Laceration (Camren)

Chapter 17: Truth Be Told

No One POV

They mind takes you to places you have never thought of. They take you to your happy place, or the place that scares you the most. For Lauren that place was the house they were currently staying at.

The house was full of memories all sad. The only happy memory she could think of was the day her and James ran away. They didn't have anything but a couple of bottles or water, some food and a small bag of clothes. They had no identification, no birth certificate because legally they weren't born.

James was born first Clara, their mother had him at home with the help of a friend. They didn't believe in the government some would say they were paranoid. Lauren was born next She was also born at home with the help of the same friend. No one knew about them, not even their families if they had any.

So when James and Lauren ran away they had no where to go. They couldn't just go into the real world, being raised the way they were they also thought the government was bad. James had a friend, Kiana. She was the only other person he knew, she was nice to him even gave him food when Mike and Clara refused to feed him. She knew a lot about what happened to James and Lauren, but never told knowing what would happen if she did. James took Lauren and ran away to find Kiana. When he did she was shocked cause he had never mentioned earlier had a sibling. Kiana was able to find a place for them to stay for a while, she made sure they had food, clothes and all the things they needed. She ended up traveling with them, knowing they couldn't stay in one spot forever.

Along the way they met Madison she was younger than all of them and had been recently abused by her step father. He mother did nothing to help her, so Madison ran away. She was scared because at the time she was only 14. She met Lauren, James and Kiana and stuck with them. They taught her everything they knew. She thought they somethings she knew also.

They had become they might four. Doing everything together never leaving the other behind.

So Madison knows how had this is on Lauren, just being here could cause her to switch back to the old Lauren. Which would be the most terrifying thing. She has seen Lauren go back once and she vowed to never let it happen again.

"Madison it's time to go hunting." Lauren walks up to Madison and hands her a spear.

"What are we going to get?" Madison takes the spear and twist it in her hands.

"What ever we can find." Lauren says.

"We should inform the others." Madison dashed up the stairs to go let the others know the plan.

"Guys Lauren and I are going hunting. We should be back before it gets to dark." The group all nod their head in acknowledgment.

"Good to go." Lauren says to Madison from the bottom of the stairs. Madison looks down and nods her head.

Lauren and Madison make their way into the woods. Lauren being the one that knows the woods inside and out takes the lead.

"What's that over there?" Madison whispers. Lauren turns her head and sees a deer staring at them. From a distance it looks like a bear.

"A deer." Lauren grabs her bow and arrow ready to kill the animal.

"Wait." Madison says. She points to something off to the side of the deer.

"A fucking walker." Lauren mumbles. "No way am I letting that bitch take my food." Lauren aims her arrow at the walker instead.

"Lauren that's not a walker." Madison says. She had to squint her eyes to see.

"Madison that's clearly a walker." Lauren draws back in her bow and arrow.

"Lauren look. It looks like it's talking to someone." Madison point again. Lauren puffs out air.

Lauren looks a little harder and she sees that the 'walker' indeed does look like it's talking to someone.

"Should we approach?" Madison ask.

"No. You go around that way and I will approach." Madison walks off.

Lauren takes a minute to wait for Madison, then she makes her way to the figure. Once she is close enough she can see it's girl. The girl has her back to Lauren and I front of the girl is a boy. The boy notices Lauren and grabs the girl. He pushes the girl behind him and and holds a knife up to Lauren.

"We don't want any trouble." His deep voice booms. Lauren doesn't say anything. She looks at the boy and noticed how his hands are shaking. The girl looks terrified.

"What do you want?" The girl ask. Lauren notice how the boy looks like James. She thinks it's her mind playing games on her.

"Are you not going to talk?" The boy ask. He walks closer to Lauren and Madison makes herself known.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." She says calmly. The girl almost jumps out her skin and the boys face turns pale.

"Look I don't know what you want but we don't have anything." He says.

Lauren is still looking at the boy. She looks at the girl and sees some similarities between the girl and her mother.

"We don't want any trouble." Madison says. She looks at Lauren and sees a confused face.

"Jauregui you good?" She ask. Lauren looks at Madison.

"What's your name?" Lauren ask the boy. He looks at he as if she's crazy.

"What's your name?" He counters. Lauren rolls her eyes.

"Jauergui. Now what's your name?" Lauren ask again. She knows what she thinks is impossible but you never know.

"Hozier." Her says. Lauren feels relief, she doesn't know why but she does. "This is Selena." He points to the girl.

"Okay Hozier And Selena we shall leave you to it." Madison says.

"Wait no we have no where to go." Selena says.

"That's not our problem." Lauren says. With that she walks off. Madison close behind.

"Why didn't we help them?" Madison ask.

"Because you're right. We should be worried about not being attached, now out of the blue random people show up." Lauren says. She is suspicious.

"Lauren I'm sure that's not it." Madison says.

Lauren doesn't say anything. She sees the deer and takes out her arrows. She aims it at the deers head and releases the arrow. The deer drops dead. She walks over to the deer and ties it up. Madison and Lauren carry the back to the house.
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