Sleepers Awake | Closed

Dania
I pulled back the hammer of the gun. "State your business." I demanded pointing the gun straight at him. I heard rather than saw the other people walking out of the trees all with guns pointed at us. I swallowed feeling nervous and rather fearful. "This is fun." Rikita muttered. "Don't we always have fun?" I asked her turning to smile at her. She rolled her eyes and started to load her gun. "Do you think we can take them?" Sam whispered. "It's called bluffing." I replied softly.

Mason

Lora had good shooting aims. Everyone was getting ready to fight the Sleepers. I saw Jeremy walking behind the trees. Why was he walking there? Then, I heard a knife cutting through a part of a body. I was freaking out.

"What was that?" Lora asked me.

"I have to check. Lora, do you mind me putting you down for awhile?" I asked.

She nodded and I saw Claire standing at a corner. She had to be taken care of my someone. I guess everyone was doing something or the other. She looked really frightened and hugged her teddy bear as tight as possible. I walked to her and she hugged me.

"Mason, I'm scared. I know I can take them, but what if I can't?" Little Claire asked.

I smiled to her, but inside me, I had the same question running too.
"Don't worry. You have me. You have us." I picked her up on my arms and walked to Lora.

I asked her to take care of her. It was time I ended this thing. We needed to keep going. Sam and Dania beside each other ready to fight. I took my positions. In minutes, we were going to fight. And this time, there's more danger.

Lorana

Mason asks me to take care of Claire and of course I said yes. I picked her up and shifted her in my right arm on my good side. "It's alright. I won't let anyone hurt you." I whispered, stepping backwards.

I saw Mason run off and I swallowed. "Be careful!" I yelled out for him.

Before I knew it I started getting dizzy. I leaned against a tree to catch my balance and looked down at Claire. "You alright?"

James

"State your business," Dania declared, sounding so confident. It was reassuring. James swallowed, watching the man lower his gun and step forward.

"You're just a bunch of good for nothing kids. What are you doing out here alone? Where are your parents?" His voice was so mocking that James couldn't help but cringe. The word parents affected everyone in the group, they had been training hard to get rid of the memory of those dear people who had become creatures, Sleepers.

"We don't mean any harm, let us through and we'll go without a fuss." Mason appeared beside James, quickly followed by Ritika.

"Why would I do that? If there's a fight we'll win," Another figure appeared from behind a tree, his mouth missing teeth and one lazy eye. "For all we know, you're all just potential Sleepers. They come, they bite you, you join them, then we kill you. Why not just speed it up now, before going through all that."

James was speecheless, so he glanced at Sam, hoping the "leader" would have some better practice at speeches. For a moment James wished he had never joined the group, but Ali and Claire's faces jumped to his mind. Ali, where was Ali? James froze, afraid to walk away from the immediate threat, but what if something happened to Ali?

Dania
"If there's a fight and you win what do you think's going to show up? Sleepers. They'll be attracted to the blood and the noise we will give you a good fight so you'll be very tired and no be able to defend yourself. There's also the T-critters who aren't as easy to defeat as the Sleepers. So let us go or you sign your own death certificate in blood." I said keeping my gun level. "We killed a Sleeper a few days ago who looked a lot like you. He had a driver's license. His name was Lazarus Amber. Do you know him?" The leader asked thoughtfully. I saw the gun shake and felt as if though someone had socked me in the gut hard. 'Ye gods why?' I thought to myself breathing hard to regain my breath. "No I don't know who he is." I lied feeling tears sting my eyes.

Mason

I waved back at Lorana. I quickly stepped beside James. I looked at him as, the Sleeper talked shit. He thinks we're scared of him. Yeah right. Well, he's got the wrong the people anyway.

"For all we know, you're all just potential Sleepers. They come, they bite you, you join them, then we kill you. Why not just speed it up now, before going through all that." The Sleeper spoke.

I laughed at this so loud and I could hear the Sleeper getting annoyed. I said, "I don't even think you guys want to get killed, then why would we?"

"Because we're Sleepers, and we hunt. Not kill each other." He replied.

"Well, then. Why don't we start off now?" I say and smirked. I dug into a bush with a blink of an eye, running fast as possible.

I'm pretty sure everyone got the idea what we were supposed to do. Confuse them. That was the only way out of this trap. I grabbed Lorana and carried Claire in my arms. I told them to hide behind a big, thick bush where you're hardly noticed. I took out my gun ready to aim, at the first person who comes by. I should be frank, I was a little nervous.

Mason, you can do this! You've killed them before!"

Lorana

Mason runs back and grabs me, taking Claire in his arms and tells us to hide behind a bush.

I swallow as he takes out his gun. I get my bow and arrow ready just in case. I by accident prick my finger on a thorn and it starts bleeding. Claire see's it and I flash a smile, "It's fine, just a prick." I chuckled. I looked over the bush to see a sleeper walking our way.

I jerked backwards and swallowed. Claire was holding her teddy bear and I clutched my fist, looking at Mason.

"There's a sleeper. What can I do?" I ask in a whisper, reaching out for him.

Dania Amber
I pulled the trigger and the Sleeper fell. I heard Claire cry out but I felt cold and full of rage. 'Bastards how dare you.' I screamed in my head as I dropped kicked another one. "Move all of you!" I ordered leaving no room for arguments. Then I shot again this time more warning then anything. I grabbed Claire when I saw her trip and grabbed her enjoying the fact that when she wriggled to get comfortable she opened a few of the old cuts. I adjusted her so she was against my chest more comfortably so I could shoot with my other hand. "Where are we going?" Mason asked. "I don't know." Sam said miserably. "JUSTKEEP MOVING!!!!" I shouted.

I'm happy to see that you liked the storybook and it would be fine if you wanted to continue it but I can't commit to a storybook right now due to my schedule. So you all can definitely go ahead and continue but I can't be involved.