Amelia continued to frantically attempt to drag her body backwards and away from these people. However, her body was not as strong as it could have been, especially after so many days of not sleeping or eating properly, so all she really managed to do was slip on the muddy ground and fall to her sid...

Once again, Diego proved himself to be more of a liability than Lorenzo was willing to handle. Not only did his brilliant plan of attempting to garner sympathy from the gun toting boy fail miserably, he then proceeded to beg the boy for aid, ending up with a gun pointed at his head, and what looked ...

Jackson stared down at the now still body of Ariana for what felt like forever. He had failed. Failed to do the one thing he swore to himself he would do. Protect someone. Of course he did. She told them not to blame themselves, but how could he not? He should have been there sooner. He should have ...

The boys headed south when they left the infirmary. The day eventually gave way into night as they made their way past the inner circle under the cover of trees. Lorenzo had let Diego have it when he’d finally caught up to him after the incident with Justin. They had a plan, and Diego had ruined it....

Lorenzo grinned, watching Justin flail back trying to distance himself from Lorenzo’s weapon. He was next to Diego now. That was fine. Sure, Lorenzo couldn’t lob another swing at him right now in case the swing missed and hit his temporary ally, but as far as Justin was concerned he had no reason to...

Lorenzo was sitting impatiently at the edge of the doorway. Diego’s plan had confused Lorenzo at first, but once the other boy charged through the door he started to understand. Lorenzo was almost impressed by how good of an actor Diego was. He really made it sound believable. Apparently being as pa...

Amelia was confused. What was she supposed to do? He was scaring her. He was yelling and Ivy was yelling back. Her arm was shaking so badly, she wasn’t sure she’d hit him even if she did decide to pull the triggers. But did she want to? It had only happened once so far. And that time was an accident...

Jackson’s cries of anguish did little but to egg the maniac on even furthur. It was like he was getting off on all of this. The awful, bloody display mixed with the childish and manic insanity before him made Jackson feel like it couldn’t be real. This wasn’t what real life was like. This was all ju...

Everything felt as if it was happening in slow motion. Ariana turned to look at them upon their arrival to the scene. Jackson finally noticed the person attacking her. Marco Volker. Carrying a chainsaw. In the split second she was distracted, Marco revved the saw and swung it down upon her. Jackson ...

[Lorenzo Tavares Continued From Still Waiting ] It hadn’t been long since they’d left the commissary. Lorenzo in the lead, keeping an eye on his tracker as Diego followed dutifully behind him. Lorenzo had to admit, the other boy wasn’t annoying him as much as he’d thought he would. They hadn’t spok...

Jackson felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. Henry was right. Ariana wouldn’t have abandoned them, not after everything they’d said the day before. He believed in her, and he refused to doubt her. Maybe she just needed some space for a bit? She was a reliable person, so maybe she was scouting out ...

A voice from behind her made the hair on the back of her neck stand up, and Amelia spun around and backed up a few paces right away, her hands no longer wiping her eyes and instead pulling the gun from her side and holding it in front of her, not pointed at anyone yet. Amelia got a good look at the ...

Amelia sat in silence. She sat and stared at the trees in front of her. Staring and hoping. Hoping someone would come bursting out of the treeline and save her. Take her home. Take her away from all this sadness and horror. Make her feel like herself again. So she could stare up at the stars and wis...

It was decided. Sleep for now, and watch each other’s backs. No need to think about what would happen when they finally ran into a killer. Not yet at least. Jackson could roll with that. For now all they needed to worry about was getting some rest, and shelter from the storm. Just focus on that. No ...

The night went on in relative silence and quiet. Only the sounds of the rain pattering against the roof of the building breaking the stillness of the night. They slept in shifts, first Diego, then Lorenzo. An exercise in trust more than anything. Both lived to greet the morning, cementing the tempor...