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The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 63: Looking for Chris! Promise Keeper Ben Dies on The Battlefield!

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“Huh? Where?” Layla asked. All three girls looked at where Ben was pointing. Ben made a mad dash for it, leaving the three scouts in the dust.

“What the? Hey, where’d he- GET HIM!”

Ben swung his arms back and forth, panting heavily as he sprinted for his freedom.

“OMG I can’t believe they fell for that!” Ben thought to himself happily.

Wizz!!! Pluck!

Ben felt his heart drop as an arrow pierced his heel, and he collapsed to the grass. Ben let out a groan, and loud pounding footsteps approached. Boom! Boom! Boom! Ben turned around and saw Sleepyhead open her jaws. She bit at Ben, but Ben quickly rolled to the side.

“Hey, hey hey hey stop Sleepyhead! We can’t let her kill him!” Lizzy cried out.

“Sleepyhead! Stop that! NOW!” Layla screamed. Layla shot a sneer at Patricia.

“Why’d you shoot him? If he dies, ALL OF US will be killed! Let him run and we can always get him later!”

“I’m sorry-”

Ben couldn’t bother listening in on their argument. He weaved and dodged Sleepyhead’s quick and swift attacks. Disoriented and drowsy, she didn’t seem much to coordinate her attacks. As Ben weaved from another bite, he slammed his fist into Sleepyhead’s eye. Sleepyhead let out a cry of pain, backing away and screeching like a banshee.

Ben felt blood drip down his shoe, and he grabbed the shaft of the arrow and snapped it off.

“Emergencies only,” Ben reminded himself. Vines ensnared his foot, patching up the wound. Ben quickly got up from the ground, but not before feeling a sharp blade cut away at his throat.

SLASH!

Ben’s eyes wavered, and they began to quiver as he felt blood drip down his neck. He grabbed at his throat, and looked on in horror to see Lizzy clutching onto a bloodied spear. She seemed just as terrified as him.

“LIZZY!” Layla roared, “What have you DONE?!”

Lizzy was speechless. Ben’s vision clouded, and his mind began to go haywire. He found himself struggling to breathe. He turned away and made a run for it again.

Into the deep forest, Ben trampled bushes and flowers alike. His legs began to get weaker, and his memory getting fuzzier. With one final push, he collapsed to the ground.

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“No no no, he can’t be dead!” Layla screamed. The three scouts rushed into the forest, searching every bush and hiding spot for the fatally wounded man.

“If we can find him on time, maybe we can bring him back and-” Layla paused as she stared at the base of a tree’s trunk.

“No no no no,” Layla muttered.

Sitting at the base of the tree was Ben, his head hung low and a clear cut on his neck. Blood seeped down onto his black graduation robe, which was getting more and more bloodier. His implant was completely dim.

Patricia quickly put her index finger and middle finger on Ben’s neck. There was no pulse.

Ben was dead.

“Patricia, please tell me he’s alive,” Layla muttered.

Patricia didn’t respond. She got up from the ground.

“We have to go back.”

“And what then? June will KILL us! You know how much she loves this guy! She talks about him and dreams about him every day and night. And we can’t lie our way out of it, General Wyvern will just sniff us out!” Layla shouted. Lizzy began to cry and sob, and tears trailed down her face.

“I’m sorry, I’m so so sorry… I didn’t want this to happen…”

“We have to return, there’s nowhere else for us to go. We can’t survive on our own, can we?” Layla whispered, hopeless.

“We can’t,” Patricia said. She hooked her bow on her back, “Let’s go.”

Patricia was the first to depart. Then, Layla. Lizzy looked at Ben one last time. He looked really peaceful. Was that how death felt? Some form of regret hung in his lifeless eyes though. Lizzy could never be sure.

She turned around, and walked away, sniffling and wiping away at her face.

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Bum.