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Nick busted in the door to the police office down the road from the church and gas station and looked around; the lights were on revealing the frozen faces of wax figures.

There were two officers standing in a corner, 'talking' to one another while one held a cup of coffee the other was using his hands to describe his story. There was also a single officer standing behind the reception desk directing a civilian down a hall to the left of them.

Carly gasped and looked away, tightening her grip around Wade who returned the gesture by squeezing her shoulder with his good hand.

Nick was taking lead since he had both hands free, while Carly was helped Wade walk. They had assumed their usual positions, with Wade's right arm around her shoulders, and her left arm wrapped around his waist.

Wade was growing more and weaker with fatigue from both blood loss and the pain he had to fight through.

"This way" Nick muttered as he turned into a hall to their left, the hall the officer was pointing to.

Carly and Wade were about to take a step when his legs buckled under him. "Wade!" She cried as the two of them fell to the floor.

Nick whipped around and ran back to them, to find Carly kneeling on the floor holding Wade's shaking body in her arms. "What happened?" He asked as he crouched next to them.

"I dunno!" She said panicked; brushing his hair back.

Wade looked at Nick desperately, Nick felt chills run up his arms and neck as he looked into his eyes. He looked so weak and empty, it was scary to see anybody like this but to see his friend like this was more so. "We gotta do something." He whispered.

Carly looked over to Nick her eyes glistened with tears. "But what?"

Nick looked up at Carly then over his shoulder into the hallway behind them. "We find the infirmary and get him some epinephrine maybe some antibiotics." He said as he looked back down at Wade's pale face, it wasn't helping that he didn't have any eyebrows, which just added to the morbid-ness of his situation.

Carly nodded and then looked at Wade again, "C'mon… let's get you up." She said quietly.

"I can't… it's too hard." He replied; his voice was raspy and tired, it didn't even sound like Wade any more.

Nick shook his head, "No bullshit, Wade! Man up and get past this. You're not out of this yet!" He said, trying to get a rise out of the man to get his blood pumping a little. "You're being a pussy."

He seemed to get a rise out of the wrong person. "Nick you dick!" Carly shouted. "You have NO idea what he's gone through…!" Her face was filled with rage and she looked about to clock him in the nose. "I can't belie-"

"Carly!" Nick shouted to get her to stop. "I didn't mean it." He said as calmly as he could.

Carly's eyes held fire in them but the sound of Wade chuckling made her stop and looked back down at her boyfriend.

"He's right." He nodded; Carly stopped stroking his hair back and looked at him confused. "I see what you are trying to do Nick…" He said, making eye contact with him. "Let's pretend it worked." He said as he closed his eyes and swallowed hard.

Carly looked up to Nick who smirked, Carly sighed and rolled her eyes before helping Wade sit up; Nick stood and put his hand on Wade's back to offer some support and once they were walking again he led the way down the hall, looking for the infirmary.

Wade tripped a couple of times but Carly held him up and waited until he was ready to continue before she moved on.

By the time they had found the infirmary Wade was near passing out. "I need to stop…" He breathed.

Carly guided him over to the examination table and he laid down on the hard table, his breathing became deep and labored, he was struggling.

Carly and Nick both broke off; Carly walked to the door and closed it before going back to Wade's side, Nick walked over to the window and stood in front of it, looking out to make sure that they were clear before he closed the blinds and turned back around.

Carly was standing over Wade, leaning on the table he was lying on; her left elbow was resting by his neck, her arm wrapped around his head and pulling at his hair gently while her right hand cupped the side of his face.

Nick stopped watching them and pounced on the cabinets, ripping them and any drawers open desperately trying to find anything to help before his injuries won over his own will to live.

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Carly listened as Nick tore the infirmary apart behind her as she comforted her love, "You're gonna be okay Wade… I promise."

Wade looked up at her, his eyes glassed over and unfocused. "Don't lie, Carly… it's not becoming." He smiled at her the best he could, trying his hardest to be strong for her.

She forced out a small laugh, "I'm not lying." She moved her hand away from his face and down to his left arm that was laying on his chest and rubbed her hand up and down his forearm.

"You just lied again…" He swallowed hard, she winced at seeing the pain it caused his to just do something as simple as that. "You're a terrible liar." He mumbled.

Carly panicked when he closed his eyes and slapped his cheek a couple times, "Stay with me Wade… don't you go to sleep!" His eyes flew open.

Nick stopped and looked over his shoulder to see what was happening before returning to his raiding.

"Carly…" Wade stopped when he saw her. She looked awful, her torn bloody lips were truly the only color in her face, her lips and chin were quivering, and he could swear she had tears in her eyes. "Hey…" he said quietly and raised his hand to her face, ignoring the pain that shot through his shoulder to reach her.

"It's going to be okay." He comforted, she removed her arm from around his head to hold his hand to her cheek with her own.

"Now who's lying? You or me…" She retorted, leaning her face into his touch.

There was his girl.

He grinned, a sincere grin. "I love you." He said as he rubbed his thumb up and down her cheek.

