We walked down the dark hallways. Shaun held my hand, he was suddenly so protective over me, as if I had never been here myself, maybe I can be a pussy sometimes and things do fuck up my head but I'll never give in. Never. We continued walking down, we weren't saying a word. Bradie was bolting in front of us, Lilly only slightly behind.
"Bradie" I said softly, he looked at me quickly and continued walking.
"what?"
"why is this different to last time? It isn't a game...it's more of an...empire"
"I don't know Andy, whoever is behind this isn't playing a game, they just want to kill people or have people join their army. So many people have joined them because they're afraid of death...I keep getting captured and asked to join, I say no and they lock me up. But I'm obviously too smart if I keep getting out" he said with a joking tone in his voice.
"I don't see the point in all of this. He's just hurting us, and everyone we love" Shaun said, now wrapping his arm around my waist, I glanced at him for a moment then we kept walking, Bradie turned around.
"where the fuck is Lilly?" Bradie said fiercely, I turned around to find her gone. What the fuck.
"She left us?! Is she stupid" Shaun said.
"maybe she didn't leave..." I said, too soft for them to hear, Shaun grabbed my hand and linked our fingers. Bradie continued to walk fast, Shaun going after him. Of course I had to run along. I felt so tired, so hungry and slightly afraid, not for me but for Lilly. I'm prepared for whatever is to come. Two people were talking down the dark hall. We all paused, Shaun released my hand and pushed me behind him, I pushed his arm down and stood beside him. Kellie and Karissa, our friends appeared from the darkness.
"Kellie!" I went to her and hugged her.
"oh god Andy, how'd we get here. What the hell is this place."
"it's a long story, how'd you get here?" I pulled away from the hug, I looked to see Karissa talking to Shaun and Bradie.
"we were in some sort of trap thing, Brad, Walt, Shaun's brother Luke and a Short Stack fan were in there with us...we're the only ones who got out alive" she said, her eyes swelled with tears as did mine, they were my friends and Walt was Kellie's boyfriend, I hugged her again.
"I'm sorry" I said softly, she sobbed into my shirt, I looked toward Shaun, he looked tense. I pulled away from Kellie.
"we'll be okay" I assured her, she nodded. I walked to Shaun and nudged him. He looked at me sadly.
"it'll be okay Shaun" I placed my hand on his cheek.
"I know...but my brother...I-I can't"
"I know Shaun, I know how you feel but you can't let that drown you right now. Please"
"I lo-...thank you" he said softly, I had a random explode of butterflies in my stomach. I kissed him softly to reassure him. He smiled and kissed me back. I smiled at him.
"Andy, come here" Kellie said, I got nervous and walked to her slowly.
"yeah..?"
"You finally got with Shaun?!" she smiled largely, I nodded, smiling.
"oh god it was so perfect just, ugh" I tried to resist from having those happy flamboyant sessions I always had with her.
"I'm so proud of you!" She hugged my tight "I always knew you could do it" she continued. I smiled.
"Guys, we better get a move on before they track us here" Bradie said, walking away. We all stayed together, walking down.

We finally found the end, there was a left turn and a right turn. I bit my lip nervously.
"Shaun, Andy. You two go left, we'll go right" Bradie said, turning.
"are you crazy? We have to stick together." I said
"we'll get through it faster this way and if you die, at least you'll die together" Bradie said, running away with Karissa and Kellie. I didn't know if I should have been insulted by Bradie's comment or not.
"come on" I turned left, Shaun walked beside me.
"so...what was that with Kellie earlier?" Shaun asked, I looked at him and smiled slightly.
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't about you" I said, Shaun smiled.
"why was she proud of you though?"
"because I've been...well, I've liked you for such a long time and just, yeah" I felt myself blush, I looked down.
"you are honestly so amazing, Andy" Shaun said, those butterflies hit my stomach again. Shaun looked back as I heard footsteps. He pushed me behind a post, similar to the one I was behind earlier. I suddenly had a rush of adrenaline. It was definitely uncalled for and Shaun's face was so close to mine, breathing hot air onto my lips, his hand by either side of my head. I felt myself get more hot. Shaun smashed his lips to mine, I closed my eyes and held him close by the shirt as we kissed passionately and rough, as if this was driven by the amount of adrenaline in my system. I breathed deeply against his soft lips as it got more tender, someone walked right by us, I pulled away and saw that it was the ninja guys who walked passed, I then smirked at Shaun. He pressed his lips to mine once more, my stomach filling with more butterflies.
"we should go, before Bradie thinks we are dead" I whispered.
"But all I want is you now, this is unfair" he frowned, I smiled and rested my hand on his cheek.
"I promise you that you will have me, we will get out of this alive and we can be together"
"sounds like a plan" he said, I smiled and kissed him softly before he grabbed my hand and we walked down, Shaun turned suddenly I looked and saw him punch a ninja right in the jaw, he fell to the ground. I kicked him with curiosity.
"Fuck Shaun, you knocked him out cold" I said, surprised.
"no one hurts you okay? No one." he said, he was really protective, even though it's sort of annoying, it was a turn on and made me feel safe. It's a side of him I've never seen before, and I never thought it'd make me fall for him even more.
We turned the corner to be faced by Bradie, Kellie and Karissa with a group of others, they were clearly on our side, and Bradie had helped them, almost all of them were covered in blood, dirt and sweat. The ninjas that walked past us earlier were now on the ground, dead, or dying.