The corn rustled and we froze. Something was coming. Was it the demons? They didn't make noise. Did they learn the element of surprise? That would suck. Them being loud was the only thing we had going for us. If they learn how to be quiet, we're dead. The rustling continued and I kept still. My eyes were transfixed on the direction the noise was coming from. Were we in danger? If it's not the demons what is it? Do we need to get ready to run or will we be fine? Suddenly, a rabbit hopped into sight. My shoulders sagged in relief and I let out a sigh of relief. It was just a rabbit. Gosh, I guess we overreacted. I glanced over at Anna and Carmen and saw they were just as relieved as I was. "I can't believe we were scared of a rabbit-" Anna was cut off by two large figures emerging from the corn.
"RUN!" Carmen shouted. We took off sprinting as fast as we could, tearing through the corn. Whatever it was following right behind us. I pushed stalks out of the way allowing them to fling back and hit whatever was behind us in the face. I could hear a smack and sputtering each time I did, we still hadn't lost them yet. My lungs were heaving and my legs were burning, if I had to keep this much longer they'd catch me. "Oh my gosh!" someone behind me gasped, "SLOW DOWN!" I halted, I knew that voice! Wait a minute! Whirling around, I came face to face with Jack. I burst out laughing. "Why are you laughing!?" He cried, "You hit me in the face with corn!" I snorted, "Oh my gosh! I thought you were a demon!" "A demon!?" he screeched, "I don't look that bad!" I cackled, "I can't believe I thought you were a threat!" "What!?" He yelled, "What's that supposed to mean!?" I just continued laughing.
I heard footsteps approaching behind me. "We were running from him?" Anna snickered. "You too!?" Jack shouted. "I'm sorry but you aren't scary," Anna stated. "And you are!?" he shot back. Anna razed her eyebrow at him. "No offense Anna but you aren't someone to run from either," I told her, "Neither am I. The only people worth running away from are Ella and Leo." "Rude!" Anna pouted making Jack laugh. She stuck her tongue out at him and I smiled. Jack is okay. He's alive and back with us, now we just need to find Ella and Leo. "Where are the others?" Jack asked noticing their absence. I shrugged, "We don't know. We were hoping to find them while or after we got out of here." "Oh," Jack frowned, "Well I guess you found two of us." "Two?" I questioned. Someone else was with Jack? Looking around, I spotted Amelia hugging Carmen. Ohhhh, there were two figures, weren't there.
We went over to the two and waited for them to finish their reunion. The two parted and turned to us. "So you don't know where the other three are?" Anna asked. Amelia shook her head, "No, we were hoping they were with you." I sighed, "We were hoping the same thing. Guess we'll have to wait." "Yeah," she replied sadly, "I'm sure they'll be fine. Those three are though." I nodded in agreement. "How did you guys get separated?" Carmen asked. "When we ran through where the teens were with the demons behind us," Amelia said, "Jack followed me and I guess we went a different way than you guys. We didn't even realize it till we stopped running. Then we decided to sleep and wander around till A. We found you guys, B. Got out, or C. Got killed by demons because there is no way we'd survive that." Carmen nodded, "Well we plan to walk that way," he said pointing in our direction, "And hop it's the edge of the field." "That sounds better than ours," Jack admitted, "I'm pretty sure we were walking around in circles." "Seems logical enough," Amelia hummed, "Hopefully Chase came up with the same idea."
Hopefully, Chase died and we no longer need to worry about the Master because he's dead. Unfortunately, that's wishful thinking because the possibility of the demons killing Greer is zero. Ugh! Stupid logic! I sighed, not much I can do about it. "We should keep moving," Amelia suggested. "Then let's go!" Anna cheered taking off through the corn. We trailed behind her as she walked. The scenery was the same, just rows and rows of corn. I've seen enough corn to last me a lifetime. Jack walked beside me chatting with Amelia about something. I frowned, I feel bad for not telling him about the plan. It's not like he can't keep secrets. If I told him he would keep it under wraps pretty good. I don't want to make him think I can't trust him. I do, on most things but there's a small chance he might let it slip and I don't want to risk it. Sometimes he can get nervous and say things he shouldn't or make up bad lies or excuses. Chase would know something was going on.
If he finds out, then it won't work. It's like holding a blind test on which soda is better but telling the participants what brand is in which cup. Regardless of which was better the participants would choose which they thought was right. And in this case, the right answer is agreeing with me. If Chase figures it out and knows the right answer, the won't work. If he doesn't suspect anything in the first place, would he look into it? The only time Jack gets nervous is when he's asked about it. That's when he clams up and begins to panic. If we play it right Chase won't suspect a thing. Why would he? But what if Jack starts acting weird around him? That would tip off that something is wrong. But Jack has enough sense not to act differently, right? ...unless he does it without meaning to. That is a possibility. I sighed, why is this so hard!? I decided before I saw him! Why am I second-guessing myself!? Because you don't want to hurt his feelings, my brain whispered.
It's not wrong. I don't want to hurt him. Unintentional or not it doesn't change the fact people not trusting you stings. And it's not like he won't find out! If I'm right, I'll be telling everyone so he would know I deliberately decided not to tell him. Leo would find out too. But I haven't known him as long. Would that hurt his trust too? That doesn't matter. It probably would. Then two people would be mad or upset with me, making them less likely to cooperate. Which is the last thing we need right now. So, do I tell both of them and hope for the best? Or should I play it safe? Jack tells people things without meaning too. ...that is true, but he'd be careful with this. It's pretty important. How can you be sure?
I've known him for years, I should be able to tell him. But you can't. But I can. No, you can't. Yes, I do. You have no reason to tell me he's untrustworthy. Oh, but I do. It's the same reason you don't trust him in the first place. Which is? None of the secrets you've told him have stayed secret. But it wasn't on purpose. Does it matter? They still found out. I glanced over at Jack, he was talking about something with Anna now. It wasn't wrong, all of the big secrets I'd told him managed to slip out. There's no way he'd be able to keep this one. It's best if I just don't tell him. I tuned into Jack and Anna's conversation. Anna was smiling about something, and Jack was waving his hands around as he spoke. As we walked, I listened to him and Anna bicker playfully occasionally joining in. All while ignoring the voice in my head nagging me to tell him.
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It's getting so hard to write the chapters! 😭 We're getting to the end and I need to figure out how to make the chapters interesting but not too short! Like what do I do!? No one wants to read a chapter of Luke's thoughts but they also don't want all dialog. It's especially hard because we're missing characters! 😕 Anyway, have a great day! Bye! 🙃
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Blood Moon Lake
TerrorWhen childhood friends go on vacation to celebrate the end of their first year in college they get the last thing they expect. A killer. When a brit shows up saying somethings coming they realize vacation has to wait. Now they're be chased by someon...
