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There was dead silence. The five teens looked at each other in fear, not daring to say anything to break the tension. Liam creeped over towards Talon, attempting to grab her in the quietest way possible. Sparna-seeing how frightened and scared Eira was-crept over to her and grabbed her hand, using body language to calm her down. Eira nodded to what Sparna said, but she was still shaking. And so was Sparna.
Their best friends had been taken by that, that thing. It was something that had left a huge impact on them. Anyone could see that.
"Go," Liam mouthed, and without a second thought, they did. It was difficult to try to run fast without making noise, but they did their best. Eira wanted to go to the others, but she knew that that would just put them in danger, and they couldn't do that. They'll meet up with them later, but for now, they needed to both guide the monster away from the other group and stay safe.
Suddenly, there was a crack. Elliot froze, looking down. A broken stick laid under her feet, the sound echoing through her brain. Shit.
Without thinking, she started sprinting past everybody, going as fast as she could away from where she heard the noise. Leaves rustled under her shoes, more sticks breaking. "Elliot!" Liam yelled, making Talon jump by his sudden speech. "Stop!"
But she didn't listen. She was too scared to think straight.
And then, Sparna stopped, confusing Eira who still holding her hand in fear. Out of the corner of Sparna's eye, she saw a small figure of a strange shape, running at full speed into their path. Her eyes widened, and she screamed, "Elliot!" right before it ran right into the girl, pinning her up against a tree.
Elliot cried, reaching her hand out for someone to help her as the monster bit into her shoulder. Liam was about to, but Talon told him not to, since there was no way he could. Also, it would put them in more danger.
"I'm sorry," He whispered, small tears forming in his eyes as he watched Elliot's light brown hair mix with the red of her blood, her body lifelessly falling onto the ground and the monster gladly helping itself to what she had given it.
"Liam, you need to run!" Talon said. Sparna grabbed his hand pulling him to the left as they turned around. While he ran, the image of Elliot's slaughtered body stained his thoughts, a tear falling down his cheek that he was unable to stop. He considered himself brave, a daredevil, but this was just too far.
It was his first time seeing somebody die, and he would never forget the way he felt the life being drained from her body and how he didn't do anything to help. He knew she had no chance, but it still felt like his fault.
Then, out of nowhere, a blur sped across their path, almost making Liam drop Talon.
"I thought it was over there!" Talon said.
"Liam, Eira, go," Sparna said without thinking. What was she doing? She couldn't die!
