We eventually made our way back to the station. Olivia and Sophia were now alerted by our sweaty faced, fell-into-a-bush appearance. "What the hell happened to you guys?" Sophia asks, half amused. We all sit in a circle on the station's floor and tell them about the boys. "Do you guys think, maybe we should try to talk to them? What if they could help us?" Olivia suggested.
"But what if they have malicious intent? We don't know them, this is the apocalypse everyone's out for themselves" I say.
"It was so scary, Rina made eye-contact with one and we got the hell up outta there" Eve giggles.
"It's not funny Eve! They've seen us now, we're only an hour and a half journey away from them they could easily track us down if they wanted. We're in a ranger's station, that's the exact location they'd look first because what idiots would sleep outside in the wilderness when there's a station?" I explain irritatedly.
"It looks like they're probably going to find us if they look. So what now? Stay and make contact or leave?" Olivia asks fidgeting nervously.
"What do you all think?" I ask. "I think we should stay here, and if they do find us and try to put us in danger that's when we go ape. But if they find us and try to communicate peacefully I think we should hear them out" Sophia says. I look around at the three other girls and watch in horror as they all nod in agreement.
All I know is I have this weird pull at the bottom of my stomach telling me trouble is ahead. We all share some sort of canned food. I can't help but feel guilty as I eat the food. No I need this food, I don't know when I'll be able to eat again. I close my eyes and force myself to finish. "Tomorrow if we're not killed in our sleep by those boys we'll go look for food?" I say blankly. "Rina!" Eve shouts "What?" I shrug. "Don't say that" I simply roll my eyes.
We need to try and fish at that Lake if Sammy is to survive, it pisses me off, there's no way we'll be able to get Sammy food if those boys are still at those cabins. They'd definitely see us plus we don't have the proper equipment for that, I'm sure they would. It's a camp for God's sake I bet they have fishing gear. It's decided I'm going to rob them for the sake of my cat, I want to face-palm myself right now but decide not to and drift off into my sleep land.
Morning...
We all wake up, surprisingly Sophia wakes up first. I think back to the plan I made in my mind last night, I would spy on those boys and infiltrate their sports center, ransack it and get out. I wondered if I should tell the girls or keep them oblivious and do the deed myself. "Guys," I say softly. "I-I'm going back to the lake". "Why!" Eve exclaims. "It's a camp, right? Sammy is running out of food, I'm positive they have fishing equipment. All I need to do is sneak it, steal it and get out. No one needs to go with me, I know this is dangerous. I'll go myself." I say.
It sounds so irrational, all for a fluffy little cat. I just can't let him die, he's been with me through everything. "I'll come with you, Olivia and Sophia can try and search for food" Eve smiles. I look over at Olivia and Sophia worriedly "Do you guys know what to look for?" I ask. "Yup, berries, mushrooms, and hunt any rabbits we see," Olivia says. "Okay, I really appreciate this, good luck. Let's get going then?" I say to Eve. She nods and we make the painful hour and thirty minutes down the Lake.
After taking a few breaks we reached the lake and camp. Making sure to go around the cabins we go for the largest building at the camp. I look inside. Shit. It's the dining hall. We check the next large building and we find it "bingo!" I whisper. "I'll go to the dining hall and try to find food. I'll meet you back here" Eve says.
I nod and look around at my surroundings before heading in through the door. The cabin was a basic wooden log one, it has a strange smell. But then again now everything has a strange smell, there were bikes on racks lined up in ordered rows, random childhood games, bows, and arrows. Hmm... This would be very useful to have for hunting.
I grab two. I look around more and find the fishing rods, there are a few that look rusted, I grab one that looks the newest. There's another door, thinking there could be more things I turn the handle and a dead rotting corpse comes falling out. I fall backward causing me to fall back onto the rows of bikes. "Shit!" I gasp. The bikes crash down and make a loud noise. NO. NO. NO. I panic, grab my stuff and try to head back to the bushes and wait for Eve. "Hurry up, Eve I say". "Are you looking for someone?" I jump... The voice was deep and I could tell was slightly pissed and amused altogether. I turn around and I'm met with those green eyes.
"Stay back!" I yell at the boy and pull out my knife. "Whoa. Calm down!" I hear voices approaching behind me and find Eve being dragged by the arm by the curly-haired boy.
Eve is trying to struggle from his grip but is unsuccessful. I watched as the two other boys which I hadn't had a chance to look at properly came around and formed a circle around me. I look over at Eve. She looks scared. The other two boys looked around twenty-two to twenty-one. One had blonde hair and the other long surfer wave hair.
