Maybe the author really is a nice guy!

“Huh? What’s up?”

“Cletus, your men-No almost everyone has been killed.”

“What, how the hell did that happen!?!”

I began to hold my head and hyperventilate, this is bad. This is very bad! Cletus was built like a gorilla, one punch from him would probably break me. There’s no point in staying, I gotta get out of here. I began slowly moving back the way I came, that’s when I heard him say it.

“Her Cletus, it was her!”

“The little lady?”

“Yeah, she killed everyone.”

I screamed, I screamed and nearly pissed myself. Thank god I didn’t drink any fluids, how dare that little bastard implicate me. I looked over my shoulder, only to see Cletus’ soulless eyes and Todd’s sadistic smile. I started running away, shockwaves rung up my legs as I ran barefoot. I prayed I wouldn’t step on something sharp and puncture my feet, but that was the least of my worries. I kept trying to run, until I noticed something. I wasn’t moving, I stopped for a moment and looked over my right shoulder. There was a massive green hand holding me in place, and the owner of that hand was standing there. Steam left his mouth as he stared into my eyes. He placed his left hand and right hand on my waist and proceeded to lift me.

“Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap! He’s gonna piledrive the s*** out of me, what the hell do I do!?! I’m cooked! Cletus brought me towards Todd, he began to laugh a hearty laugh. Now it was my time to scream and cry, my life was forfeit. Cletus looked prepped to rip me in two, Todd grabbed my knife that I left behind and licked it. I felt the sudden urge to vomit, he was gonna kill me with my own knife. No, this is wrong, this wasn’t supposed to happen. I’m the main character, it’s too early for me to die. This is bulls***, these bastards can’t get away with this. I couldn’t hold back anymore, I began whimpering like a baby.

“So Cletus?”

“Yeah?”

“What are we gonna do first?”

Oh no.

“Should we trace our names on her using this knife?”

Eek!

“Then again we could get a bucket of toilet water and drown her.”

No please no.

“Better yet, let’s cut off her fingers and watch her eat them.”

Please, I just painted my nails. Please don’t-Wait, how do my nails look? I stared at my nails, the cute pink nail polish I used on them was gone. In its place was blood, cracks and dirt. Not to mention, my hands were horrible. They were covered in blisters and calluses, not to mention they smelled like blood. Oh my god, I’m gonna die ugly. At this point I resigned myself to my fate, as Todd continued naming off ways to torture me.

“Oh I know, let’s stuff Humus up her-

“That’s enough, you dog!”

I was shocked when Cletus kicked Todd’s chest in while holding me, he immediately placed me down and fixed my hair. Then he put his hand on my shoulder and addressed me.

“Are you okay little lady?”

“....”

I stood there shocked, my eyes prepped to fire out of my head. Cletus sighed and then stood up, he then walked over to Todd who was holding his gut.

“...Dammit, Cletus why?”

“You little dips***, this is all your fault isn’t it?”

…Eh? I looked at Todd and he looked at me with the same expression, did I just luck out here? Cletus folded his arms and addressed the elephant in the room.

“The girl’s eyes were clearly glossy-”

“Yeah, because the she-bitch was crying her devil tears-”

“-Glossy eyes are a potion side effect.”

Todd froze as he realized what Cletus was about to say, I began grinning like a toothless cat. Todd began holding his head as Cletus continued.

“You gave her one of Doc’s potions didn’t you?”

“...Yeah.”

“That also explains her increased dexterity, not to mention her hysteria. You gave her the wild hunt essence didn’t you?”

Wildhunt essence? The hell is that?

“It was in a yellow elixir in a clear bottle, it was an experimental combat drug Doc was developing.”

Combat drug? Wait, am I juiced right now!?!

“The bottle had a tiger label on it.”

Thank god, I’m safe then. I didn’t want those chemicals touching my body. Todd looked stunned as Cletus continued.

“The elixir dulls pain, and increases someone’s survival instincts to the max. Making them prone to fight or flight tendencies and treating everyone like an enemy.”

“Wait, are you saying-”

“Yeah, you accidently turned this innocent girl into a murderer.”

Oh my god, I’m safe, I’m in the clear! I started celebrating, I even broke into a strange dance in my torn garments. I didn’t care, I was gonna live.

“Wait, but look at her.”

“Huh?”

The two of them caught me mid dance, I froze in a position with both my arms raised as well as my right knee. I looked like a proud tree, Cletus turned to Todd and sighed.

“The poor thing is drugged out of her mind, you ruined her life Todd.”

“Bulls***! She’s faking, I know she is.”

They looked back at me, only to see me doing a crab walk and making bird sounds.

“....”

“Cletus, please don’t say it.”

“Todd, look at her, she’ll never be normal again. You’re a monster Todd, you were supposed to help her and now look at her.”

Todd began to break down, Cletus gaslit him so well that he started to agree with him. Todd blamed himself for his friends' deaths before, but now he actually believed it was his fault. Todd began crying again as Cletus tapped his shoulder telling him it would be okay. As for me, I started dancing and laughing maniacally. They thought I was high, so it didn’t matter. That said, thank you god, I’m finally safe. Actually, this is your doing, isn't it author? Thank you, and now I have an opening. My tools were the same as before: sawdust, an enclosed space, and a torch. If I can toss Cletus into the rest room I can kill him, victory is mine! My laughter rang louder, overshadowing Todd’s cries and echoing throughout the halls.