Until morning comes

[34] Croatan

"If this is to end in fire,
Then we should all burn together,
Watch the flames climb high into the night,
Calling out for the rope, sent by and we will watch the flames burn on and on the mountain side."

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Tommy didn't know what to think anymore. His mind was scrambled with blurry thoughts and questions. He knew something in him was dying, hope? Faith? Whatever it was, he didn't have time to mourn it.

The doctor was hot on his trail. The electricity flowing out of him in small waves. His stick gripped tightly between his fingers. Mouth pried wide open in a disturbing way.

Tommy didn't know what happened to this man, and he was sure he didn't want to find out.

Tommy wished he could just hide away from this world. Feel safe for the first time since arriving. But even he knew wishing wouldn't do him any good. His survival instincts were the only thing keeping him alive at this point.

He didn't believe like the others did. He didn't think there was some hidden way out of this world. That when the moon set over the horizon they would be set free. He thought the only way to get home was to die, but die his own way. Not by the killers hands.

Tommy hadn't seen Ashlie and nick since arriving. He hoped they were fairing better then he was. Hoped they could get a generator done by the time the doctor finally catches up to him.

He was afraid. There was no denying it. He wanted to make it out of there as much as the others. As much as dawn, Uni, cory, jon, adam, Ashlie and nick did.

Tommy was too lost in thought to realize the doctor wasn't on his trail anymore. The unnerving quietness didn't settle well in his stomach. It was pressing on him like a weight. Even his breathes were quiet.

Why would the doctor suddenly stop chasing him now?

Then his face hit the ground.

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It took Ashlie awhile to find the first generator.

Looking at the banged up machine sent a little relief coursing through her. She was terrified, but it wasn't a foreign feeling. She's been terrified from the moment she stepped into this world. But something about this killer set Ashlie's brain on fire, he was like nothing they had ever experienced before. And they thought the shape was hard.

Ashlie finished fixing the generator and made a beeline for where she thought she saw another one. She turned a corner only to be meant with a hard chest. She froze in place, her breathing picking up in shallow gulps. Eyes wide as they slowly looked up.

Ashlie quickly covered her mouth as she pushed away from the doctor. His cold dead eyes stared straight into her chocolate brown ones. Ashlie was too terrified to even notice tommy laid across his shoulder like a rag doll. His face scrunched up in agony.

Ashlie turned around and ran as fast as her shaking legs could carry her. The Itching of a scream deep in her throat.

She knew she couldn't leave tommy behind. That she should of figured out someway to make him drop her friend. But she couldn't, she was too scared. She looked away, turned her back before she could even process it.