4 - Ares

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MONTANA!

The cry of his name exploded inside Cameron's head. He burst awake and ran outside, setting out for the forest. In the past week, everything Cameron heard had become louder and louder. He couldn't take it anymore.

He was against a birch tree when it hit him. The suppression of his pain. The solace to his torture.

Oh... Shit...

• • •

The apartment door opened instantly on the impact of Storm's foot. Garrett stood up, worried. Storm walked up to Kooi, gripped his shoulders, and pulled Garrett toward their car.

"Hey, Storm, what you doing, um, where are we going?" Asked a confused Kooi.

"Don't ask!" Replied Storm.

• • •

The girls lived in two villas, directly next to each other. The Audi A5 pulled up outside the houses, berthing between the two.

"Get Rachel Welker, I'll get Zoey Darmanin!" Ordered Storm.

They realised that they were going to the wrong houses, so they turned and approached the other. Nobody was home.

"She's not home" Garrett called.

"Same here, we gotta wait!" Replied Storm.

Garrett sat on the small step of the gutter, his head in his hands as Storm paced back and forth, gaining speed. This had been occurring for about half an hour.

"What the hell is GOING ON HERE?!" Garrett finally gave up.

Storm dived down to the ground, landing in front of Kooi. Garrett looked a little disturbed. Storm gripped Kooi's shoulders tightly. Garrett's eyes darted side to side.

"I give" said Garrett, unsure.

"Okay, you know my... Retardation?" Asked Storm in a whisper.

"Which part?" Replied Garrett, whispering in kind.

"They are suppressing it. I hear them all the time, but whenever I see the girls, they lose ferocity. Get me?" Whispered Storm.

"Why the hell didn't you just say I can only think straight when the girls are around rather than you know how retarded I am? The crazed bastard controlling me is shot with a silenced pistol from World War Two because the two girls that saved your life are a pair of Pierce Brosnan's with lady parts" sighed Kooi.

That was when the Volvo pulled up outside the houses and the girls emerged.

"Kooi? Tana? What are you doing here?!" Asked Zoey Darmanin.

"Is everything okay?" Asked Rachel Welker.

"Storm is under the impression that he is losing his sanity and being near you two is what keeps it intact..." Sighed Kooi.

"Really?" Cackled Zoey Darmanin.

"I think we can help him then, stick around for a while" said Welker. Darmanin agreed with a hum.

"Well of course not, I thought it was all bullsh- oh..." Said Kooi.

Tana had an entire convincing speech prepared, but now he didn't need it. For the next eight hours, the quartet sat around getting to know each other.

• • •

Dane and Dylan were crawling into a cave where they had cornered a reindeer when they saw it. A limp man hanging from the roof, panting. He was covered in blood and open wounds. Each limb was roped to an adjacent wall. After cutting the man down, the two boys tended to their discovery.

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