Hope Defeated [Editing]

Shard - Day 6

"Mae!" A girl looks up to face the slightly taller person.

"Hi." The taller girl frowns and hugs the other one in a poor attempt to cheer her up. The girl shakes her off and walks away sighing, the other girl scrambling up to her.

"Mae what's wrong? You can tell me anything I won't speak of it to anyone else I promise." The girl laughs and hugs her best friend, agreeing as usual.

"Fine, you owe me though."

Miranda's POV

I sit up and yawn awake back in the familiar room. Today we would shift rooms and claim more houses, organizing more building and such.

I get ready and go to the main house to organize groups. When I get inside I see Alex, Jimmy, and Jack standing around the table. I lean against the wall as they turn to me.

"What?" I look at them confused.

"We need to establish some sort of system and leaders or such."

"And?"

"We came up with an idea. Four leaders to lead this outpost. Us four to be exact, will lead the outpost and accept anyone new."

"We all agreed what about you Miranda?" Jordan asked me.

"Sure, but we have rules correct?"

"Yes, all new people are accepted unless criminal then must be accepted by one of us, we can clarify later." Jack finished, I nodded at him. Alex patted my shoulder with a smile and laughed.

Everyone got into groups, a few people staying behind. I went with Alex, Jordan and Will. I grabbed a Glock from the weapons Alex brought back.

We set out and we were claiming across the street. I sighed, jumping ahead of everyone else. Then I heard a crash, making me tense up. Everyone jumped away as a thin angry boy jumped up a killing grin on his face.

He searched for someone and unable to find anyone he got angry and went away. I looked to Alex wondering what that had been. She looked back at me uneasily, and signaled me to go look. I squinted at her and shook my head but she kept pointing foreward.

I jumped out of the place I had been crouching and suddenly everyone else was slightly in view motioning me to go back. I was confused so I went foreward and I heard a yelp from behind me. I turned to see Will yelling at me, but I couldn't hear him.

When I turned back I saw the tall angry guy with a creepy look and he hit me over the head.

- Flashback -

"Jack." I frowned at him.

"What Miranda?" He turned as we walked to look at me.

"Why didn't anyone else come, I'm bored." He glared at me then pointed back at Alex trailing behind us.

"She came."

"Yo, Alex why'd  no one else come?" She jumped at the sound of her name.

"Well when you randomly jump into a room holding a machete it kinda makes people shy away." I sigh at her comment and continue down the road swinging my machete boredly above my head.

There seemed to be a figure coming towards us so I readied my machete. I saw Jack and Alex tense and ready themselves as well. When the figure came closer Jack dropped everything and ran to it, with us yelling after him.