FLO REPLAYED THAT MOMENT OF TERROR OVER AND OVER AGAIN in her head, as she held marcus in her arms. she was down with him in the basement, as evelyn just shot a monster. the baby was crying in his arms, which made flo's heart break, and tears run down her face.

finally, evelyn walked over to the two, holding her hand out.

"let's go." she whispered.

••••

THE FOUR EMERGED UP FROM THE BASEMENT, as flo had the baby wrapped in her blood-stained flannel. she was left in her black tank top, and she carried the baby with her left arm, the one not covered in blood.

they went outside and were greeted with the flashing red lights and a beat-up truck. walking around the truck at to the barn, they saw it was on fire. flo didn't know how this happened, and stared at it in shock.

evelyn turned towards the 4 kids, and handed marcus her gun. turning towards flo, she grabbed her newborn out of her hands.

when she did, her hands felt damp. looking at what the baby was wrapped in, it was a flannel drenched with blood. and looking back at flo, and saw the basically dark red flannel piece that was wrapped around her hand.

choosing to ignore it for the time being, she turned towards the barn and started walking towards it. flo thought she was crazy, but didn't question her.

regan then tapped on marcus and flo's shoulders, "i'm going back in."

flo pointed to her own back and then acted like she was hitting a ball, since she didn't know how to ask for her to grab her bag. regan nodded at her though, thankful she was at least trying.

"stay here." she finally said, and walked towards the house.

marcus turned towards the fire with a worried expression, and flo put a reassuring hand on his shoulder (the one not covered in blood).

••••

THEY WERE NOW OFF ON THEIR JOURNEY AWAY FROM THEIR HOME. flo had her backpack on her shoulders over her black tank top.

they all carefully stepped on the sand trail, making sure not to make big noises. flo's feet were tired and dirty, but she couldn't stop just because of that. so she stayed in the back, looking straight forward.

evelyn came to a halt. the sand trail had ended. they would have to walk on crisp leaves now. turning towards regan, she nodded, looking at her map.

evelyn turned towards the leaves, and took a step, trying to make as little of a sound as she could. everyone behind her did the same, horrified for what would come next.

••••

THEY HAD COME UPON A RAILROAD, and walked along the dead tracks. flo was now carrying a bag evelyn had on her back, since evelyn was now carrying the baby. they had kept walking along the tracks, until they stumbled upon a building.

carefully walking through the broken wire fence, evelyn thought she had made it out safe.

but that wasn't the tricky part.

she had tripped on a trick-wire, causing a bunch of bottles to fall down and make a huge sound.

turning towards the bottles with a terrified expression, she said one words to the kids.

"run."

she didn't need to tell them twice. they were running as fast as they could through the wired fence, and then running through the field of trash.

the baby had begun fussing in his mom's arms, making flo worried about staying quiet.

marcus had decided to take a different route, and since flo was behind him, she was following him. they were in front of eveyln and regan. everything was going okay, they were getting to the building.

until marcus took a wrong turn. around the pile of wood he went, flo behind him, and then...

snap

marcus was on the ground. flo had stopped, going to help him up, until she realized.

marcus slowly turned towards what had trapped him in horror, finally seeing the bear trap now around his foot. as the adrenaline finally wore off, marcus was finally realizing the pain.

flo threw off her backpack and landed by him, slapping her hand over his mouth, and using her wounded one to hold onto his shoulder. as she screamed into her hand, he looked at her with horrified eyes, which were now full of terror.

"shhhh! please, marcus!" flo cried at him, as evelyn and regan finally made it over, "please, shhhh..."

marcus reached for her hand on his shoulder, grasping onto it for dear life, but flo didn't object.

and after his screams were over, the baby started wailing.

evelyn handed the baby off to regan, who put him in his bed, and the mother went to the bear trap by his foot, and painfully pulled it open, only to hear her son cry out again.

she crawled over to him and hugged him, as he shook in her arms.

the horror of that was soon turning into more horror, as the growling of a creature was getting closer.

flo grabbed her bag and flung it around her shoulders, as evelyn and regan went to deal with the creature.

flo turned towards marcus, who was laying on the ground, "come on, let's go," her raspy voice filled his ringing ears, as she wrapped one of his arms around her shoulders. she then helped him stand up as well, making sure his foot was off the ground.

"are you okay? to walk? g-gimmie a nod of the head," flo asked marcus, as evelyn shot the creature. marcus didn't reply, causing flo to slightly slap his face a couple times, "marcus, can you walk?"

"mhm..." he then groaned to her, as the four were now off to the building, marcus using flo as crutches.

as they entered the building, marcus was panting with every step, and grasping onto flo's bare shoulder for help.

and once the two teens passed a entryway, they were greeted with a man pulling them to the side.

he then made them sit down, and went for evelyn next.

after looking at the creature emerging into the building, the man went for marcus, throwing him over his shoulder, while flo grabbed everything marcus was carrying.

the group ran deeper into the building, with flo behind the man carrying marcus. they stopped behind a tower of things to see where the creature was, and they saw it was right on their tail.

flo continued to run behind the man, listening to the creatures snarls and cries, as it destroyed everything it could sense.

the man had jumped into a tunnel, flo thought it was the weirdest thing ever, but she sighed and jumped into it as well.

she was greeted with band soft bags as a landing, and then was grabbed by her waist and thrown to the side.

"go into the vault." the man told her, as she dropped her things and went into the small vault. she was greeted by marcus, and she crawled over to sit by him.

"damn, okay, that just happened." she chuckled lightly at the situation, as marcus leaned on her to tell himself that someone was there.

next regan came into the vault, followed by evelyn, the baby, and the man. when the man came in, he closed the vault door and lit his lighter, and finally set a timer.

"you cant stay." the man finally said, "i don't know why you came all the way up here, but you can't stay."

evelyn huffed before replying, "up?"

"there's not enough food...water. there's not enough anything. there's not even enough to feed the other girl." the man said, ignoring evelyn.

"...how do you know we traveled up?"

"there's nothing i can do. you won't survive."

evelyn started at the man for a bit longer, "show me your face."

"i can't help you." the man breathed out, "please, i cant help you."

"emmett?" evelyn said.

flo just sat in this conversation confused. but she listened anyways, just like avery would do.

the man shook his head at her, "emmett?" she repeated.

he looked up at her, and she opened the box containing the newborn.

he looked at the child with saddened eyes, as he slowly pulled down his mask.

"please." evelyn whispered.

he looked around at the family, and then at flo. just by looking at the girl, he could see the trauma set in stone in her eyes. and it was just enough to convince him.

the alarm that he set before had finally gone off, and he grabbed it, turning it off and opening the door slightly.

A/N:

yo wassup my homies, the names maggie.

i've recently become accustom to the bully busters song. anyways, saw a edit of noah jupe today, asked my mom if i could rent a quiet place ii, and i'm on a updating spree!! hope you enjoy!! <33

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