Escape The Night

Chapter 4

With blood on my clothes and a guilty conscience, i return to the main tent with the other half of the pyramid.

Im still tuning out people. I ignore everyone while i walk over to the triangular base. I stick it in.

It starts glowing. The sceraming of the strong man dissapears. The strong mans tent and the woman who led us into the tent dissapear.

I finally snap back into the reality.

The reality where Bethany is dead. The reality where i killed Crystal. The reality where Ricardo is still dead.

I turn to my friends. Or.. competition, in other words.

"What happened?!" Hallie questions me. Lightly rubbing my jacket stained with Crystals blood.

Christen was on the verge of puking. She knew who the blood was from.

"Crystal.. lost. But he never stopped slamming her head. He kept going.. and going.. and going.." I repeat myself, without realizing i broke into a sob.

Hallie embraces me.

Robert notices whats going on. His recent ally had been killed by me but he didnt believe i was an enemy.

He walked up to me and looked at his nails.

"You did what you had to do. I dont want drama with you because i liked Crystal. Just.. congrats." His voice cracked on the last part of thats sentence.

My heart breaks at the sound of that, but in glad he isnt mad at me. Speaking of people being mad at me..

I turn to Aletris.

"You were obviously strong enough to survive. Be greatful one of us voted someone whos weaker than you." Aletris twirled her hair.

I hate to admit, shes right. If it were anyone like herself or Hallie, it wouldve been a close call. I couldve died.

"You need to change out of those clothes.." Christen was shaking. She held herself. She tried to keep herself from having a breakdown.

"I dont exactly think he brought a clothing change to the 1970's" Joe replied in an obvious tone.

"Dont be a smart ass" Hallie snaps, clearly annoyed.

"We really have to stop fighting and having grudges or we will eventually all not trust anyone. We need EACHOTHER if we want to win. Not just one person or two." I inform them. It was obvious.

But i think the evil energy that this town emits is blinding us from the core goal from all of us.

"He has a point. We all have the same goal. Win and escape." Aletris grins.

Theres something off putting about her grin. Its not something malicious but something that feels a bit..sad.

I head over to a chair thats set up in front of the purified idols.

I sit down and sigh holding my head in my hands. The sound of her voice. Her screams. The sound of her begging not to die. The sight of him slamming her head in.

Its all haunting me.

The very few seconds before her final moments just keep repeating in my head.

I couldnt have helped her, but i couldnt sit there and watch.

Its like something took over my body. My flight or fight reflexes activated and my body chose flight.

Luckily.

If i wouldve chosen to fight, that wouldve ended in two deaths. But still, why Crystal? And whos targetting her?

I think the real question about everyone skipped over was who voted Crystal?