With You

Paintball

MATT POV

Josh decided to treat us to a game of paintball at the local paintball centre. When we arrived, we were given our gear and equipment.

We chose our teams. Sam, Ash, Chris and Josh were on the Blue team. Me, Mike, Em and Jess on the Red team. We're all really competitive so shit was about to go down.

The rules were simple. Shots to the body or head are kills. Shots anywhere will just injure them. First team to eliminate the other wins.

We took our places across the field.
In the speakers we heard it countdown from ten.
Ten.
Nine.
Eight.
Seven.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One...
Begin!

Immediately everyone scattered. I kept Mike in my sight, knowing he'd rush into battle head first. I get in a good sniping position. I spray my paint bullets everywhere but I'm unsuccessful with my shots.

I catch up with Mike and cover him. We walk around the side path hoping to flank the Blue team.

"Thank god I play so much Call of Duty otherwise I would suck ass at this!" Mike exclaims.
"Shhh keep quiet." I whisper back.
"Be careful around here." I add.
"Who do you take me for Matt? Careful is my middle na-"

BANG

Mike falls to his knees.
"MMIIIIIIKKKKEEE" I scream as I sprint to catch him.
God why him? I see Sam at the end of the path, standing there with an evil smirk. She was trembling with laughter like she was trying to hold back. I raise my gun at her and shoot her. I catch her in the leg and she limps off to safety.

"M-Mike please don't leave me! Stay with me!" I say tearing up.
He gives me a small smile and lifts his hand to my cheek.
"Don't worry about me. You need to survive. You're strong Matt." He starts wheezing and gasping for air. Mike continued his words.

"I-I love you Ma-" Mike's body drops lifeless in the middle of his final sentence .
"Mike? Mike?! Wake up. Please don't leave me!" Tears start streaming down my face. I shut his open yet lifeless eyes.
They won't get away with this.

This is war!

EMILY POV

Matt calls us back to regroup. I wonder what he wants?
"Mike... They got him." Matt cries.
Shock filled our faces.
"We need to get them back. I managed to catch Sam's leg but it didn't kill her." He continues.
"What should we do then?" Jess asks.
"Well, I say we should lure them in, then ambush them. Then we can take them out one by one right in front of her." Matt said with revenge filled eyes.
"Cruel. I like your thinking Matt." I add.

We get into position, hiding in the bushes. It was time for revenge. We all nod at each other for reassurance and whisper
"For Mike."

They're coming.

CHRIS POV

We haven't seen the Red team in a little while. Sam told us that she got Mike but Matt shot her leg in the process.

We walk down a path that leads us to the Red team's side. Something's wrong.
Where are they?

Suddenly, rounds of paint began attack by us. SHIT! I should have known. They ambushed us. All of us began running to cover. I see Ash running towards a building and start slacking behind her.

ASHLEY POV

I'm sprinting for the building that's nearby. Chris is following me.

As soon as I reach the house, I see Chris, who is still miles away from getting to the door. The bullets of paint are getting closer towards me. It'll be too late if I wait for him.
It's the only way.

I slam the door closed. Chris reached the door but it was too late. He begins banging on it, desperate to get in.
"Ash! Ash! W-what are you doing? Ash!" He screams desperate for survival.
"I'm so sorry Chris." I cry to him through the other side of the transparent door. Josh's giant hands pull Chris backward in an attempt to save him but a paint bullet catches him mid-fall. Josh and Chris both fall to the ground.

CHRIS POV

"I'm so sorry Chris." Ash cried through the door.
It's over for me.

Suddenly I feel Josh pull me back. He tries to save me but it's too late. I've been caught in the centre of my head with a hot pink paintball. I'm sorry Sam. I'm sorry Josh. I'm sorry Ash. I failed the team.

I fall on my back with Josh. The last words I hear as I was drifting off were from Josh.

"COCHISE!"

JOSH POV

OH FUCK! THEY KILLED CHRIS! I hid behind his lifeless body on the ground and used it as cover. Sam was behind a barrier next to us. There was no way I could keep using my dead best friend's body as cover. I quickly shift my body into a better position and run towards the barrier next to Sam's whilst spraying my bullets recklessly. I managed to hit Jessica in her chest. Or as she likes to call it, "limbs six and seven".
"YOU ASSHOLE!" I hear Emily scream at me.

I guess I fucked up. Her anger made her shoot everything she had at me. I'm about to get to cover but a paintball impales me through the back. Sam manages to catch my fall. "J-Josh! Are you okay?" She panics.
"I'll be fine, but there's not much time left for me. Finish this off for me, will ya Sammy? I'll be resting with my bro." Sam nods in agreement.
I close my eyes and slowly drift off...

MATT POV

Time to end this once and for all. It seems Sam is the only one left. No clue what happened to Ash though. Probably got caught in all the action. Emily walk out prepared for hell.
Sam jumps out and rolls, trying to get one of us like a badass. But she's too late. We've got her cornered. I shoot her other leg, preventing her from running away. She aims the paintball gun at me and threatens to shoot. I stop in my tracks. Her finger was about to pull the trigger but Emily shoots her gun right out of her hand.

"SHIT!" Sam shouts.
"This is what happens when you mess with the wrong people." I say looking down at her by her feet.  I aim my gun to her head and take the shot. We did it. Our revenge is compete.
"Uhhhhh Matt. Ashley's body isn't here." Emily points out.
"Now that you mention it, I think she hid in that building over there." I point towards the building.
We walk towards it and slam the door open.
"PUT YOUR MOTHERFUCKING HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM!" We both shout.
Ash jumps out of a cradled position. She lifts her hands up.
"I-I surrender." She squeals.
I lower my gun accepting the fact we won but Em refused to accept Ashley's surrender.
"There will be no surrendering!" She says in the scariest voice I've ever heard.
Emily pulls the trigger on Ash and shoots her dead. She begins laughing like a maniac. This game has made her lose her sanity.

I begin walking away but I hear her pull her gun on me.
"Em? What I'm on your team!" I shout.
"There can only be one and it's me!" She replies.
Quickly, I twist my body and aim at her. We both shoot and get shot, knocking us both dead.

Red team win.
But there were no survivors.

I open my eyes a minute later to see Mike standing in front of me offering a hand to help me up. I grab his hand and pull myself up with his assistance. Everyone starts rising from the dead to meet up in the middle of the battlefield.

War is over.

I apologise about accidentally deleting this chapter. I rewrote it and corrected most of the errors in this super long chapter. Thank you for reading.