(Editing) Freak-Ish. //Diesel

08.

••Rion••

Staring out at this destroyed lifeless town, I begin to ponder on if we'll ever make it out of here or even if my mom is still alive.

"Hey." Diesel snaps me out of my thoughts. "Here." He holds up a water bottle.

"I'm not thirsty." I lie.

"Liar. Come on." He says. "Drink up."

"How much do you have left?" I ask, a little hesitant.

He chuckles, "That's about it."

"Thank you." I grab it, taking a sip. "To think we're the lucky ones huh ?" I sigh, starting to walk away. "I'll be back."

"You've got to help us." I hear, coming from the tech room where Barrett was.

"No, Zulu, it's too risky. Over." I hear another voice.

"Damn it. Okay. Mayday, we are seven survivors at Kent High School. Do you read? " Barrett says and I shake my head, in shock.

"Copy, Kent High Mayday. Copy - "

"Holy shit." I say, walking in. "You've been in contact with somebody."

He turns towards me, "I know. Someone heard us."

"How long has it been working?" I cross my arms.

"What?

"I-I-I—"

"Come on." I grab his arm, pulling him out into the hall. "Hey, everyone come out into the hall!"

"What's going on?" Diesel approaches us as well as everyone else just as Barrett shoves my hand off of his arm.

"Barrett here's been in contact with somebody." I say.

"You're kidding." Natalie says.

"No, I-I just fixed it." Barrett says as Diesel ruffs him up. "I was asking for help, and I got someone—"

"Shut up." Diesel tells him. "What'd he do"

"I got someone on the—"

"Stop talking." I tell Barrett. "I walked in, and he was talking to somebody on the radio, somebody that he knew."

"What should we do with him?" Lashaen asks.

"Um, we listen." Zoe says and I frown. "He just said he found help."

"Bullshit." Violet says. "I heard you talking to someone earlier."

"You misunderstood what you thought you heard." Barrett says.

"Who was it?" Diesel asks.

"I am telling you, I am just trying to help us." Barrett says.

"We don't need your help." Violet says.

"Oh, my God. I forgot. You made vodka. We're all safe."

"Oh, it's stronger than you think." Violet says, walking towards him with the bottle.

"It's a potion." Barrett runs off at the mouth. "You honestly believe a bunch of genetic freaks are just gonna sniff that and s--s..." She opens the bottle and Barrett drops to the floor, fainting.

"I'm thinking it works." Diesel soon starts to sway a bit.

"Whoa." I grab his arm. "You okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, just get the nerd to the couch in principal Mitchell's office." Diesel says, rubbing his forehead.

"Come on." Lashaen says, getting Grover to help him get Barrett up as we all follow them into the office.