Last Kiss

Drake was being rather sulky about the fact that we lost the daycare. I tried to get him out of this mood, but nothing worked with him. Finally, I gave up and began wandering through the house we were 'staying' in for a little while. It was small, right across from the plaza, and practically empty apart from the animal head decor. Whoever lived here before the FAYZ must've been a hunter, because in a separate room there were guns hanging on the walls.

I smiled lightly as I thought that this would cheer Drake up considerably.

Running back into the living room, I jumped onto the couch he was sitting on, and pushed him onto his back. I smirked at him when he shot me a glare. "Oh come on, Mr. Sulky Pants. I have something to show you."

"Jessica, I'm not in the mood," he began as he tried to get up, but I pushed him back down. Towering over him with the same smirk, I leaned down and brushed my lips against his.

"I promise you'll like what you see," I said softly as I pulled back. I jumped off him, grabbed him by his left arm, and began dragging him towards what I guessed was the den/office. When we reached the door to the room, I turned to him and said, "Now, close your eyes. It's a surprise."

"I don't like surprises." Drake narrowed his eyes at me, causing me to roll mine. Knowing there was no other way of doing this I put my hand over his eyes, kicked open the door, and pulled him in. Once in, I removed my hand. I smiled at his dazed expression. "Tada! Do you like it?"

I watched Drake look at the guns in awe before finally answering, "Like it? I think I'm in love." That comment received an indignant 'Hey!' from me, but I sat back as I watched him turn from pouty back to the Drake Merwin I knew and loved.

However, after a while I began to wonder if he had forgotten about my existence in the room. After a few more minutes of watching him hold, fondle, and grin like a maniac, I decided he did forget about me.

I thought to myself that maybe I could sneak off and get some shuteye; after all, there had to be a bed in this house among all the animal heads.

Yet, as I was heading on out, I felt that strong tentacle thing wrap around my waist bringing me back to its master. I rolled my eyes at Drake, who was still looking at the gun in his left hand. Still not looking at me, he asked, "Where are you going? Don't you wanna see this amazing gun collection with me?"

"Honestly?" I asked in response. "No…Drake, you know my fascination lies within knives. Guns have no place in my heart."

"I really need to change that attitude of yours," he sighed as he finally looked down at me. I smiled at him before leaning up to place a kiss on his lips. However, Drake wouldn't let me pull away as the kiss went from soft to violent; after all, Drake wasn't known for his softness.

However, we did part when we heard a howl pierce the quiet night. Exchanging looks, we both knew what it meant. A devil grin spread on his face, which I knew meant hell for just about everyone out there. Yet, his grin turned into a frown as we ran to the front door.

I felt the whip on my arm, pulling me away from the door. Drake shook his head with a sigh. "Jessica, you can't go."

"Drake, we already discussed this," I said, irritated at him for bringing it up again. Looking him in the eye, I said with strong determination, "I'm going to fight."

"No, you were just going to be part of the plan." He narrowed his eyes at me, the frown deepening on his face. "Your part is over."

For a moment, my willpower faltered. I wanted to stay here, safe in this house, and away from the fighting. Nevertheless, I couldn't do that; I had to be out there next to Drake, fighting, even if it was against my own town. There was no other choice for me in my mind. I had to be out there with him.

"Drake, I'm not letting you fight this alone. I'm already knee deep in this shit. Let me finish it," I said as I got out of his grip. The frown was still there, causing me to smile sadly. I leaned in, giving him a short kiss.

Pulling away, I sighed, "I'll always be by your side, Drake. Now, let's go get back control."

And we both go down together
We'd stay there forever
Just try to get up
And I'm sorry
This wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
And never let go

Chaos and screams filled with pain and misery sliced through the dark night sky. It was all around me when I stepped out the front door. I flinched at the sight of the coyotes attacking everything and anything that moved.

Drake was right by my side with that devil grin on his face as his cold gray eyes took in the sight. However, a monstrous thing that couldn't possibly be Orc, distracted him. Then again, in the FAYZ, anything and everything was possible. Angrily, Drake raised his whip hand and began beating the non-human thing, which simply sent punches that landed nowhere near Drake.

At first, all I could do was watch the two battle each other, both of them equally matched in strength. I just couldn't tear my eyes away from the scene until I felt something whiz right past my left ear. My eyes snapped to a kid, just a kid that couldn't be older than eleven or twelve, who was holding a machine gun and shooting wildly at Drake and me.

