So Um.. This is another chapter. Again thank you for sticking to this story. Honestly i thing this is the worst chapter i have ever made. tell me what you think. ;)

Chapter 18

TOM POV

Words couldn't explain how happy and relief I was when I saw Georg. Cloe's words almost got to me, but his appearance proved her wrong. I was so thankful. But then I realized something, my smile stretched down to a frown.

"Georg! Get outta here!" I cried.

"What?"

"Go back! You shouldn't be here!"

"What are you saying?" Darn it Goerg! It's not the time to be asking questions! Get outta here or you'll be killed! I screamed in my head. I saw the bushes around us moving. I heard a snap. I feared it might be too late, so I cried his name to warn him. "Georg!"

GEORG POV

Something was wrong with Tom. He kept yelling at me trying to keep me away from something. I knew it wasn't a joke. His face showed everything. Tom warned me for the last time and I turned around and saw something coming my way. I shielded my face with my arms but the expected never came. I heard a loud clank instead.

"He told you to leave, why didn't you?" Noelle screamed at me. Then, people with guns came out one by one, surrounding us.

"Okay guys, I think this is a good time for us to scram" Noelle said loud enough for us to hear. "maybe it'll be better if we split up" she continued.

"No. No more splitting up" Tom said sternly.

"Hey, stop talking!" one of the men yelled at us. Noelle grinned slightly. That meant bad news. With a split of a second, Noelle ran and launched her fist right into his nose. She had quick reflexes. He tried to shoot but Noelle grabbed his gun and swung him away forcing him to hit his alibi and hit the ground. Both of the men groaned. "Get outta here dimwits while you still can!" she yelled at us.

"What about you?"

"Don't worry about me. Get the girl and go! I'll find ya!" she replied while encountering attacks. Tom grabbed my shoulder and urged me to go. Cloe was on his shoulders and we ran. I wasn't confident if we were safe. And naturally, I spoke too soon. One of them followed us and was shooting at us. We kept on running then he appeared in front of us. He aimed the gun at us and said "Put the girl down and nobody gets hurt". My eyebrows furrowed. What does he want with Cloe? I turned to Tom; he looked as confused as me.

"And if we don't?" Tom asked. Immediately, the guy fired. Stupid thing to say Tom! I mentally screamed. Why did he have to be such an idiot at these times? We ran again. I heard footsteps and a lot of shouting. Great, he brought his friends and now our lives are in jeopardy! We stopped and hid behind a tree. We were panting. Tom looked like he was about to faint.

"Psst.. Tom, you okay?" I whispered to him.

"Gee, running for our lives with an extra weight on my shoulders, why wouldn't I be" he replied sarcastically.

"Here let me take her" I offered. I lifted Cloe off his shoulders. Whoa, Cloe was heavy. No blaming Tom that's for sure. I put her on my back and made sure she was secured and safe. Tom peeked out and put his head back in. he put his finger on his lips and I understood. We stayed really quiet when we heard voices.

"Dang it, where did they go?"

"Let's split up. You go that way and I go this way." There were footsteps, careful footsteps then it was silent. My heart was popping out of my chest. I was praying that neither of them would find us. I leaned against the tree trunk and almost slipped. I almost dropped Cloe and cursed in my head. I made the dried leaves under me crumple. Damn, I gave away our position!

Tom signaled me to shut up and peeked out side again. Tom nodded his head which meant the coast is clear. Tom mouthed the word 'now' and we jumped and ran as far as our legs can carry us. We didn't stop. We went through every obstacle that was ahead of us. We desperately needed to get to safety. My thighs were burning and I was out of breath. I took the wrong step and Tom and I fell into something. I landed onto something hard and Cloe safely landed on my back. Tom landed beside me.

"Where are we?" I asked when we got on our feet.

"I have no idea but I think there's a tunnel there. Look" Tom pointed at an area that was darker than the rest.

"Should we go?"

"I don't have anything that could light our way." There was a moment of pause. Then Tom jumped and screamed in surprise and made me jumped too. "Shhh! They'll find us!" a voice said.

