I held the note tightly to my chest as the door creaked open. I had my eyes shut and I was holding my breath hoping it wasn’t her. It went silent and all I could hear was the beating of my heart. Then I felt something or someone touch my arm and I screamed my head off. I had like a panic attack right there. My arms and legs flying everywhere while I was screaming my head off but I wasn’t the only one. I heard someone else screaming like they saw a ghost. I was able to calm my panic attack enough to look over and see my little brother there. His eyes were wide and he dropped his jaw. Gosh I probably just scarred little Jack for life. I probably looked like the lady from Possession or whatever that movie was called. “Jack are you ok?!” I whispered to him. All of a sudden I heard running down the hallway. I grabbed Jack to protect him and grabbed a piece of wood that fell of a dresser or something. The noise came closer quickly. The door flung open and I saw Chris come in. His hair was a mess and he had a knife in his hand. When he saw it was just us he calmed down. He asked, “What the heck happened?! I was asleep then I heard screaming. Is everyone ok?” “We’re fine Jack just came in and it scared me nothing happened. Nobody’s hurt” I replied flatly. He looked a little hurt but I couldn’t help it! It was the middle of the night and I just had a freaking seizure and I’m supposed to be nice? I think not. As grumpy as I was I put on a smile to make him feel better. Then the door flew open AGAIN but this time it was everyone else. Leading them was David, who also looked like he saw a ghost. He had a knife in one hand and was obviously out of breath. “Sorry I was late,” he managed to get out, “I had to find my knife and get everyone out. I wasn’t sure if there was a fire or something.” He winked at me when he saw me and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. Chris replied, “If there was a fire you see and smell it stupid.” Gosh what’s up with them? You could just feel the tension. Ashley broke the silence by saying, “So you’re saying that we got up in the middle of the night for nothing? Gosh Crystal you ruined our sleep. And David, why did you get us up if there was nothing? It’s just Crystal so it doesn’t really matter.” I clenched my fist but David stood up for me. “Crystal’s a human too and there’s only 7 of us left so you better get to like her!” She stiffened up and I swear I heard her whisper “Or we could kill her now and get over with it.” Chris must have heard too because he turned around and shot her a glare. “Ok well since nothing’s wrong everyone go back to their rooms.” Chris announced. They all went back but Jack stayed behind. “What’s up little dude?” I asked while motioning him to come sit on the bed. “Well umm.. I was wondering… h-have you been seeing people?” I was shocked by this question. Was he seeing people? “Umm well actually…” I was about to tell him about the lady I saw but I couldn’t. It’s like she was holding my words so nobody could hear. I knew she was supposed to be a secret. “Crystal? Hello? Earth to Crystal?” my little brother said trying to get my attention. “Oh um sorry bout that… Anyways no I haven’t have you?” I hated lying to my brother but I couldn’t tell him. “Oh I h-” he started to speak but it must have happened to him too. If we both know why won’t she let us talk about it? I put my hand on his shoulder and said, “I know how you feel.” He looked at me confused so I just winked. He got the message. I sent him to his room and dozed off to sleep.
“WAKE UP!!!!” I shot out of bed and saw Lizzy at the end of my bed. “Hi! Nobody’s awake yet but I wanted to know if you’ll come hunting with me. Nobody else will.” She had these big pleading eyes that I couldn’t say no to! She obviously didn’t ask anyone else because I mean come on. Who could say no to that face? “Um… Sure but I’ve never hunted before so I don’t know how this will work out.” “Ok! I’ll get you a bow and arrow ready!” And with that she skipped out of my room with a big grin on her face. What am I getting myself into? I’m probably going to shoot arrow and it will break. I got that much “skill”. I forced myself out of bed and went outside to where Lizzy was. She was sharpening an arrow and talking to someone. I thought there was nobody else up? I walked over and saw David there sharpening another arrow. He turned around and smiled. “Hey there sleepy head, what took you so long?” “Well I didn’t plan on waking up to go hunting and fight for my life.” I said. “Well too bad princess either you hunt, or you starve. It’s your choice.” I glared at him but he turned around so he had no idea. Lizzy handed me a bow and arrow and whispered “Good luck” then ran away.
