she lit the bridge and burned it

[Lord_Shadow]

"Wrong?" Tania didn't understand what the girl meant by that. Clearly something was going on that she had real context for. She stepped into the building completely. "I'm not sure I know how to make things right in that case." Better to not get on the bad side of the potential murderer. Tania brushed aside a strand of her hair. She took a look at the girl on the ground, the one who called for help and was now underneath the other girl. She gave an apologetic smile, being really unable to help in this situation.

"So umm, I'm not sure what I can do for either of you. I actually came here thinking I was running into a friend. Maybe she isn't a real friend, but she's a friend enough in this place." Tania laughed nervously. There wasn't much she could do, there wasn't anything she wanted to do, there wasn't a way for her to back out now, and there wasn't a possible solution that came to mind.

"I'm Tania, by the way. Sorry for not introducing myself earlier." She chuckled at the absurdity of it all. There was no way she wasn't going to get shot.

She wasn't sure she was ready for it.

Maybe she would be right before it happened, but then who knew?

[Somersault]

This was it. She was going to die, wasn't she? It had happened so fast, it had happened so quickly, and Tina pushed her down, and she was on the ground, with nothing. Nothing to beg with, to bargain with, to stave off the inevitable with. Natali stared right into the other girl's eyes, and she didn't know what she saw. Anger, fury, the aftermath of all that had happened in the woods, etched onto her face.

Face. Her face was probably bruised now, more than bruised, really, hit over and over again. Bones broken? No, probably not, but that was probably gonna happen later. At least she was still living now, though. That was something to desperately cling to, even if nothing else was left, even if she could do no more than raise her hands limply in trying to defend her, the gun still in her hand.

The gun. She could use the gun, try to startle her off. De-cock the safety, pull the trigger. Just like that. Probably was fairly simple.

Fairly simple this time, because it wasn't going through a boy's skull. Penetrating through bone and brain matter, leaving blood and tears on the grass. It was simple, because it wasn't the first time she was pulling the trigger. The second. Probably the second in what hopefully wouldn't be a long list, but one that would be long enough to see her through this thing.. So, she did it. De-cocked the safety, pulled the trigger.

She meant to only do it once, but instead she did it again. Then again. Now, it was a reflex, just trying her to get her off get her off - get Tina to stop.

Her ears were ringing again, but she wasn't dying. Tina had stopped. Tina was looking at the new girl, the one that she had called out for help from, and didn't seem to be really helping at all. Clearly, a lot of shit had went down, and a lot of what had went down was not self-evident to her.

"Umm, what?"

What the fuck, really, but that would've been rude.

[Lilith]

"Both of you can go."

That's all she said. She rolled over, curled up in a ball with her fist wrapped around her gun. Nat wasn't the one who hurt her, neither was the new girl. Nobody had hurt her here apart from the scratches and bruises she got from the fight. Physically, she was doing okay. Not the best but not the worst.

"Nat, you're cool. You can leave and I won't shoot."

She still raised her gun toward the girl, pulling the safety off. Tina then looked at Tania, she didn't look like she knew what was going on. As if she was warped here and watched everything from the perceptive of a viewer at the theatre. Tina blinked once then looked toward Nat again.

She rested her head against her knees. Her cheek was against her left knee and her gun in her hands. She pointed it toward Nat then Tania. She wanted to ask a question but she didn't. Tina didn't care about her, if anything, she hated her. Seeing her face made her want to vomit blood, she didn't know why.

That's why she stopped looking at her. She also wondered where was Nate. Where was she? Was she still alive? She didn't know but she didn't care, she only stared at Nat, waiting for her to leave.

[Lord_Shadow]

"Go?" Why?

"I just got here. I haven't done anything yet." Why all of them?

"That— no, I'm not going anywhere!" Tania yelled, a little louder than she thought she could muster.

Why does everyone hate her?

"Screw you, I offered to help even though I don't know how I can and you want to send me out into the wilderness alone without a weapon. No! I'm not doing that." She stamped her foot for emphasis. This jerk thought that Tania would just do what she was told. Just like always. Just like before. Well no more. Tania was not going to be passive anymore.

