The Awake

The Night Fight

Later, after everyone had showered and gone to bed, I went to Zach's room and knocked on his door. I was wearing my black jacket, some jeans, and my work boots. Zach peeked out from behind the door to see who had knocked.

"You ready?" I asked him quietly.

"Born ready." He said opening the door. He was wearing a black coat and had Emilie's ski mask. We went down the stairs and out the back door. He boosted me up onto the wall, and i reached down to pull him up. after he was up, I jumped down and landed without making too much noise. Zach on the other hand jumped and fell hard onto his side. He rolled around on the ground holding his side for a minute, then stood up looking at me

"Meant to do that.." he said wiping his pants. I just rolled my eyes and started walking towards the woods. We had a good 6 hours before sunrise, so we walked in one direction for a while. Both us were silent most of the way. Then I heard something in the distance. I stopped and listened. Zach did the same.

"What?" He whispered from behind me. I didn't speak. I just listened for another sound. Voices. There was someone coming. I grabbed Zach and hurled us over a fallen tree. I could hear footsteps now. There were more than just one person.

"We keep moving in this direction. The tracker shows that the Missing truck hasn't moved for hours." A soldier said as he passed our tree, with four other men behind them. I looked at Zach and pointed at the men. He just shrugged and reached into his jacket. He pulled out his pistol. I nodded and grabbed mine as well.

"We sneak up behind them and open fire," Zach said as he started to move. I followed him and checked to see how much ammo I had in my gun. I only had three. Every shot must count. The men were heading in the direction of my house and if they found it, we would really be in trouble. I told Zach of my low ammunition.

"It's fine, just shoot when I count to three." he said aiming at one of the men. I nodded and pointed my pistol towards the man in front.

"one...." He started. Then, he shot. I was so unprepared for the sound, that I jumped back, almost firing into the sky. Zach shot 6 times before he stopped and pulled out a flashlight, he had brought from the house. He shined the light at the place the men were marching. All 6 of them were dead on the forest floor. They had all fallen forward onto their stomachs. There was a bullet hole in each of the men's' helmets. Zach had not missed a single shot.

"Done and done." He said putting his gun back into his pocket. I didn't say a word. He knelt down and started to see what the men had on them.

"How do you know how to shoot like that?" I asked, watching him.

"Do you think I don't have a life or something?" He asked sounding very offended. "Well I don't. I like to play video games, okay? It's almost just like a video game." He said as he searched the last man. He had collected 6 pistols, 2 radios, a hand grenade, and the tracker, the man in front was using to find the truck's location.

"We have to get these bodies somewhere hidden." I said.

"let's dig a hole and thrown them in there." Zach said. I agreed to dig the hole, which was very hard, given that I was only using my hands. We were digging for an hour before the hole was two feet deep and seven feet in diameter. One by one, we dragged the men into the hole. When all of them were in, we covered them in dirt and leaves. Zach and I took our new loot and started the long walk home.

After about another hour, We could see the walls of our safe haven. We didn't jump the wall this time. We just walked in through the front gate. It was 3:00 in the morning and I was tired. We opened the front door and snuck inside. I told Zach goodnight and went downstairs to my room. Aaron was sound asleep when I opened the door. I slipped in and tiptoed over to my bed. I took off my jacket and boots, and dropped them onto the floor. Then I laid down in my bed, to dream another dream.