Until Dawn Fanfiction: Matt X Female Reader

Chapter Fourteen

Sam's POV

The Wendigo comes towards me.

I quickly position the flamethrower I'm carrying above my head to shoot at it, but I am not able to get an accurate shot with the weird position I'm holding it in.

Thankfully, I am able to shoot the flames close enough to spook the Wendigo, causing it to screech and scurry away into a different part of the mines.

With the Wendigo gone, I look around for Mike and Josh. There's no sign of them. 

Are they still...

I panic, going under the water to search for them. 

I need to find them. 

I can't...

I open my eyes in the murky water, but it's so dark that I can't see anything. My hands search the water in vain, coming up empty.

But I refuse to give up.

I won't come up for air until I found them.

I start to get lightheaded as I continue to search.

They should be in this area!

They... should... be...

I can feel my eyelids begin to close. My body goes limp.

But suddenly I feel an arm slide around my waist, yanking me to the surface.

I gasp for air, turning around to see Mike. He's drenched and shaking, but alright.

"What the hell were you thinking!?" Mike scolds. "You could've died! Don't be stupid."

"Oh my gosh," I manage, still gasping for air. I give Mike a quick hug. "You're alive. Oh my gosh! Thank you."

But I don't see Josh.

My eyes go wide. "Josh."

I wriggle away from Mike, about to go into the water again to search more before Mike grabs me again.

"Sam, stop!" he orders.

I start to cry. "But... Josh."

"He's with me! He's with me, okay!? I'm the one who pulled him under and away from the Wendigo. We were just hiding behind that big rock." Mike points to a huge rock nearby. "I kept Josh safe over there. He's still there."

I walk in the water over to the rock, Josh meeting me halfway.

"Sorry, Sam. I'm right here," he says.

I rush to him, giving him a big hug and crying on his shoulder. "I almost lost you."

Josh returns the hug just as tightly. "And I almost lost you. You probably saved our lives."

I reluctantly release Josh, knowing we have to keep moving. 

"I'm going to get you out of this alive," I promise him.

Josh smiles gratefully. "Right back at ya, Sammy."

I giggle.

Mike sighs, rolling his eyes with a smile. "Let's get out of here and back to the lodge."

Josh and I nod in agreement, following Mike back through the way we came, out of the mine, and back to the lodge.

We are all freezing, but finally right outside the lodge. 

Mike points to a rock on the ground. "Let's get inside."

I lean down and pick up the rock, using it to smash the glass on the door so I can reach in and open the door.