A/N: Thank you all for your reviews. This little story is starting to get good. :) I would like pose one question though - when in horror a movie does anyone make smart decisions? Lol.
Kim walked in the back of the group with Addison and Amanda on either side of her. After her outburst back at the camp followed by Casey's reaction and the discovery of Olivia's disappearance, Addison and Teddy thought it was okay to give Kim a small dose of Xanax to calm her nerves while they searched. The last thing they needed was her getting spooked by a twig cracking beneath one of their shoes and having a full on screaming meltdown in the middle of the woods.
So, now the normally composed brunette found herself following her friends through the dark murderous woods. The Xanax hit her hard and she did find herself a little loopy headed but she was still able to walk unsupported. She found her emotions numbed to a certain degree which was mighty helpful to her at this moment, because she was able to see things about her friends that she hadn't noticed before taking the anti-anxiety medicine.
For one, she noticed Teddy was always in the lead and telling them what to do, which most of the time Kim was thankful for and right now was one of those times. Two, Alex looked like she might lose it at any moment. Her usual ability to hide her emotions was starting to fail her. Although, Kim didn't think anyone noticed this besides her. Everyone was so wrapped up in their own feelings no one was really paying anyone else attention at the moment.
Amanda seemed to just have put on her police hat and checked out. Everything the blonde did at this moment seemed very text book. Kim imagined the police cadet would make an excellent Detective if not Captain one day. She seemed to compartmentalize perfectly, even if her friends were being slaughtered.
Addison on the other hand, seemed a little lost. Kim figured if she could read Addison's thoughts right now that they would be bouncing back in forth between something she was learning in med school and why she hadn't gone on a cruise instead of this camping trip from hell. She hoped nothing else happened for the older redhead's sake of sanity. Kim would hate to see Addison Montgomery fall apart.
Then there was Casey. Something seemed so odd about her normal jovial friend and yet so familiar at the same time. It was a seriously complex thought as it crossed through Kim's clouded brain, but it made sense on so many levels. The only thing for Kim to do was to break it down so she could understand it. She had to make sense of it.
Casey is funny and happy and sweet. Casey has experienced more horrors in one night than most experience in a lifetime. Casey is strong and likes to take charge. Casey hasn't fallen apart. Casey seems almost dark. A dark chilling cold…a cold feeling Kim knows well. A feeling Kim felt when...
"Hey Kim," Amanda barks snapping fingers before Kim's face to remove her from her trance.
Shaking her head to clear it, Kim mumbles, "Per virtutem Saviours sanguine, profecto anima uestras vinctum."
"Ohgreat! Now Greylek has completely lost the plot! Christ almighty, what are we supposed to do with her now." Casey exclaims throwing her hands dramatically up into the air.
"Casey!" Alex chastised. "Stop it this minute you aren't helping." She continues walking to check out Kim.
"Oh, come on, Alex! You know you are thinking the same thing!" Casey huffs while leaning against a tree and folding her arms defiantly.
Kim despite everything notices, just how super agitated the younger redhead became at her words. Smiling a little she says them again a little louder, "Per virtutem Saviours sanguine, profecto anima uestras vinctum."
"I say we leave her behind!" Casey yells turning red in the face.
"Stop it right now!" Teddy shouts at Casey and Alex. "We are not leaving anyone behind anymore." Teddy says getting right in Casey's face, before continuing, "Mention it again, and I will tie you to a tree and you can be the one to stay behind, am I clear?"
"Fine, whatever. Just keep her away from me...and Alex." Casey says with a firm look to her blonde girlfriend.
"Whatever Casey," Alex says walking up to her girlfriend. She had no idea what caused her demeanor to change so significantly in the last hour. She figured it must be stress related though, so she was trying to not give her to much trouble.
While all of this was occurring, no one noticed the fact that Addison had disappeared. It wasn't until Teddy turned to ask her for help checking Kim out that she realized her girlfriend was gone. "Where is Addison?" Teddy demanded.
"What?" Amanda asked confused as how she'd lost sight of Addison for any length of time. "She was just next to Kim and me a second ago. Maybe she stepped away to pee?"
"What part of no splitting up do you all not understand?" Teddy groaned while turning to call out, "Addison!"
"Per virtutem Saviours sanguine, profecto anima uestras vinctum," Kim muttered again and again. She was finding something very soothing about the words. In a weird way, they made her feel the same way Abbie's arms did when wrapped around her at night. "Per virtutem Saviours sanguine, profecto anima uestras vinctum," she muttered over and over.
"Make her stop that!" Casey barked again seeming very distressed as she finally removed the backpack and charged towards Kim. "I said..." Casey paused standing right before Kim's wide eyed gaze, "I am sorry, Kim. I seriously don't know what's wrong with me." Casey said pulling her friend in for a tight hug and starting to cry a little. Kim just wrapped her arms right around Casey while replaying all of the events in her head. The one thing Kim noticed most was how cold Casey felt in the warm summer night.
Olivia wandered through the dark forest back to where Abbie had died. Back to the depths of the forest, where she'd witnessed her first love take her oldest friend's life. What had really happened here? What was really happening in general?
Everything was falling apart. Everyone was going to die, something deep down inside kept telling Olivia that, it kept hinting at their inevitable fate. They would all die out in these woods. She couldn't save them, just like she couldn't save Serena or Abbie.
This thought alone ripped Olivia to shreds. Falling to her knees, she let the first round of sobs escape her lips. She knew she should stay quiet and not draw attention to herself, but she couldn't handle it. She couldn't keep herself quiet. She cried for everything she'd lost in such a short bit of time and for all that she knew deep down in her heart she still stood to lose.
Pulling herself together, she silently prayed on her knees. Eyes shut tight, and face turned up to the heavens, Olivia prayed while tears still managed to escape her eyes and trail her cheeks. She prayed for sweet Serena's soul to be wrapped in the warmth of the heavens, and for her comical best friend Abbie to find her grandmother she so adored up in heaven and to be enjoying a nice cup of tea. She prayed for her friends that she foolishly had left behind an hour ago at the campsite, may they somehow stay safe from whatever evil lurked in these woods. Then she prayed for Amanda. She hoped the Georgian girl she loved so much escaped this nightmare and found someone to make her as happy as she deserved to be in life.
Then Olivia prayed for forgiveness. She prayed to be forgiven for how she cheated on Serena and wasn't true to Amanda in the way she should have been. Afterwards, she prayed for general forgiveness and for peace for her surely damned soul.
Opening her eyes she stood and gathered her bag back up on her shoulder. If she was being fully honest with herself, part of her still hoped this was some demented nightmare and that she was going to wake up next to Serena in the tent. She promised herself and God that if she was so fortunate that she would immediately come clean to her girlfriend and set about making things right between them.
Standing still for a moment, she looked through the dark woods. As a feeling of peace settled over the brunette she decided this was a stupid idea. Turning around and starting her trek back her flashlight went dead. Cursing herself, Liv began to shake it furiously to recharge it quickly and not be left in the dark.
The sudden darkness that fell over her stole her ability of sight. For that reason, she didn't notice the mist until the flashlight suddenly flicked on and she was face to face with the blood and gore covered Serena. The brunette's eyes went wide at the sight of the blonde.
"Serena," was all Olivia managed to say before the knife slashed out in a flash slicing her neck wide open…
A/N: Once again, the Latin translates to - By the power of the Savior's blood, we order you banished and your soul bound for all eternity.