"Don't touch her!" I yell at the curly-haired boy. "Let go of her! Get the fuck off her!" I point my knife at him. "Whoa, whoa calm down. You're in our camp. Put the fucking knife down" The blonde hair boy said. I comply, knowing full well I have another knife hidden on me in my right boot. The curly-haired boy shoves Eve so she stumbles over to me. "Are you okay? Did they hurt you?" I ask her. She shakes her head. I glare at the boys. "Who are you both?" The green-eyed boy asks. "Who are you?" I repeat smugly. He scoffs. "Let us go!" I yell at him. "Why would we do that when you're the one stealing our shit!" he speaks up. "Let's talk inside" the surfer boy suggests. The curly-haired boy and blonde boy walk in front of us and the green-eyed boy and surfer boy walks behind us. The green-eyed boy gives me a curious look. They all seem distracted a bit. It wouldn't be smart to try and run away at this time, I probably wouldn't get away and even if I did Eve wouldn't.
They guide us into the dining hall and push us onto chairs. "Now. Why were you stealing from us?" The surfer boy asks. I look over at Eve and we both make an agreement to not tell them anything without even speaking.
The boy sighs. "Look we won't hurt you, we need to know for our own safety!" The curly-haired boy speaks. "Junsu, they obviously aren't going to tell us anything" The green-eyed boy states. So the curly-haired guy is Junsu, what's the green-eyed one called? I wonder. "Okay, how about this. You seem to be the ring-leader of this operation." The blonde-haired boy says pointing at me. "Tell us now or your little friend here is going to get it". And points a knife at Eve. Shit. "Fine" I scoff and roll my eyes. "Now, what's your name?" I look over at Eve and wonder if I should use a fake name, then again why bother? It's the apocalypse. "She is Eve and I'm Rina," I say with venom laced in my voice. "Rina" The green-eyed boy repeats. Everyone in the room glances at him. "Who the hell are you guys?!" I shout. "Watch it there, missy we ask the questions. I'm Noah, that's Junsu, Liam and that's Seungmin." So, surfer boy is Noah, the curly-haired boy is Junsu, blonde hair boy is Liam and green-eyed boy is Seungmin... "What about the kid?"
They all look at each other. No one answers the question. "Are there any more of you?" Junsu asks. "No" I answer without hesitating, I refuse to put Olivia and Sophia's safety in jeopardy. "Why were you stealing our stuff," Seungmin asks.
I look away embarrassed, cheeks turning red. "It wasn't for us, I wouldn't've of done if I didn't need to" Seungmin looks intrigued. "Who was it for then?" ".. Sammy" I answered blankly. Seungmin smirks and leans down to look me in the eye "Who is this oh-so-important Sammy then?" he's antagonizing me, before I know it I blow a fuse. I will not put my cat or friends in danger, yet I already have. I kick Seungmin where the sun doesn't shine and Eve and I run for the door. Eve gets outside and keeps running. Before I know it someone's hands grip my waist and pull me in. I see Junsu, Noah and Liam run after Eve. "Run Eve! Go! I yell. I quickly scratch at the hands around my waist. "Get off!" I screech. The set of hands shove me to the chair and grab rope tying my hands together. I looked up and was met with an angry Seungmin staring right at me. Seungmin doesn't say anything, he just glares at me. I feel uncomfortable and shift under his gaze.
After a long silence and Seungmin calming down, he speaks up. "Who's Sammy? It must be important for you to kick me the balls for" He demands. I roll my eyes. "My-My cat!" I yell. He looks at me then laughs, "So you're telling me you put your life in danger for some cat?" He asks.
This pisses me off. He senses this as my faces get red with anger. "Why the hell are you all here anyway at this camp?" I shout at him, "Well, we were instructors here for the camp, it was a way to get extra credit for school" He explains. I remember then that I put a knife in my right boot. If I keep him distracted enough I can reach for it and cut the ropes. "What brings you here?" He asks me.
"Impulsiveness" I shrug. "I can see that you're quite feisty aren't you. Don't worry I'll make sure to get you back for your little outburst" He laughs. I can't help but feel he meant that. I need to get off this. I slowly and quietly try to cut at the ropes.
He slowly creeps down to meet my face once again and he slowly traces his fingers across my soft skin. I flinch a little and he brushes my hair behind my ear. He takes a small step back and looks directly at my eyes. I feel the rope being nearly cut just another bit more and... Got it! It's cut and sits forward so I'm right up at his face and he looks down at my lips. He leans forward and I take this opportunity I push him to the floor yet again and make a run of it.