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Chapter Four: Blood of Sin

WARNING:

THIS BOOK CONTAINS EXTREME VIOLENCE, GORE, SEXUAL CONTENT, DRUG ABUSE, AND LANGUAGE. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" Jared raged. He and Max were playing pool. He had just accidentally sunk the 8-ball. He snapped his pool cue over his knee. "And that makes five to nothing." Max taunted him "Wanna play again?" Jared looked at him angrily. "No. I do not want to play again." Said Jared. "Well, what's for dinner?" Asked Max. "I don't know. We have tea, milk, sugar syrup, asparagus, Everette." Jared listed. "Everette?" Max asked, confused. "I mean eggplant." Jared stuttered. "Guys! We have a situation!" Cole shouted, bursting into the room. "What? What's wrong?" Jared asked, grabbing his rifle. "They're here." Cole responded.

Cole, Max, and Jared stood up on the roof of their base. They stared down in horror at the group of cultists wearing dark cloaks. "Damn, I need a megaphone or something. You people are gonna make me lose my voice doing all this yelling!" Tyler shouted up to them. "What the hell do you want?" Max yelled down at them. "Well, it seems the time has finally come. War is inevitable." Said Tyler. "It doesn't have to be. You can still walk away from this." Said Jared, training his rifle on Tyler's head. "You're wrong. This is the way it always had to be." Tyler responded. Suddenly, Alexei threw a grenade at the building. It exploded, causing Jared's feet to wobble. He pulled the trigger. The bullet flew through the side of Alexei's face, creating a bloody gash from his mouth to his ear. The other cult members began throwing grenades and Molotovs as well. The building shook and crumbled. "We have to get out of here!" Cole yelled. They sprinted down the stairs. Their eyes watered and they choked and coughed on the smoke from the fires. "Where do we go?" Asked Max urgently. "The garage! We can take a jeep and get out of here!" Jared responded. They kept running as fast as they could toward the garage. They used their shirts to cover their mouths and noses. Glass shattered all around them, giving them small cuts all over their faces. The building shook again. Cole fell down onto his knees. Jared helped him to his feet. "C'mon! We need to hurry!" Jared yelled over the explosions. Finally, they reached the garage. As they entered the large concrete room, which was filled with jeeps, Max fell onto the ground and shrieked in pain. Ember had slashed his leg with her katana. She tried to slice Jared, but he ducked and pushed her against one of the jeeps. She dropped the sword and grabbed him by his shoulders. Jared punched her in the face repeatedly. "You stupid fucks. You really think you can beat us?" Ember said, blood leaking from her mouth. "Cole! Open the hood!" Jared yelled. Cole ran over and opened the hood of the jeep. Jared brought Ember's head down onto the engine and slammed the hood on to her. She collapsed to the ground, unconscious. "Help me get Max!" Jared yelled. They grabbed Max and helped him limp over to the jeep. "I'll be alright." Max said, out of breath. He sat down on the back seat, clutching the gash in his leg. Jared got in the driver's seat. Cole opened his door, but was suddenly tackled by Seth and Travis. "Shit!" Jared exclaimed. Seth stood up, grasping his machete. "Go! Go without me!" Cole shouted. Seth raised his machete, ready to kill Max. Quickly, Jared stepped on the gas. They drove through the garage door and down the desert road. Tyler gave him a polite wave as they drove away. Jared turned back and saw Cole on his knees. "What- we- we're just leaving him?!" Max asked breathlessly. Jared didn't say anything. He just kept driving.

Joel, Emily, and Jasmine pushed Carmin through the gates of Cuckluck Acres. The guards gave them weird looks. "What the hell are you doing?!" Ryan yelled in confusion. He, Tyson, and Kiefer had just gotten back from their search. Tyson was talking to Sasha and Kiefer was masturbating while thinking about Emily. "We found her in a motel. Pretty cool, huh?" Jasmine told him. "No, it is not pretty cool! It is very fucking uncool!" Ryan yelled, exasperated. It didn't take long for a group of people to notice the commotion and gather around them. "What's going on?" Asked Sasha, who was walking with Tyson. "Yeah, this doesn't seem very pogger." Said Nick. "Woah. Where did you come from?" Asked Tyson. "What do you mean?" Asked Nick. "Didn't you die?" Tyson asked him. "What? No. I've been here the whole time." Said Nick. "I could swear you died." Said Tyson. "Look, I can leave if I'm causing too much trouble." Carmin offered. "No. You're not going anywhere." Said Ryan. "What's the problem? We caught one of the cultists, we can use her as a bargaining chip." Said Joel. "A bargaining chip? How many people do they have to kill before you understand that they can't be reasoned with?" Asked Ryan angrily. "I didn't want to bring her here, but everything happened so fast. Next thing I knew, we were running away with her." Joel explained. "C'mon, let's bring her to the prison." Said Tyson. "Are you gonna interrogate me?" Carmin asked nervously. "I don't see the point in that. We don't have any questions for you. We're just gonna keep you there until the others come for you." Tyson told her.