The Tradition

Chapter 9

They all stopped running since they were getting exhausted.

"They won't be able to find us here, right? I mean, we are deep in the forest. While we're here and not getting chased let's think of a plan." Luke said.

"Maybe the monster just wants a hug? It did say nobody likes it, and maybe it's just lonely?" Tyler suggests.

Andrew replies, "I knew you were dumb but I didn't know you were this dumb!"

"Ok ok, jeez it was just a suggestion. So what do we do?" says Tyler.

"How about the yacht? It's still here, so we can easily get out of here! But, we're out of fuel." says Francis.

Mike then remembers that there's a gas station near the motel, now all they need is a plan. They all started thinking of ways to get to the gas station and to the yacht, without getting caught. While they were make a plan, Luke hears rustling noises near them. Luke investigates where the noise came from and sees the kid from last night.

"Guys, we need to go! The kid is here with a knife!" says Luke.

"Everybody! Split!" says Mike.

Francis does the split.

"Not that kind of splits! What he means is, scatter!" says Andrew.

They all ran in different directions.
Francis is with Luke, Mike is with Tyler, and Andrew is with Avery.

"I think we lost the kid." says Mike.

"And we lost the others as well. Good job, Mike." says Tyler.

"It's not my fault!" Mike says in an angry tone.

Tyler chuckles and says, "Oh really? Then who was the one said to split up? It definitely wasn't me!"

"Now is not the time to argue, lets try to fnd the others." says Mike.

"Ok so, let's wander into the forest, with no sense of direction and hope that we will end up meeting back with the rest of the group, without getting caught by the monster or the people hunting us down. And how is that gonna happen." Tyler says sarcastically.

"Stop complaining, and plus the author said to split up, so it's not entirely my fault!" says Mike

(Hey! Don't drag me into this! Just say your lines that I gave you and continue! - Author)

Mike and Tyler, wandered deeper into the forest in search of their friends.

"Where are we going?" asks Avery.

"Forward."

"I know we are going forward but where are we planning to go to! We are lost."

"Ugh, just follow my lead."

"I'm pretty sure, we're just going in circles, all I see are trees, trees, oh and look! More trees! You have no idea where we actually are and where we are heading to."

"Just shut up! Do you want to be heard by the monster and get killed?"

"If it means I'm no longer stuck with you, yes."

"I hate you." says Andrew, getting annoyed.

"I hate you as well, and I'm tired of following you. I'm gonna walk in a different direction."

"Are you stupid? Your gonna get lost! We have to stick together, even if we don't want to."

"Andrew, stop."

"What?"

"I see something in the distance, and it's not a tree."

"I see it, too! Come on let's go!" says Andrew.

They ran off and what they saw was a shed. They open the doors and saw two people in there. They all scream.

"Shh! The monster might hear you!" says Luke

"Brother? Francis? What are you doing here?" asks Avery.

"Hiding, the monster was near us earlier so we ran and hid here. Come on, get in here. It's much safer here than out in the open." says Francis.

They all got in the shed and shut the doors.

"Wheres Mike? And where's Tyler? I thought they were with you guys?" says Luke.

"They are probably in the forest wandering around." says Andrew.

"Or fighting, you know how those two act when left alone with each other." says Avery.

"Just like how you guys were fighting outside." says Francis.

"Uhm, should we try to find them? I'm getting worried for those two." says Luke.

"Let's wait for like two minutes, and if there's no sign of them we will go look for them."

Avery frequently peeks out the door to see of there's any sign of Mike and Tyler. Until, she sees both of them walking around, and they both look annoyed.

"Psst! Guys! Over here!"

Mike and Tyler goes in the shed.

"Guys I see the kid! He's near." says Francis.

Andrew whispers,"We need to be quiet right now, until the kid leaves."

Tyler then whispers, "Can't we just fight the kid? Sure, he has a knife, but he's just a kid with a knife, we are older and stronger than him."

Francis whispers, "But he's just a kid! Instead can we fight the monster?"

Tyler then asks Andrew, "Hey where's your gun? We can just shoot it, I forgot to bring mine."

Andrew says, "I didn't bring it."

"Why?"

Andrew says, "Mike said I couldn't, since were just going on a nice, calm fishing trip, and not hunting. And if I did bring my gun, it would probably be in the motel since I don't carry my gun with me everywhere I go."

(Hey, author here. Just wanted to say, I know nothing about owning a gun, or anything like that, so I'm not sure if this make sense. But it doesn't matter since this isn't the real world.)

An argument started between Mike, Andrew, and Tyler. Luke tells them to be quiet but they didn't listen.

The shed doors open, and the kid yells, "They are here! I have found them! They are here!"

All of them run out and Tyler tries to shut the kid up. Which leads to Tyler arguing with the kid. Suddenly Tyler gets impaled by the monsters spiked hand.

Tyler then says, "I'll haunt you, kid"
And he took his last breathe. All of them ran to find a safe spot.