The walk was getting tiring as we walked our ways to Kellin and Katelynne's house. We had just finished Jaime and Jessica's, Justin and Lindsey's and Jack and Gabe didn't want to go to their houses so this made things faster. "I think we should ditch Jesse somewhere." Gabe whispered to me. "I'm not sure if you want to do that. I mea- " "He's right. Ditch him." Justin says from behind Lindsey. "He's useless, cold, and he's a bomb. Tick tick tick, and pretty soon he's gonna explode and we're gonna be here for it. We shouldn't be here for it. He has to go." Jack adds. "He was your best friend! You can't just ditch a best friend!" "Best friend or not, he doesn't give two shits about us, they're right. All he cared about was Ashley, and now that she's gone, he doesn't care." Kellin butts in. "Well how?" "Get a horde, make some noise, attract them, and then, when the time comes, ditch him. Make sure he's stuck in the horde. Then make a break for it. We don't need him, he can fend for himself."

Sure, this plan was pure evil but they were right. Hell, he was going to shoot me just a day ago! "Tell the others, we're doing it." I have no idea what came over me, but there was darkness in my voice. Like it just took control over my body. And I couldn't stop it. They all nod before going to the others and informing them. Surprisingly, they agreed, I'd expect them not to. Once we arrived at Kellin and Katelynne's, we all shared the look that this was where our plan is going to happen. "Okay, we search the rooms and get the hell out." Kellin informs as we nod. The house is silent, and the only noise you can hear is the creaking of the wood floor. I was supposed to search the bathroom for medical supplies. Kellin and Katelynne usually had that shit.

I entered the bathroom and looked around. It seemed pretty clean since every fucking bathroom I would search seemed to have either a dead person in a bathtub or a fucking trail of blood. Just blood in general. So I was slightly relived. As soon as I exited the bathroom, something caught my eye from the guest room. Something scratched at the door. Slowly, I reached to where my gun was strapped to my hip and pulled it out. With a shaky hand, I turned the knob slowly and opened the door and crack. Peeking in, I squinted but nothing was in there. Then suddenly, a Geek came banging at the door, knocking it down and me over. More Geeks followed the one Geek. Well, I guess we don't need to attract a horde. Scrambling up, I ran downstairs and steadied myself as I reached the last step.

When I looked back, the Geeks were coming my way. "EVERYONE RUN!!!!!" I shouted throughout the house causing everyone to gather in the living room by the staircase. "Shit shit! Let's go!!" I followed everyone and we slowly exited the house. Out of nowhere, I was tackled. And since I was near a window, I crashed through the window. Just my fucking luck, I was slammed face first into the pool. Causing everything to spill out and spread into the pool. "JESSE!!!" Someone yelled. Two hands grabbed my shoulders and turned me around. "You really thought ditching me would work?! I'm not the weak one here. Hell, look at Lindsey, can't even fight. You're not coming with us. I'm taking over for now on. And as the new leader, you are gone and out of this group."

"Never." I choke out along with water as I fight him off. Raising his fist, he punches me in the face twice as I float back. He swims towards me with a glass shard from the window in his hand and waves it around before bringing it down. I duck and knee him in the groin before swimming towards a glass shard. Guess I was killing someone today. I clutched it and turned around. But when I did, Jesse swung and stabbed my arm. More like slashed leaving a long mark that started to bleed. I groaned in pain. Jesse grabbed my neck, curling his fingers tightly around it, and pushed me against the pool's wall. As this happens, I wonder if anyone is gonna save me. But the gunshots in the living room tell me otherwise. The redhead, closed his fingers and pressed the glass to my cheek.

"If you find us, and join us again, I will find Iris, and slice her neck open. And when you run to save her, I will kill you." I struggled for air as he slowly dragged the shard down my cheek, causing my skin to tear open and break, blood seeping out. He chuckled lightly before finally grabbing the shard and ramming it into my ankle, letting it stick. It didn't help that there was glass stuck in my face and arms from when he tackled me. With that, he jumped out of the pool and joined the others. My eyes slowly closed but I tried to fight them open. Which...I didn't succeed in.

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My eyes darted open and I flailed my arms around. It was quiet. Not a Geek in sight. And I was still in the pool which was now red due to my blood pouring out of every cut in my body. I'm surprised I'm not dead. My bag and gun along with the pills and Iris's picture, ring and test are floating. When I pick up the picture, it's drenched in water and red from the blood. You can't even see her face. Screaming in frustration I throw the picture out of the pool, letting it smack on the floor. Quietly, I swim to my things and strap my gun to my hip, and sling my guitar over my shoulder letting it hang behind me, as if I was on stage again. I winced in pain as I grabbed the pill bottles, ring, and pregnancy test before throwing them in the bag and out of the pool. Lastly, I climb the stairs out and limp to my things before picking them up and placing them inside.

The house is empty, a fan crashed on the floor along with a chunk of the roof. Geeks are covering the floor and it reeks of dead and metallic. I gag before limping my way upstairs where I was going to rest. Jesse made them ditch me. And now I was all alone, on my search for Iris. Halfway up the stairs, I fall and end up dragging my leg, and bag up the stairs. Once I reach the top, I drop everything and stumble into the bathroom that I didn't search. I use the sink's counter to lift myself and grab the first aid kit before plopping on the floor. Ripping everything out, I fill a cup of sink water before plucking the shards of glass out of my skin, causing me to wince. But the one problem was gonna be my leg. The shard was huge.

I placed a rag in between my teeth before gripping the shard in both hands. Taking one gulp of air, I close my eyes and think of something other than this. Iris. But when I pull it out, the noise of my blood squirting out made me growl in my rag, causing my thoughts to escape. Thankfully my screams are muffled for I would be dead by now. Once it's out, more blood seeps out of my pant leg. Both of my pants smelled like blood and chlorine. Unless that was just me. Taking scissors, I cut through my pants and ripped them off. Fuck! Even my boxers were drenched. I crawled back into the hallway and zipped the bag open before pulling out the closest to dry boxers and skinny jeans.

Once I wrapped my leg back up, and it stopped bleeding, I changed my bottoms before going to the top. Alcohol, screaming into rags and bandages later, I wrapped my arm up and cleaned myself off. I changed into other shirt and looked in the cracked mirror. I had bags under my eyes, the cuts in my face were still red but no longer bleeding and my hair had dirt and sticks and leaves and blood just stuck in there. I was a mess. But what was the point in cleaning up when five seconds later, you're gonna get dirty again. So I just left it like that and grabbed my bag before stumbling into Kellin and Katelynne's room. Searching the area, my eyes land on the pictures covering the floor. The frames are cracked and open and glass is spread out on the floor.

Dropping to my knees, gently, I pick one up and see it's one of Iris and I. Kellin took this picture it was when Iris ran away when we were teenagers and I spent all day finding her, and when I did, she was downtown, sitting where she was in the picture. I smiled a bit and slid it into my pocket. Jumping into the bed I think, I need to leave early tomorrow and search for the group.

They were right, Jesse is a bomb, and they don't want to be there for the explosion...

Notes

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-Midnight

P.S Sorry it sucks more to come later...