traitor | Ziggy x Nick

14: when will i see you again

Shooting stars never fly for me
My heart's on Mars, kinda hard to see
But you know, you know I'll see you again
You know, you know I'll see you again
-
Shakka

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Two-"

"Nick...Nick!" I start frantically hitting his arm as my eyes widen in fear. "What the fuck is that!"

I point toward the growing blob of black ooze seeping from the heart, my knife still raised above it. My feet stay glued to the ground as I watch the blob reach out like a rod to my right, gradually thickening into an arm which suddenly grabs at my ankle

"Holy fuck!" Nick shouts and finally breaks from his trance. "Ziggy we need to go!"

He rips me from my trance as I give confused nods but tumble to the ground at the hand clasping my foot. Screaming at the sight, I'm paralysed by fear as it grips me closer to the heart. 

"Nick!" 

then suddenly as I was trying to unsuccessfully pull my foot from the thing, a knife plunges down on the wrist and slices it cleanly, and the hand goes limp, dropping at my feet. Scrambling up against the wall of the cave, I grab the hand and throw it across the room as I go to take another step toward the heart. 

Suddenly I'm pulled violently back and turned around, face to face with a frantic boy, his hair dishevelled from the past few hours. He briefly checks over me before dragging me into the tunnel, away from where we should be going. 

"B-but the heart! If we stab it-"

"No Ziggy we have to get out now!" he shouts at me.

I fumble the knife in my hand before reluctantly going through the tunnel behind Nick, but not before I give a glance back and see the face of a doll-like mask and let out a blood-curling scream. However it only happens again when I see that same hand grab out at me, the black sludge rapidly forming the body of another killer.

"GO GO GO!" I scream at Nick as I start rushing forward.

As I scramble I feel the atmosphere change drastically and desperately go forward faster. Then I feel the hairs of my legs stand up as a wind picks up behind my moving foot and whip my head back immediately.

I'm met with the deranged mask of Billy Barker and my eyes widen as I see the full body of the dead killer come back to life. I freeze for a second before I unconsciously whip my arm behind me and stab the knife right in his arm, stunning him for a second, letting me finally escape the tunnel and run after Nick. I scurry through the place, following the dimming light of Nick's flashlight, leading us to the entrance of the caverns in the forest. As I climb out I collapse into Nick's arms, who also shivers with me in the daylight.

"What happened?" he asks as he clasps my face, looking for any injuries.

"Barker- he...he came back to life... -the sludge, the heart! Fuck!"

Nick stares down into the hole, before responding.

"That's how the killers come back to life. They just form from the goddamn heart. We need a way to distract them. Draw them away then we need to stab that shit."

"How the hell do we manage that without dying and bringing down anyone else?" I ask, finally standing on both feet again.

We stand stationery forty or so feet from the entrance as Nick explains his idea. I pull out my backup knife and gun from when I stashed them back in my bag. I check the magazine again - still one bullet. Surprise surprise.

I hand the gun to Nick and he gives me one of his knives. We stay for a few minutes before we start to walk to the edge of the forest to the camp where his car was parked, when I hear branches snapping behind us. We both swing around and see the killer at the stairs of the entrance.