Into The Fire
Scene: Outside the Dorm – Just After the Escape.
(They land in the bushes below their window, but Aiden doesn’t get up right away.)
Elias Rivers
Elias: (panting) "Aiden?" (kneels beside him)
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: (wincing) "I think… I twisted my ankle."
(Distant screams echo from the dorms. The infected are spreading.)
Elias Rivers
Elias: (grits his teeth) "Can you walk?"
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: (tries, but stumbles) "Not… fast."
(Elias hesitates—then ducks, pulling Aiden onto his back.)
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: "Elias—!"
Elias Rivers
Elias: "Shut up and hold on."
The Campus is in absolute Ruins
(Elias carries Aiden across campus, stepping over abandoned bags, blood smears, shattered glass.)
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: (softly) "This was our home..."
Elias Rivers
Elias: (jaw clenched) "Not anymore."
(They duck behind a fallen tree as infected students twitch unnaturally in the distance.)
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: (whispers) "They’re just… standing there."
Elias Rivers
Elias: (watching closely) "Listening."
(Aiden suddenly sucks in a breath—his eyes locked on someone in the group.)
(A friend. Someone they knew.)
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: (voice breaking) "Darren…?"
Elias Rivers
Elias: (his voice firm and urgent) "Aiden—don't."
(Darren’s head jerks toward them. The moment stretches—will he attack? Recognize them?)
(Then, his mouth parts, releasing an inhuman snarl.)
Elias Rivers
Elias: (grabs Aiden’s wrist) "Run!"
(They sprint, Aiden limping. The infected give chase.)
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: (gasping) "Elias, I—I can’t—"
(Elias suddenly shoves him into a storage room, slamming the door shut.)
(The infected claw at the outside, but eventually leave.)
(Inside, it’s dark. Cramped and narrow. Both of them breathing hard.)
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: (shaky whisper) "You should’ve left me."
Elias Rivers
Elias: (soft but fierce) "Don’t ever say that again."
(Elias grips Aiden’s hand tightly in the dark. For the first time, Aiden doesn’t pull away.)
Aiden Hayes
Aiden: (whispering) "What if this is the end?"
Elias Rivers
Elias: (softly, squeezing his hand) "Then we'll go through it together."
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EUNICE
im hook wheres the next chap?!?!
2025-02-13
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