Like i promised, here is Chapter Five. I hope you enjoy!

"Tell me what happened after Josh left"

"Ok… After Josh left, I looked around the motel for a little to see if I could find anything or anyone lurking about. When I was satisfied everything was safe, I walked back into the room and saw the girls sitting at the coffee table talking.I went and sat down on my bed which caused the bed springs to squeak and the girls whipped their heads around to look at me.

"I thought you and Josh were going into town?" Maya asked.

"We were, but Josh told me to stay here" I said.

"What? You let Josh go out there alone!" Maya yelled unhappily.

"Are you crazy?" Riley asked angrily.

"Just listen to me." I said trying to stop them.

"No! You have to go catch up to him." Maya said.

"I can't." I said.

"You can't?" Riley said.

"No, I can't." I said a little louder and more than a little frustrated.

"Well…if you can't then I will" Maya said getting up.

"No, you can't!" I said getting up and moving in front of the door.

"WHY NOT?!" Maya yelled.

"BECAUSE YOU'LL DIE!" I yelled trying to get her to stop.

"THEN WHY IS HE OUT THERE?!" Maya yelled.

"BECAUSE HE CAN ACTUALLY SURVIVE!"

"AND I CAN'T?"

'NO, YOU CAN'T." I said

"STOP YELLING!" Riley yelled finally

"I'm going to find him!" Maya said walking to the door

"No, you're going to sit down, listen to Lucas with me, and see why he didn't go" Riley said

"Grr, fine. But there better be a good explanation." Maya said reluctantly.

"Ok, why did you leave Josh out there alone?" Riley asked.

"He told me to stay here because he wanted me to protect both of you." I said.

"And what makes you think we need protection?" Maya asked, "Oh, I know. It's just because we're girls, isn't it?"

"Of course not!" I said

"Then why?"

"Because I was going to be the one going to go but he said that he wanted me to make sure YOU stayed safe." I said pointing at Maya as she fumed and went to lay down on her bed.

"He told me that if he is not back within three days then we have to go to the diner down the street, we can't stay in this place for much longer anyway. If he's not there after a day passes, then we have to go." I yell at Maya expecting her to argue once again, but the next few seconds after that everything became dead silent.

"He will be back." Maya said quietly as a silent tear rolled down her face. "He will be back" she repeated calmly and then the arguing ended.

It's just been a few hours of sitting in the room waiting for Josh to come back. It has been very quiet and its driving me nuts! Hardly anyone has spoken a word while Maya keeps her eyes on the door waiting for Josh to walk through it and Riley moves around trying to find something to do. I decide to go out to the diner to make sure it's all clear. I only brought a black 8" knife and a metal pipe to protect myself with while I left my machete with Maya and Riley.

As I walked into the diner I saw one of the soldiers walking around, and to my luck he hadn't spotted or heard me yet. He'll be gone when we come back I thought, but I quickly realized that if there's more than one I would want to know now instead of later when I the girls came with me. So, I snuck up behind him and hit him in the back of the head with the pipe causing him to fall to the ground. I then went to see if I could find any others but thankfully there weren't any more so I started heading back to the motel. On my way, back I heard a loud scream coming from a nearby alleyway.

As the alleyway came into view, I saw a car and moving closer I realize it was Kent and Mary's. Walking around towards the back I look for any leftover supplies, but found nothing. As I start moving away I remembered something from when Kent and Mary first left the motel.

-Riley and I went outside to load our stuff in the car-

"What's this?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" Kent said putting a gun in the trunk then closing it.

"There's a gun in the trunk." I said to myself as I look for the keys. Seeing them on the ground I

bent down to pick them up and here a voice in front of me speak up,

"Must have tried to get out and got shot."

I quickly look up to see a guy about my height with a familiar face standing a few feet away from me.

"Who are you?" the guy asked.

"Who are you?" I asked back.

"I asked first." He replies.

Hesitant at first I cautiously said, "My name is Lucas. Now what about you?"

"Fine, my name is…"

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I Hope to post again either sunday night or monday. See you then!