She pulled his hand away and kissed his palm. "I love you too." She whispered.

The corners of his mouth lifted a moment before he furrowed his brows and blinked a couple times and frowned, his eyes focusing somewhere on the ceiling.

"Wade what is it?" She asked concerned; she laid his hand back down on the table and cupped the sides of his face and made him look at her. "Wade… SHIT!" She studied his face and shook her head in denial. "Nick! He's scaring the shit outta me!" She cried.

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Nick looked over his shoulder to look at her again and felt his heart sink at the face she sent him. She had tears pouring down her cheeks and she looked terrified and heartbroken at the same time… he hated to see her like this. "Fuck…" He turned back around and ripped the last drawer open and found nothing. "GOD DAMNIT!" He shouted and kicked the counter.

Carly jumped and spun to face him. "What?"

He put both of his fists on the counter top, "There's nothing here." He said in a low gruff voice.

"What?" She asked, she almost sounded whiney, as if somebody just told her that her dog was just hit by a semi.

"I said there's nothing FUCKING here!" He shouted as he turned to face her.

All at once Nick felt like a total dick. He watched as his sister lost all hope and broke down.

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Carly felt her heart sink to the very bottom of her stomach, she felt it shatter there and then felt as the shards cut her insides from the inside out. She closed her eyes and let out a sob… the love of her life was going to die here.

She covered her mouth with her hand and let out short quick breaths, trying desperately to control her feelings.

"Oh shit… Carly…" He took a couple steps forward, "Carly I'm sorry."

She wrapped her other arm around her stomach and turned away from him to look at Wade's body; he was still shaking profusely, he looked as if he was going to go into a seizure. "I can't lose him." She choked out.

Nick grabbed her hand and pulled her into a gentle hug. "We won't… we're going to get him help. He's gonna make it." He assured her and pulled her away, holding her by her shoulders. "Bo said…"

"Who the fuck is Bo?" She asked, her eyes flashing from sadness to anger.

"The guy who tied you up." He explained quickly, his voice holding a tone of 'it's not important' as if he was to wave the question off. "He said he had medical supplies up at the house…"

"He's full of shit Nick!"

"There's gotta be SOMETHING up there Car… we have to at least try!" He argued.

Carly rose her eye brow, pursed her lips and rolled her eyes all at once.

Nick relaxed his face and smirked, "Trust me."

Carly huffed but nodded, "Alright the house is-"

Suddenly the door handle started to shake and when the door did not open there was a loud bang on the door.

Carly nearly jumped out of her skin and spun around behind Nick, one hand gripping his shoulder the other his right arm as she peeked around him to watch the door.

Nick put a hand behind him to tell her to stay put as he took a few steps forward. As he was reaching for the handle a large knife was thrust through the door; he dodge backwards just as the knife would have hit his neck.

Carly screamed and put her hands up to her mouth as she jumped backwards.

"HOLY FUCK!" Nick shouted as he jumped backwards as well, he spun around and ran for the window, nearly tearing the blinds off the window and throwing the window open. "C'mon!"

Carly watched as the knife was thrust through the door repeatedly, she felt herself jump and step back with each thrust, it wasn't until Wade moved his head to watch what was happening that she moved to help him.

"Wade!" She called his name as she moved to his side again. He watched the door for another moment before he looked back at her.

"Go" he told her simply, his clammy grey skin scaring the living shit out of her and telling her he can't possibly keep going but she wouldn't leave him; not for anything.

"No! I'm not leaving you!" She screamed and pulled at the black button up shirt, "Get up Wade!"

"Carly! C'mon!" Nick yelled.

"NOT WITHOUT WADE!" She screamed, her voice carrying a all new sense of terror.

She pulled at him to get him up, barely raising him from the table, "GET UP!
She screamed, her eyes fixated on the torn up door. "I can't…" He muttered pathetically, his head lolling back and laying on the table, his eyes closed.

"CARLY! GOD DAMNIT!" Nick shouted and ran to her side, pulling her away and ripping Wade half away from the table.

"WADE YOU GOD DAMN PUSSY GET OFF THIS FUCKING TABLE AND MOVE YOUR SORRY ASS BEFORE YOU GET US ALL KILLED!" He screamed at the young man, his face inches from the others.

Carly watched, half wanting to smack Nick for treating Wade like that while half hoping it works, he could hardly even hold his head up let alone run…

Her gaze focused on the door as an arm punched through she screamed and grabbed Wade as well, "WADE!" She screamed next to his ear.

Wade's face snapped to face hers, his eyes wide.

A head appeared in the doorway and his hand reached for the door handle. "SHIT!" All three of them screamed, Wade's was quieter but it was something.

The two siblings practically ripped him off the table and to the window, both his arms were wrapped around their shoulders as the rushed over to it.

Carly crawled out the window, once she was out she looked behind the two of them to see the long haired man pulling at the handle. "OH MY GOD HURRY!" She screamed.

