand back up. "There's something in the way." I tell her. We then pull the debris out of the wall before going back through the pipe.
We made it to the other side and we saw a large building. It looked like a large house. Or was it a restaurant? We weren't sure.
Behind it was a path that had a large gate that could lead us back. "There's our way back." I say, feeling optimistic. "You're right. Hang in there Joel." Ellie replied.
We jump down from the track and instantly hear voices. We hid behind a wall to stay out of sight. "Cover the grounds. Make sure that those girls aren't hiding over here." a guy says.
Ellie and I snuck over to a large crate. I peek from behind the box to see how many guys there were. There were at least 7 guys; it gave us the opportunity to throw a nail bomb at them.
We listen carefully. They knew what it was but didn't run. The nail bomb had blown them up to smithereens.
It had attracted other guys and they sprinted in our direction. Ellie and I shot the fuckers with our pistols. Once the guys were all dead, Ellie and I ran around the building to look for a way in.
No such luck. But there was a hole in the roof. There was a tall wooden box that could get us inside. Ellie climbed up on the box first before hoisting me up.
We jumped into the restaurant. "Let's not get trapped in here." Ellie says, searching through the drawers. "Yeah. Exit's that way." I point out. We grabbed the loot that was in the dining area before going to the next room.
We walked into the lobby part of this building. "They're on this side of the lodge!" a hunter shouts, shooting at us through a window. Ellie grabbed her rifle and shot off a guy's head. I shot another guy with my shotgun.
Ellie and I run through the lodge and kill the last of our pursuers. We both ran to a set of double doors that would get us out of here. There was debris blocking the doorway so we would have to push it out of the way.
"Enid, help me with this." Ellie said, using her shoulder to push it. "Okay." I nod, pressing my body to the door. We start to push it.
It took us a couple of pushes to get the door open. Then, I feel someone grab me from behind. I instantly grab my knife and try to stab the fucker. I glance over to see Ellie getting grabbed by… David.
"Relax you two… I'm keeping you guys alive here." David said. The person who had a hold of me tightened their grip on me. My body started to become heavy and I felt my heart slow down. Before I knew it, everything went black.