"Who are you?" she turned on the light and flashed at her face. It was Noelle. "Come on, follow me" we followed her into the tunnel. Noelle showed the way. The wall of the tunnel was man-made but nothing was supporting the walls. It kind of occurred to me that it was going to fall and burry us alive in here. Noelle, Tom and I stayed silent. None of us talked nor made noises. We were at the end of the tunnel then Noelle started climbing a ladder that was invisible in my eyes until now.

I climbed the ladder step by step carefully so that Cloe won't fall. Tom helped by giving me a boost. When we reached the top, Noelle took Cloe off my shoulders and I felt lighter and easier to breathe. I helped Tom up. Noelle turned a switch and the whole place was lighted. We were in a cabin but there were no windows. "There aren't any windows in here" I said.

"That's because we're underground" Noelle said.

"Woah. But what about breathing?"

"There's an oxygen tank connected to the air vent. I only use it when I'm in here" Noelle explained while putting Cloe on a sofa bed. "What's this staircase for?" Tom asked. "Why don't you go and see for yourself"

"Sure" with that, he climbed up the steps and called out from above. "WHOA! Georg get up here!" as I climbed up the steps I heard Noelle snickering "ametures" she said. When I got up, everything was dark. I couldn't see a thing. What was so whoa about a dark room? I traced my fingers along the walls and found an object that felt like a switch. I turned the knob and the room lit up. My eyes widened. A long the walls, there were guns hung up. There was a huge table in the middle of the room. On it, there're a bunch of high-tech machine guns you see in movies.

"Don't move" I felt someone tap my shoulder. "Don't move. Put your hands up" my heart skipped a beat. I did as I was told. "If you scream, I'll shoot" he threatened. I was breaking a sweat. "Now turn around" he told me. I gulped and turned my body slowly trying not to make a sound. "BANG!" Tom scared me.

"Oh sheez, Tom! Don't give me a heart attack!" I scowled. He snickered. "Be careful with that! Don't hurt yourself!"

"Relax, these things aren't loaded"

"And you are a gun expert now?"

"No, this is just a shell. See?" he showed me the 'shell' and it happened to be true. I rolled my eyes at him and he snickered again.

Casey's POV

"Are we there yet?" I heard a whine from Bill. It's the tenth time for the past minute and it's getting really annoying. It's almost dusk and we've been walking for the whole day. We need to find a place for us to camp.

"Hey Casey" Bill called.

"Yes Bill?"

"Are we there yet?"

"Ugh. Would you just shut up! We'll get there when we get there!" Gustav that was silent for a moment burst out showing his annoyance towards the Whiner (Bill).

"Okay sorry, No need to go all out on tantrum. Sheesh"

"Well he wouldn't have, if you hadn't been so annoying"

"Why wouldn't I be? I'm so tired. I want to rest"

"You're not the only one Bill. We are all tired okay?"

"Can I have some water?"

"Sigh. Okay, here but save some for the rest of us" I said handing over a bottle of water to him. He drank with satisfaction. His face shows it all. I looked up at the sky. It's yellowish-orange. Meaning that the sun is setting and we need to find a place fast to avoid attraction from wild animals at night.

"Come on guys, let's go before we lose light" I urged them. We walked on again. Suddenly, I hear a cry. "What was that?" I turned around to find that Bill was missing. "Where's Bill?"

"I dunno. He was just behind me" Gustav's panicking. I'm panicking too. I saw movements in between the trees. We stayed closed to each other. "What's happening?" Gustav whispers to me.

"Take the Taser in my pocket" I whisper back to him. "Whenever, whatever or whoever is going to attack, push the button and electroshock them" I explain to him. He nods understandingly. There were more movements. I'm ready with my gun. Then, something cut the air between us. It was an arrow. More and more arrows are flying at us. I pushed Gustav out of the way and dodge those speeding arrows. I was a second to late and an arrow hit my shoulder and another hit my leg. I fall to the ground and groan in pain. It takes all my strength and will power to pull the arrow out of my body.

"Casey, look out!" Gustav cried. A man charge towards me and he's ready to attack. Luckily, Gustav's fast. He blocked me and use the Taser to electrocute him. Very heroic. I had a sudden flash of a Hercules movie scene.

Then, more men came. We're surrounded. I felt myself being stabbed. I heard a 'thud'. Gustav has gone down. My visions are slowly fading. My body went limb and everything became blank.