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It's cold.

The snow crunches under Natalie's boots as she walks through the forest. And you? Well, you're right in front of her. With the transmitter in hand.

"Slow down." Natalie breathes raggedly, following you.

"We don't have much time before they figure out Hannah's switch—"

"They're not gonna know where we are, are they?"

You turn around, looking at her. "I— If we want to have any chance of getting this right..."

She just sighs, pulling her mask down to reveal more of her face— pale, freckled skin, her cheeks and lips rosy from the cold.

"It isn't gonna help anyway if we die out here."

Right.

So Natalie continues walking, silent. Well, except for the continuous static of the transmitter— persistent, so fucking annoying.

"We're not gonna get a signal out here anyway, turn that shit off."

"Don't you wanna get rescue?" You retort.

"*Yes*. You don't know how fucking much I wanna go back. But this? This isn't gonna work if you keep whining about it—"

Natalie's interrupted by your voice— quiet enough to be discreet but loud enough so she can hear it clearly.

"Don't you want to save them? I mean, get out of this fucking place until we kill ourselves? With Shauna's bullshit, that's bound to happen."

Natalie bites her bottom lip. It's too cold.

"We should still be safe." Her voice is shaky, unsteady. Maybe it's because of the cold? Or maybe because this doesn't feel real— finally getting out.

Would anyone even care? Or answer?

"No one's searching for us anymore—"

"Natalie." You rasp.

"What? It's true, Hannah didn't even know about us, how are you so sure this will work?"

"I just— I just know."

"Right." Natalie sighs, lifting her mask again as if that'd do anything to shield her from the cold. Or to stop herself from saying any stupid shit.

It's silent now, except for the crackling of the transmitter— jagged and rough, repeating in Natalie's head like nails on a chalkboard.

"How much longer until we get a signal?" Your voice is raspy as you speak, tilting your head and squinting your eyes from the harsh winter sun, the brightness of it all.

"How the should I know? Unless it picks up a signal from the fucking rocks or something, we keep walking."

But then it goes quiet. For a while, the only sound is the intermittent static of the transmitter and your footsteps in the snow. Peaceful, almost. And Natalie forgets, for a second, everything that she'd done to survive.

But there's blood under your fingernails, and Natalie knows it. There's blood under hers, too—

Natalie shoves her hands in her pockets.

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