Locker 101

Chapter 13

My hands were shaking as I held the letter. Nearly ripping it off due to my firm grasp as it was the only piece I had of the never ending puzzle ahead of me.

I inhaled as deeply as I could and read the neatly written message :

Don't jump to conclusions. Find me where you did the first time.

Andrew

Wait wait wait.. how can he leave a message like that then kill himself. Unless this isn't his body and it's some kind of clone or something. Oh god this is getting even more and more confusing.

He said not to jump into conclusions so I assume he is not dead. Well that's good news. Now for this dead person next to me. I have no idea what to do with the corpse so I'll just leave it here.

I know I should atleast burry it,but I'm too frightened to even touch the thing.

The problem is, what the hell am I gonna do now? Find me where you did before. What is that supposed to mean. I never found him intentionally. He literally threw himself at me ( in this case at my mom's car ). If that is what he means then I have to get back to the city.

It's pretty far away now and I will never in a billion years drive that truck. It seems way too dangerous.

You are dying either way so you have to do it. Stop acting so responsible and mature because we all know how much you want to drive that beast.

Ok subconscious you got me there.

I packed what used to be our camp and loaded the truck with my belongings. Somehow, Andrew left the truck unlocked and the keys placed in their designed spot. As if he was planning all this beforehand.

I tried to replace my anxiety with excitement. I tried to cheer myself up and finally experience something I've been dying to do. But no matter how hard I try, I still felt hopeless and worthless. Being six feet under the ground is definitely better for me at the moment.

No Lora! No negative thoughts. Just focus on what you are supposed to do and have a little faith in yourself. You can survive this.

I heavily sighed and rested my face on the steering wheel .

"Mom , I wish you were here with me now. You would have calmed me down and told me that everything will be alright. And Sam, you would have protected me and drove this piece of shit instead of me. You wouldn't let me suffer any of this alone. But here I am. Wishing that I never left the courthouse in the first place but followed you to where you were going. I really missed you guys."

A tear rolled down my cheek and I smiled as I remembered their faces. I smiled as I knew how much they really meant to me, and how my life is simply impossible without them. I never knew how important family was ,and how blessed I was to have them, till this moment.

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I was driving as slow and steady as possible, even a turtle would have begged me to up my pace. Getting to the city would take days if I didn't speed up. I was too scared though. I won't risk my life just to get there faster.

A small beep caught my attension and I looked around but couldn't find anything that can make that noise. I ignored it and continued driving. I am starting to imagine things. Not a great sign I thought.

Another beep. Ok I'm 100% sure this is not from my imagination. I started to panic. What if there was a bomb here. Am i going to die right now?
After all this. No no no no no this can't be happening.

Another beep. Stranded in the dessert and dying from a bomb. Not what I imagined my last day will be.

Ok calm down Lora and think... Another beep. Oh C'mon .. ok .. ok yes I'll get out of here. Now how do I turn this to parking gear.

JUST TURN THE DAMN KEY LORA!

Ok ok subconscious calm down. Wait.. what is this small light under the thing that measures the fue.. OHHH THERE IS NO GAS!

I breathed out a sigh of relief when i figured that out. I wasn't happy for too long though because I eventually figured the case. I ran out of gas in the middle of no-where. Awesome!

And my panic levels rose up again. This is definetely not my lucky day. It can't get any worse, or can it?

I closed my eyes for a moment and thought about this situation. I'm pretty sure Andrew isn't that dumb and he has a spare gas bottle somewhere. Now I just have to search every inch of this car to find it.

A vague shadow of a person caught my attention. It was far away , but I could clearly see that they were suffering. They were most likely injured and searching for help. I was about to get out of the car when another figure rushed to them and literally slit their throat in half that their head came flying.

Saying that I was petrified is an understatement. I was shaking from head to toe and a shriek left my throat. I barely caught a breath and calmed myself down. That's until that figure started walking closer. I froze. Unable to think. Unable to move. There is no chance I'm surviving this right now. They look like a psycho killer who would do anything to watch their victim bleed.

Speaking of blood, the sight infront of me wasn't that pleasing may I add. It didn't help in any way possible. So let's count how many threats I had today. It wouldn't take a genius to know that the odds aren't in my favor. You can't be Katness Everdeen this time.

The figure was inching closer as slow as they could. It's either they want me to completely faint before they cut me to pieces or they're being sympathetic and actually giving me a chance to run away.

But wait, do they even know i'm in this car right now. I should hide. Yeah that's the best option at the moment. I don't think they will care that much to search through the truck.

At this very moment I thanked my god for being so short and small. I was able to fit under the back seats of the truck. I figured that hiding in the front row is like giving the killer my head on a silver platter. It would be too obvious. But thanks to the piles of clothes we had in the back seats, I was able to hide perfectly. It wasn't the most comfortable position but it'll do for now. All I have to do is wait for my faith to come.

I soon began second guessing my plan as the killer opened the drivers door and peeked inside.

YOU STUPID IDOT YOU COULD HAVE LOCKED THE VEHICLE AT LEAST!

Ok self we can still do this don't worry just don't flinch Lora don't flinch.

"Well well well what do we have here." Spoke a rusty voice that probably belonged to a 50 year old man.

Oh shit!