Them

So here's the last chapter, i hope you all enjoyed the story. 

A couple days past and Gene was finally able to talk, but he wouldn’t tell us what happened. Sam would bring us a tray of food at lunch and dinner but it was only enough for one person because that’s all she could get out with without anyone noticing; but we were grateful that she was trying. There wasn’t anything to do but sit there. Alex gave Gene clothes from his bag because Gene’s were covered with blood and helped Gene change into them. Sam let me borrow some of her clothes and held up a blanket so I could get changed.

“When do you think we can leave?” I asked one day when Sam went to get us food.

“A couple more days, Gene’s still having trouble moving around.”

“I’m sitting right here.”

Alex always sat on the floor even after Gene could sit up on his own. He said something about it being the right thing to do. I didn’t get it; I think he felt bad about what happened to Gene, but it was more my fault then his. Gene’s cuts and burns were healing and he was eating by his self.  He would get mad every once in a while when I tried to help him, but then he would beat himself up. Having to be in the same room with three people got tiring and we all started to get on each other’s nerves. But in a couple days we are going to wish we could still be in that room.

“Do you know where were going?” I asked.

“No not yet, but we should start moving as soon as we can.” Alex said. Him and Gene always had conversations at night when they thought I was a sleep, so I knew they had no idea where to go.

A couple more days past and Gene was walking around, we only had the room to move around in, but he would walk around it and do exercises to get his muscles working again. That night they had a conversation that we were going to leave the next day and that we were going to need some things to hunt with. Alex said that he would go look and I fell asleep before I could hear anymore. When I woke up Alex was gone and Gene was sitting on the floor.

“Where’d everyone go?” I asked to see if he would lie to me.

“Alex went to find supplies so we can leave today, and I don’t know where Sam went.”

“What did supplies do we need?”

“Water bottles, backpacks, bread, first aid, weapons, and maybe boots.”

“Why boots?”

“Their better for different types of weather.”  We sat there for a while not talking, I didn’t know what to say to him anymore. After all that has happened I didn’t know how to talk to him, what could I say that would make everything better. Because of me he got taken by Them and tortured and now we’re hiding and have to run.

“Gene.” He looked at me. “I’m so sorry all this happened.”

“It’s not your fault.”

“Yes it is, because of me you and Alex have to leave; before you were protected by them and now they want to torture you.” He came over and sat next to me.

“Rose I knew the rules when I started helping you, I knew what could happen if they found out.”

“Why would you risk it?”

“You needed my help.”

“You would risk the life you and Alex had just to help me get through a rough time in my life?”

“Yeah, I would.” I looked at him, he had been there for me and when he got taken and tortured I helped save him and take care of him. “You risked everything you had to save me.”