I couldn't think anymore. I had to do something if I wanted to protect Drake and live. Quickly, I dived to the ground as he came closer and his shots wilder. With one swift movement, I grabbed the gun, turned it into a blade, and before I knew it, I plunged it deep into his gut.

A spray of blood coated my body.

I was covered blood; some of it mine, but a lot of it belonged to the dead kid on the ground. That black blade I created protruded out of his stomach; it was a large blade, almost as big as machete, and looked very useful for battle such as this.

Swallowing back the vile creeping up my throat, I grabbed the blade and pulled it out. At first, I didn't have a proper grip on it because of all the blood, but eventually I got a good grip. I raised it high into the air, ready to attack my next opponent.

That feeling was rushing throughout my body once again; I hated the feeling, yet, it was keeping me alive. However, I didn't have time to think about it anymore when I heard a growl from behind me. Apparently, the coyotes were simply attacking everyone, whether they were friend or foe.

Then again, I never was fond of the coyotes. I raised my blade with a smirk and ran forward. The coyote bared its teeth at me before lunging in for the kill, or so it thought.

I stepped sideways, letting it pass me before turning around, and plunged my blade right into its back. It let out a painful howl as I drove my blade deeper, until I heard the sickening crunch of my blade slice through its spine.

Quickly, I pulled my blade out, and began searching for my next opponent. However, I wasn't paying close enough attention as another body slammed against mine.

Well I'm thinking of the worst things
That I could say to you
But a promise doesn't mean a thing anymore
And this never will be right with me
And now you're trying desperately
But I'm tongue tied and terrified of what I'll say

I fell onto the ground, the weight on my chest keeping me from getting up. However, my hand on the blade, I quickly thrust it into the body on top of me. There was a cry of pain as it fell off me, letting me get up to my feet.

Jumping onto my feet, I ran back a little ways as a way of escaping whatever it was. Yet, my vision was blurred slightly from all the excitement and commotion around me. I shook my head, but that only seemed to make it worse.

When my vision did clear up, it was too late. The body slammed against me again, sending me sprawling onto the ground. My head hit something hard, sending sharp pains throughout my body. I laid there gasping for breath, my fingers loosening around my blade as things began to become even hazier. However, I couldn't back down.

No, not yet. Drake was depending on me to by his side; I was supposed to be fighting by his side.

Slowly, I got up to my feet. My left hand went up to my head, but I quickly removed my hand when I felt that wet, sticky substance that was already covering most of my body. However, I didn't have time to dwell on that fact when I heard a growl from behind me. I turned only to meet the cold soulless eyes of my greatest enemy, the main mongrel of the Darkness.

My lips curled back in a snarl. "Pack Leader."

"Female," he snarled back. "No kill us. Same side. We deal."

"Sorry, I don't speak stupid," I sneered, but my vision was becoming hazy once again as I stumbled forward with my blade held high. Pack Leader sensed I was weak; this made him happy as he lunged right at me, sending me tumbling to the ground.

His putrid, hot breath was on my face. Those razor teeth yellowed and bloody were gnashing, and snarling in my face. I tried to lift him off me, but he wouldn't budge. He simply stared at me with his coal black eyes, and then I screamed.

And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
This wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go

Stupid Orc wouldn't just submit to me. I was the one in control here, not him. He was to back down to me; he just had to.

I raised my whip hand and lowered it repeatedly onto his shoulders, but he didn't budge. He simply kept pushing me back by running blindly at me, and sending punches all over the place. It wasn't too hard to dodge his blows; however, no matter how much I whipped him, he wouldn't back down. Neither of us would, even with Howard on the side yelling at me to stop.

Stupid Howard was being useless standing there yelling, though. I wished I could've whipped him, but I had to focus on Orc.

"Drake, come on man," Howard began, but I blocked the rest of his words with my own thoughts.

'Where the hell is Jessica? She should be here to shut Howard up for me,' I growled internally as I raised my whip again; Orc grunted and pushed forward, causing me to jump back to avoid his rock solid fist.

However, when I moved back I tripped over something. I stole a quick glance, only to see a girl lying on the ground in a pool of blood. There was a large chunk of her throat missing, indicating that one of the coyotes got to her. I smiled as I thought, 'Poor bitch didn't stand a chance against them.'

