Survival Island

Through the tunnels.

I tied a cloth tightly around and over Max's wound like I did for Ricky. Then I had Matt and Jason support the weight on his leg. "We need to get a move on, they will be coming for us soon." I called out and led the team on, we followed the tunnel until we came upon a fork. "Which way do we go? Does anyone see a map or know their way through here?" I panicked while watching back the way we came to make sure the doors hadn't opened yet.

One of the former guards raised his hands and I smiled brightly at him, with his help we could get out of here soon. He returned a small smile and crept towards me cautiously before handing me a map. I flipped it around in anger before looking around, I searched until he kindly pointed where we were at on the map to me. "Thank you, what is your name?" I asked and he looked around before looking down and whispering.

"I-its Julius miss." He said and I tilted his chin up to look me in the eye.

"Well Julius, you may just be the reason we make it through here so head up soldier." I said and he shyly smiled before freezing. Jason, Max, and Matt had all caught up to us. "They won't hurt you." I whispered and saw him lose a bit of the tension he had built up. "Take the left passage." I called and people nodded as the doors made a loud banging noise. "Quickly!" I called and we started down the tunnel again, my eyes switching from the Map to my surroundings every second.

We tried to be silent and I tried reading the map while running but neither were too successful. We stopped at a six tunnel passage and froze as I tried to translate the map. "They're coming!" Panicked a girl and Randy covered her mouth while the others worriedly watched our backs. The sound of the door opening had been heard a couple minutes ago and there was no doubt that they were on our trail. "Go right." The man whispered and I nodded before signaling for everyone to be silent as we made our way further into the tunnels.

With full on sprints, we made a few more turns until everyone was exhausted and in need of a quick break. "Should we be taking a break at a time like this?" Whispered Sage in worry, not looking exhausted at all. I wasn't too tired myself but the others were slacking and needed a minute to breath.

"No, not really but we can't exactly leave them behind. I don't hear the men which can either be a good or bad thing so we will need to get going soon whether they have had enough time to catch their breaths or not." I waited a few more moments before standing and heading back to the front. "Move out." I didn't have to speak loud since they were all trying their best to be silent. A few tired groans were heard but they all complied and got up as told.

I was worried that if we didn't move fast that Max would bleed out from his wounds as well as the others. Amanda still hasn't spoken and I felt bad for her but she needed to stay focused until we were safe. The others all worked together in keeping each other motivated to move, making sure no one lagged too far behind from the group. We had no bathrooms, no food supply or water, and so we really needed to clear these tunnels before we all become dehydrated and malnourished.

Time was untraceable in the tunnels and without any windows, we couldn't even track if it was day or night. I would hum to myself for motivation or too keep me sane but I was too scared of the men hearing me. Even the noise of our footsteps terrified me and there was no way we could help that, we were already trying our best to be quiet as it was. We made a few more turns before we ran into an eight tunnel path. "Which one should we take?" Whispered someone but I truly didn't know the answer myself.

The man who had been translating the map seemed to be having trouble as well when it came to which path we should take. Max seemed to be losing more and more energy as we went on and I wasn't quite sure how much more he could take. I had made him a tourniquet, but the way he had to move so that all of his weight wasn't smooshing the boys at once must have messed it up and he was bleeding through. "Its not much further." The man said with a bit of hope before closing the map and heading down the fourth tunnel. We heard the men from somewhere back in the tunnels which seemed to give back the motivation to those who started to lose hope.