doomsday. ( yellowjackets )

soixante-quatre.

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chapter soixante-quatre
chapter sixty four.

1997.

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" If she was waiting till sunrise, she'd be back by now. " Misty pointed out to the group that sat around the fire pit, consisting of pretty much everyone minus Tara and Shauna.

" She could be sleeping somewhere? " Natalie suggested, though even she didn't look convinced by that idea.

" Mari's stubborn, not suicidal. She's like, the least outdoorsy person here, I don't think she'd sleep out in the woods to save her pride. " Alex remarked halfheartedly, to which Akilah somewhat agreed.

" Could anyone sleep after hearing those screams? " She reminded them.

" For real, like what if those sounds were something eating Mari? " Van asked, making Alex shoot a dry look at her.

" I don't think Travis's 'screaming trees' ate Mari. Listen, if we want to be serious, I'm pretty sure we all know that there's someone here plenty capable of hunting Mari down and..you know, " Alex made a gesture across her throat, earning a few cringes of disgust from Akilah and Gen, " and the motive to do it, too— "

" Shauna. " Taissa cut Alex off, though answering her at the same time. The curly haired girl raised her brows at Alex to effectively tell her to stop before she became the target of Shauna's back-and-forth wrath. She then turned her attention to the newcomer, crossing her arms to catch her up, " Mari didn't come home last night. Any insight here? "

" I don't know. " Shauna responded plainly, looking puzzled to why Taissa would even bother asking her that.

" Where even were you just now? " Taissa followed up, causing Alex to pull her arms off of her knees and sit up on the wooden stump.

" Well, as insane as Shauna can be, I don't think she just came back from burying Mari's body, so. " Alex replied shortly, leaning back on her hand against the stump as she looked up at the brunette, squinting her eyes at the sun, " Right, Shipman? "

" Jesus, we don't have time for this. " Natalie interrupted what was sure to become yet another petty argument that she couldn't handle. " I'm gonna find Mari, is anyone else in? "

Unsurprisingly, Misty stretched her hand to the sky and even stood up for good measure, as if she was worried Natalie would miss her volunteering. No one else moved a muscle, making Natalie's face twitch in the slightest before she suddenly pointed, " Shauna, you're coming with me. "

" I'm not looking for her. Fuck Mari. " She declared, then, without another word to be said about it, stormed through the camp to go inside her shelter, a few of the girls sidestepping to let her through without conflict.

" I-I'm coming too, Nat. " Misty called, proving that she would be tagging along whether Natalie wanted or needed her to. As she bounded over to their leader, Taissa looked to Van.

" We're going too, right? "

Van made a sour face as she waved her hand in response, " Yeah, but not with them. "