Hunted

Death and Vows

*Samantha's POV*

     "Mass Murderer on the Loose?

           Events leading up to the death of Chester Kennedy and one of Townsville finest cops are still unknown at this time. Earlier that day, two of the deceased teen's friends were viciously attack, one of whom still remains in the hospital. Police were sent to investigate and all but three of the remaining friends left the hospital and went back to the house, presumably to search for their  friend Lacey Night, who's family owns the house  where the attack occured.   Oliver Tate, boyfriend of the girl who remains in the hospital was also admitted for observation which resulted in the death of one of the nurses on his floor. We believe, after investigation, that he was traveling with a boy named Tyler Nelson  back to the house to find the rest of their friends which had yet to come back when their vehicle overturned, killing Tyler. Oliver was found wandering the woods and was admitted for life to Moses Cones, home for the criminally insane. One of the officers collecting evidence at the scene of the crime found the body of Officer Jones in his car stationed outside the house and the body of Chester stuffed in an upstairs closet. Rose Thorne, Lacey Night, Dimitri Slovak,  and Aura Wilson have yet to be found but we suspect foul play as there was evidence to suggest at least one person was gravely injured. Any persons with information regarding this case or with any clues as to the identity of the attacker are asked to please call or come in to the station. "

I've read this article over and over again but I still can't wrap my mind around it. I never in a million years imagined that any of this would happen. We were just supposed to be down here for a few weeks of innocent fun; a kind of last hurrah before we all went our seperate ways to college. Now, nothing will ever be the same. I don't even know how I'm supposed to move on  from this. Lacey, Aura, Rose and Dimitri are missing, presumed to be dead by the police, Tyler and Chester are dead..never to come back..and Oliver is in an insane prison. 

 My parents are on their way to take me home. I didn't want to go at first. I wanted to stay here and help find my friends but my mom insisted that I needed to leave this place and never come back. I'm still not 100% but it's been three weeks since the attack and the doctors feel I'm ready to be released. I refused to go back to the house to collect my stuff so all I have is a pair of jeans and a plain black shirt that one of the nurses was nice enough to get for me. Sighing, I picked up the news article and started reading it again.

*Dimitri's POV*

     Right when I was on the verge of death the bastard came back in and nursed me back to health. I had given up, was ready to die, but apparently he had other plans. I had no choice but to comply at first, but as soon as I regained some of my strength I refused to eat. It might sound stupid but I knew deep down I wasn't going to make it out of here alive and I'll be damned if I let him kill me. At least this I have control over, or so I thought. He wasn't very happy when he realized what I was doing so he strapped me down to a folding metal table he dragged in and started pumping nourishments into me intravenously. I can't even imagine how the hell he has all this stuff but I know one thing for sure and that's that I really don't want to know his plans for me. I have to find a way out of here and soon.

*Lacey's POV*

     Alex has recovered surprisingly fast from his near death wound. For the past few weeks he's talked nonstop about his plan to get rid of Samantha, who he considers the last loose end, and where we go from there. What he doesn't know though, is that I'm getting away from all this the first chance I get. I panicked when he asked me to choose the course of my future but I know deep down I could never be like him. He's insane, a psycho, and he needs help. That's why I'm going to turn him in when he goes to the hospital today to kill Samantha. At least, that's what I hope will happen. If this doesn't work, then I don't know what will happen to me.