The 5th Wave Chapter 9 Summary

  • Okay, three bodies: an old guy, a young woman, and a child. The bodies are still warm.
  • Cassie spots a drone above her. Things aren't looking good for our girl.
  • Yup: she's been shot in the leg. It's a "silencer"—Cassie's name for the silent assassins.
  • Cassie lunges for her gun, but more shots come. She leaves it behind and dives under a car.
  • Now she's cornered. Or trapped under a car, to be precise.
  • Cassie wonders where the Silencer is, then she realizes he was using a sniper rifle. She wonders if that means she has some time.
  • Is he on his way to finish her? Or hanging back in the woods, waiting for her to emerge from beneath the car?
  • While she thinks, she ties a bandage over her gunshot wound.
  • Cassie decides the Silencer probably moved on since she's as good as dead. Again, she wonders if she's the last person on earth.