I could see her chest moving slightly; she was still alive, but not for long. The blood was just pouring out of her neck seeping into her clothes and the ground under her. I looked a little closer at her face trying to see if it was anyone I knew. She looked vaguely familiar, but it was hard to tell in the dark with all the blood, dirt, and cuts on her face; however, my focus on her was cut short when I felt the ground tremble under the weight of Orc.

I rolled out of the way of another wild punch, got to my feet, and began whipping him yet again.

I could only sing you sad songs
And you could sing along
And you could see the melody
That's been calling out your wrongs
And this never will be right with me
And now you're trying desperately
But I'm tongue tied and terrified of what I'll say
But I never told you everything
I'm losing hope and fading dreams
And every single memory along the way

Those teeth sunk into the flesh of my throat. Those horrid yellow teeth…I tried gasping for air, but blood came pouring out. Pack Leader towered over me for a few seconds with an evil glint in those cold eyes, before running off to get someone else.

My ears took in all the other screams surrounding me. My body began losing all feeling as that red substance bled out and pooled around my still body. My eyes took in the dark night sky, but the darkness started creep in, dimming everything else around me.

Though, just before the last shudder of breath passed out of my body, someone tripped over me. Then that face loomed over mine.

Drake.

I opened my mouth to say his name, but only a trickle of blood ran down my cheek. Just before the darkness consumed me, I devoured up all his features with my eyes; his cold gray eyes that lit up at sight of the macabre, his sandy blonde hair that I loved to run my fingers through…and his lips that I kissed for the last time.

And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
This wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go

"Drake, just give up!" Diana yelled.

Sam had gotten the best of Caine, but Orc hadn't gotten the best of me just yet. My whip felt like lead every time I brought it up to strike him again, but I couldn't give up. No, not until Diana yelled out those horrid words causing me to freeze mid-hit.

"Drake, just stop," she yelled again, but continued weakly, "We lost… Jessica's dead…we have to go back."

And we both go down together
And stay there forever
Just try to get up

I snapped my eyes to her and snarled, "Don't you dare lie to me, bitch. Jessica's not dead!"

Diana took a step back with her head lowered to the ground. She nodded over to a body a few feet away from her. It was that body I tripped over earlier, but that couldn't be Jessica. I would've recognized her in the first place if it were she…

Would I have recognized her? I was so consumed with thoughts of gaining control over Orc that I hardly gave a second thought to Jessica. If anything, she only crossed my mind once during the whole fight.

My heart began to pound as I ran down the steps of town hall. I ignored the looks from Sam's group and even my own group as I reached the bloody mess.

"No, no, no," I half-growled, half-sobbed as I fell onto my knees into the pool of her blood.

Her large brown eyes stared up at the sky absolutely empty of life. Not even glimmer of life could be found in them. Her lips were parted slightly, but not in a smile or in one of her devilish smirks.

I pulled her lifeless body close to me, shaking her slightly. "Jessica, come on, you damn bitch! Don't you dare do this to me. You were supposed to be fighting by my side. You promised! You can't do this to me!"

Still, no matter how much I screamed at her she wasn't going to come back to life, but I didn't want to believe that. I couldn't believe that. I looked over my shoulder and yelled, "Why are you standing there! Get help! Get that healer bitch, whatever her name is!"

No one moved. They all knew that even the healer girl couldn't heal this. She couldn't bring back someone who was dead. I could feel the looks of pity on my back. I could hear everyone shuffling around unsure of what to do now. My jaw tightened as I stood up. I turned around, and raised my whip, aiming for Caine. It was because of him that Jessica was dead on the ground now.

All. Because. Of. Him.

However, before I could strike him, Sam yelled, "Drake, stop! You can kill him when you get back to Coates, but get out of our town. Take Jessica with you, or leave her here so we can bury her."

"But she was a traitor!" Brianna cried angrily. Sam, however, didn't look at her, but directly at me. My lips curled back in a snarl, but my whip hand lowered when I saw that we were defeated for today. Sam's group outnumbered us, and even though I wanted to prove that I was the stronger one, I didn't.

I turned my back to everyone, picked up Jessica, and started heading back to Coates. I could've used a car, but there was no way I would've been able to sit in the same car as Caine and not strangle him with my whip hand.

As I walked up the street in the pure dark night, I looked down at Jessica for a few moments. I shook my head, and whispered softly, "I wasn't able to catch you…I wasn't able to catch you…"

And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
This wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go

THE END

...I do not own Gone or the song by Mayday Parade

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