Chapter 9:
It was about one in the morning when Caine woke, sweating. He had been having bad dreams lately. The Darkness as reaching out to him again, pulling him in. Pulling him into its control. He hadn't told anyone about it. Well except for Astrid. He missed her next to him. The warmth of her body as they snuggled together at night and when Caine woke up.
But tonight she wasn't there. Ashe had left like she had done many times, the only difference was that this time she hadn't come back. And now he wished he hadn't fought with her. Sam had always been a controversial topic, but they had never fought over it like they had earlier. He had to find her and apologise to her.
Astrid had walked long into the night. She had walked until her body forced her to stop and rest. So she had lay on the grass and slept. It hadn't been the best sleep ever but it had done. She had missed Caine though. She had walked for another couple of miles when her stomach started grumbling. She didn't stop though, she just kept walking. She had a plan to stop the entire FAYZ going insane from the darkness that was rising up the wall.
Sam had spent the last few months living everywhere. After Caine had beaten him he had went to the nuclear plant and had stayed there for a while. He had then spent some time watching the town. Seeing if Astrid would leave to find him. She never did. He had then moved to Stefano Ray where he had stayed for a while longer. He had done the one thing he had promised himself he would never do. He went to the mineshaft and waited for Drake to either come out or come back.
He had only had to wait one day. During the night he had heard screams coming from the mineshaft, but he hadn't gone down. He had waited. And when Drake did finally come out, he was surprised to see Sam waiting for him.
"Has Sam finally come to try and kill me." Drake said grinning evilly.
"No. I want to join you."
"You want it what?" Drake said, now so surprised he didn't hear Brianna come up behind the rock and few feet away from Drake.
"I want to join you and that...thing...down there." Sam said, not sure what to call the Darkness.
"This is a joke, right. You hate me and I hate you. Why would want to join me?" Drake asked, trying to hide his disbelieve.
"Not a joke. I want a truce between us so we can work together to kill Caine."
"Ahh. I get it now. You want to kill Caine."
"Yeah I do. So what do you say?"
"Fine. But it is only temporary." Drake said.
"Thats all I ask" Sam said smiling at the thought of slowly killing Caine.