A Distant Memory (Josh Washington Fanfic)

Chapter 9: Seeing Things That Shouldn't be There

Artemis walked out of the shed with a solemn look. She used her sleeve to wipe away any stray tears. When she walked to the side of the shed, she heard multiple panicked voices.

"I-I killed him...I killed him!" She heard Chris say.

"Whoa, Chris-" Matt gasped.

Yes you did, you disgusting pig! Artemis thought venomously. She walked towards them with a new emotion: Rage.

Matt spotted Artemis and looked at her sympathetically, "Artemis..." But he didn't say anything else because he did not know what to say.

"This is insane. We need to go get some help," Emily said, not paying her any attention.

"What about the others? We need to find them." Artemis said thoughtfully. Her mind whirling about her other friends. Artemis was even worried about Mike and Jessica.

"Hell no," Emily scoffed. "Mike and Jess are off 69'ing each other and who knows where Sam is."

"Can you please get over yourself Emily?" Artemis snarled. "We are NOT leaving anyone behind."

"I'm not risking my ass for some shitty people to die in shittier circumstances!"

"Whoever said that you were risking your life! You're going to call for help while I go and find Sam!" Artemis snapped. She knew Emily only cared for herself, but this attitude made Artemis' blood boil more than it is already.

"Uh? Hello! For your damn information, I am risking my life. I could die in the cold with a fuckin' murderer running through the woods!" She put her hands on her hips sassily. "And I could get hypothermia or-"

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Artemis screamed. "YOU? DIE OF HYPOTHERMIA? REALLY?" Emily's eyes widened for a second, realizing what she had just said. "This weather is light work compared to the one I endured! Because, let me guess,
I don't know... I LIVED through IT!"

"They're not my problem!" Emily said. "A psychopath is running in the woods! I'm not dying like Josh-" Emily did not get to finish her sentence because Artemis shoved Emily to the ground. She straddled Emily, grabbed her by the collar, and slammed Emily to the ground repeatedly.

"I watched the man I love get sawed in half," she seethed. Tears threatened to fall down again but she swallowed it down and kept talking. "Josh was murdered! Hannah and Beth might have been murdered too! And you're funny if you think I'll let anyone else die!" Artemis stared into Emily's frightened eyes with her own venomous ones. She was tired of everyone's attitude. Their self preservation and complete disregard to the people who they call "friends".

"Artemis... I think she got the message," Chris said.

Artemis snapped her neck towards Chris. She got off of Emily with a final slam to the ground and walked towards him. She got in his face and stared into his eyes. They were filled with guilt, but Artemis didn't care anymore.

"You have no right to say anything Chris," Artemis hissed. "You have absolutely NO RIGHT to say anything!" Artemis almost smiled when she saw Chris cringe. She looked towards Emily and Matt. "You guys go and try to call for help. I'll try to find Sam."

"We'll come with you!" Ashley said as she wiped the few tears away. She seemed like she still wanted to cry. Artemis was so angry that she wouldn't mind to be the one to cause Ashley to cry again.

Artemis scoffed. "Why? It's not like you care-"

"We do care!" Ashley and Chris said in unison. Their lying is getting better and better, it's getting hard to tell the difference between the truth and the lie. Artemis thought.