"Please don't kill me, I never touched Hanna!" I pleaded to Aria. I honestly couldn't believe Aria was threatening me, especially at gunpoint. I never could've imagined things would turn out like this. I heard a small noise behind her and was sure it was Emily and possibly Spencer coming back to kill me. I looked behind Aria and the other Redcoat was standing there watching us. I screamed and pointed behind Aria and she turned around and looked.
Redcoat started running at Aria and Aria must've been in shock because she was just standing there. I pulled out a knife and threw it and I saw it hit the mask Redcoat was wearing. Redcoat fell on the ground and I grabbed Aria by the arm and we started running away from Redcoat. Redcoat stood up and covered her face because lying next to her was a mask with a knife in it. I didn't see who it was though because I was too busy running.
Aria and I ran and eventually we ended up all the way back at the little pond that I had drank from the first night this started. I heard footsteps behind us. I spun around and could see Redcoat still chasing us through the woods. We both started running again and quickly after the pond the area became unfamiliar to me.
I could hear water flowing further ahead of me so I ran up the hill and when I got to the top I saw a stream. The stream was pretty wide, flowing moderately fast, and looked to be somewhat deep. I kept running and eventually we made it to the edge of the stream. I looked back and Redcoat was running down the hill.
"Oh shit!" I exclaimed. "We have to jump!" I shouted to Aria. She responded with a petrified look. She shook her head as to say no. I looked back and Redcoat was approaching on us fast.
Realizing there was no time left I pushed Aria into the stream and jumped in after her. As soon as I got in I realized the current was really strong and every time I would get air it would suck me back down again. I looked back and saw Ali's face not the mask, her real face. It overwhelmed me with emotions and I saw her smirk because she probably knew we were going to die. She slowly walked away. I kept trying to swim up every time the current pushed me down but to no avail. Eventually it overpowered me and I blacked out.
I woke up and it was night time and I went to sit up but someone put a hand on my shoulder and I lay back down. I smelled smoke like from a fire and I looked over and Aria was poking the fire with a stick. Aria and I were the only people there so that means she must've somehow saved me.
"You saved me?" I questioned her.
"Aren't you glad I took swimming lessons as a kid?" She laughed. I smiled back.
"Thank you." I tried to express my gratitude but how does one give thanks when there life has been saved.
I sat up and this time she didn't try to stop me. I noticed that we were on a long prairie with no trees, or shrubs, only grass. I couldn't see nor hear the stream so I inferred that Aria had gotten us far away so Ali wouldn't see the fire.
"How do you think Jenna is doing?" I asked her trying to make light conversation.
"While you were out Melissa and Jenna's names appeared in the sky, but I guess you wouldn't know that. I just wonder how Spencer is holding up; she probably thinks I ditched her."
"I think she knows that you wouldn't leave her without a really good reason." I chimed in. "Did you see Ali?" I asked her.
"Yeah, why do you think she would try to kill us?" She looked at me as if I had all of the answers when in reality I knew the same amount of information as she did.
"Well I mean we knew she was messed up before this all happened because she was still Redcoat and also she is probably trying to win just like everyone else." I tried my best to explain to her what I thought about the situation.
"It's just so hard to believe because we were friends." She said she shed a small tear but quickly wiped it away. "How exactly did Hanna die?" She asked me her voice breaking.
"Hanna came and tracked me down, I have no idea how she found me. We were arguing because she thought I somehow had something to do with this whole thing. Then Cece just appeared out of nowhere. She tackled Hanna and I tried to attack but she threw me off, and then Cece just did it. I was so mad because Cece had just taken my only friend away from me. So I grabbed one of my knives and stabbed her, a lot." I trailed off, the grisly details too much for me to continue speaking about.
Aria started whimpering and brought her knees up to her face. I scooted over to her and gave her a hug trying to comfort her. I didn't really know how though because Aria and I were never really friends. She abruptly stood up and started to speak.
"I'm going to drink from the stream because I haven't drunk since the first night." She sauntered slowly away. After she left it got really freaking creepy because the only thing around was me and some grass. I decided to just lie down and try to sleep. It took a long time to finally fall asleep.