I stood outside the door and it slammed shut behind me. I shouldn't have been wasting anymore time, but I couldn't pull myself to move. I could see the jungle from where I was standing, the tree's towering over the tin wall the Rakyat had built to protect the village.

The alarm was going off and I could hear people shouting in the background, awaiting the attack. Suddenly, a gun shot fired and it brought me back to my senses.

I had to go. Now! I pulled myself through the small ditch that Anna would use to escape the town and was suddenly out in the jungle.

It's all you from here on out...

I heard a scream and instantly started running. That could only mean one thing.

Pirates!

I had no idea where I was going, but I kept telling myself I couldn't stop running. The screaming got louder, filling the jungle with cries of mercy. It hurt like hell to have to run away from my family, but at this moment in time, I didn't know what to think, and the only thought that was running through my head was wanting to be away from the pirates, from him.

I heard an explosion and stopped. I felt my chest go tight and told myself not to look back, but I did. The jungle lit up in the distance. The village was on fire.

Keep running... You can't fight fire or pirates...

I listened and kept running. It was right. There was nothing I could do.

I kept going until I tripped over some exposed tree roots, rolled down a steep hill and over some rocks before hitting the ground with a thud. I didn't even bother to get up. I just lied there.

The screams had turned in to howls of pain, but it was slowly getting quieter as the time wore on. I don't know how long I lied there before I fell asleep, but all my restless dreams persisted off was a burning village and people on fire running out of it. Their pain didn't last long though, as they were gunned down by the pirates who were sitting on the trucks outside, lavishing the entertainment.

You could end your life in a second... One slice and you'd be dead to the world. Your body, it'd be picked clean and it'd be like you never even existed.

Suicide. It' the first thing that popped in to my mind the moment I woke up. I could end my life and finally be done with it. It wasn't my fault I wasn't already dead.

Yeah...

Or that Vaas was a monster, or that Sofia was dead or that the island had gone to shit. I wasn't to blame for any of it. I should have listened to my mum.

But, I didn't have anything in Britain. For the last three years, I'd went from town to town, gaining friends, losing friends. When I'd left, I'd been glad to be rid of it all. All the hustle and bustle of the city, all the memories. I'd left because I couldn't make myself fit in, because my needs for answers got the better of me.

I wished I could go back. I really did, but after this, I don't think I'd ever be able to forget the carnage, or the death...

So why didn't I just do it?

Murphy...

If anything was my fault, it was Murphy's death, and because of that, I couldn't just cheat my way out of the life he'd lost. I couldn't give up.

I sat up and leaned on the closest tree and looked in to the bag Mag had given me. It had a knife, a bandage, a map, matches, a water bottle and a folded piece of paper with my name on it.

It was a letter from Anna.

To Renae,

It's gonna be hell to get this letter to you, but if your reading this, I guess I managed to do it. Make sure you give the second letter to Sam in Amanaki, she should be able to help you. I hope I see you soon. I will try and talk my papa round, it's not your fault the pirates came after you. They always come after the escaped prisoners, I don't know why he thought they wouldn't.

Love Anna

There was a second letter folded up, the name Sam on the outside. I refrained from reading it and tucked it back in to the front pocket of my bag.

I spread the map out on the ground. I was near 'Badtown', which I spotted quickly. If I went west, I'd get to Amanaki village.

It was the only place I could go. It had once been one of the strongest strongholds for the Rakyat warriors, and I imagined it was one of the safest places to be.

If they don't want you dead...

I pushed myself up and made my way to the road.

As far as I could see, the road was clear, so I started walking, making sure that I kept close to the shrubbery just in case a vehicle did drive past. I still had a little bit of a limp, but the doctor had sewn my leg up with some re-inforced stitches he'd made from one of these plants he'd found.

I was taking a swig of water when I noticed the leopard. It was just sitting there, relaxed in the long grass and watching some deer on the other side of the road. I stopped, trying to figure out a way to get around it. If I didn't pose a threat and stayed far enough away, it'd happily let me go past, but then I heard something.

A car!

I crouched behind a group of tree trunks, the leopard still hadn't noticed my presence, but it was watching the oncoming vehicle quietly

The car that drove past had two pirates in it,

"Hey, there's someone there" I heard one of the pirates shout, and all of a sudden, they stopped and drove backwards toward us. I tried to find some thick bush I could run in to, but then the leopard turned to me.

I looked it in the eye and expected it to just pounce and tear me to shreds, but then the car stopped. The leopard took another look at the pirates and jumped out of them, taking them both by surprise. It took one down as the other shot at it frantically, screaming at it.

It took the leopards seconds to kill the first pirate before jumping on to the second. As the pirate fell to the ground, the leopard biting his neck, the gun shot and the leopard collapsed.

They were all dead. I kneeled down and took a deep breath. After a few minutes, making sure that the pirates and the leopard were definitely dead, or at least unconscious, and no one was following the sound of gun shots, I pulled myself up.

I walked across the road and on to the grass field that the deer were still grazing on, weirdly unfazed by the scene that had just gone on, although, as soon as they spotted me, they ran.

I kept on walking, making sure I kept to the map. The last thing I wanted was to get lost. If I was heading in the right direction, I'd come to another road which would lead me to a better route to Amanaki, one which didn't have any red blots near it.

I spotted a group of pigs near some old tree stumps. I'd never been able to throw with my left hand, but still, I raised the knife and threw it. It brought with it, this exhilarating feeling that I hadn't felt in a long time, even when it hit the first stump, bouncing off and making the pigs scatter, I still admired the distance I was able to still throw the knife.

I'd done it before. I'd survived off the land, off the animals. I knew how to hunt, but this whole survival thing. It seemed that years of almost luxury in a city had sort of rubbed away at it. There were fragments left in my head, but if I was to survive, I'd have to bring it all back again.

I had to think about this, I really did...

You also should have picked up that pirates gun...

BreezeInMonochromeNight - Thankyou :)