Did I mess up with the map layout? yes sir I did!

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-Aesop-

After bandaging his leg we nodded to each other and run off in opposite directions, I ran to the gate near an old worn up school building and he ran into the town heading to the other side where the second exit was located.

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..•~Aesop POV~•..

We both waited at the exits for more than we usually did, I thought Kurt was kiting Violetta somewhere in the town but Kurt suddenly came running to the exit after the cipher Eli was doing got popped. The cipher was far away so Kurt was definitely not the one to finish it but Violetta wasn't following him either. 


"Where's the hunter?"

"She lost me and went after someone else a while ago"

"...Open the gate I need to do something"


If that was the case then Eli was the one kiting all this time without even his ability, him getting left behind was not an option, I needed to embalm him. Hunters usually avoided chairing people who had a coffin and would sometimes even change target because of it and that was what I was betting on. 

I ran up the stairs to the second floor to quickly try and embalm him, just as I started Eli fell down with one hit meaning he ether got terror shocked or the hunter had detention crap. I need to hurry. As long as I made an exact replica of the person's face the coffin would work and would allow them to spawn in it when they got chaired, almost like they teleported from on place to another, despite that embalming someone perfectly took quite some time even for the best embalmers out there and unfortunately I didn't finish in time and Eli got chaired near the exit I was at a minute ago. 

Kurt was more experienced in this game than us and would say that leaving when the gate opens is the safest option even when others are left behind, although, he didn't follow it that much as he often stayed behind to help out the ones who where chaired last minute.

Andrew was still not sure what he should be doing but was picking things up fast and after receiving the same advice from many people he started leaving as soon as the exit opened.
Meanwhile I would almost never stay behind for anyone but this time I had to keep my promise, we both needed to escape.

I ran as fast as my legs would allow me to Eli's chair, the hunter was there her eyes weren't glowing red, she didn't have detention this could go well. I untied him as the hunter was looking at us waiting so she could down Eli and get him out of the game faster, I hadn't gotten any hits and I normally wouldn't do this for anyone's sake but this wasn't anyone. I pushed Eli in front of me and ran behind him baring a hit in his place. 

The back of my knee hurt like hell when Violetta smashed it with her metal leg and it even ripped the fabric of my pants, meaning it had also teared through my skin, I pushed Eli to go faster and before we knew it the exit gate Kurt was waiting for us at was in our vision but the hunter was still behind us slowly catching up.

I felt some kind of ball hit against my back and stick to it making me run a little slower. 

The hunter soon closed the gap and we were right outside of the gate Kurt tried to take a hit for me but failed, I got flung over the barrier the hunter could no longer chase us after and Eli drugged Kurt off the ground and out the gate.

We made it out, safe and sound, the only problem was that I was on the floor unable to stand. Violetta hit lower than most hunters, instead or targeting our shoulders or upper body she would go for the legs as it was more convenient for her. It wouldn't make a big difference but it sure made it harder for us to run without wobbling around for a couple of minutes while after getting hit in the same spot many times could very easily make us unable to use that leg properly due to the spiking pain when we would put weight onto it. This was one of those times.

Violetta hit the same spot behind my right knee she did a couple of minutes ago. It was a bad cut and bleeding quite a bit.



"Aesop can you stand???"



Kurt asked with a concerned voice, I looked over from Eli who collapsed on the floor right after we made it out to my bleeding leg, I didn't even try to stand the answer was very clear from the pain starting to swarm the area.


"No, but we got out, it's alright."

"Wait let me help you. Eli? are you ok?"



Kurt made his way closer to me then turned to face Eli again when he noticed he wasn't moving.

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