Chapter 6

Miguel pushed passed Charity, trying to get to Kay before she hit the floor. He saw her knees giving way after she saw the corpse in the trailer. He caught just before her head hit the cement ground.

"Kay! What's wrong?" Charity said looking down at her in-shock cousin, "Are you alright?" Charity hadn't even noticed Simone hanging in the trailer.

After the trailer had been cleaned up, Kay, Miguel, Charity, Reese and Jessica sat at the opening of the woods in the Bennett's SUV. Miguel sat in the driver's seat and Kay sat in the passenger's side. Kay closed her eyes and laid her head in her hands, "I can't believe this is happening," she whispered. Miguel looked over at his best friend. The only true friend he had ever had. She was his and he would protect her fom anything. He'd save her over anyone else, including Charity.

Kay felt something fall onto her lap and picked up an envelope, which had somehow gotten into the SUV, she read the note out loud, "I'M OUTSIDE. DO YOU SEE ME?" Miguel looked over at his horrified friend. Kay grabbed onto the handle of the car door. She locked the doors, and tried to get back from the window.

Suddenly, Jessica's cell phone rang, "Hello?" Everyone looked back at Jessica who became pale, the caller's voice was cold and emotionless as it taunted Jessica with only one word, "Hunt."

Everyone jumped as the back window shaddered and Reese was pulled out of it. All three girls began to scream, as blood splattered all over the windows, Miguel, grabbed onto Kay's wrist, "I won't let anything happen to any of you," he said, "Now everyone get out of the SUV and follow me!"

All four of them opened their doors and took off running into the woods, Miguel and Kay seemed to stay in the front, while Jessica followed close behind and Charity fell behind.

Chapter 7

Kay kept running even though she heard Charity's screams and pleas for help. Miguel promised himself he would save Kay first above anyone else, and he was sticking to it. He flinched every time he heard Charity's cries. Jessica stayed at their heels the whole time, she was determined not to die in the black woods outside of Harmony and not at her young age of sixteen.

The three of them ran for several miles before they finally stopped to rest, "We lost them," Miguel said sitting down on a downed tree trunk, fighting to catch his breath. Kay was too tired to go any further, so the teens decided to try and make camp, one person awake at all times.

"I'll take the first shift, Jess, Kay you two need to get some rest," Miguel said, Kay resting in his arms.

"Are you sure, Miguel?" Jessica asked starting to stand up, until Miguel put his hand out and shook his head.

Kay fell asleep, laying in Miguel's arms. Miguel looked down at his best friend, 'God, Kay, what would I do if anything happened to you?' he thought, leaning down kissing her forehead.

The next morning Kay awoke laying on the hard ground, covered with a small leaf-woven blanket. She sat up and looked around, "Miguel, Jes?" she asked in a hoarse, dry voice to the empty wood, "Where is everyybody?" she asked herself standing up. Kay heard the snap of a twig and turned around expecting Miguel or Jessica, "Oh, ther--"

She stopped as she realized who it was. She tried to scream, but her throat was dry and wouldn't let her. The killer flashed their knife. Kay tried to move but her legs ached with tiredness and were too heavy to move. The knife slid across Kay's shoulder before she realized what was happening, Kay began to run in the opposite direction of the killer. This was the first time Kay had seen the killer and was surprised what it looked like, the killer was dressed in a black sweater and black jeans, it had black boots and a mask.

The mask. Kay had never seen anything like it. It was a plain white mask, spray painted camouflage colors. Kay brought her mind back to the present, she was running from a dangerous, serial killer who had killed one of her best friends and her cousin, and Kay would be damned if the same thing would happen to her.

"Miguel, I think this is enough wood," Jessica said holding a pile of wood, "we better get back to camp before Kay wakes up." Miguel nodded and the two headed back in the way they had come. They makred their trail with paint, every few trees there was an orange 'X' on a tree, so they wouldn't get lost. When they made it back to the camp, they saw small drops of deep red blood, stained on the leaf blanket, and what looked like what had been a struggle.

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