𝕀 𝔻𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕎𝕙𝕪 - Gabriel [ROTW]

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| CHAPTER FOUR - 698 WORDS |

"YOU KNOW WHAT? That was a lucky punch. Lucky punch. Yeah, you know, I haven't acclimated to the altitudes yet. So my reflexes are kinda.. sub-par." Dariush tries to play himself off cool but fails miserably as he pants with his hands on his knees.

There were loud booms coming from above them. Everyone looked around while moving, wondering what was happening. Gabriel took this chance and grabbed ahold of Mackenzie's waist, pulling her close protectively. He knew she was scared of thunderstorms and the noise was similar to thunder yet more rapid.

"What the hell was that?" Everyone's cellphones started blaring, making Mackenzie grab out hers from Gabriel's sweatshirt and open it up. It was the emergency broadcast system. She held it out to let Gabriel see as well as she skimmed and Dariush read out loud.

"'All civilians are to evacuate metropolitan areas immediately. Under no circumstances approach any unknown aircraft.'" Dariush whimpers.

"It's the next seven-eleven!!" He panics.

Mackenzie mentally face palmed at his words. Alex said we had to get back to the van, asking if anyone knew the way.

"I do." Gabriel and Mackenzie said at the same time. Everyone nodded their heads and turned to the way, Mackenzie still in his grip.

"Okay. Whoa! Whoa. Slow your roll, Diego and Dora, all right, this is my clique. Soldiers, out!" Dariush scoffs and walks the opposite way.

No body else dared to follow him.

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He eventually followed with them, everyone running down the rocking hill that was sorta leveled. Mackenzie was still attached by the hip to Gabriel, them in front to lead the way.

"Everyone's gone!" Alex yelled as they came to a stop.

"Assholes!" Dariush yells while he pants the most out of the group then anyone else.

"They probably got the emergency signal and went back to camp." Alex explains.

There was another boom, Mackenzie wrapping her arms around Gabriel's waist out of instinct. Everyone else looked around for the noise to see what was happening. Above them was a bunch of explosions in the atmosphere, everyone fumbling backwards.

"What the fu—." Dariush curse was faded away from another loud explosion.

"Looks like explosions, in the upper atmosphere." Alex explains while reaching for his phone desperately.

Mackenzie reaches for hers as well, trying to power it on while Gabriel says to call and have them pick them up. Mackenzie eyes furrow.

"What the hell?! It was 97% like 5 minutes ago!" Mackenzie yells, slamming it onto the ground it anger.

Dariush explains his was the same way and so was Alex's and Zhenzhen. There was distant whooshing as the world started to change into a faint yellow tint.

Two jets flew above the water. Then more followed after, everyone screaming at the sight and over the engines flying past.

"Oh my God, it's Independence Day." Gabriel yells. Dariush and Mackenzie look at him.

"It's June, Gabriel!" They say in sync.

"Oh, wait, maybe North Korea's invaded! Zhenzhen, call it off!" Dariush yells to her.

Mackenzie scoffs at the boy. I mean, could he be any more racist?

Alex stutters, "we just need to wait here until the adults realize they left us and come back." He was supposed to be the smart one.

"Oh man! What if they never come back?! I'm gonna die with you losers? I never even had sex before!" Dariush yells again.

Everyone goes quiet and looks at him as if he was utter crap. Who thinks about having sex at this time? Mackenzie coughs to slightly clear the tension in the air.

"I'ma clear that up. I had sex... I had sex before, I mean.. I haven't had sex with two girls at once. That's what I mean! Yeah.."

"All right, hey, look. We're not gonna die! It's probably just a forest fire." Gabriel lets go of Mackenzie and pushes back Dariush slightly.

"We gotta get going, bears out here can be crazy."

"Bears?!" Mackenzie yells.

"Black bears are opportunistic carnivores. We're not gonna survive the wilderness through the night." Alex explains.

Mackenzie mentally curses herself for not working out as much as everyone else runs towards the camp.