K A Y L A ' S P O V
I tap my fingers anxiously as I stare at the ground. I glance up to see Isaac watching me. Iris and Will were to his left and I smiled slightly at them. If everything went to plan, I would be dead by sunrise and they would be able to take Ant down.
I look back down when I hear footsteps and I stare at Ant before I stand up. "How does it feel to be cast away, hmm?" He asks, smirking. I stare at him, shaking my head, "You know this doesn't affect me too much, right?" I ask, turning my back to him and examining my nails.
"Really now? What if I threatened to kill you?" He asks, taking a step closer. I shrug, "Oh well. Rest in peace." I listen to his threats as he threatens to continue making sure I'm pushed away from everyone. But they don't affect me. Until his last two.
"What if I told Isaac about your feelings? Or maybe...I'll just kill him. Drag his body out here and say I saw him leaving to meet you then you'll get blamed again. You'll have lost everything. Then I'll kill Iris and everyone else. You aren't going to stop me." He laughs and I vaguely remember the way he moved. I spin around and grab his wrist before he can stab my back.
"Wrong. Move. I took this exile as a way to keep you safe and to keep Isaac safe. If you so much as touch him or Iris, I will kill you. No hesitation." I growl, glaring at him as he simply smirks.
"Oh right. I forgot that you can kill. You don't give that aura off." He laughs as I resist the urge to kill him. I'm not like him.
"Why aren't you killing me? Could it be that the one person you don't want to see the real side of you is watching us? I know he's watching us. I know what you are. You're exactly like me. A killer. Broken. Heartless." He smirks but recoils in shock when I shove him away from me and scream at him, "I am nothing like you, Ant! I may be broken but I only killed because I had to. Not because I wanted to frame someone." I clench my fists and he stands back to his full height.
That was when I realized my mistake.
Ant had to be a few inches taller and he weighed more than me. Which means, I'm at a disadvantage. But it's easy to see he doesn't know his way around here. And I'm faster.
"If you can catch me, you can kill me. Simple." I say as Ant raises an eyebrow, "What game are you trying to play?" He asks as I shrug, "Chase." I say, running past him and I hear him growl as he follows me.
I know my way around this part of the city, so it's easy for me to escape him if he got me cornered. I hid in an alleyway as I watched him run past. I sighed softly, moving to run the opposite way but am grabbed from behind.
I have no time to react before a knife is held against my neck.
"Isn't that great? I finally have you. And I'm getting the pleasure of seeing you dead. This is going to be great. Now, let's talk about why I want you dead." My eyes flit to the side to see Iris and Will still on the roof. Iris has her bow aimed but I know that the arrow wouldn't kill him in time.
Then my heart speeds up as I glance around for Isaac.
"You're weakening Isaac. Your group is weakening all of us. I knew from the first night Isaac saw you in the city, he would find you. And you found him. You're pathetic and so is your group."
I have to buy some time. So I finally get an idea after a second or two, "Explain to me. I won't see them again. So how are they pathetic?" I ask. I know Ant is shocked but I can feel his smirk.
"Let's start with Nadie. She got injured and has hid the fact that she met Joe before. Jen heals people. So what? If you weren't so weak, you wouldn't need her. Galaxy is just pathetic in general. Blind for not seeing that Isaac would spare your life and help you. Now we have Iris, your best friend. She acts like she can handle things but she can't. Especially not around Will. It's cute how she thinks that she hates him when...well I'll let you figure that one out. Don't worry. Will's next. And I'll have fun blaming someone else. Maybe Isaac?" Ant laughs darkly and I can see Iris and Will in shock. I look forward again, "Now, for you and Isaac. My favorites. You're broken. And you don't want to let people in. So you try to push people away. You let them get close and then once you harbor feelings for them, you shove them away. Especially Isaac. He's weaker now. He refuses to listen to common sense and is by your side nearly 24/7. Why? I wonder...Too bad you'll never hear why." Ant laughs again and I look at Iris and Will.
