I don't own anything...just the group of friends.

Chapter 3

"I still can't believe all 8 tires popped. How does that happen?" Jay started to say as he started to take the tires off of his truck.

"At least we still have a use for them." Aiden said pointing to the girls. They had the tires sitting in a circle and then a fire pit in the middle.

"Well look at them go." Jay smiled. Him and Aiden finished taking the wheels off of his truck and filled in the spaces between the other tires. "So now what do we do?" Jay said sitting on one of the tires.

"Well it will take forever to get back to that store." Kris said before they heard an explosion. They all looked to see a cloud of smoke head into the air. "Does anybody have service?" She said looking at her cell phone. Everyone looked at theirs and they all shook their heads.

"Why don't we just set up the tents and we will figure something out in the morning? The sun is going down and I'm starting to get hungry." Stephanie said poking the small fire.

"Sounds like a plan. Ladies can cook the dinner and the men can put the tents up." Jay said standing up and headed towards the truck. Kris followed and grabbed the cooler of food. She brought it back to the fire. Within an hour the tents were set up and the group sat around the fire eating.

"Ok, so it's Jay and Aiden in one tent; Kris and I in another tent; Eddie and Dylan in another one; Joyce and Brian in a tent; and Billy and Carlos in a tent." Stephanie said to everyone.

"Why the hell do I get stuck with Billy?" Carlos said.

"What did I ever do to you man?"

"I'm afraid you're going to roll over me when I'm asleep." Carlos said laughing. Everyone started cracking up besides Billy.

"That's not funny." He said under his breath.

"Ok anyways, no one travels alone got it?" Kris said in a serious voice.

"Why the hell not?" Eddie said taking a bite out of some steak.

"Because if you were to go off on your own and get hurt, there's no way for you to contact us."

"We can scream." Dylan said.

"You can, but who says we'll be listening?" Dylan pointed to Kris with a chicken leg.

"Touché." Kris smiled at him and she took a sip of water.

"See guys we are in the desert, and sometimes the sun and all the heat that's out here isn't very nice. This bitch likes to play tricks on you."

"Wow did you go all the way to Iraq to figure that out?" Joyce asked.

"Would you like to get punched again?" Stephanie asked.

"No."

"Then shut the fuck up." Stephanie said and Joyce rolled her eyes.

"No Joyce I didn't go to Iraq to play school. I went to Iraq to serve my country because terrorist killed millions of innocent people in 3 states. I went to Iraq to do a duty for those people to make sure people like you stay safe. What have you done for your country?" Kris asked looking at her. Joyce just sat there. "Oh that's right, nothing. All you do is complain about your life and how much you're depressed. Look at your boyfriend, that's why you're depressed." Kris placed her plate on the ground and walked away. She climbed up a small little hill and sat down. Stephanie followed her and sat next to her.

"You know that I blame myself for what happened over there?"

"Kris you can't do that. You didn't know that it was going to happen."

"We should have stayed behind that truck. I should have told her I wasn't ready."

"Listen what happened, happened. You have got to move on from it. I understand you lost a friend, we all did. Amanda was a great person, didn't marry smart, but still a great person." Kris laughed at her joke. "You got Jay, Eddie, Dylan, Carlos and I. We came on this trip for you, plus you have a sexy British gentleman here who can't stop talking about you." Stephanie said raising her head with pride.

"I've only known him for a day Steph."

"Yeah well, sometimes that's all it takes. Now come on we have Jack and Jaeger and the Kris I know never turns that shit down." Kris smiled and they both headed back down to the group where a party had already started. They all sat around the campfire drinking alcohol. Carlos was the first to fall asleep. They started to play drinking games to pass the time.

"Alright, I'm off to bed." Eddie said getting up and heading towards the tent.

"I'm coming with you honey. I swear no homo guys!" Dylan said in a girly voice and followed Eddie into their tent. The remaining besides Stephanie laughed. Kris got up and stretched.

"I have got to use the bathroom." She looked at Stephanie to see her sleeping. "So who would be a doll and come with me?" Jay looked at Aiden and jerked his head towards Kris.

"I'll go." Aiden said standing up from his seat. Kris smiled and started to head to a secluded area. Billy jumped up, or what he thought was jumping, and ran to them.

"Kris maybe someone who you trust a little more should go with you." Kris looked at him and then looked at Aiden. She looked back at Billy.

"You are so right Billy. What was I thinking, thank you so much for telling me that." Billy smiled and shrugged towards Aiden. "Come on Aiden before I piss my pants." Kris started walking again. Jay started laughing. Billy looked at him and then looked at Aiden. He was wearing a proud smirk and followed Kris. When they were gone, Steph and Jay jumped up and ran to their tents. Jay put all his stuff into Steph's tent and placed Kris's bag outside of it. Jay ran over to where Aiden was standing.

"Hey I'm gonna stay with Steph tonight is that cool?" He said to Aiden. Aiden went to say something but Jay cut him off. "Awesome man thanks so much." He ran off back towards the tent. He literally jumped onto the air mattress next to Stephanie.

"Are we good?" She said looking at him.

"Of course." Jay said with a wide smile. Stephanie smiled and they started their fun night. Kris came out from behind the rock.

"Ok I think its nap time." She said starting to walk back towards camp.

"There might be a slight change in the rooming." Aiden said following her. They came to a stop in front of what used to be her tent.

"Thrown out of my own home by my two besties. What is this shit?" She said picking her bag up. She started to head towards the truck.

"Well I've got room in my tent if you want to bunk up." Aiden said following her. Kris turned to him and looked confused. "Bunk up back home that means…"

"Yeah I know what it means ha-ha. I just haven't heard it in a long time." She said walking back to the tent. Aiden smiled and followed her.

"Alright guys I'm going to bed I'll see you tomorrow." Billy said getting up from the fire.

