The Dark Farmer

Chapter Eight

Alistair Demos

I hear what sounds like people waking up so I turn and am shocked to see three pairs of eyes watching me. Me and the blond one make eye contact and he yells for the others to start running.

Nico practically lifts May off of the ground and helps her sprint away. They went towards the lake so I followed them. They won't be getting far. I'll make sure of that.

Getting to the lake I see footsteps leading to the water in the sand but that's the only proof that people have been here. The strange thing is that it's only one pair of footprints, they must have split up.

It takes about 3 minutes to search the area. I don't really want to go into the water and no one can hold their breath for that long. I turn and leave to find the others. Going back where they set their little fire I see Seth is still there with the other one.. Ashe? Yea it was Ashe. I grab a branch from the fire that was unburned and raise it to hit them. It was time for some discipline to be taught.

"Ashe I SWEAR WAKE UP STUIPID WE GOTTA GO '' They haven't seen me yet, and I stick to the shadows. They finally wake up and Seth sends them sprinting away. Seth grabs the bag and snuffs out the fire after grabbing a flaming branch to see. I decided to follow them.

After a few moments of walking in circles they make their way to the lake to meet with the others. Hm smart, still not good enough though I scoffed.

"Nico? May?" Ashe calls out. The water swirls next to a bush. That's why I didn't see him.

"SHHHHH" He hisses back, whipping the water out of his eyes. "He's gonna hear you" I mean he's not wrong-

Just then a bubble of air rises from the other end of the bush. "SHIT" he yells and dives, pulling up a wheezing may.

"Sorry hun" he laughs nervously. HUN? EXCUSE ME?????? How dare he call anyone but ME hun? I look between the two, there can't possibly be anything between them, so why must darling use such a word? After that I didn't know whether to make my presence known.

The stick I step on cracks with a loud snap.

Nico gasped and started coughing up water and a bit of blood. I go to help my dear Nico~. May squeals in fear and steps into a deeper part of the lake. I assume her feet leave the bottom because she shoots down. Nico lunges again to catch her and he drags her out of the pool. His hair drips in his face and his white shirt sticks to him.

Nico does his best to get the hair out of his eyes and in doing so he falls into the tree that im leaning on.

"Hello" I say quietly, he trips over me while trying to hold up May.

"Oh shit." He says, you can tell he's shocked. The most emotion I've ever seen from him.

He moves May away from me so she's safe. I can see her getting irritated until she snaps.

"Can you stop treating me like a rag doll" She practically growls pushing away from Nico, who in turn lets her drop to the floor. The small smirk tells me that he meant to let her fall as revenge.

"Ow" She says, sounding hurt.

I have to try my hardest to not laugh at the entire ordeal.

Nico turns to me now.

"I get that you have the entire 'Creepy psycho killer' vibe going for you, but don't you think it's a bit much?" He deadpans. The only response I give him is an eye roll.

"Maybe it's about time you learn some discipline '' I responded angrily looking at Nico.

He laughs and I wonder why.