'I'm sorry.' I mouth to them both as Iris stares at me and Will nods slightly. I look forward again, "I'm sorry for caring. I'm sorry for letting you stay when I knew you had evil intentions the whole time." I say, blinking back tears. "Let's hear that confession for Isaac then." Ant holds the knife closer to my neck, "I don't have anything to say." I whisper as Ant shrugs, "Oh well. Goodbye to no one, I guess." He chuckles, "Say goodbye Kayla."
I squeeze my eyes shut, waiting for everything to end. But when I open them, I see blood and I collapse. But it's not my blood.
I see Iris and Will standing on the roof in shock and I look to see Ant laying on the ground, dead. I look further up to see Isaac standing there, panting.
Isaac's knife is driven deep into Ant's back and it's just now that I can feel blood on my back. "I-I slit his throat and then drove it into his back." Isaac whispers as he looks at me.
I sat there, in shock as I felt silent tears rolling down my cheeks. "No thank you?" Isaac chuckles softly as he crouches in front of me. I don't know if he expected it or not but in half a second after he said that, I was in his arms, holding onto him tightly.
"Thank you." I murmur over and over again into his neck. I hear footsteps and I feel Isaac move his head from my shoulder but I stay with my face pressed into his shoulder. "Is she okay?" Iris asks as she rubs my back. "Yeah. I think the shock is settling in but it's not that bad." Isaac says for me as I try to calm my shaky breaths.
"Ant's definitely dead." Will comments as I look up to see Isaac glaring at Will. "Of course he is. I made sure of that." Isaac looks back down and is surprised to see me looking at him, "Thank you." I say for about the thousandth time. Isaac smiles and nods, "It's fine. I'm glad I didn't do it a second later. I doubt I could even comprehend the idea of you being..." He stops himself and shivers.
Iris smiles softly at me, "I'm sorr-" I cut her off, "It's fine. I know why you did it." I smile slightly at her before she nods, standing back up. I move to stand up and quickly moved to the other side of Iris to avoid being next to Isaac.
"Leave it here to rot." Will points out as we walk past an area that was secluded and dark. Isaac walks over and sets Ant's body down. I sigh, walking over to him and patting his shoulder, "He was a good friend but not a good person. You should've met him before Straub..." Isaac shivers as I nod.
I heard people talking and then it went silent when I walked in behind Iris. "Why is she back?" Galaxy asked, standing up. Despite Galaxy's tall figure, I was barely taller. "Why is there blood on her?" Nadie peeks up at us. "Is she hurt?" Jen asks as I look at them. Iris nods as I step forward, "Despite what you were led to believe...I did not kill Brayden. Ant did. Ant is dead now. I will not say what happened tonight. But I will say that you all need to understand that I don't hold grudges. You did what you thought was best. And I'm proud." I smile at them before Nadie smiles, "Group hug!" She says, pulling Iris and I into a bone crushing hug with her, Jen, and Galaxy.
For the first time in what felt like forever, it was just my girls and I. When we separated from the hug, everyone had gone off. Nadie went over to Joe and Zack while Galaxy sighed after her, following the shorter girl. Jen made her way back to check on Sean while Iris and I stood there, side by side and watching everyone.
"Jen told me Sean was starting to heal.." Iris trails off as I blink in surprise, "Oh." I say simply before walking to my house, "I'll see you later!" I call over my shoulder before I enter my house, shutting the door and pulling my jacket off. It was covered in drying blood. I sigh, taking my shoes off next and then setting them neatly at the foot of my bed.
I laid down and couldn't help but think, 'Did I want the other group or groups to leave?' Though in the back of my mind, it was 'Do I want Isaac to leave?'
And the answer to both of those questions was no.
VOCÊ ESTÁ LENDO
cube wars: aftermath
Fanfictionthe war becomes brutal enough to destroy both south and north side. now that everyone's in ruins, what'll they do? join together once again and save each other, or stay split apart and keep their grudges? plot copyrighted by nadie&iris.
