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anxiety

colby's p.o.v

there were so many noises, which is funny, for the wilderness of LA, you'd think that with such a large city and many people, there wouldn't be wildlife. just the way i've thought about it, it just feels so weird you know? growing up in kansas, sam and i would head to the woods slightly out of town and build forts, and we would either have our forts wrecked by bears having a snooze, deer being too stupid and jumping right on top, or other kids from out school, as much as we loved country living, i feel like we belong in California.

It's starting to become daytime, the birds are chirping louder and in larger quantities. i really hope they find us soon, my ankle is swelling the fuck up, and i'm so hungry, the sushi we had last night was so good, but man that did not fill me up for long.

sams p.o.v

as we drove onto the road from the beaten up path to Mary's house, we saw a 3 guys trying to flag us down. wait that's elton, corey, and jake!
"hey those are our friends, can you pull over here?"

"of course! and look just in time." she said as police cars showed up from behind, speeding to the aid of the 3 boys.

"mary thank you so much for your help.... this is for you." I gave her 300 bucks for her time, i always believe in paying it forward.

"i can't accept that, though it's been a pleasure, i hope to see you guys again some day, hopefully in different circumstances!" mary said as she smiled ear to ear, she was the most kind hearted, innocent, and genuine person i think i'll ever meet.

"i insist."

"thank you sam, and thank you katrina." she said with a soft smile.

we hop out of her truck and run over to elton, corey, and jake. elton is going nuts about ellie, he's yelling and thrashing around, i don't blame him, my heart is pumping fast, where the fuck is colby. that's my best friend, my brother, my whole world, and he's gone. i can feel my face burn red, katrina grabs my hand and looks me in my eyes.

"we will find him. don't worry too hard sam." i trust her, she always knows what i'm thinking and what to say.

though i still feel uneasy knowing that at least two people are in those woods, who knows what condition they're in, i just hope they have each other right now. daylight was peeking through the trees and the police had just started to follow elton's directions down the road.

3rd person

elton hopped into a police car with an officer and pointed out the direction they came from, they got out and headed to their campsite, it looked like it had been ransacked, either from them doing a quick get up and go, or someone went through here. he walked the officers through where they ran.

"ELLIE! COLBY! ITS ELTON!"

a bush began to wiggle and the two police officers reached for their guns but stopped when they heard:

"dad?" ellie said in a quiet voice.

"ellie oh my god..." elton ran over and grabbed her. he had never felt so alive. he was holding her one hand around her waist and the other on her head. tears started erupting from ellie.

"where is everyone?"

"they've made it to the road! except for colby... we are still trying to find him."

"oh."

"you go meet up with them and we will continue searching."

"no i'm coming with."

"are you sure...?"

"i am."

"alright, let's get movin then."

"COLBY WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU..." Sam yelled in frustration, he had an awful feeling in his gut. His face burned red and tears travelled along the brim of his eye lids.

"SAAMMMMMM" A distressed and broken voice called in the distance.

"COLBY!?" Elton, Ellie, and Sam called out.

The three of them sprinted to the voice with the police officer trying to keep up behind them.

"Sam..." Colby's hoarse voice called out as soon as he saw his best friend.
Sam jogged over to him and he dropped to his knees. Colby both knees to his chin and his right ankle in his hand, Ellie cautiously walked over to colby and paused. Colby looked at her with emptiness in his eyes, no facial expression could be found on this once beautiful face, now coated with mud and blood.

"What the fuck happened to you?" Elton asked.

Colby stared daggers into Elton's eyes. "I tripped and fell onto a bunch of rocks and sticks." He spat.

The police officer assessed everything and called an ambulance, on the way to the hospital, sam sat by his side while ellie and elton drove back home with Corey, Jake, and Kat. It was a quiet car ride home, the drive felt 10 times longer, and the smell of sweat and mud was stale in the air.