Nick looked over to the door briefly before shoving Wade out the window, just as he was about to do the same Carly noticed that the man was in the room, knife at the ready. "NICK BEHIND YOU!" She screamed and pointed.

Nick whipped around and dodged the knife just as it was about to be thrust through his chest. Carly and Wade both screamed and watched helplessly from outside the window.

Suddenly all the lights in the town went dark, and all Carly could go off of was noise from inside the room.

"Shit…" Wade muttered.

The sound of grunts, curses, and crashes and sounds of flesh hitting flesh made Carly antsy as all hell.

Then just as suddenly as it began it stopped. There was complete silence.

"Nick…?" She whispered, gripping onto Wade's arm like it was a lifeline, "Are you alright?" She asked a little longer.

A figure popped up in front of the window and she and Wade stepped back, "Nick? That you man?" Wade asked; his arms around Carly protectively, his heart was beating a mile a minute and he could feel the same of her heart.

The figure threw his hands out and rested them on the window sill and then Nick's face appeared in the window. "Yeah it's me." He smirked, blood dripped from his forehead and down the bridge of his nose to the tip.

He jumped out and landed right in front of Wade and Carly. "Oh Nick…" She said gently and stepped away from Wade to examine her brother, "Are you okay?"

"Never felt better. I beat that piece of shit to a pulp." He nodded his head in the direction of a line of stores, "Let's go."

She nodded and moved towards Wade, giving him a gentle hug. "Are YOU okay?"

"I still got some fight in me yet." He said gruffly, though through gritted teeth as he started to walk forward.

Carly moved to his side and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, "I've got you."

Wade looked down at her and smiled, "I know."

The three of them made their way to a hunting store slowly, but as Nick picked up a rock Carly stopped him, "Nick they'll hear that!" She whispered harshly.

"Well it's either make some noise and have something to defend ourselves with… or go around like a bunch of pussy's with NO weapon." Nick shot back, throwing the rock up and down in his hand.

Carly made 'the face' once again, consisting of the usual raised eyebrow, pursed lips and the rolling of her eyes.

Nick smirked and chucked the rock at the window, shattering it. He jumped up into the display case and scoffed at the wax mannequin. He'd never be able to see wax again without losing his mind.

He jumped back down and weighed the crossbow in his hands, getting a feel for it. "That's more like it."

"Now can we get out of here before they find us in the middle of the road?" Carly asked impatiently.

Nick sent Wade a look and he smiled.

"Alright you got a plan?" Nick asked his sister as they began to walk down the street.

"Well like you said there might be some stuff at the house for Wade… and there's a truck… or there should be…" She said, shifting a little under Wade's weight.

Wade adjusted his arm placement and shifted a little more of his weight off of his ever caring girlfriend.

Nick nodded, "Simple enough."

"Since when are you one for simple?" Carly shot.

Nick sent her a look but didn't say anything; they turned left at a major intersection but froze when they saw a figure walking across the street a block down.

"Shit." Nick said under his breath and guided the other two into a theater on their left.

The three of them ran inside as fast as they could and then turned into a movie room to hide, Carly gasped when she heard the door bust in; Bo had found them.

The three of them scattered amongst the figures watching the black and white movie, most likely the same one for the past 20 to 30 years.

Nick ran to the back of the theater and hid behind a curtain while Carly ushered Wade to the middle row and the middle seat and she bolted to the very front of the theater and sat on the far left; away from the aisle.

Bo came busting through the back doors and scanned the area. Carly tried desperately not to breathe… to hold her breath and just wait for him to pass. The last thing she wanted was to give anyone away.

A shotgun blast resounded in the small theater and she jumped up and screamed, believing he had shot and killed one of the two boys she loved the most.

Bo looked up at her and she stared right back. She was just caught, he had blown off some previous souls head but it was not Wade OR Nick.

At this point, time, seemed to move in slow motion.

Her whole body seemed to tense up and then sag as she accepted she had just fucked up.

Bo raised the shotgun and pointed it at her, Carly closed her eyes and waited for something to happen; whether it be her end or somebody saving her sorry ass she wasn't sure… but she would wait.

She heard the gun cock but just as she figured the trigger should be pulled she heard a glorious sound, "NO!"

Carly's eyes flew open and she looked to Wade who had stood up screaming for Bo to stop. Bo turned and faced what would have been his first victim for the day and smiled so evilly Carly swore he had to be the son of the devil.

Bo trained his gun on Wade and got ready to pull the trigger.

"NO!" Carly screamed as loud as she could and started to run at the crazy man.

Bo turned back to her and the sound of a gunshot froze her in her steps. She stared forward, staring at Bo as he stared at her in the same way.

She could vaguely hear the sounds of both Wade and Nick screaming her name. She looked to her right a little to see Wade running through the seats to get to her.

She smiled, maybe he would be okay… she felt numb as she fell to the floor her entire world went black.

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Bum bum bum buuuum! Betcha didn't see THAT one coming didja?

Guess what THIS is called? A 'cliffhanger'…

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