Birds Of A Feather (Ray x Reader)

Though I'm Far From Home, I'm Not Alone

A/N: in honor of Josh's water bottle landing beside me, the water getting in my eye and my experience at the Clancy tour...I present to you, the last chapter of book one

YOUR POV:

Ray changes his clothes as Emma demands that he sits down. Emma raises her hand and slaps Ray across the face, she then grabs the sides of his head. "Quit planning on dying you stubborn bastard! Just stop talking and get ready to escape!"

"We're ready Emma," Lannion and Thoma call.

We look to find a shirt lying on the oil soaked floor covered in various different meats, along with a set of braided hair.

"What is this?" Ray asks, rubbing his reddened cheek.

"Your replacement," Lannion explains. "Norman said it's better than nothing!"

Thoma nods, "and it'll have a certain smell!"

"Th-Those braids..!" Ray gasps.

"Anna gave them to me," Emma says as she pulls out a scalpel, "all that's left is the tracking device. Let me take it out."

Ray stares at Emma like she's gone mad, but he gives in, allowing her to cut out the device. They then place a gauze over his ear and tape it. Emma looks at me, "your turn Y/N!"

"M-My turn?!" I exclaim as I point to myself.

"Yeah!" She smiles, "unless you want to use the taser."

I hum, "double 'suicide' or taser..?" I think aloud before smirking, "I'm going with the suicide option." I walk over to Emma, "cut it off!"

The adrenaline was what helped me get through the cut, I barely even felt it but I knew I would once it wore off. After it was cut off and I was patched up, we threw our trackers into the meat mess on the floor.

Emma reached over for the matches, "everyone get out of here." She instructs.

"Emma, I don't wanna leave you," I say, "what if you don't make it out?!"

I feel someone grab my wrist as I pulled out of the dinning room. "Ray!" I scream, "let me go!"

"We've got places to be," Ray states, "come on."

The four of us rush toward the woods as a blood curdling scream is heard from inside the house, more specifically, Emma screaming me and Ray's name.

I pulled away from Ray as we stood at the edge of the woods, I couldn't help but be entranced by the fire.

"N/N, we have to go!" Ray sternly says, "we don't have time to hesitate!"

I wave Ray off as I continue to stare at the burning house, "in a second...I'm not ready yet."

"I'm not leaving without you," Ray says.

"Fine," I huff as I clasp my hands together in a prayer and close my eyes. I say a silent prayer for Emma to make it out safely, and for Mama.

I open my eyes to see the flames burning brighter, I feel Ray grab my wrist as I wave goodbye to the house. "Bye, bye!"

We join the kids in the woods as they all looked worried, noticing that Emma is missing. A few seconds later, she shows up out of breath and clutching a gauze to her ear.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!" Emma apologizes with a shaky smile.

Ray places a hand on his ear with wide eyes.

"Did you all break your tracking devices?" Emma cheerfully asks the younger kids.

"Yep!"

"Sure did!"