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Hail walked over to Ging, who put the crucifix song recording on. Ging pressed record Hail stood back waiting for the chorus.

Scene 5

Hail walked back and forth in front of the crucifix miming, holding a knife.

Laila screamed.

Hail slashed a cross upon her body her head dropped lying limp.

Ging stopped recording walking over to Hail.

‘Well at least you didn’t screw up this time.’

‘Just help me get her down will you?’

‘Sure.’

Hail and Ging untied Laila, Hail grabbed Laila sitting her on the grass.

‘I’m still here.’

‘Told you I wouldn’t hurt you didn’t I?’

Laila smiled.

‘So where’s Ging?’

‘Burning the crucifix.’

‘So this is the end?’

‘Sure looks that way.’

Ging lit a match after dousing the crucifix and the ground round with petrol. He dropped the flamed match onto the petrol ground. Ging walked away.

Flames hurtled up the crucifix, circling round it.

Ging sat besides Laila and Hail on the grass, watching the crucifix turn to dust.

‘Well we best be getting back and get some sleep.’

‘Yep.’

They all pulled themselves up and walked away as the flames gradually died away.

X

Laila slowly woke rubbing her eyes, she finally focused to see that the flat was empty. She pulled herself up out of bed getting dressed, slipping into her trainers. She walked out of the living space into the bathroom freshening up looking into the mirror she looked as if she’d got two black eyes. She walked out of the bathroom into the living space.

She took one more look around the flat before picking up the DVD-Corder, and a torch.

She walked out through the hall and out of the flat closing the door her.

Laila walked through the town into the back streets they were dark and eerie. Trash scattered over the street screams coming from the many buildings. She began to walk faster till she reached the other side of town. She stopped peering down a cove she climbed down slipping most of the way down. Cutting her arms on the gagged rocks. She reached the bottom landing on soft sand. She pulled herself up knocking the sand off her clothes.

Laila looked over at the cave the entrance was just about big enough for her to walk through she strapped the flash light onto the top of the DVD-Corder turning the both of them as she reached the cave, she walked in it was cold and damp water running down its walls. Laila walked deeper and deeper into the cave she jumped.

Scene 6

Twenty bodies lay on the stoned ground of the cave.

Laila moved the camera round.

Bodies lay dead a cross slashed across them

Laila placed her hand over her mouth.

Their faces pale, warped.

Laila walked further in.

An arm grabbed her ankle her eyes bloods shot looking glazed. ‘Help me please.’

It was the girl that she had argued with the night that Ging and hail had got her up onto stage. Ging had said he’d sort it she hadn’t believed him till now.

What should she do should she help her of leave her there?

Her hand dropped back onto the ground.

Laila followed the DVD-Corder round the cave capturing all of the dead bodies

Laila turned off the DVD-corder

Screw this shit I’m getting out of here.

Laila ran out of the cave , coming to a halt ion the sand, she switched off the torch taking it off the DVD-Corder, slipping it back into her pocket, she looked up the cove and around the beech there was no other way out of there but up the cove,.

She climbed back up the cove slipping many times cutting herself again before finally reaching the top onto the main stretch of road, she walked away heading towards the town.

Laila slipped back into the flat closing the door behind her, walking into the living space placing the DVD-Corder on the table. Trying her pockets for the torch. ‘Shit it must’ve dropped out.’

She walked back out of the room going into the bathroom. She slipped into the shower washing all the sand and dirt off her body.

She stepped out slipping into a clean top and jeans.

She walked back into the living space walking over to the bed lying down closing her eyes.