Running

Chapter 26: After Life Part 1

Sydney's POV

It all makes sense. When Nate bit her it killed her alter ego. That's why she's still alive. I can't believe it. I can't believe she's actually alive. Now if only Morgan could be alive. But she can't be. Chase snapped her neck. There's no way she could come back.

Chase is on the ground. He looks up and sees Kendall. Rage fills his eyes. "I thought you were dead." he said in a disgusted voice. "Well I'm not so get over it." Kendall said back. Chase just kept looking around the room. Then, I saw a smile come on his face. That wasn't a good sign. "It's so cute how you all think I'm beat. Well, I'm not. You're the ones who are beat." He looked directly at me. "And Sydney. I know your biggest weakness. Oh what would happen if one of your friends were dead. It would be Morgan all over again."

A growl came out of my stomach. I felt Nate grab my hand. Then, I heard his voice in my head. "Sydney, don't attack him. You know he's only playing you. He's trying to bring you in for the kill. Please, don't attack. For me." I knew I couldn't say no to Nate. I took a deep breath and got out of my attack position. "Thank you." he said. I couldn't believe I just missed my opportunity to attack.

I saw Chase's smile grow even wider. "Well, I can't let everyone go home now can I?" I didn't know what to do. I saw something slip down Chase's sleeve and into his hand. It looked like a tube. Nate pushed me out of the way. I hit the wall. Then, I saw the tube smash open on Jessica. Blood oozed out of her as her dead body fell to the ground.

I couldn't have just seen that. She couldn't be dead. Not another friend. Not her. Jessica couldn't be dead. She couldn't be. I was crying so hard now. I collapsed onto the ground. I saw a blur come over to me. It was Connor. Him and Nate helped me up. I'm so weak. I can't keep myself up. The world looks all in a blur.

I felt someone's hand wipe the tears away from my face. It was Nate's hand. I could see much better. I saw Chase smiling and looking at me. "Well Sydney, are you gonna attack me or am I gonna stand here?" I wasn't going to attack him. I would just be falling for his trap. "That's a shame. I was really looking foward to a fight. Oh well. I guess I can end this the easy way."

Nate jumped in front of me. But Chase didn't move. Something slipped down his sleeve. It was another tube. He looked at Nate. I just closed my eyes. When I opened them, Kendall's blood was spilling everywhere.

She was already dead. Nate and I didn't move. My eyes turned black, but I still didn't move. I wasn't going to drink her blood. She was too good of a friend for that. She always made me feel better when I was sad. The least I can do now is not drink her blood.

Caitlin probably ran back to camp so that only left me, Nate, and Connor. Nate kept me behind him so I wouldn't go after Chase and so Chase wouldn't hurt me.

"Let's see, who's next?" We heard a door open. Caitlin barged into the room. I saw the tube slip down Chase's arm. Nate kept me back. Caitlin looked at us and then at Chase. Chase dropped the cap and threw the water at her. She collapsed on the ground dead. Now it really was three of us.

I didn't care anymore. I pushed Nate out of the way and went at Chase. I jumped and tried to kick Chase but he got out of the way. I fell to the ground. I got up and ran at him. He jumped out of the way. He opened his jacket. I saw it was filled with tubes of holy water. That was his advantage. It was gonna be mine now.

I saw him take a tube out and opened it. He threw it at me. I ducked. Instead, it landed on Connor. "NO!" I heard Nate scream. I saw Connor's dead body fall to the ground. Nate collapsed and was crying over Connor's dead body. Now it was up to me to kill Chase.

To be continued...