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Dono had been awake all night, fingering the sword he had found in his pack. Ms. Prok's 6 A.M. announcement had made him decide to start walking around the island, looking for other forum members. According to his watch, it was 9 A.M. The sun shone brightly in the sky and birds chirped in the trees.
"Everybody, get over here!"
When Dono had first heard the voice he decided it was best to go investigate. So he traveled along the island, heading towards the voice. Most of the island was forest, although he did notice a residential area and a huge old mill. After traveling some time, he heard the sound of a machine gun. He'd heard it the night before - so he ran toward the noise.
Breaking through the lime green tree line, he found himself outside of Mackinac Fort. He was at the back, and instantly barreled through the huge doors to see Laura shoot Gabby in the stomach from point blank. Not wanting to be seen, he ran and ducked behind a nearby barrel.
Laura picked up the megaphone and smashed it on the cement. The scene made Dono want to stab an ice pick through his eyes. The formerly advanced student was one willing to play, and she was ruthless and cruel. Dono had no doubt that others were willing to play, but it was then that he got his first glimpse of action.
The sword he received in his daypack was long and slender. It gleamed in the morning sun as it waited to slice someone's arm off. Dono shuddered, 'Ugh, what a thought.'
Laura jumped down some stairs and was now at ground level with Donovan. Her small, beady eyes cris-crossed the entire area, searching for something. And then her small beady eyes found Dono.
The barrel in front of her exploded and liquid flew everywhere. Dono jumped back as he heard the rat tat tat of the uzi being fired. He turned and darted behind a huge house and then towards a well, diving behind it. Laura steamed round the corner, headed straight at him. Dono was trapped, there was no hope… he would be killed.
BANG! The shot sounded from across the fort. Ferris stood with his legs apart on the eastern wall, a smoking pistol clutched in his hands. Laura was hit and spun to the ground. Dono took the opportunity to run, but instead of running towards Ferris he ran in the opposite direction. It was monkey in the middle.
Laura got up off her knees and dusted them off. She looked at her gun.
"Dammit," she said. "The stupid kid shot my gun." The plated metal of the uzi now had a dent in it, but Laura assumed it still worked, firing into the air before pointing it at Ferris.
"Put down the gun, Laura!" screamed Ferris in a valiant effort. He was trembling as he slowly started walking down the stairs. Laura kept watching him with her eyes, not daring to look away.
POW!
The 3 fighters looked to the left to see Connor M standing on a hill with a massive double barrel shotgun. He had fired it into the air and was now cocking it again.
"Everybody put their guns down!" he ordered.
No one put down their weapon.
Connor commanded again, "Everyone put down your freaking guns!" Sweat was pouring down his face and Dono realized how hot the weather was. For now he was safe, so he slowly crept away and into a tourist building… and noticed a glint up on a tower of a house.

Sara was examining the scene with horror through her binoculars. The sun caught them and they flashed white in her view. She squinted and blinked to get back her vision but was unable to for several minutes. When she opened them, there was someone behind her.
"What are you doing here?"
She instinctively turned to defend herself, but found that it was Dono.
"Dono, it's so horrible… Gabby," she sobbed. Dono held her. Sara didn't exactly accept, but didn't protest for her own sake.
"I know, Sara, it's tough to take it all in. It's tough for all of us to take it all on. But let's go before Laura sees us."
The two slowly made their way down the steeple and were facing the back doors of the fort. POW! The shotgun was heard again, and then plenty of machine gun fire and screaming. Then there was more shooting and the pounding of footsteps. Dono took one quick glance back to see Ferris escaping out of the fort, while Laura stood there with a smoking gun.
"Wait here," he said to Sara. He slowly crept along the wall of the fort until he could see Connor M's body. It was pasted to the hill side, and the green grass had turned red. Connor had been killed.
Running back, Dono grabbed Sara's hand and pulled her toward the exit. They charged through brush and trees, branches whipping their faces and cutting their arms. Breaking the tree line, they found themselves on the face of a large hill, but weren't able to stop themselves before tumbling down.
Green grass and weeds were a blur in Donovan's vision as he rolled full steam ahead down the steep hill before slamming into the bottom. Sara landed headfirst not only 5 yards away. Looking up, Dono realized he'd never be able to climb that massive hill.
"Crap," he thought, "I left my sword in the fort."
It was true, not only had he left his sword in the fort but his daypack as well.
And someone was coming out of the bushes.

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