𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓞𝓻 𝓑𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓭 || 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙈𝙋 𝙭 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧

Chapter 4

                                                               
                                                                       ˚✧₊⁎CHAPTER FOUR⁺˳✧༚
                                                             ''A Little Talk''
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TW: Blackmail? (Is blackmail even considered a trigger warning 🤨)
A/n: Guys there's finally some lore/backstory going on here so pay attention >:>
I also haven't checked this chapter for misspellings so pls let me know if anything is wrong.
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"Y/n, you can't go back! I'm sure one of them will be waiting for you!"

Y/n didn't listen to Zam's reasoning. She was already out of the base and making her way back to hers with a little compass she always carried in her back pocket, (A/n fyi the compass shows S. E. W. N. AND coordinates. So it's kind of like f3 but it has a few more tricks) Zam and Snowfluff following shortly behind her.

"I don't care. If they want something, they can say it to my face." She jumped over a small stream, crossing into the spruce forest.

"Is it worth risking your life though?" Zam said. "What could be so important at your base that you want to go back right now, instead of waiting a couple of days until it's safe?"

He did have a point but Y/n shook it off.

"Armor and resources. And materials to build a new base, since apparently I'm 'in danger, because they will try to kill me, now that they know that I'm under your protection,'" she repeated what Zam had been trying to explain to her for the past 20 minutes.
     "First, I'm not under your protection. I can protect myself," Y/n studied her compass, making sure she was going in the right direction. "Second, I-I'm sure I'm fine. According to you they all want to get to twenty hearts?" She heard Zam mumble something like a yes behind her, "And I'm hard to fight. If they're smart, they'll go for easier targets." That sounded like she was trying to convince herself.

"You can't fight all of them, they are the best fighters around here!" He said, "And they won't even kill you to get hearts, they'll just do it for fun or to make me feel worse... and if they do it to make me feel worse it won't be a quick death. They want to prove that I - that no one can do anything! And other people are fine with that! Me, Pangi, Rekrap, Spoke and others are the only ones trying to stop them- CAN YOU AT LEAST LISTEN?!"

Y/n stopped walking and turned around to face him.

"So what you're saying is that it's your fault they are trying to kill me right now, and I have to leave my base because of that," she said. It was harsh way to put it, but she continued,

"That you want me to join you because you need more people to fight?" She lowered her voice, and looked to the side. "Zam, if I were you I would just give up. Let them have their 20 hearts and move on. Can't you just give up? (Lifesteal season 3 anyone?)" She raised her head and met Zam's eyes. "But it's non of my business and shouldn't be. So the least you can do is just let me leave so I don't have to get mixed up in all of the fighting that has NOTHING to do with me. At this point, Zam, this isn't a fight to stop them. You are fighting just because you don't want to give up."

   With that she turned back to her compass, ready to leave. She heard Zam sigh behind her.

"So there is no way to convince you to stay at our base a little longer," he said, "just until we're sure they are gone?"
    
   Not turning around Y/n shook her head.