Well, its morning now and Rima's scared as hell. She hates that we aren't all together anymore, although she's glad she has me, at least for now. One of us has to die, and she knows that, now at least. We trek through the forest for half of the day. It's about noon when we come across something quite… unpleasant. It's Jacob. He's dead. And whoever did it was very theatrical. Let's just say, he didn't just get stabbed and die, he got stabbed repeatedly and his right arm was broken. We didn't go anywhere for a while, just stood there staring at him. It was one of those things like, you need to look away but you just can't. After a few minutes I heard a rustling in the bushes nearby. I pull out my knife and get Rima behind me. And the bushes part to reveal Leo. He doesn't look hostile, he just looks sad. When he see's us, he walks up next to me to look at Jacob.
"Who did that?" he asks. I shrug.
"Don't know. Whoever it was though went a little over the top." He nods, and I turn to look at him.
"What are you doing here?" I ask.
"I just came across you guys."
"No, I mean, why are you still here? I made it clear we're not going to team up again."
"Well, I know you're not going to try to kill me, so we might as well stay together for now." That's when we hear the scream.
We hear two cannons as we run. Eventually, we come across a clearing where we see two things. The first is Taylor lying dead with an arrow in her back. The other is Carson and Ally. Carson has a knife in his hand and is stabbing away at a shrieking Ally. My guess is Ally killed Taylor and Carson didn't take in lightly. He could have just killed Ally and left, but no, he had to get revenge. He was making sure not to kill Ally, but to basically torture her, and then kill her. Even though I would want to get even for Taylor as well, no one deserved this.
"Hey!" I yelled. Carson stopped for a second to look up, and then went back to stabbing her. I ran over to them.
"What the hell is this?" I ask. Carson stops, breathing heavily. Ally is lying on her back bleeding like crazy. She looks at me desperately.
"She killed Taylor," says Carson, "and now she's paying for it." His arms and shirt are covered in blood, presumably Ally's. Ally is, wow. Carson is pretty angry. Not even Ally should have to go through something like this. Carson looks away from us and stabs Ally again, who screams in pain again. It doesn't look like he's going to stop until she's dead. She'll probably bleed to death first. I can't take it anymore. I have to help her.
"Carson! Stop!" I yell, grabbing his arm and yanking him off of Ally. The knife drops out of his hand onto the ground. He turns towards me and tries to push me off, but I have my own knife in my hand, and I plunger it into his stomach. He gasps in shock and pain, and falls to the ground. We hear the cannon fire. He's dead. Five left. Ally is breathing even heavier than Carson was. I sigh and turn around. Leo is nodding. Rima is staring at the scene in front of her in sheer terror. I realize how this must've looked to her. I go over to where there are two backpacks lying. I quickly sort out the supplies and throw a bag to Leo. The other I take for me and Rima. Left on the ground is a canister half full of water, a granola bar, and some pain reliving medicine. Ally has now struggled into a sitting position. I turn to her.
"Take that and go, alright? And don't follow us." I turn away and am about to leave when I feel s sharp pain in my shoulder. Ally had thrown the knife at me, but missed her target obviously. My shoulder started bleeding and I pulled out the knife, dropping it on the ground. Rima yells my name and then runs to me. I expect her to help me, but instead she grabs the knife and throws it straight at Ally. It hits home, digging into her stomach. Ally jerks and gasps. That's how we leave her. Rima and I start to walk away, me clutching my shoulder in pain. Leo runs to follow us.
"Leo," I say through gritted teeth, "go away. I told you you're not joining us." He sighs.
"Well, I suppose it's for the best. In that case-" I see a flash of metal as he pulls his axe out of his belt where it had been hidden this whole time. He slashed out at Rima, who jumps backwards, making him miss. I don't hesitate to grab my own knife and thrust it into his chest. He falls to the ground, and I kneel next to him.
"Sorry." Is all I say. He smiles.
"Kady…"
"Yes?"
"Have you not figured it out yet?" he asks weakly. I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion.
"I think I'm in love with you." And he dies. The cannon fires and I sigh. I stand up and go over to Rima, and we walk away. Only Emma left. But what happens when we kill her?