your pov
shortly after, steven proceeded up the firm wooden steps and to his now locked room, leaving me alone in the dark.
sunrise was barely an hour away so i figured i might as well pull an all nighter, hardly even feeling tired at this point
quietly i slipped on a jumper and put on the only pair of shoes i owned, they had holes scattered on the souls but i eventually learnt to deal with it, i just got used to having dirty socks despite wearing shoes
after a few lengthy walks down the dark sandy beach, i layed down on the hood of stevens car while the sun slowly appeared over the watery horizon
through the crashing of the distant waves i could faintly hear movement from behind me, but everytime i spun around to check, nothing was there
eventually the paranoia grew and grew, leaving me on edge until finally being confirmed
"hey!" i call out to the figure my glance caught behind a mossy rock
a tall boy around my age emerged with his hands up as if i were a cop holding a gun his way
"you caught me" he approached with a smug face, followed closely by two other similar silliutes
"what do you want..?" i slowly slide off the car and gradually step backwards
"do i know you?" he asks
"n-no..?"
"well.. do you know me?"
i look at him in confusion, then get a fright when i subtly glimpse down.
in their hands, each held a farmiliar pocket knife which glistened and reflected the newly born sunlight
"why are you here?" i stutter, losing all signs of confidence
"you think we would let you and your little friend get away with making fools of us? cause the rest of our people saw and won't let us live that moment down until we do something about it"
"like w-what.."
each stutter and poorly pronounced sentence came out so unwillingly it hurt
soon his face became visible in the new light as he inched closer
"i'm gonna add to that little picture i wasn't finished wit-" he firmly grabs my wrist but can't find the wounds or scars he inflicted earlier
"guess it wasn't enough." he smiles through the hidden frustration
i yank my hand away from his grasp and bolt for the house. thankfully scouring the soft sand quicker than them
click
i lock the door and back away as the three teenagers desperately try to kick it open
"just let her go adrian"
"shut it! we're going to get her and they're going to watch us get revenge!"
i didn't know what they were talking about, but i wasn't planning on listening any longer to find out
frightened, i rather aggressively started yanking and twisting the knob of stevens bedroom door, forgetting he locked it
"steven!" i banged the wood with my fists
...
creeek
"what soda" he looks down with tired eyes.
without another word i swiftly rush behind him and slam the door shut again, locking it once more
"hey what's wrong?" steven suddenly becomes more awake
but i ignore him as i desperately begin searching for alternative escape routes
"soda!" he grabbed my arm and spun me around to face him
"those guys from before!"
"the three chicks from earlier?"
"no! westbay" i murmur
we hear a loud smash from downstairs and
from the noise, it was clear they had smashed a window and likely climbed in
"where are you?" one taunted
"why are they here?" steven whispered
"they're mad about before.."
i watch steven ready his fists and bubble them with pink spikes before slowly creeping the door open
suddenly he throws it open and i hear a loud grunt of pain, once getting closer i could see he had crushed the guy with the heavy door
"there!" one called and pointed to steven
they were now each wielding a large butchers knife from stevens kitchen
"don't fuck them up yet!" the injured one demands
"just knock em out!"
steven began mercilessly punching one, distracting me from the fact another still remained unharmed
a cold grip grabbed my neck from behind and held a strange smelling cloth over my mouth, the last thing i remembered was being struck with pain and dizziness before blacking
out
"how much did you use!?"
"just the regular?"
"it's been hours man, she better still be alive"
"i used the same cloth for both of em and he's still breathing"
"m."
"go check her pulse"
