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Sickening

It showed up in the middle of the night. It woke all of us up. We burned the camp and started to run. It was pitch black. I couldn't even see my hand in front of my face. I held tightly onto Splendid as Fliqpy gripped my shirt. He led us into thick bushes and shoved us down. He slammed a knife into us and told us to shut up.

I heard men yelling over the roar of the blades. I could hear their boots hitting the sand. I shook with fear and gripped onto the knife's handle tightly. Splendid grabbed my arm, making sure he didn't squeeze too hard. Fliqpy held up his knife and pounced onto a shorter man, stabbing the knife into his throat. The man made a horrible, wet gurgle sound and blood spurted from his mouth, making me gag. Splendid covered his ears and shook and I looked up to see a taller man looking at me. I teared up a little and stabbed the knife through his rib cage. I gagged again and the man brought the edge of the gun to my jaw. I felt pain burst to life as I held onto the knife tightly and threw my fist into him. I felt something break and blood ooze onto my knuckles.

Before I changed my mind, I took the knife out of him and stabbed his heart. His body fell to the ground and I tumbled on top of him. I rolled off him, gagging more. Splendid grabbed me and threw me out of the way as a ray of bullets began to roar to life. He covered me as best he could and I held my head. When the bullets died down, I heard a scream. A body flew past us and then intestines. Fliqpy looked at us. "Move dammit!" he yelled. We scrambled up and started to run. I felt Fliqpy's hand grab onto mine as I grabbed Splendid's.

We ran until our legs gave out. The sun was rising now. "H-How did they manage to find us!?" I asked in between pants. Fliqpy regained his breath before answering, "I'm not sure." I shook a little and slid to my knees. "It's like they had a tracker..." I said. Fliqpy looked at Splendid. "It's him," he said coldly. I looked at Fliqpy. "What do you mean?" I asked. "It's all his damn fault! We wouldn't be in this damn mess if he never showed up in our lives!" Fliqpy yelled. I stepped in front of Fliqpy so he wouldn't do anything too rash. "Fliqpy, it's my fault. I shouldn't have gotten myself caught," I said. Fliqpy spat in my face. "You would've ended up dead anyways. But he's the one causing us to get caught!" he said. I wiped the spit off. "What do you mean?!"

Fliqpy shoved me out of the way and picked Splendid up. He spun him around. "I noticed this on his neck the other day," he said. There was a small bump and a red glow. "A t-tracker...?" I whispered. "I was going to say something but you wouldn't listen like always." He dropped Splendid. "What're we going to do now?" I asked.

Fliqpy looked at me. "We have three options: Let them keep finding us, ditch him, or take it out ourselves. I opt for ditching him," Fliqpy said. I shook my head. "We are not going to ditch him!" I said. Fliqpy growled lowly and grabbed the collar of my shirt. The blood splattered across his face made him more menacing. I trembled and tried to break free of his grip. "I will not allow him to keep that thing in him!" he hissed. "T-Then we take it out!" I cried. He dropped me. "You couldn't handle taking it out and you're far too weak to hold him down," he said.

Splendid held my hand. "I d-don't mind if you take it out, Flippy... I trust you..." he said quietly. I looked at him. "S-Splendid..." I looked down. "Fliqpy is right like always... I couldn't handle it," I said. Fliqpy scoffed and tossed a knife at me. It landed in between my legs. "I'll hold him down. I don't mind if he bites me," he said.

Fliqpy had Splendid face first on the ground with his arms above his head. I sat to his left side so he didn't accidentally kick me. I held the knife tightly and looked at Fliqpy, who gave a short, reassuring nod. I looked at the tracker and bites my lip. "I'm sorry Splendid... " I said. Splendid smiled softly at me and I stuck the tip into his neck. He groaned and buried his face into Fliqpy and tightened his fists.

Fliqpy looked at me and I glanced away and dug the tip more until it was past the tracker. I started to cut a small square around the tracker as Splendid bit Fliqpy's leg. Fliqpy shifted a little as I peeled the skin back. Blood splattered onto me and I gagged at the site. Splendid groaned in pain and I sliced the thin muscle in between the tracker and the knife.

I peeled it open and the tracker glowed a bright red. I dug the knife under it and wiggled it out. Fliqpy sucked in a breath and held it. Splendid was biting his leg extremely hard. I popped the tracker out after a few more times. It made a sickening wet pop as it fell into my hand and I quickly put back the muscle and skin and stitched it up.

Splendid sat up and wiped the blood off his mouth. "Sorry Fliqpy..." he said. Fliqpy shrugged and wiped some blood off his pants. I handed him the tracker and he crushed it. I smiled softly and got up and ran to the bushes and threw up.