Who Will Escape?

The Plan

Amarie stabs the vampire guard straight through the chest. The guard blinks, staggers back a few steps, and collapses on the ground. Dead. Brynn's mouth drops open "You did it!" she says through nervous giggles, unable to take her eyes off of the vampire corpse in front of her. Rita and Daniel just exchange a look, a bit of worry in their eyes.

Rita
What is tonight?

"Wait." Her friends race through her mind, and a twinge of worry twists itself around her heart "What about everyone else?". Amarie's eyes grow wide with concern "Let's go find them. Come on!" She insists pulling them along. "Okay." Daniel squeaks from surprise as he gets pulled by Amarie.

"Still don't trust me?" Thomas snarls. Oh, no. Josh trusts him now.

Josh
I trust this dude with my life. Any vampire who would take out one of their own kind to protect a bunch of humans they just met...yeah. He's on our side. I'm sure of it.

He starts shouting orders "Shangag! Trey! Come here. I need your help. We gotta get him out of here." . Shangag races over to the dead vampire, finally proving himself to the team. He and Trey each take an arm, and together, they lift the corpse into a sitting position. "Men, do that," says Bryan with a wave of his hand, who still hasn't left the safety of his curtain. "Honey," Sophia clucks at the corpse, "we need to get you a makeup wipe." Trey grabs the legs. Shangag supports the upper body, his arms securely fastened underneath the shoulders. "Don't go too far," Thomas warns them "Stay close to me.". "This is called a fireman's carry," Trey brags as they carry Vampire out of the room "It's from the military.". "The only Carey I know is Mariah," is Shangag's reply, which receives giggles from some of the other guests.
Amarie, Rita, Brynn and Daniel proceed to go through the yard and a small part of Amarie is hoping that there is actually no one else here. But that's before they find Olivia, Cole, Kyler and Alexis, tied to pillars in the courtyard, scared out of their minds.

Amarie
My heart sinks

Olivia has never been happier to see her friends in her life.

Olivia
They're here. They're still alive. The vampires didn't get them. They'll save us. Everything's gonna be okay.

Daniel goes to free Olivia, while Rita runs to Kyler's side and Brynn helps Cole. "How'd you get out?" Alexis gasps as Amarie unties her "oh my god...". "What happened?" is all that Daniel manages to get out before Olivia pulls him into a hug "Hi. It's good to see you.". "Oh my god I'm so glad you guys are okay." Olivia's a broken record of happy sounds, but she doesn't care. She knew it. She knew they'd make it out. She knew they'd come for her. Now, all they have to do is find the others, find the salt, and find their way back home.
"Amarie killed a vampire!"
Brynn's proud proclamation catches Olivia, Cole, Kyler and Alexis off guard "You killed a vampire!" they shout in unison. Amarie nods with a grin and holds out her hand for a high-five "Yeah!". Olivia isn't quite sure how to react to that so she accepts Amarie's high-five and tries not to think about it too hard. "What do we do now?" Alexis asks. Cole, Alexis, Rita, Kyler, Brynn and Olivia talk among themselves, and Amarie's not really paying attention the conversation until Olivia's statement of "I think she also meant that he's being held here" catches her attention. "Who is this he?" She demands to know with a small frown on her face. "Thomas!" Cole responds, "His son." Olivia elaborates. Amarie isn't too pleased about that, Dorian's son... "I already don't trust him.". "Really?" Alexis asks, a bit surprised. "If you saw what the vampires did to me...You would not...ever...trust those damn vampires." Amarie mumbles as she rubs her arm. "They were eating him," Brynn explains to the new members of their team, and concern assaults their expressions. "Let's get out of here." Amarie tells the group, and without it being said a second time, they head out. As Trey and Shangag dump the body behind a tree, Alec is beginning to get anxious, "Who has the salt?" Kiersten asks following the group. "Come on, come on, we have to go, we can't...we have to...hurry you guys." mumbles Alec as he stands beside Trey and Shangag. "I have the salt," Tamaya replies, showing the salt jar to the group. "Okay. Great." Traces of fear taint Sarah's voice "We are dwindling in numbers.". And then, eight figures appear in the distance, and Alec's heart almost stops, Could it be?