An Awkward Start (Hermit's perspective)

This is bad on so many levels. Of course I don't trust a random voice that may or may not be real, but I don't trust random people. I don't even trust Rose, let alone some potential villains!

As I am being forced over to the hill, I see the people on the hill a bit better. There is what appears to be a shifty business man, but they aren't the one who catches my eye. I see one of the people in that weird room. I'm not sure who, but they do look very familiar. We stop as we make it to the bottom of the small grass mountain. Rose's smile gets wiped off her face, but she continues up the hill. We make it to the top of the hill.

"Hello," she says, this time in a somewhat saken tone (shaking it up are you?). "Who are you?"

"Why should I?" Says the person I noticed. They were the person with the Pakikikikki name tag or something. Either way, pretty good point. I wish I had the boldness to say that. Maybe Rose could say "Oh sorry, let's leave. Also you could go back to Haven while I go off on my own." I could dream.

"Because I want you to help us get out of here." Rose answers, somewhat taken aback by the question.

"You sound like a robot." Pākiki giggles. She starts snapping. I feel like we might get ganged on, but she doesn't do anything. I try to walk away but Rose clenches my arm.

"I'm not," She clashes back. It is like she is having a battle for control of the conversation. "I am Rose Collar, and this is my friend, Herm." The snapping continues and I am getting mildly annoyed.

"Herm?" Pākiki responds, interrupting the man next to her. "I think I might have seen them before." SNAP!

"Herm, you know this rude lass?" Rose says a bit on the nose. Now she's wanting me to talk, capture th- SNAP!

"You," I was caught off gua- SNAP! This snapping is getting really ano- SNAP! "You are the reason I fell out of the sky!" I SNAP!

"SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!" SNAP SNAPS! SNAP SNAP SNAP!

ARRGH! This snapping is gonna make m- SNAP!

I look into my hands and see a SNAP! Why would I SNAP! I can't even finish my SNAP! I have lost co SNAP!SNAP!SNAP!SNAP!SNAP!SNAP!

She must be SNAP! I must SNAP! The SNAP! And SNAP!

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" I find myself shouting. "YOU ARE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE?! ARE YOU!?"

It stopped.

"What?" Pākiki says, looking at me like I'm some sort of savage.

"THE SNAPPING!" I break down.

She finally stopped. I sweat, if she would've continue I would have sta-

"Like this?" Pākiki smirks and then SNAP!

THAT IS ENOUGH! I AM BEYOND WORDS! THE AUDACITY OF THIS- THIS... THING! I PULL OUT THE BALISONG AND RUSH THAT MONSTER! I GET PUSHED BACK BY SOME FORCE AND LAND ON THE GROUND. I GET BACK UP AND DART TOWARDS THAT VILLIAN AND SHE IS PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY BY THE MAN. I CAN TAKE 2-

My idea, my plan, get interrupted by a swoosh. I turn around as time seems to slow down and see what happened. Rose had been hit by an arrow, impaling her. As I think she is dead and I can continue attacking the villain, Rose lets out a loud gasp. If she had just died like what NORMAL PEOPLE DO, I wouldn't have to worry about her, but I can't leave her to bleed out, that would make me feel bad in the future.

I try pulling out the arrow, but get interrupted by another flying pass. This one came from a different direction and hit no one. I look to where it came from and see 2 people standing on a nearby building. One has a warhammer and the other has a bow. I think the one with the hammer is that lady who tried to kill me earlier while I don't know who the other lady is.

The Hammer person jumps off the building, shouts at the bow person, and charges up the hill. I pull out my knife and get ready for them to attack, but they run past me. As she did, I slit her, I am sure where for some reason.

I look at the archer and see that they are looking back at me. They had no business here and if I could, I would attack them. We just stare at each other when continuing about how the arrow hurts.

"Tell me," Rose begins to ask. "How bad does it look?"

I cannot say anything. Am I panicking? I should just leave, but I can't. Another arrow flies by. Too much is happening. I want to cry.

"I, I don't know" I utter.

"It's fine," She says with an ARROW IN HER STOMACH. "We should get going."

For once, I actually agree with. I lift her up, but she gets up on her own. If anyone is pulling the strings, it's gotta be her. We rush down the hill with arrows flying past us. Hopefully, the 2 pairs are distracted. Maybe the ones I don't know are working against us.

As we made it down the hill, Rose stopped.

"Why did you do that?" She frantically askes.

"I did nothing I regret." I boldly state.

"Well, I'm no good with this arrow in me." She says in a mix of calm and slight panic.

"You seem to act like you are perfectly fine." I reply. "Why?"

"We should just leave." She ignores my question.

We walk across the field and into the nearby woods. For some reason, I feel an awful pain in my heart. I do feel a bit less panicked now that we are away from chaos, but the only person who I sorta trust is dying and I don't know where we are going. I wouldn't have a problem if I was on my own. I hate Rose for making things so hard. I want to go back to Haven. I want to scream, cry even. I hate her!

I hear someone and try to take out my knife. Rose just sits. I get ready for anything. It can't get worse, right?

A teenaged man shows up with a stick and looks at us. Instead of attacking they put their hand on Rose's head.

"Follow me." He asks.

We do.

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