By Your Hand

3 [LEGACY]

Zack dragged me to a room with giant freezers and a path that lead to a crumbling wall. On either side of the path were small two small bodies of water. Similar to the ones before but smaller. He quickly pressed his ear against the wall, before yelling, "Hey! Can you hear me? Are you there?!"

"Ugh, looks like the loud mouth is here. You have to choose, Rachel! Who will be your killer, Zack or me?" Eddie asked pleadingly.

"..."

"My sweet Rachel," He cooed, "Let me lovingly put you you to rest! In a sophisticated way!"

"Sophisticated? More like medicated!" Zack yelled, "You're going to kill her with that boring look on her face?! What a fuckin' moron!"

"Oh will you shut up! Rachel and I are trying to have a conversation!"

Utterly furious with how much physical pain Eddie put me in, I ground me teeth and scolded him, "Not now, Eddie! The grown-ups are talking!"

"Hey, can you hear us? And I'm not talking about the grave-diggin' dipshit! I'm talking to you!"

"Me?" Rachel finally spoke.

"No offense, Rachel but, duh you!" I snapped.

"Listen up kid, don't think for a single second that you can die of your own will!" Zack backed away from the wall and began ramming it with his shoulder, "There's plenty of people in this building DYING to kill you! Only I'll have the honor!"

He stepped back, probably exhausted, "Even if I don't agree with this whole death pact, you promised Zack that you'd get him out of here first!" I added on.

He slammed himself against the wall one more time, "I'm the only one who's going to kill you. I swear to god!"

"T-To god?" Rachel stammered.

"Uh-huh!"

"Come on, Rachel!" I cheered, "Make sure nobody else gets a hold of you first!"

There was a silence, "Okay..." she mumbled.

"R-Rachel?" Eddie stuttered.

"Zack! Break the wall!"

I turned to him quickly, "You've definitely weakened it. Just use your scythe to smash it!"

"Rachel..." Eddie whimpered.

"You don't have to tell me twice!" Zack smiled, raising his scythe. As soon as he brought it down, the wall was crushed.

"Yo," Zack said nonchalantly.

"Why, Rachel?" All three of us looked around, searching for Eddie.

"Where is that piece of shit?" Zack growled.

"There shouldn't be a problem with me killing you," Eddie whined.

"There are so many problems with that sentence by itself!" I yelled.

"You are such a savage, Zack," Eddie whimpered.

"Shut your fuckin' mouth, kid!"

"Rachel, is this really who you want to kill you? He'll make a mess of you. It'd be much better if I were the one to do it-"

"Quit your yapping and get the hell out here!" Zack hollered, readying his scythe, "I'll kill you!"

"Rachel... I will be the one to kill you. So, I'll wait for you, okay?"

The lights that were formerly off, flickered back to life. I turned to Rachel and immediately hugged her, forgetting about my bruised ribs. I used a hand against he head to hold her close, "I'm glad you're okay. I don't think I'm smart enough to help Zack get out of here myself," I laughed. She weakly attempted to hug back before I instantly pulled away, "Ow, shit. Watch the ribs, he's got a lot of strength for a rat," I paused, grabbing her chin in my hand, "Did he hurt you? I don't see anything. Wait, maybe he hit your torso too! Lift up your shirt."