Clementine:
"That’s hectic. They’re asking us to join another mission," I complained after we finished eating. As I walked ahead, I noticed Ian keeping a good distance from us, while the others stayed right beside me. We had been talking about the missions and everything, and of course Ian wasn’t involved, just like he’d told us he never would be.
"Isn’t it odd?" Haiden asked, pointing at Ian. "He’s been awfully quiet. Usually he would argue or speak his mind."
We all stared at Ian in silence. Haiden wasn’t wrong. Ian usually had something to say, but now his silence felt deadly.
"Aren’t you guys happy he’s quiet for a minute?" Troy remarked. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
I agreed. It was better for him to stay quiet, because if he started talking, all the stress we were feeling would double.
We made it back to our room, and after changing into our nightclothes, we sat on the floor between the beds. Mr. Rick had mentioned something today about students staying awake too long. I didn’t get what his problem was, but it felt like he was suggesting we were getting too comfortable with our lives, which was pretty messed up, but whatever. We sat between the beds so none of our heads would be visible from the windows in case the lurker decided to peer inside.
"The entire White Squad made it back last time," Troy began.
"Well, we all know what messed-up people they are. Don’t you remember how they screwed us over last time?" Yorick reminded us.
He wasn’t wrong. The reason we separated before was because of them. The White Squad swooped in and kicked us out of the place we had found, even though we all could have stayed there peacefully.
"So you two left soon after us?" I asked, even though I already knew they had left eventually.
"Yeah, soon afterwards. Why? Did you really think I’d stay there when you weren’t?" Haiden was the first to answer, though I could tell Troy had something to say.

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