Wait isn’t she coming? No don’t leave me with him! Im not good with people! I turned around and there he was smirking. “You’re stuck with me so you better turn that frown upside down!” ugh. I rolled my eyes and started walking. We went to central park and there was actually wildlife there which was kind of odd. It was all quiet then he grabbed my arm and pulled me behind a tree. I was about to scream but he covered my mouth. He leaned around the tree and shot something with his bow and arrow. We walked over to it and it was a deer. I have to admit he was a pretty good shooter because he got it right in the heart. “You’re welcome!” he said. “For what?” “Well this deer will feed us all so you don’t have to hunt.” I smiled because I will feel horrible if I have to kill an animal. “Ok so ill grab the front legs and you grab the back.” David said. “Why do I have to get stuck with the butt? It’s not fair.” “Well you didn’t kill it!” I held back my thoughts and picked up the back legs. Poor deer. Him and all the rest of the people lying in the streets.
We climbed this hill and he turned around. “Set the deer down I have something to show you.” I was a little scared but I did as he said and followed him. We walked through trees and bushes until we got to a river. “You see that hill right past the river?” he asked while pointing. “Yeah why?” “Well earlier this morning I was walking around and I went over there. Once you go over the hill there’s an almost clear wall that separates us from everything else.” “Everything else what do you mean? Everyone’s dead.” He scratched his head and said “Well not exactly… Outside of these walls is life. People are over there continuing their lives like nothing happened. They can’t see us and they have no idea what’s going on. It only affected New York City and a little area around it. Everybody else is fine.” As relieved as I was that not everyone is dead I was also confused. Why New York City? Why is there a boundary I thought there was an earthquake. “I want to see!” I said pulling on his arm while walking towards the river. “Not now. Everyone in the group would know something was up is we came back all soaked.” As much as I want to deny it he was right. “And you can’t tell ANYONE! We clear?” I was about to complain but the look on his face showed how serious he was. “We clear.”
We grabbed the deer and met up with everyone else. “What took you so long? We could’ve starved!” Ashley said as soon as she saw us. Gosh she was so annoying. Chris got up and walked to me “So did you shoot this deer?” I didn’t want to lie but being embarrassed was just as bad to me. “Well uh um ya see…” “She shot it! She’s an amazing shooter! She’s like a professional!” David said shile walking towards us. He winked and smiled I couldn’t help but blush. He just saved my butt! Chris looked a little jealous of him but I didn’t pay much attention to it. “JACK! MIKE! GO GET THE WATER FOR DINNER!” Chris yelled. “And umm can you two go prepare the deer for dinner?” “Aye aye captain!” David said and we headed off to get it ready, “Ok I have no freaking idea of how to skin this thing.” I said once we set the deer down. He chuckled and said, “Hand me the knife and I’ll show you.” I gave him the knife and it was actually kind of interesting ,if you forget about all the guts and blood, to watch him skin it. We set it down by the fire for someone to cook it once we were done. “Ashley are you going to do something?!” Chris yelled at his sister who was sitting there doing absolutely nothing. “You never told me to do anything!” she snapped back. “Well now im telling you to roast the deer on the fire while Crystal, David, Lizzy and I go find dome rocks we can use for our arrows tomorrow.” She rolled her eyes and got up. She dragged her feet over to the fire where she would actually work! It’s a miracle! Chris showed her what to do and we headed off.
At first it was dead silent. You could just feel the tension. I started to movie my hands in the air (“feeling” the tension) and they all looked at me funny. “What?” “What are you doing?” Chris asked. “Oh um this? I was just feeling the tension” He just looked at me like I had a third eyeball. He wanted an answer so he got one. All of a sudden Lizzy became like a ninja and was slicing the air. Me and David were laughing our heads off when Chris asked, “Now what are YOU doing?!” “B-B-B-BEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!” She screamed and turned around to swat it. She went to ninja mode to shocked mode in less than a second. “Whatcha looking at?” I asked once I calmeddown. She just pointed back to where our camp was. I turned on my heel and all I could see was a cloud of smoke as big as a skyscraper.
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