Surviving the S.T.R.I.P. (ON HOLD)

Chapter Twelve

Drew

I froze halfway through taking my shirt off. Is he saying what I think he is?

"It was nice working with you." 

My mouth dropped open along with Brynn and Gwen's. Micah was in too much pain, but I'm sure he was in just as much shock. 

"You actually think you can take us?" Gwen stepped forward, challenging them. Some might think that Gwen would be too dumb to figure out what was happening, but I knew she was much smarter than she came off. 

"Oh, dumb girl figured it out?" The girl with the white-blonde hair asked, taunting Gwen. 

Poor Gwen, they must've tried talking to her more than I thought. I watched as she reached around and grabbed onto her pocket knife. She gripped it so tight that her knuckles turned white.

"I'm not as stupid as you think," she defended, trying to sound confident. 

The tall boy, Matt, laughed. "What's fifty-seven times forty-two?" The girl and the other boy laughed, realizing that this was an absurd question and that nobody could figure it out in their head. I, however, didn’t doubt that Gwen was in fact smart enough and could figure it out. 

Gwen looked towards the ceiling for a second, thinking. I disappeared into the darkness of the cave, using this distraction to save our butts. 

Matt laughed again and decided to taunt her some more. "You are dumb, right girl-"

"Two thousand, three hundred ninety-four." She replied, interrupting the other group from the laughter. 

I smiled. That's my girl!

Both the girl and the bigger boy looked at Daniel, making him check her math. 

He gasped and then whispered, "She's right."

Everybody there stared at Gwen with wide eyes, including Brynn and Micah. Even Micah stopped groaning for a second. Everyone froze in awe.

Everyone but me. I snuck up behind Matt and slit his throat, just as the girl with the ponytail screeched, "Matt!"

He collapsed to the ground, dead as a doornail. The girl's face grew pale, but also a lot angrier. 

"You. Killed. My. Boyfriend!" she squealed angrily. 

Daniel's face paled. "Y-you were d-dating h-him? Y-you were d-dating me!"

I felt my mouth go wide in shock, but I was grinning at the same time. This was definitely not a good time for that girl. 

I watched as her eyes narrowed and she turned towards the scrawny boy. "You honestly thought that I would commit to you? You're a loser! You're not worth anything. We only kept you around because you’re smart. Even dumb girl is smarter than you!"

I knew what was going to happen right when that came out of her mouth, and it did. 

Gwen threw the gun onto the ground and ran at the girl with anger and force that as soon as they collided both were on the ground. No amount of precautions could've helped keep that girl alive. Gwen was so pissed that she would've killed a mountain lion with the amount of force she was putting into each stab. The blonde girl shrieked out in pain. I winced. Even after seeing all the death that I had seen on the Strip so far, her death screams chilled me to the bone.

Daniel just stood and stared. I turned to see Brynn crying and trying to keep Micah safe. After a few seconds of the blonde girl’s screaming, Brynn collapsed next to Micah and wept on the floor. I didn’t know what else to do. I just stared at the scene.