We All Fall Down

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     "Sarah," Marcus says and looks at her in shock. He starts to move towards her but stops when she turns to him, her bloodshot eyes looking directly at him.

      "You left me," she says and starts to twitch. "You left me to die," she says and lets out a loud shriek.

      I just stare at her in shock, confused as to how she could possibly be standing there.

      "Aria, you left us to die," she spits at me.

      "I left you because you told me to go. You screamed at me for saving your life," I say to her, remembering our earlier conversation.

      "Saved me?" she asks and laughs hysterically. "You didn't save me, you are the reason that I am like this in the first place."

      "I don't know why I am even talking to you right now. You're dead!" I scream at her.

      "Sarah, how are you here?" Marcus asks her.

      "Marcus you are an idiot. Aria knows that I'm dead, but you just refuse to believe it," she says and laughs again. "Even when I was alive you annoyed me, but now you annoy me even more."

      "Sarah you don't mean that," Marcus says and looks as if he is about to cry.

      "Oh shut up," Sarah says and smirks at him. "You should have died, not me."

      "Sarah," Marcus whispers and starts to cry.

     "I'm sorry Marcus," I say to him and run up to Sarah and push her into the ground that disappeared.

      "NO!" Marcus screams and runs to catch her, almost falling into the hole himself.

      I pull Marcus back so he won't fall, and we watch as Sarah falls and screams until she is out of range for us to hear.

      Marcus throws me off of him and looks at me, more tears forming in his eyes. "You killed my sister," he says and lets the tears fall down.

      "She was already dead, it was a trap Marcus," I say to him and he looks at me.

      "I know what you are saying makes sense but I lost her twice now," Marcus says and tries to choke back the tears, but fails as the tears continue to slide down his face. "I'm feeling the pain of losing my sister again, of losing my best friend again."

      "I know what that feels like, but we can't focus on that now. More traps are going to go off and if we are preoccupied then they will kill us," I say to him, and turn around and start walking. "Come on."

      He doesn't respond, instead he just walks behind me, quietly sobbing.

      I continue to walk, listening to him cry, until I hear it suddenly stop. I turn around and see Marcus sitting on his knees, and surrounding him are three people, each holding a knife, bodies burned just like Sarah's.

     "Oh crap," I say as the burned bodies smile at me.