Arachnoextinction Chapter 36: Chapter Thirty-Six - Oops, More Spiders!

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"Would you just kill it and stop swinging the rifle like someone who has never seen a game of baseball?" Karen said. I jumped at the sound of her voice. She entered the room with a handgun drawn, a long muzzle attached to the end. "I was trying to remain inconspicuous, I figured firing a gun would draw attention to my location," I said. She flashed me an annoyed look, then fired two shots into the spider. The shots were audible, but nowhere near as loud as the shots we fired before. "Problem solved," she said. “Where did you get that?” She ignored me and kicked the smaller spider a few times to make sure it was dead. "Okay. Where's everyone else?" I asked. "Don't know, we got separated by the spiders. I snuck this gun off Darren while we were running. Might have accidentally kicked his ankles and tripped him. Who knows. I figured a silencer could come in handy. It's probably how he was able to move around without drawing attention when we thought he was dead," she said. "Alright, so what now?" I said. "Do we try to find them?" "I'm not leaving without Justin, so finding them would be a positive step toward getting us out of here," she said. "Oh, hey, guys," Dr. Kale said as he rounded the corner and entered the office. He waved like he was approaching some friends at the park. Karen and I both jumped at the sudden noise and aimed our weapons at his face. He raised both his hands and inched back out of the office. "You know, we could kill him now, and no one would ever know," Karen said. "Meh. We gave too much effort to try and save him. Might as well keep him alive if it's not a hassle," I said. "If you do anything detrimental to our escape and survival, I will end you so fast that- that you- it will- just...so fast you will die. So fast!" Karen said. "Sweet. So, where's Justin and Darren?" he asked, unfazed by Karen's stuttering threats. "I assumed they were with you?" Karen said. "Are you telling me that Justin and Darren might be together? With no one else around?" I asked and rubbed my face. This wasn't good. "You son of a bitch, why would you leave them alone?!" Karen said to Dr. Kale. "You weren't the only one that wanted to find Dr. Gale!" Dr. Kale said. "I left right after you. Darren and Justin seemed fine?" "Wait, you came looking for me?" I asked Karen. "You weren't separated from the group unintentionally?" "You're weak and would die out here. You need someone to take care of you," Karen said and scoffed at me. "Don't think you're that important to us. I would leave you to die if it meant the rest of us could survive." “What? I’m confused by your words,” I said. "Karen threatened to shoot us if we left without you," Dr. Kale said. "I'm going to shoot you now!" she said to him. "Guys, guys, guys. I can take care of myself," I said with a smug smile and propped the butt of the rifle on my shoulder. It went off and shot into the ground next to my foot. "You. Damned. Idiot," Karen said with closed eyes. "Ha! Classic Kale move," Dr. Kale said. I set the gun on the desk. It was safer out of my hands, after all. "So, what would you say the chances are that they didn't hear that?" I asked. Hissing filled the halls as soon as I finished speaking. "Do you want me to give you the percentage, or do you think we're on the same page?" Dr. Kale asked. I had a throbbing headache, my legs could barely hold me up, and the thought of running again made me sick to my stomach. "I'm starting to think that a bullet to the head is the easiest option out of here. Better than being devoured by those monsters," I said. Karen slapped me. Hard. I stumbled into the web-covered glass wall, and she raised her hand to hit me again. "If you die, I will freaking kill you!" she said and pulled back to hit me again. "Okay, okay! I'll live!" I said as I cowered. "It's nice seeing someone else on the receiving end of that," Dr. Kale said with a smile. "Let's move," Karen commanded. When we faced the door, there was no longer a way out. A spider, a littl