𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵

'Half return.'

    The Incident: Book 8, Part 1.

W/ Liam & Enzo.

Setting: Near the cabin, the snow glistened under the sunlight.

No One's POV/3rd Person:

Liam turned to Enzo. "You should make sure the girls are doing alright." Enzo orders, and Liam chuckles. "Yeah, maybe I should. But they're strong also. They got it. They're probably just waiting for us at the cabin already." Liam shrugs, "Easy kill, Yeah coach?" Liam says, jokingly calling Enzo 'Coach'., his eyes looking over to Cpl. WIlliams, dead on the ground with MSG. Smith heaved in and out heavily, gritting his teeth as he glared at both of them, getting up and getting ready to run off. Enzo whacked him in the back of the head, hard enough to send him unconscious, As the Older man laid sprawled on the snow, out like a light. Liam sighs. "Deal with 'em if you want to. But I got a plan." Liam scooped up the wet dirt that had turned onto mud from the wetness and coldness of the snow, and smeared it on his face, along with taking Cpl. Williams Bloodied jacket and boots to make it seem as if he'd been through quite the struggle. He ruffled up his own hair for a final touch, while Enzo eyed the Unconscious MSG. Smith. Liam slapped Enzo on the back. "Catch Up with you later, Old man. Come around once you get everything under control with That Guy, or leave him for dead also. You're the boss, so you do you." LIam says, before jogging the same direction Corniyah, Masoma and Elona had gone to Chase Karis and her little group.

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W/ Karis, Kennon, And Jace.

Setting: Right In front Of the cabin door, making their way in.

Karis's POV/1st Person:

I don't know If Conriyah and the others were still on us, I wish they weren't, but they most Likely were. And they were going to catch up soon. Which is exactly why we need to be prepared. Jace made her way In, her grip tight on Kennon as he looked clueless and slightly fearful, well. The Clueless part wasn't anything new. So Just fearful I Guess. And something met our gaze, and it wasn't something I'd expected to see. There laid a Peaceful, sleeping bunch of Mya, Victor, Oliver, yeah. Oliver. Mya's dog. But he was... Bigger? And Chad and Julian were here, too.. No way. Jace scoffs. "Looks like they already made themselves at home." Jace shakes her head before shaking Victor up, who screamed quite loud. she scowled, glaring at him as she cupped her hand around his mouth. He Chomped down, not hard enough to draw blood, but definitely hard enough to make her retract. "AGH! Dude.... Come on-" Jace says. I stifled a laugh. Guess getting bit by someone wasn't on her bucket list of finding our old group. And that caused everyone else to wake up, too. Julian immediately held eye contact and ran over to me, and for the first time in forever, we hugged. Mya sat up from her spot on the couch, elbows propping her up as she looked at the both of us. No words had to be exchanged, but somehow she knew. "When." Mya looked serious, and I sigh. "They might be coming around." I explained. Chad glares. "Who's 'They?'" Chad queried, looking quite suspicious, and Mya elbowed him. "Liam, for the most part, is what I'm guessing. The guy who went all psycho on us, You numbnut." she snarled, and I sighed. "Well, glad to see you guys made it all the way here back in One piece, but we gotta be ready." Julian says, parting from me. I nod. I nervously looked towards the window to see any signs of someone approaching. Someone suddenly crashed in, Gasping violently, he seemed battered and torn down, and in tears, he runs up to everyone in the group and coughs. "Its bad- Really bad- Come on! We can't stay here for long." The guy begged frantically, getting on his knees and everything. Everyone looked shocked. "Anyone with you?" Victor asked. Oliver growled, but Mya silenced him, although keeping an eye on The guy. It's like the Julian dog could sense a certain energy about him. No one seemed to pick up on it, though. "No. They're all dead!" The guy heaved. Mya looked tense, eyes drifting to The nametag on The camo print jacket. " 'Cpl Williams?' " Mya said, before her eyes looked back at the guy. "You a soldier?" her words hung in the air. He said nothing. "One of my comrades' jackets. He told me to-" His voice wavered, like he tried to cover it up. No one believed it. His head hung low, before he chuckled. "You're smart. Finally, It's about time you stooped up to my level." Liam washed the grime off his face with one of the filled cups from the sink. It was him. Mya tensed up. Liam swiftly picked one of the knives from the block on the counter and threw it at her. Mya narrowly dodged it. Oliver barked, growling and lunging at him. Liam took another one of the knives and slit a long gash across Oliver's side. With a pained yelp, he retreated before backing off, still growling. And before I knew it, a pair of hands flew towards me. Corniyah. She punched me in the face, with a painful stinging sensation, square in the nose. I slam her head against the coffee table before tackling her, thumbs nearly prying at her eyes before she kicks me in the abdomen, sending me flying off and into the dining table. She glared at me, and tried to strike again. I rolled out of the way and grabbed one of the broken table legs and went right for her legs, causing her to give out and fall down, And i took the advantage to continue striking her with it, until Masoma yanked my hair and smashed my head against the counter edge. Everything went foggy for a while, ears ringing. I could hear everyone's yelling and crashing.. I didn't know what to do. I don't know what would happen to me, or to the others. All I hoped is that we were able to hang in there long enough.

To be continued.

Word Count: 1049