Compound

Chapter 4 (REWRITTEN)

Maddi's POV

A gunshot pierced the 5 SECONDS OF FUCKIN QUIET WE RECEIVED FOR ONCE.

"Run!" Nic yelled, running out of the forest. Jack shoved Connor into his sleeping bag. His scream was muffled by the thick fabric. I pretended he did it for Connor's health. Brice was lacing up his boots. Nic tossed me a gun.

"Uh..."

"Just try!" Ethan hefted the medipack onto his shoulders (Instinct. That thing is like my child.)(Not Ethan the medipack Ethan is not something I'm taking charge of.). Ryan ran into the clearing with backup. Brooks, a shyish blonde boy who was huge, tan, and drop dead gorgeous(I swear I saw Jack blush.),and Lawson, an annoying popular kid, manages to be cute with brown curls and blue eyes, with a bitchy ew-get-away-emo-freak attitude I barely knew. We broke into a sprint. Brice was (SHOCKERRRRRRR) first, faster than anyone else I shot behind me and hit Brooks. He hit the ground hard, and ripped open his wound. He was not gonna make it. Nic got behind Lawson and shot him in the leg. He picked him up and hit his head on a tree to knock him unconscious. Brice had split off, and Ryan, the fastest, trailed behind him. Brice slammed to a stop, and Ryan fell onto him. Ethan hit him in the back of the head with the medipack.

"YEET!" Ethan yelled Brice shoved Ryan off him. He and Ethan highfived. Brice practically tackled me.

"Oh my god I love you so much." He kissed me. "I swear to god I will never leave you."

"Uh, thats nice and all... but why are you attacking me?"

"WHAT?!"

"WHAT!!?"

"Brooks shot you! You are literally missing part of you arm!" I looked at my left arm. There was a relatively large chunk missing, and I was losing a lot of blood.

"Uh... I.... wow. That's impressive."

Ethan! Come help her!" Ethan grabbed my arm.

"She'll be fine. She didn't feel the nerve weapon. She'll be fine." he rolled his eyes.

Nic's POV

(OK A FORWARD NOTE. I promise that it IS actually spelled Nic, not Nick. The character's full name in Nicholas. No K.)

I had laid Ryan's head in my lap. I messed with his long, dirty blonde hair before realizing thats CREEPY. Lawson was awake. I think. I can hear him breathing.

"Uh... Nic?"

"Yeah?" Ryan turned over in my lap.

"Uh......"

"I'll just-"

"No I mean-"

"No I just-" I pushed away.

"What did Ethan freaking hit me with?" He said, rubbing the back of his head.

"A medipack."

"Am I ok?"

"Uh, you fell on Brice's knife, but Maddi fixed you."

"Wait... we're with them?"

"Yeah... "

"Oh. Ok." He put his hand on mine. I made a really, really weird noise.

"Uh... are you ok?"

"Uh... me? What? Ok? No me I'm totally fine..." I felt sweat start running down my forehead. "Why would you ask?"

"Why are you... blushing?"

"Me? Blush? No! Never!" I made another weird choking noise, and laughed nervously.

"Nic.... is there a thing you want to talk abou-"

"IM FINE!"

"Uh... are you sur-" Ethan sat up.

"Ryan, dammit! Don't I have enough of this bullshit!?"

"What do you mea-"

"That! Stop crushing on Nic! I already got goddamn pretty boy all up on Maddi!"

"WHAT!?" I shouted. "IM STRAIGHT!"

"No you're not!" Maddi yelled back. She didn't actually yell she yells everything.

"HEY! Quit listening to my conversations!"

"Ooh, Ryan and Nic. I like it!" Connor yelled back.

"Finally. We're not the gay ones out."

"DON'T I GET A SAY IN THIS IM NOT DATING NI-"

"No."

"WHAT?!"

"Nope." I crawled into my sleeping bag.

"IM GOING TO BED!!" I screamed.