Chapter 3

Christine was running and had heard the scream. Tears were streaming down her face. She could barely see because of the tears still in her eyes. "Ow! My ankle!" She yelled, falling to the ground. She grabbed her ankle, which only made it hurt worse. "Christine! Run!" Brian yelled, running towards her. "I can't, I think I twisted my ankle!" She cried. Brian looked up. "Okay…" He said. Brian threw Christine over his shoulders and climbed up the tree. On the way up, Christine said, "I …I thought AJ killed you!" Brian kept climbing. "Well… he almost did, but… I threw Howie in front of me at the last second." Brian climbed up onto a tree branch and put Christine down. "Stay here. Don't come down. I'll come back for you when I think it's safe." He warned. Christine smiled at him. He climbed down the tree and ran away. Ten seconds after Brian left, AJ came down and stood under the branch she was sitting on. He didn't look up. "Christine, get down." He pointed the gun up and fired. The branch broke and Christine landed in AJ's arms. She gave a sigh of relief. Then AJ dropped her. "Christine… get up." He said, not looking down at her. She stood up, got about an inch away from his nose, and gave him a mean look. "AJ! What the heck is wrong with you?!" She yelled. "You got a friggen problem or somethin'?!" "I can't and won't lie to you, Christine." He said, pointing the gun at her head. She closed her eyes and she felt AJ press the gun against her temple. -"Click"- "What the…?" AJ said, looking at the gun. He threw it aside and pulled another out of his back pocket. He pointed it at her again, and… Brian kicked AJ's arm, sending the gun flying through the air. When the gun landed, it went off and hit AJ! "Oh my god!" Brian said, putting his hand up to his mouth. He looked down at AJ. I ran up to Christine and Brian. "He killed Nick!" I cried. I stopped in front of Christine and she gave me a hug. So did Brian. ~ We found Nick's boat on the other side of the island. Brian helped Christine and me into the boat, and he sat down in front of the steering wheel. "Yo, guys! Wait up!" "Oh God… Now I'm hearing voices." I said, putting my head in my hands. "Sarah! Look!" Christine said. She pointed at Nick, who was running towards the boat. I screamed as I jumped out of the boat and ran to him. I gave him a big hug. Then I looked at him and said, "But… you're dead… aren't you?" "Oh yeah… I'm a ghost!" He laughed, waving his arms around like a ghost. I crossed my arms and looked at him. "No, really. I ran up to you right?" He said, doing and impression of me when I explain something. "And then I like, heard AJ walking like, right behind me. So I like, pretended to die. Ya know?" He smiled and started laughing. "Whatever." I said, rolling my eyes. "As long as you're okay." Nick and I got into the boat and we all drove away. ~ In the forest, back on the island. AJ's body lay there, lifeless. Then his fingers twitched. He slowly got up and pulled his sunglasses off. His eyes were glowing red!