Rosario Green Student No. 9 unwrapped a chocolate bar as she stood in the doorway of the small doctor's surgery. Her deep maroon hair was flailing in the afternoon wind, her green eyes gazing up at the sky.
"Evelyn, we should take shelter somewhere else. This place is the pits and there's a storm coming." Rosario murmured, taking a bite of her bar. She could feel her packet of cigarettes burning in her pocket, calling out for her to smoke one.
In a minute, she thought to herself, gripping the bulge of cigarettes.
Evelyn came up behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder, smiling. Rosario Green, Evelyn Ladel and Alesha Parkers were a trio of friends and though they worked as violent team, they deeply loved each other as close friends. They never used each other and people often mistook Alesha and Evelyn as followers for Rosario, tagging onto to her because she was strong and intelligent with a bunch of muscle.
"You're right Rose, I'll take a look at the map." Evelyn said, wandering back to the table. Alesha stumbled out of the toilets smiling.
"Of all days I had to start today." laughed Alesha, Evelyn laughing with her.
"That's actually really typical." Evelyn said, tracing her finger along the coordinates. Rosario didn't respond, she seemed distant in thought. She always went off in these philosophical moods, thinking too deeply about an emotive subject, especially if she was placed in an emotive situation. Alex Yagami did cross her mind a few times in her deep moment; she wondered whether he was alright, what he was up to. Whether he was still alive.
Evelyn had noticed Rosario's mood but didn't bother asking what was wrong, she could tell that the stresses of this game was even too much for the toughest girl in school. She knew, as a closest friend, that Rosario may seem tough but she's the most fragile person deep down.
"There is a tree house not too far from here, it would take about an hours walk." said Evelyn, sitting herself down on the table. Alesha copied.
Rosario reached into her pocket and pulled out a cigarette, lit it and inhaled a need gauge of nicotine. She didn't answer Evelyn at first, she wanted to finish thinking.
"Um, Rose?" Evelyn whispered.
"Don't you wonder?" said Rosario, her voice silky smooth with a little rasp in her tone.
"Wonder what?" questioned Evelyn.
"There is something about this game that poses the question of karma. Do I deserve this after all the violence I have inflicted upon others?" whispered Rosario, taking another drag of her cigarette.
"No of course not, those kids deserve it!" Alesha shouted, thumping her fist on the table, Evelyn placed a hand on Alesha's to calm her down. She knew Rosario had a point.
"Does anybody deserve pain even if they have inflicted it themselves to deserve the consequences?" Rosario asked again, beginning to hoist a bag around her back, "Storms coming in, we should move to the tree house."
Rosario stepped outside and pulled her hood up, shadowing her face. Evelyn and Alesha grabbed their things and followed, each holding their weapons in their hands. Evelyn grasped a machete while Alesha held a kitchen knife. Rosario's weapon was still concealed, she didn't want to look at it yet, she knew it would be a good one and would only be tempted by her violent desires to use it.
Half an hour passed they were still quiet, not one of them saying a word to each other, apart from Alesha who would add a small quip now and again, trying to get a conversation going. You could tell she was pretending this situation wasn't happening, escaping reality.
"Do you hear that?" whispered Evelyn, stopping in her tracks. Rosario halted and turned to Evelyn, not feeling that scared whether she heard anything or not. Alesha knelt on the floor; she had seen something in between the grass.
"Footprints…" murmured Alesha, analyzing them, "Girls shoes and the footprints are warm."
Evelyn looked around her, the sound of rustling beginning to fill the air. She could hear footsteps pattering on the wet ground. Rosario moved behind a tree and lent herself against it for protection. She looked side to side, flashes of silver and rustling becoming increasingly louder.
"Be on your guard." Rosario commanded, reaching into her bag. She didn't want to use her weapon at all but she knew that this was the time to protect her keep. As the bag opened, a grenade and an AK-47 fell into her grasp. She was stunned that she had been given such weapons. Rosario pulled out the AK-47 and pointed it upwards, gazing at the detail.
"Well well well, if it isn't Rosario Green!" shouted a familiar voice. Rosario shot a glance to her right, only to see Amelia Brown Student No. 1 and Patrisha Lowe Student No. 16 glaring at her with malicious smiles on their faces, both of them carrying axes.
"Don't move an inch bitch, you're gonna die!" Amelia spat, moving forward with her axe. It was obvious Amelia hadn't noticed the AK-47 in Rosario's hand.
"Rosario!" screamed Evelyn, leaping forward in front of her friend, "Fuck you, and don't move any closer to Rosario. If you want her, you have to get through me first."
Amelia threw her head back with laughter.
"Shut it Evelyn, you know what we're capable of. I'm sick of our half-violent fights at school, now we can fully express our hatred for each other!" exclaimed Amelia, grinning even wider. Patrisha stepped forward and shifted behind a tree.
"She's got a gun Amelia, be careful girl." whispered Patrisha.
"Oh has she now!" laughed Amelia, spinning her axe around, "Has pretty little Rosario got a gun hiding behind there huh?"
Evelyn glared at the pair of them, raising her machete a little.
"Move an inch closer and I'll slice your head off." hissed Evelyn, the sun shining on her machete. Alesha had already moved into her position beside Evelyn, completely blocking out Rosario from harms way.
"I don't think that's quite true is it now darls?" said Amelia in a sickly sweet tone and with no hesitation, she leapt forward with her axe and lunged low. Evelyn sliced
her machete down and blocked the axe, their blades clashing. Evelyn pushed herself into Amelia, toppling her to the floor. Amelia hoisted herself to a stance and launched the axe straight at Rosario, as it traveled through the air, Rosario ducked and aimed her AK-47 at Amelia's head and shot three bullets into her brain. She stumbled forward, blood pouring from her head.
"Bitch…" Amelia whispered, and she fell to the floor, her heart coming to an abrupt halt. Patrisha screamed and ran forward with her axe, she grabbed Amelia's on the way and spun-kicked Alesha in the face, knocking her clean out onto the floor. She dropped one axe and grabbed Alesha's knife and spun it around her waist with ease. Evelyn raised her machete and spun it straight into Alesha's axe, slicing through the wood, the axe blade falling to the floor. With another brutal blow, Evelyn ducked beneath Alesha' knife slicing movements and drove the blade straight through her arm, slicing it clean off. Alesha howled in pain and dropped her weapon, and her arm. Blood began to shoot out of the broken nerves and joint, falling back on the floor beside Amelia, blood seeping into their clothes, rolling around in horrendous pain. Rosario's eyes widened, she had never seen something so violent close up like this, it made her feel sick.
"End it now." hissed Rosario, thrusting her gun to Evelyn whom snatched it quickly off her.
"As you wish." Evelyn murmured and aimed the gun at Patrisha's heart.
"No! No! No!" screamed Patrisha, more blood spurting out of her severe injuries. Evelyn pulled the trigger and shot perfectly into Patrisha's heart, killing her instantly. The howls and screams came to a hush and all was silent in the area. Evelyn dropped the gun and threw herself onto Alesha, attending to her immediately. Rosario however, remained stunned and silent leant against the tree, her eyes boring into Amelia's and Patrisha's.
"We need to move out of the area now; this incident would have attracted a lot of attention if anyone had been in the area." Evelyn said quickly, hoisting Alesha over her shoulder. Rosario nodded and grabbed her things and it a few minutes; they had left the area, sprinting towards the tree house in D9, wondering what else they will stumble upon…
20 Students Remain.