Short Stories

Au's / clues

You wake up in the woods with three others.
Each of you wearing what you went to bed in.
You have no idea why or how you are here.
There are four boxes with each of your names and inside each box is a clue as to why you are here.

The four of us decided to open the boxes together, so we could help each other get out of here, and I would go last.
The first to go was a boy who was about 12 years old.
He opened the box, and found a shield.
The second one was a women in her mid-20s.
When she opened her box there was a letter with 'protect the boy' written on it, nothing more.
The third, an old man in maybe his 60s - 70s.
Out came a tiny knife and a letter which read 'escape'.
Then it was my turn, I felt all of their eyes fixated on me.
I opened the box, out came a gun, 25 bullets and a blood - stained letter with kill them in thick, bloody, letters on the paper, and I knew exactly what to do next...