"What are we gonna do?" Bayley whimpered.
"Fight and run," Ashlyn answered.
"I can't fight," Bayley said.
"You can because you have to. Just fucking bite, scratch, kick and punch," Ashlyn said.
Summer looked behind a chair and held up a rolling pin she had found.
"A rolling pin? Of all places," Ashlyn shook her head. "Just swing that thing wildly. Break some skulls."
"Will do, ma'am," Summer smirked.
"Let's keep moving," Ashlyn said.
They stepped over to the door leading to the next room. Bayley opened it and came face to face with one of the men.
"Seth," Bayley said.
"Do I know you?" Seth asked.
"It's me. Bayley. We went to high school together. I'm your friend," Bayley said.
"I only cared about two people in high school, and they're hunting side by side with me," Seth said.
Seth raised his crossbow. All three women stepped backwards. They heard the door in the other end behind them open. They turned around and saw Roman standing there with his crossbow. Bayley gasped when she felt Seth's crossbow on her neck.
"Do you remember Bayley?" Seth asked.
"I remember her fucking half the school," Roman said.
"Oh, now I remember. Bay-tits," Seth said.
"Shut up," Bayley whispered.
"Whoever came up with that silly nickname?" Seth asked.
"Must have been Dean," Roman said. "Wanna kill her on your own?"
"Let's share," Seth said.
Seth aimed his crossbow at Bayley's thigh and fired it. She cried out in pain and fell to the floor. Summer swung the rolling pin before Seth or Roman had a chance to stop her. She hit Seth in the back of his head, and he fell over Bayley.
"Run to the stairs!" Ashlyn yelled.
The two women ran out of the room. They heard Roman fire his crossbow to kill off Bayley before both men started shouting because of the chaos left in the room. Summer and Ashlyn reached the stairs, but Ashlyn grabbed Summer's hand and instead pulled her upwards towards the attic.
"What are you doing?" Summer asked.
"I have a plan," Ashlyn answered.
They made it up the stairs and stood still. Ashlyn put her finger to her lips to signal for Summer to keep quiet.
"They went down the stairs!" Seth yelled.
"Fuck!" Dean yelled back. "They might have passed me!"
"We're coming!" Roman yelled.
Ashlyn and Summer listened as the three men bolted down the stairs to the ground floor.
"What now?" Summer whispered.
"This way," Ashlyn said. "I noticed a hatch on top of the elevator. Probably so people can get on top of it to do maintenance. I'm hoping for a way in from the attic as well."
They made it into the attic and Ashlyn smiled when she saw the hatch in the floor. She walked over to it and opened it. Summer looked down into the elevator shaft.
"You want us to crawl down?" Summer asked.
"No, I'm gonna go down and press the button for the elevator. They'll think we'll take it down and we will," Ashlyn smirked. "But we'll be on top of it."
"That's dangerous," Summer said.
"Do you think facing three men with crossbows is any less dangerous?" Ashlyn asked.
"Fine. Let's do it," Summer said. "But I don't like it."
Ashlyn grabbed Summer's face and pressed her lips against Summer's.
"I love you," Ashlyn said.
"Get me out of here and I'll take you on a date," Summer said.
"Deal," Ashlyn said.
Ashlyn walked back out to the stairs and made it back down to the fifth floor.
"Let's take one floor at the time. Someone stay behind at all time to keep an eye on the halls while the other two search every room thoroughly," Seth said.
Ashlyn made it over to the elevator and pressed the button before sprinting back to the stairs and back up to the attic.
