Torn To Bits

Chapter 8

"Ev, wake up. We have to get going. We can't stay out in the open like this." Jason says.

"Ugh, I wish I could sleep forever." I say, drowsily.

"Ya, well, life doesn't work that way, Ev." He says, laughing.

"I wish it did."

We had been walking for a few days. There wasn't much shelter in the wilderness, but once or twice we would come to one of the destroyed city's from the war and stay there. Ever since the war, everyone had moved to the cities near The River. Our city had become very populated since the war. So, lots of the cities were deserted. It was scary to know so many people died there. It smelled like dead bodies and we saw blood stains everywhere.

"We need to go." Jason says.

"Okay, let's go." I reply.

We were less then a few days away from The Fence. Every step we took was closer to safety.we were all very excited, and we smiled at each other more and more, because we had even more hope as we got closer.

"Okay. Let's go to that city there. We'll find shelter and I'll go get some wood for a fire." Jason says, venturing out.

"Wait!" I say, running out to him."Take the gun. Me and Audrey are safe here"

"Okay. I'll be back." He says.

A few moments later we hear the gunshot.

"JASON!" I scream, running out. All I see is him sobbing and frightened standing with the gun right in front of him; hand on the trigger. "What's going on? What happened?" I ask frantic. I hold him tight around his shoulders. "It's okay. Everything's going to be okay. I promise. Can you tell me what happened?"

"I think...it was...a hallucination.....man......you..."He sobs.

"Hey it's okay. We'll get out of here. Where's Audrey?" I look around. "Audrey! Audrey! Where are you! AUDREY!" I panic. "We need to get out of here. I don't like the feel of this place."

I hear a scream. "Evelyn! Aaahhhh!"

"AUDREY! I'M COMING!" I yell.

"Stop. That's what I heard. It was you though. Audrey's here somewhere. We just have to look carefully."

Then we hear something.

A gun.

"JASON!" I see myself in the past, running to the Jason of the past. What is going on?

I hear an evil laugh.

The memory turns off. Turns off?

The Forest Of Hallucinations. Why hadn't I known?