it should be me

CHAPTER 5

As the car drove, scotty looked outside the window at the non-burnt houses and sighed. "What is wrong with you?" Eric spat. "I..I.um.." Scotty hesitated. Scotty didn't want to tell him the aching guilt inside of him. "Nothing." He muttered.

"Stop lying," Eric said, getting irritated. "Fine, you want to know, don't you? I'll tell you then," said Scotty sitting up in his seat. "I feel terrible for burning down that house and killing all those innocent people," scotty said, upset.

Eric laughed. "That's pathetic. It was your idea, and you committed to it." "I know that, but now I realize how cruel that is!" Scotty spit back. "Whatever, we'll deal with you when we get back," said Eric.

Back at the base Scotty was being scolded. While Scotty was being trashed on by everyone else, Eric remembered something bad. "I think you guys should just forget about what Scotty said, because we have bigger problems," he said. "What do you MEAN BY THAT?" Adam hollered across the room. "Well, when everyone was trying to evacuate the flaming house...Fiona saw me standing on the other side.." he muttered.
"What? " Lilou exclaimed, worry filled her gaze.

In the hospital, Fiona and Minty were recovering for their burns. The doctor walked in holding a clipboard. "Good news, your wounds arent that severe and will recover," the doctor said. Fiona sighed and looked at Minty gently. "Bad news is..." the doctor sighed, "your house has turned to ashes and all of your family passed away," the doctor gave a sympathetic look and walked away. Minty started crying. Fiona hugged him and they cried together.

"Hey, minty, I have something to tell you.." Said Fiona. "W-what is it?" Replied minty. "I..there was this guy..with some kind of weirdly shaped gun standing on the other side of the house.." Said Fiona. "When I pointed at him, him and this other guy ran, like they've just been caught. I think that was the culprit," she said. "We need to tell the police," said minty.