The FIVE

Chapter 9- Did You Hear That?

I walk off to where the arrow was released from but Jake stops me. "Alex don't do this, don't do something crazy"

"I have nothing left now. I deserve to die. This was all because of me" I snap with pure anger and hatred

"That's not true. I want him to suffer like all of us have suffered. I want him to feel pain. I want blood and I am going to get it" I turn around but I am stopped by Ansley

"Your wrong Alex. It's the three of us against the world now. We need to build a signal showing that we are here, then we can attack. It's the only way... Just please... Come back with us" Her eyes are glossy showing that she's about to cry, she embraces me in a hug and I start crying again. We start walking back to camp to build a flare or something close.

A couple hours later something gets dropped onto camp and Jake throws himself on top of us thinking that it's a bomb. Once it doesn't tick, we all stare at it, once I realize what it is, I jump with joy. My smile fades when I read the note attached to the flare gun in front of me:
Here, maybe this will help you. If you don't die first. Xoxo
            - you're worst nightmare

"He's giving us a flare gun"

"Isn't that a little suspicious?" Ansley says and I nod but sigh in frustration.

"It's better than what we have now. Nothing. Let's just keep this just in case, it's getting dark you two sleep, I'll take watch" Jake shakes his head

"No. I will. I am the man here, I should be trying to protect you"

"Ahem" Ansley fake cough and Jake corrects himself

"I mean protect you girls"

"That's better. Goodnight losers!" Ansley says enthusiastically. I sit down next to Jake and he gives me a what-the-hell-are-you-doing-look

"What? You thought I'd let you do this by yourself? Well I'm not" He smirks and lifts his arm, I put my head on his shoulder and listen to the waves crashing onto the surface.

I am walking on the party boat from my birthday party when all of a sudden the alarms go off.

"What the hell?" I murmur to myself and all of a sudden, Carson pops up out of nowhere, but it's not really Carson, it's her ghost and she looks the way that she looked liked when we buried her.

"I tried protecting you but he was too powerful" she shakes her head

"Protecting me from what? Who is he?" Then Josh pops up next to her in the same form that we found him in.

"The killer Alex. You don't understand-"

"Then make me understand!" I shout anxiously and Max pops up.

"You're in grave danger. Get out while you still can" Max says with a scared expression and before I can ask another question, they start chanting the Freddy Kruger chant.

"One, Two he's coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five Six-"

"NO! I KILLED YOU GUYS! ITS MY FAULT! STOP! GET AWAY!"

"No! No! Get away-"

"Alex you're having a bad dream, wake up" Jakes soothing voice wakes me and I hug him and start crying into his arms.

"They sang the song! We were on the boat! I killed them!" I cry and he stroked my hair

"It wasn't your fault Alex, it was whoever is doing this. He's the reason everyone is dead. We are going to get out of here, and we are going to get out alive" He says calmly and I cry harder, must be the shock of the dream but I am so scared right now.

"Do you hear that?" I pick up my head and look up at the sky and see a plane. I grab the flare and shoot it only for it to be a big disappointment.

"You didn't think I would give you the power against me Alex? Did you?" I hear a voice say, I turn my head to Jake

"Did you say something?" He shakes his head.

"You're never gonna find me" the voice says again and I look around and see no one.

"Jake seriously, it's not cool, stop messing with me!" I lightly slap his arm and he looks at me as if I am crazy

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't act like you're not making that voice"

"What voice? I didn't say anything" he shakes his head and I get nervous. "What's wrong?"

"I think I'm going crazy"

"That's right Alex. You are crazy. But the question is, where am I? Maybe I'm looking at you right now" The voice says again and I start to panic

"You didn't hear that?"

"Hear what?" At this point worry spreads across Jakes face

"You kill all of them Alex, and now I'm going to kill you!" The voice shouts and I hold my ears and rock back and forth.

"Alex what's going on?"

"Make it stop! Make the voices stop!" I murmur and all of a sudden they stop. I smile in relief.

"What just happened?" Jake asks with a worried expression and I just start laughing.

"I'm crazy. That's what happened" I remark and he shakes his head

"Stop saying that!-"

"No Jake, you can't keep shading me from what I really am. I hear voices, I see things, I'm not ordinary Jake, I'm crazy. I just want it all to be over" A gunshot goes off causing me to cover my ears again.

"I'm coming Alex" The voice says again and Jake shakes me

"Alex what's wrong?" I look up at him with my mouth open

"Didn't you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"The gunshot!" He gives me a look like I am crazy

"What gunshot?" I look around.

"We have to get out of here. He's coming for us!-"

"He's not coming Alex. We are safe for now" I shake my head

"We're never safe... We're never going to be safe"