(( Jaquilyn Locke continued from Rendezvous )) Her legs ached. She'd left her food behind, she'd left the knife behind. She'd forgotten to search Grace's bag too. There might have been another weapon or even more food. Her run slowed to a walk. There was still nothing but trees around. As noon appro...

(( Jaquilyn Locke continued from Red as Blood )) Jaquilyn tore through the brush of the forest. Joachim came into view just ahead, disappearing behind trees as she zigzagged over roots and weeds. He was walking slowly, but didn't look back. The heavy burden of guilt and responsibility lifted as she ...

Joachim was up. Jaquilyn had the gun. Those were really the only things that mattered right now. Jaq could have waited another minute or two for an even better moment, but this one was good enough while their cover wasn't blown. It would be great if Jo could get his bag away from Grace before they g...

Joachim was playing sick, and it was perfect. "Oh no, do you think you're gonna puke again?" The girl moved over to make sure he was alright, and even Matt started to move towards- Oh. She almost lost her composure. She choked the feelings of panic and summoned up some more false ones of c...

"Luckier than the bitch with a bag of skittles." There was Matt. Jaquilyn quickly jumped into action, she had a goal in mind, and was only getting closer and closer to being able to protect herself. Here was the next step, not part of Joachim's plan, but every opportunity had to be taken. ...

Jaq smiled. Joachim had recovered and had his head back in the game, even if it was jokingly. "Yeah I know, right? They have two guns." And the guy didn't even want his. She knew his voice, where did she know it from? They had a mutual friend or... Cassidy's boyfriend! She'd talked about h...

Jaq was frustrated. She'd just had the wind knocked out of her by her own partner, and now she couldn't even release her frustration in any way that would generate sound. She whispered her swears to show her displeasure, "Fucking A." Slowly rolling over, she pushed herself up off the groun...

(( Jaquilyn Locke continued from Who's Afraid of the Big Bag Wolf? )) Jaquilyn Locke slowed her pace. She'd slowly accelerated into a run since she reached the forest's edge. She couldn't remember starting to run, she didn't even know if Joachim was right behind her or not. All she knew was she had ...

Carmina Maliksi's body is near the middle of the clearing. Probably not dead center, but noticeable. There's also a trail of blood leading to her from where she was dragged.

The terrible feelings began to settle in as the she watched Carmina's shirt absorb more and more blood. Her breath was strained, her voice was weak. Jaquilyn felt like a huge, heavy weight was sagging down on her soul. "...I understand" What? "Can you... do me one... last favor?"...

The chase was over. The girl was down. The team had accomplished their goal. They had twenty four hours starting with Carmina's last heartbeat. Twenty four hours in which rescue would hopefully arrive. Twenty three hours until they would have to start worrying about the next death. That was a long t...

Fucking trees. Fucking plants. Fucking random roots making it hard to stay balanced. The running was bad, but the delay of completing the deed was far worse. Every moment that nobody died was another moment they might blow up. Every second was a thousand of those moments. Now, having to physically e...

(( Jaquilyn Locke continued from The Visionary )) Two on one. The game of cats and mouse was even more one sided by this mouses inability to hide in the walls. It was just a game to see who would make the first misstep. The girl was on the run. Joachim was hot in pursuit, and Jaquilyn wasn't far beh...

Joey nodded again. He liked this group. They had different ideas of how to function, perhaps, but it seemed that they intended to stay together for the most part. Being alone was nearly as bad as being dead, being in a group meant common goals and motivation not to let others down. It was why he'd l...

Joey nodded at Meera's thinking out loud. Garret had apparently done some deep thinking, and everything she said made sense. The only question now was how would the three of them decide who was friendly or not. He looked up and to the side as he though, but ultimately realized that as long as they w...