"Yeah night man." Brian said watching him get into the tent. "Hey you wanna have some fun?" Brian asked Joyce.

"What do you mean by fun?" She said before giving him a quick kiss.

"The same thing your thinking." They both got up and Brian pulled her towards some distant hills.

Kris sat on the floor of the tent while Aiden was on his air mattress.

"You take the bed and I'll lay on the ground." Aiden said moving himself off the bed. Kris waved her hand in front of him.

"No that's not fair at all. I'm doing this to make them feel bad."

"I'm not allowing you to sleep on the ground."

"I'm not allowing you to give up your bed." She said mimicking him. He smiled at her.

"The bed is big enough we can share." Aiden said showing the bed off like a sales person. Kris looked at him and smiled.

"I guess that can work. I'm gonna go get changed." She said grabbing clothes and she started to head out of the tent.

"I'll get out." He grabbed some clothes and got out of the tent. He noticed that no one was sitting by the fire. He quickly got changed and put the fire out and headed back to the tent.

"Ok you can come back in." Kris said unzipping the tent. Aiden went in and zip the tent up. "What side do you want?" Kris asked. Aiden turned to her.

"It doesn't really matter to me." He looked at Kris.

"Pick a side ha-ha."

"Fine, I'll sleep near the tent wall." He said jumping on the mattress. Kris climbed onto the mattress and noticed it wasn't big.

"You are such a liar."

"I wasn't allowing you to sleep on the ground. Now that you're here, you're staying." Aiden said smiling. He put his head down on the pillow. Kris rolled her eyes and realized she didn't have a pillow.

"Those fuckers have my camping shit still." Kris said. She just sat there until she figured out why this was happening. "Those assholes." She said smiling.

"You can use my pillow if you want."Aiden said handing her his pillow.

"No I'm just going to use you. I don't even have a blanket." She said laying her head on his chest. She grabbed the blanket and covered them in it. She cuddled up next to him.

"Well I'm not complaining." He said smiling. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"It might be a little personal so if you don't want to answer I understand. I've noticed that you wipe your face and hands when nothing is wrong with them. How come?" They sat in silence for a little bit. "Alright to personal."

"I held Amanda when she died. There was blood everywhere including my hands. All I did was sit there and look at my hands when an Al Qaeda soldier lifted his gun to my head. Everything just slowed down as I watched his trigger finger. The next thing I heard was a gunshot. I looked at the soldier and saw him fall to the ground. Another soldier in my squad had shot him from behind. I wiped my hands off and touched my face to feel blood all over it. I guess when I do it now; it's my way of trying to forget it."

"It wasn't easy over there was it?"

"No killing people that I didn't even know if they deserved to die. They just could have been at the wrong place at the wrong time."

"So you're a very dangerous lady aren't ya?" Aiden said trying to change the subject. Kris started laughing.

"I know how to use a gun and I know how to kill somebody."

"I guess I've got to watch myself then." He said smiling.

"Your fine, don't worry. Brian or Billy would be dead way before you would." They both started laughing.

"Don't you think we should have stayed at camp?" Joyce said being pulled by Brian.

"Why so they can all get pissed at us? I don't think so. I rather be totally alone." He said swinging her around and she sat on a rock. She smiled as Brian started to kiss her. He started to climb on top of her while she lowered herself on the boulder. He started to untie her corset when she started to unbuckle his pants. He quickly moved away from her lips down to her neck and she let a soft moan. She opened her eyes and started screaming. Brian stood up and felt something sharp go through him. He looked down to see what looked like an end of an ax sticking out of his stomach. Blood sprayed out from the wound.

"Oh my fucking God!" Joyce screamed out. Brian looked at her and saw that she was trying to wipe his blood off of her. He heard somebody laughing and he turned his head. He stared into the eyes of a monster. The guy was way taller than him but his face was distorted. Over his right eye was a red boil that was pussing. His right eye was way lower than the left and he didn't have much teeth. His head was misshapen and his skin was scaly. He had a slight hump to his back and he was dressed in all black. The creature raised the ax up off the ground and threw Brian into a rock. Brian's head banged up against the rock and blood started to pour out.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Joyce screamed out. She quickly got up from the rock and started to run away. Another man ran and tackled her to the ground. She tried to fight him but he soon punched her. Joyce's face jerked to the left and she was motionless. In a daze she looked up at the man on top of her. He was shorter than the other man and he too had a distorted face. He looked like his skin was burned by something giving him a lizard look. Skin was peeling off of his nose showing some exposure to bone. His upper lip was deformed. In the middle on the top lip, there was no skin, and his gum was showing with burnt skin. That to was pussing and weird things fell from it.

"WOOOOOOOO!" He screamed out like a wolf. Joyce began to get full conscious back when she began to fight the guy again.

"Get the fuck off of me!" She screamed out. She kept moving her legs around as he touched her. She soon brought her knee up and hit him in the groin.

"You stupid bitch!" He said falling off of her. She quickly got up and started to run. The bigger guy followed her. She tripped over her feet and fell to the ground. The big guy grabbed her by the ankle and started to pull her back. She used her free leg and started to kick the leg of her capture. Each kick got harder until she heard a snap.

"AHH!" The guy yelled out. Joyce lifted her head off the ground to notice the guy's leg was bent the wrong way. Bone was tearing through his skin and made a hole in his pants. She jumped up and began to run. The big guy started to chase her again.

"No, let her go. We will get that bitch later. Take care of him now!" The smaller one said as the other guy stopped and looked at Brian. He was sitting up against a boulder blood covered his body. The big guy picked up his ax and stood in front of Brian. Brian slowly looked up at him coughing up blood. The guy swung the ax and hit bone. Brian slid to the ground with a huge bloody ax sticking out of his head.

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