Straub's view
What was I doing? Why hadn't I stayed back, or even turned back when I could've? Now it's too late and I've abandoned people who I really cared about just because I didn't want to be left behind.
"Onii?" I called out, I had been about 5 metres behind everyone else all day but now I ran to the front.
"Yes StrauberryJam?" Onii had been calling us by our full usernames, probably because she didn't know our full real names.
"Once we get back, will we go back and get Bee, Julio, Rose and George?" I asked, through my heavy breaths
"Well, I have no idea why you'd want to get HeyImBee back considering what she did" Onii gave me a sickly sweet smile
"What about the others?" I asked, hoping she would say yes for them at least.
"No, we can't risk it" Onii said without any hesitation
"What would we be risking?" I made my voice sound pleading, she didn't answer me so I slipped back to the back of the group. I missed her, so much, but how could I trust her after what happened with Jordan, she could go back to New South Wales and I wouldn't mind, as long as she stayed my friend and nothing else, nothing more.
"Mitchell, talk to me" Mitch had appeared at my side, we hadn't really talked since the party before any of this happened.
"What is there to talk about?" I murmured, loud enough for only him to hear. I looked around at everyone in front of me, Devon was walking to the side of the group, staring at the ground, he wiped his nose impatiently and I could tell he was crying. H and Graser walked just behind Onii, hands clasped tightly together, Brayden and Ryan's arms were linked together as though they were about to go skipping through the bush, but the link between them was held too tightly for them to begin skipping all cheerfully like that. Jordan was trudging along next to Graser and Liam. Eric, Bella and Ben walked together, talking quietly in the middle of the group.
"Your new issues with Jordan" Mitch said quietly.
"Why the hell does everyone want to talk to me about that crap?!" I said, exasperated.
"Because we don't want anyone fighting" Mitch whispered, I could tell my outburst had caught him off guard.
"I can't deal with it Mitch, I just can't, every time I look at him, I suddenly feel sad and angry at the same time. I can't let something like this go!" I had lowered my voice to a whisper so that no one else heard me.
"Think about it logically, there were no other girls in our group, Bee was either going to end up alone or with another guy, and think about how broken she would have been if she had been alone, she only got to see you when he was... yeah, it's not really anyone's fault and besides, Jordan's going back to America soon anyway." Mitch gave me a small smile, and it made me think, what if she had been in one of those cells alone? Me constantly screwing up, her injuries. That place would have destroyed her. I still loved her, it was Jordan I was angry at. But how could I stay with her if-? My thoughts were interrupted by some excited yelling from the front of the group, we had exited the bush around 10 minutes ago and now we could just see the outline of some buildings.
Bee's view
I sat there, watching, waiting, praying for Rose to please wake up. George and Julio had gone to find some food for us. I said that if they grabbed any berries or other plants, I would validate them, I couldn't stand seeing them kill animals so I stayed with Rose in case she woke up.
I had been sitting there for a while so I stood up and walked outside, staying around the tent, I walked around a bit to stretch my legs. I heard a soft groan from inside the tent and ran back in,
"Rose!" I said loudly. She groaned quietly again and her eyes fluttered open.
"Oh my gosh Rose!" My voice was filled with relief.
"Oh, um, hey Bee" she whispered, giving me a pained smile.
"How do you feel?" I asked gently, watching for signs of I don't even know what, but something.
"What happened?" She asked with a soft grunt
"What do you remember?" I didn't want to tell her stuff she already knew.
"I remember taking Straub to that guy, and the guy grabbed a gun, I shot him and then I heard another gunshot and my stomach hurt and then Straub started stressing and then... I don't know anymore" I nodded as she spoke, her description was vague but it all followed Straub's story.
"You guided Straub to the camp and then George came and did his best to treat you with what he had. You've been out for quite some time" I didn't really want to tell her that everyone else had left.
"That explains why I'm so hungry!" She said with a laugh, it was tight and breathy but it was a laugh.
"We come baring food!" Julio called through the tent
"I'll be there soon, give me a sec!" I called back. Rose gave me a questioning look.
"Where did they go?" She asked quietly. "It's the middle of the bush, where would they go to get food? And besides we brought plenty of food with us!"
Oh no, I didn't want to have to explain what had happened, she would stress so much.
"I'll be back!" I said quietly and ran out of the tent.