She was going to be assertive, speak her mind, and get some damn respect from people. Everyone hated her, even when all she was trying to do was be nice and kind. They could all go fuck themselves, she was done being nice.

[Somersault]

Wait, Tina was going to go let her leave? Just like that? That seemed way too fishy to be true, but Natali wasn't about to just go look a gift horse in the mouth. If she had an opportunity to get out of this rapidly spiralling situation, she would take it, no questions asked.

At least, she was about to take it when the other girl started throwing a fucking temper tantrum right as this situation seemed about ready to end peacefully, and she had to physically stop herself from screaming at the other girl, whose name she would not bother to recall.

Just like Kyran, of course another person had to get a fucking hero complex on this island, and once again, she would not put up with that stupidity. Slowly standing back up, and quickly backing away with her bag and gun, she looked between the two other girls, her eyes darting from one to the other.

She wasn't safe here, and she was not about to deal with another heroic idiot. Idiot, idiot, idiot. They all were trying to save people, but who could they save? Their own inflated ego? She had to say something, had to say her piece before she left this shithole and never looked back.

"Hokay, I'm gonna go right now. You can go be an idiot, get yourself killed, whatever, okay? Got my own shit to do, like living."

As she continued to back away, Natali realized one big flaw in her get-the-hell-away plan: How was she gonna make sure that they weren't following her? The gun. The gun would solve it, the cold metal murder object that it was. Pointing it squarely at the girl that wasn't Tina, who was actually somehow being sane (or just incredibly insane), she continued to go, until she was absolutely sure she wasn't being followed. Then, she clicked the safety back on, and went into a dead-sprint, aiming to cover as much distance between the warehouse and herself.

Had no business being there anymore, and personally, had no inkling of desire to ever go back.

((Natali Greer continued elsewhere))

[Lilith]

Tina watched as Nat ran away. She could pulled the trigger, starting a firefight but she didn't want to. She could get two kills. Tania wasn't going to fight back, she had no weapons other than her fists. The only threat would be Nat but even there, she had a limp, obviously weakened from Tina's assault, and she just needed to land one good hit for her to die.

Her attention was now attracted by Tania. She was angry. Tina wanted her to leave and Tania wanted to stay. Tina rolled her eyes as she raised herself from the ground. She swept the dust and the soot of her sweater and pocketed her handgun in the pouch in front of her shirt. She made her tongue pop loudly, reminding herself she was still alive and she had things to do.

Tina grabbed her bag left beside the warehouse while Tania was having her tantrum. She didn't have to be around. If Tania wanted to stay then it was her problem, Tina would be gone before she even noticed. However, Tania did notice her leaving and continued her rant. Tina quietly answered her demand for a weapon by throwing her scarf at her feet, she then voiced her opinion on the girl.

"Thing is, I don't need and I don't want someone's help. I'm alone and so are you, we are competitors, being around one-another lower our odds to live. I wanted you to leave to give you an opportunity to see another day. And I'm giving you another chance, you can leave, again, with a weapon. It's a scarf, you can probably strangle someone with it."

She raised her gun and mimed the recoil toward Nat.

"Next time, I'll kill you."

[Lord_Shadow]

"What the hell?" Tania was baffled by what had just transpired. Nothing went how she thought it would. Nothing happened like it should have. "What the hell? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

She went over to pick up the scarf. She wrapped it around her neck and took another look around the warehouse. This was all so stupid, so very fucking stupid. Stupid bitch leaving her hanging like that. Stupid game putting her in this situation. Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid.

She let out a frustrated scream. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU PEOPLE WANT FROM ME!" She went over to the nearest wall and kicked it hard. The pain it sent up her foot and leg reminded her that she was being just as stupid.

She took another glance all over. What was she even supposed to do now?

How was she supposed to something worth being hated for if she never got the chance?

((Tania Chell continued elsewhere.))