hide and seek

nine.

my heartbeat sped up just by hearing his voice behind us.

he laughed dryly. we all stopped and turned to look at him.

the sun wasn't rising yet, but i could see his frightening face. he has this smile on his face that would scare the shit out of you.

"sydney, go. now." michael ordered.

"what? mike no!" i said.

"just go syd! remember what i promised you?" he asked.

tears started to fall all over again.

i shook my head. "michael, no please just.. we-"

he cupped my face.

"i'm fulfilling that promise, no matter what, sydney. that's how much i love you." he said.

"michael, please." i sobbed.

"mike. he's coming." calum said.

"call 911, run, while we try to stop that man, okay?" he said, looking at my eyes.

"look at me, syd, look at me." he said, trying to calm me. i looked at his wonderful eyes, oh how i love them.

"i love you sydney, okay? remember that." he said.

"i.. i love you too mikey." i sobbed. he kissed me.

he pulled away. "now go. run!" he said.

i cried harder as i ran. i dialed 911.

"911, what's your emergency?"

***

luke

as sydney ran away, we all faced the man. he was holding his knife.

well that seems unfair.

"you know, if you kids didn't come here in the first place, your friends would've been alive by now." he said. he played with his knife.

"but anyways, i got to do what i really wanted and craved to do for how many years now. to taste the sweet taste of blood, to kill people."

"you're fucking crazy." calum scoffed.

"oh yes i am." he said. he then ran towards us. i dodged at his attempt to stab me, but he punched me, leaving me on the ground, and wounded me on my arm.

"argh!" i yelled in pain.

"you son of a bitch! get away from luke!" michael yelled.

he then ran towards the man and they both got on the ground. calum helped me up and we were about to go to michael but it was too late.

my eyes widened.

"michael!" calum and i yelled.

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