Cold Truths

-Run-

IRAS POV
I woke up and bonked my head on my bed. "Shit!" I whisper screamed. I looked in my pocket to See that nugget escaped! Oh great, now I really need to find where I have to leave soon! I quickly see Nugget underneath my couch grab her, stuff for my pocket, grab my bags, and run out the door.I then see a simple but friendly looking man trotting to me with a group of kids from our school. I looked around the group and recognized some of them from our school. Ollie immediately picked me and hugged me. Then I noticed people were watching us. Like Sydney. So I let go and the surprisingly happy guy shows us around the town which was pretty much destroyed. How could one killer be so dangerous? I thought to myself!? The entire way there I was just clenching onto Ollie terrified. Not because of the killer but because of people looking at me!
Sydney gave me a few glares but overall didn't talk to me. I did see a girl named Olivia look at me and wave. I didn't know what to do. Help what do I say to a girl looking at me???
My mind was racing and the girl just smiled and walked back up to her friends.
Wtaf was that??
Ollie was almost asleep aso wvey two minutes I had to keep kicking him to keep him awake. After what seemed 3hours at least, we arrived to an open feild with only a couple trees surrounding it. "Okay guys so now we're gon-" before he could even finish what he was gonna say a gunshot was ringin in my ears. The next thing I saw was a dead man lying in a pool of blood. Everyone just froze. Ollie being really athletic decided to take the opportunity of sacrificing them to save us. He grabbed my hand and pushed one of the kids on the ground in hopes they would get shot.
Brutal? Yes. But for all we know it's the end of the damn world!
"OLLIE WTF ARE YOU DOING?" I whisper screamed. Just like that the killer was gone. Apparently everyone thought that Ollie had a good idea of running and everyone followed us. Do we know where tf we're going? Hell no! Am I on the verge of a panic attack? Hell yeah!

OLLIES POV
Did I really just push a person to the ground? Yes, yes I did! Why? Because I wasn't going to die today. I don't care if people around me did except Ira. Selfish? Yes, it was very selfish but I couldn't care right now. I noticed people were following me and Ira and this was bad. A large group is easier to see than like two or four people. I continued to walk anywhere away from where the person got shot. I was still dragging Ira along with me. Soon we reached the woods and I walked into them. Why? So it would be harder for a shooter to see us than out in an open field without shelter. I began to pick my pace up.
"Ollie!! Where are we going!!" Ira kinda yelled at me as I turned our fast walk into a jog.
"Away from that field." I said.
"B-But what about the bunker?!" Ira asked.
"For all we know is that the person knows where that is and will attack if we go there." I said a bit harshly but continued on for a while. I could tell Ira began to get tired but I continued to drag her along with me. Some people began to fall behind us and soon I slowed my pace after Ira begged me to slow down. I continued to drag her with me. The woods began to feel somewhat familiar. I looked up towards the sky. Then looked ahead of us then around us. "Hear lets try to find a safe spot because I know damn well that were not that far away from the stupid clearing." I said to Ira and the small group that was with us. Olivia, Zack, Fern, Ivy, and Luke were with me and Ira. The others had fallen behind and we didn't have time to wait. I began dragging Ira to the left and the group followed silently.

IRAS POV
After Ollie pulling on my wrist for a bit I told him to let me breathe. He knew I have really bad asthma and instead of letting me sit for a bit he loses sed his grip stopped for me, then out of nowhere picks me up and forces me onto his back. I would have complained but it was better than walking. After what I think was an hour or is running through a forest we all saw an abandoned bunker. Ollie set me down for a minute assuming I would stay still and listen to him. He made the wrong choice. As soon as he put me down I started bolting towards the bunker. A lot of people stayed outside waiting for Ollie to do something. "Stay here." He grumbled I could hear him chasing after me. Once I had to stop to check on Nugget, he just scooped me up and brought be back out. Yeah I was pretty pissed. "As I was saying, we're gonna set up camp here until we come across a phone or a radio of some sort to contact the government." Everyone nodded in agreement. I took off my final survival backpack, forgetting I had it still on. It contained a shit ton of goldfish!
Stfu I really like goldfish
Matches, a couple knives, a BB gun, flashlights, and water.
"That's not gonna get us long but it helps" Ollie decided. Next was Olivia to dump out her mini backpack. I didn't except to find much in a fashion accessory but I was shocked. Inside there was a taser and a seatbelt cutter. Idk what we need that for but slay 💅.
After everyone emptied my out their bags we had mostly enough supplies for a while. We all had sleeping bags and 2 small tents. We decided to save those for later.
"Guys if we want this place to work good we have to at least fix it up" Olivia offered. "Oh please! I can just call my dad." Sydney said, pulling out her phone. I suddenly leaped at her and grabbed the phone. I would have never done this, but I just snapped!
"YOU HAD A PHONE THIS WHOLE GODDAMN TIME!?" I screamed, rackeling her to the ground. Olivia and Chas were both trying to pull me off her but she stood up with a shocked and embarrassed face. "My phone died.." she stuttered. Everyone was pissed at Sydney but we all just went inside the bunker and glared at her. Not daring to gaslight her any further.

OLLIES POV
I was kinda surprised that Ira attacked Sydney but I knew it was coming sooner or later. I looked around the room. The group insisted on staying in the same room all together and to be honest I didn't really want to but I guess we didn't really have a choice. I don't think anyone noticed my other bag which I'm kind of glad for because that was where Paris was. I brought Paris with me? Well duh! I wasn't going to leave MY cat at home even though he probably would have been safer at home. I sat in a corner and watched the others. Ira sat next to me and we chatted a bit but it was getting later and it was getting darker. Some people had flashlights so we turned those on. I opened my bag slightly so I could pet Paris a little. Ira noticed and whispered.
"Where did you get the bag?!" Ira asked quietly. "Shhh.. It's fine there's no useful supplies in here." I said quietly and glanced around the room briefly. "What's in there then?" They asked. I opened it a little bit more.
"Paris, remember him? He's my cat." I whispered. They looked at me.
"How did you manage to hide him?!" They asked, confused. I shrugged. I looked around then quietly zipped up the bag. Yes, Paris can breath and I made sure to bring him cat food. The cat food is in a compartment in the bag. I rubbed my eyes as I was tired because I didn't sleep last night.
"Is everyone ready to sleep?" I asked and stood up after making sure the bag was hidden. Everyone responded with a yes or a grunt. "Alright then! Let's all head to bed. Also make sure to turn the flashlights off." I said and once everyone was ready we turned the flashlights off and the room was pitchblack. Well mostly because the moonlight was coming through a few windows that there was in the room.

This chapter kinda dived into the action but, oh well. Short introduction to some of the side characters. How do you feel about them so far? There will be more interactions with them later on but, what do you think will happen?
I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Have a great day/night!
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