Alone

Chapter 26

I drop to my knees and begin to cry.

"Firess?" A voice comes from behind me. I turn around to see Rick looking at me with Carl behind his back, peeking around him. "You're not leaving are you?"

I watch his throat as he gulps.

I look back at my friends, then back at Rick.

"I have to go back, with them." I calmly say to him. He starts pacing back and forth.

"THEM? 'THEY' KILLED SHANE! SCARRED MY BOY FOREVER!" He start yelling at me. "I CANT BELIEVE YOU WOULD JUST LEAVE LIKE... like that. You just got here. For my boy."

I look at Carl once more, he still looking at me from behind his father, a year gently rolling down his freckled face.

"Rick, I'm starting to think you wanted me to stay...." He looks down at his feet. Then all of sudden, he jumps at me and pulls me to his chest, raising his gun to my head.

My eyes widen and I stare intensely at Jason and Cade's guns. Jason raises his.

"Let. Her. Go." He says, trying to keep up the confidence.

Ricks hands are shaky and sweaty as his finger cocks the trigger.

"Rick please stop." I say.

Jason's eyes also get big as I feel the pressure against my temple ease and the hands release me. I look back to see Glenn as hit him in the back of the head.

I run to Jason and throw my arms around him as tight as I can. His arms tighten around and he whispers in my ear.

"I love you." I just wanna drop to my knees, over and over.

•••

Allyson's P.O.V

•••

I stand by Cade as they haul Rick to the bed and we are on our way back, but so don't feel safe. Something is wrong.

I feel a shiver creep up my spine.

I close my eyes and all I see is blood. Blood everywhere.

I stop Cade.

"We should stay here." I tell everyone.

"Why?" Jason asks me.

"It's not safe out here." He doesn't question me at all, he just starts making his way to the house. Cade rushes after him and grabs his shoulder to stop him.

"Now hold on a minute! What's going on?" He asks. I shake my head as if to stop him.

I look up at him and put my hands on my hips.

"You really wanna argue right now? 'Cause I promise you, I'll win." A smirk creeps up to my face. He chuckles.

"Is that so? Freckle face?" I gasps in a dramatic way.

"Fat face!" I yell back.

"Tall freak!" He yells

I stop and laugh.

"Is that really the best you got, Mr. Bad Namecaller?" We both call each other names until Aria yells at us and tells us to stop. I smirk again and he sighs.

I hear Cade whisper under his breath.

"She's so beautiful." I smile and start heading back to the house before it starts getting dark.

I stop them as I hear noise.

A whipping noise comes from behind and a gurgle comes from Jason.

A knife as been lodged into his neck.

•••

Firess's P.O.V

•••

Jason drops to the ground as blood rushes through the hole in his throat.

"Oh my gosh." I can't cry. I can't cry. "What do I do?!" I yell at them. They shrug their shoulders an ignore me and Jason, as if it never happened. I hold his hand and move the hair out of his eyes.

"Shhhh, I'm gonna have to pull it out." His breathing starts to sound like gurgles as he starts choking on his own blood. I grip the handle of the knife and pull as hard as I can.

"Ahhhhhhhhhggggg!" Jason yells his lungs out. I pull him up so he can sit up, but his weight pulls his body back down. I try to pull again, but can't. I look into his eyes. They are drained of life.

"No, no no, no, no, no, NO, NO!" I yell at the sky. No.... No. Go away. Run away. This is why I left.

•••

We hurry back to the cabin and rush inside before the stalkers can get us.

"Wagner!" Cade yells.

"Wagner!" He yells again.

"Wagner?"

I walk into Rainy's bedroom and see a pair of black lace up boots at the edge of the bed.

"Oh no." Allyson says. "We're too late."