You're woken up to the sound of banging on the door. Loud wailing noises haunt your ears.

Mika: "y/n!! wake up!!" she sakes your body and you quicky sit up in your sleeping bag. What's going on right now?

You see Ty and Sasha with their backs against the walls, pushing it shut with their all.

Sasha: "y/n!! get Mika and Lizzie upstairs and in the wardrobe."

y/n: "what's happening?!"

Ty: "there's so many of them outside...i'm not sure how long we can hold this door." he strugglingly says. You do as Sasha says and take the girls upstairs to safety.

Mika: "y/n...what's happening?"

y/n: "don't worry, okay? everything will be okay." You say putting a hand on Lizzie and Mika's shoulder.

Lizzie: "You can be honest with us y/n. Are we gonna die?"

y/n: "....what?" you say confused. Mika and Lizzie are only 8 and 12, how could i possibly look at them and be honest with them. Hell, i don't even know what's going to happen but i sure hope it's nothing bad.

y/n: "Lizzie, we're not going to die. I promise."

You hold the back of Lizzie's head with your hand.

y/n: "and i never break my promises." *smiles*

You quickly hurry downstairs after shutting the wardrobe shut. You remembered that Lizzie has a knife in her side pocket. They'll be okay. I hope.

Sasha: "y/n! get out of here!"

y/n: "no! i wont leave you two to die here."

Ty shakes his head as he looks at you.

Ty: "we packed some kitchen knives in the bag, y/n go and get them quickly? We can kill them by hitting the knives through this door."

You go and grab the knifes and one accidentally cuts your hand as you pull it out of the bag. You watch as the blood drips down your hand and realise that there's no time to waste. You hand them a knife each.

Sasha: "And you're sure this will work?" *looking at Ty*

Ty: "What other option do we have?" he says worryingly.

Sasha: "Okay. Three."

Ty: "Two."

y/n: "one."

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Just as you were about to attack, you're all startled by the sound of gun shots that came from outside. The sound of death drops to the floor. You, Sasha and Ty all look at eachother in confusion. What the fuck just happened? Is it safe? Who's out there?

You see Ty release his grip from the door and step back with a confused face. Sasha does the same as do i. We all look at eachother one last time before reaching for the door knob.

Ty: "y/n. Go and stay with Mika and Lizzie upstairs. Make sure they're okay." he nods to me.

You hurry and run upstairs. What's even happening right now? I can't believe i agreed to that.

You walk in the room and Lizzie and Mika are standing. Holding eachothers hands. Mika runs up to you and hugs you. Lizzie watches and joins.

y/n: "hey hey hey, are you guys alright?" you say with a hand on the back of their heads.

Lizzie: "we're fine, just...a little scared. that's all."

y/n: "i know i know, we need to stay up here okay? Ty and Sasha will come get us when it's safe."

Lizzie and Mika nod in advance. I'm sure they have the same questions as i but i won't risk their safety. They're just kids after all.

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A few minutes pass and you're all sitting on the old mattress upstairs. So many questions that need to be answered. But we've waited long enough for this. My patience is very thin. You sigh and stand up.

y/n: "Lizzie, can you look after Mika? I need to go see what's-"

Lizzie: "Go. We'll be okay." she smiles.

y/n: "okay...if anything happens, just scream or shout for me."

They both nod as they watch me walk out of the room.

As i leave the room, i see the front door closed. No Ty or Sasha was seen. I opened the door cautiously with a hunger of what's behind this door. Who saved us? Have they hurt my siblings?

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You open the door.

A man. A man who stood in front of a truck with a weapon attached to his...arm? Interesting. Next to him, you see another man with a cross bow. A large cross bow that was strapped around his back. An intimated look was painted over his face.

Man 1: "Now who are you?" he questions as he raises an eyebrow.

Ty: "Oh. That's my other sibling."

Ty: "y/n. come here." he says with a reaching hand.

y/n: "uh i'm good. y'all oka-"

Sasha: "We're good." she nods at me, signalling to walk over.

Ty: "Is Mika and Lizzie okay?" he says with a worrying face.

y/n: "They're okay. I'm keeping them upstairs. I don't trust these guys." you say whilst giving the men darting looks. I may only have a kitchen knife but i'm sure as hell not afraid to use it.

Man 2: "Feisty one ain't ya? We're not gonna bite." he says with his hands in the air. You bite the inside of your cheek from his cockiness and walk over confidently to Ty.

Ty: "They were the ones who helped us y/n. They HELPED us."

y/n: "ah i see." you say as Ty walks inside to get Lizzie and Mika.

Sasha: "Thankyou, we really REALLY (looks at you) appreciate it. Don't we?" she raises an eyebrow whilst questioning you.

y/n: "Yeah. We do." you say with crossed arms.

Man 1: "You're welcome. Do you guys have a camp?"

Sasha: "A camp? Hah unfortunately no, we don't. We've been living here since it started. Which, wasn't long ago."

Man 1: "Well, we have a camp if you guys are interested? It's not really a camp but, more like a place for good people. You all seem like good people." he says whilst looking at you in the eyes.

Sasha: "We are. Thankyou. We accept your offer."

y/n: "What?! just like that?! you accept a strangers offer?"

Sasha: "Sorry guys. Can you give us a minute?" she says talking to the men. They nod their heads in advance and turn around.

Sasha: "This is our chance y/n! Our change to start a new chapter with new people."

y/n: "No Sash we can't. You've known these people for 5 minutes. 5 MINUTES. *you sign loudly* , I'm not going."

Sasha: Fine. Don't. Me and Ty will take Mika and Lizzie. You're old enough to make your own decisions but just know that Ty won't let you do it."

y/n: "I'm not going. I want to start my OWN journey. Take Mika and Lizzie to the camp. They deserve a better chance at life but i don't trust these guys one bit."

Sasha: "Fine. Go. Take whatever you need and...go. All you ever want to do is run away or leave. You remind me of mum."

You look at Sasha in disgust. She compared me to m-mum?... Sasha huffs as you quickly turn around and walk in the house to grab some supplies. I can't believe her. Maybe it's dumb to walk away from this opportunity but...maybe she's right. Maybe i AM like mum...

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