Closer to the End

Chapter 7

"You... did what?" I started to choke up. Did she really just say, she ate James' arm.

"Yeah! It was really tasty... oh! All the other people that you killed, me and some others ate them too!"  Without thinking I reached over and grabbed Mara's shirt and pulled her towards me.

"What the hell is wrong with you! You ate his arm? What kind of motherfucking sick joke is this?! You-You ate all those people!" Mara's grin never fell from her face. She barely even reacted when I grabbed her. Shes more insane then anyone else here.

"Come on, don't act to butt hurt. Besides, no one gave two shits about those people. You killed them anyway, right?" I let go of Mara and slumped back. I scratched the back of my neck. Swaying my head back in fourth, hoping this wasn't really happening.

"Lola" Someone grabbed my shoulder. I looked to the left and saw Bryson was awake. His hair was all messy and his eyes were droopy, but still held that insane look.

"Calm down, no need to get all worked up. Anyway, we should wake everyone up and introduce our new members." I nodded. I felt my heart beating a little faster than before. Little butterflys were in my stomach.

"N-new members?" Bryson got up and attempted to fix his hair, but failed.

"During the blood night, we didn't know where you went, when suddenly you came back carrying James and dropped him down on the floor before passing out yourself. Behind you was 2 new people. They said that you had saved them, so they wanted to stay with us."

"Oh, I see." I didn't remember any of that. At least I brought new people in. Bryson smiled at me. He then cleared his throat.

"Alright then. Let's wake everyone up."

Everyone was seated in a circle in the middle of the classroom. Bryson was sitting at the head, while I was holding onto James. He was still pretty weak from the blood loss. Leo was sitting beside me, with dark circles under his eyes. He was avoiding eye contact with Bryson.

I took a moment to gather how many people were left. Gene, Aurora, James, Andrew, Mia, May, Leo, Jason, Mara, Bryson, Abby, and of course now 2 others. We'd lost 4 people in total. And our group is the smallest, so we can't really afford to lose people. Bryson then spoke up.

"The blood night is offically over. I would like to take the time to honer those who didn't make it. 4 people didn't make it. Lets start with Ava and Julie. They shared a notebook and were our medics, and we wouldn't have lived without them. Sadly, we were invaded and some of our medic supplies was taken, along with their lives."

"Norman and Pam. They shared a notebook and they were in charge of the group decision on which classroom to invade. They were great at organization the two of them. They were out fighting and sadly, we found the body of Norman and Pam while Mara, Aurora, Andrew,Jason, and Abby were on the clean up of the parking lot of the bodies leftover." Clean up, yeah right. More like a feast was happening.

 "Now on a happy note, I would like to introduce our two new members. Roy, and Shu. Please treat them well as our own. But now we need to rethink positions and take back our medic supplies."

Finally something more interesting. 

"Well whats the jobs currently?" I asked. "Also, when is the next blood night?"

"Right of course. The next blood night isn't until next week. So we have time to prepare. It starts at 6:00AM and ends at 4:00PM. The jobs we have are Medic, Leader, Co leader, Clean up, Main invasion group, and Main attack group. The Leader and Co leader can be on any besides Clean up and Medic."

"What is even the point of clean up?" I asked. Besides, Mara eats the bodies anyways.

"Because the body's vanish after 24hrs, so we put them in a shack after the blood night. If we leave them out, it smells of rotting. The shack however doesn't. Other groups send people as well for clean up, so it's not just us. The people don't attack each other though, so we're safe."

That's a bunch of bullshit. They're just eating in silence! But I don't want to start something with Mara's group, so I'll stay quiet. Wait... does that mean the people that Mara leaves with... also eat bodies too...The shack must be where they eat in silence. Great, the cherry on top of a pile of shit.

"Now, I'm currently leader, and Lola's Co Leader. Does anyone have any problems with that." Bryson asked. No one said anything. I was hoping someone would interject but thats to much to ask I'm afraid.

"Ok, well now we need Medic, Clean up, Main Invasion, and Main Attack." Mara raised her hand.

"The Clean up group is still me, Andrew, Aurora, Jason, May and Abby. But I would like to offer Shu to join us. He seems willing." Bryson looked over to Shu. "You up for that?"

Shu nodded. Not even smiling a bit. "Sure thing." So he's one of them too I assume. I don't even know what to call Mara. I guess "them" will do.

"Perfect. Alright so does anyone have any medical history?" Roy spoke up.

"Me and Shu do. We are studying to be nurses." Bryson nodded. "Great, now that's out the way. Anyone up for Main Invasion and Main attack?" Mara raised up my hand that wasn't on James.

"Me and Lola would LOVE to be the leaders of the Main Invasion Group! Right Lola!" "I what?!" Honestly, I was going to go for Invasion anyway, guess Mara read my mind. But did she really have to do that!

Bryson gave me a look. "Are you sure... The invasion group is difficult y'know. Plus, that's how you got injured last time." Mara frowns. "Are you doubting your Co Leader? Or is it because you're WORRIED about her." Mara's smile returns and cocks a brow. I turn red and so does Bryson.

"Of course, I mean I'm worried about all members. Never mind, Invasion group it is. Just pick people you'd like on your team." My face is still red. I bury it in my turtle neck. Mara points towards James.

"James and Andrew. Leo and Jason. I want them with us." Leo looked shocked. I'm guessing he's never really done anything.

"Don't worry Leo. We'll help you! It doesn't involve much killing. And since James is injured, this will be some way from him to still be apart of everything."

Bryson nodded in agreement. Finally his face not being so red. "Ok, and I'll lead the Main Attack Group. I'll bring Mia and May, along with Gene and Aurora, and Abby. So, those are the groups. I would like the Invasion Group to get ready. You're going to take back our medic supplies."

"Yes! Right away." Mara leaned up. "Follow me to the storage." I got up and then helped James a hand. "I think you should sit this one out." I told him. His eyes were hanging down.

"Yeah, I think you're right."

"Hey, you're James right? I would like to take a closer look at your injury if you don't mind." We looked over to Roy standing in front of us with a smile.

"Uh, yeah sure thing." He followed him off. I then caught up to Mara rummaging through a storage closet.

"So... Lola." I felt someone nudge my shoulder. It was Andrew. "I see you're... pretty comfy with the Leader huh. Remember anything about him?" I felt a little hate towards him. Mostly because I know that he's one of them.

"Um... I'm not sure what you mean." I spat coldly.

"Really, you have no idea. Has nobody told you." Leo leaned over. "Andrew I think that's enough." Andrew shrugged Leo away.

"No, if someone won't tell her, I will. Beside she's adjusted well already and about to go on an Invasion." Andrew looked me dead in the eyes. I gave him a cold stare back.

"Lola. Before you forgot everything, you and the Leader were dating."