Scarlet's Backstory - Book 1 ~ (The Dead City Series)

Chapter 11

I wandered around. I couldn't fly back up there, and I couldn't seem to reach my family's and Saldwins' minds'. My body ached. I had never been shot at before. Especially actually HIT. I staggered over to a fallen tree. I sighed and felt like crying. My dad died, who knows where my family is, and I'm in hunter's territory. AND I was shot in the leg and hip, bleeding at an alarming rate. I took the jean jacket off of my shoulders and put it on my leg. It was bleeding the most, and I wanted to be able to walk. Being able to go places was important if you weren't somewhere you knew. Just then the tree I was leaning against, like, evaporated. I fell onto my back, so now my back hurt.

"WHAT IN THE-" I start to shout but then shut up.

I couldn't let anyone know I was out here. Even if there wasn't, I shouldn't be screaming and shouting. I stand up and start walking again. I wasn't getting anywhere just sitting there. I didn't know what time it was, and if it was morning or not. Everything here was a yellowish brownish color. It wasn't very beautiful to look at anything. When I turned my head to one side it was the same color. Almost like one of those old TVs where there's shading, but not any other colors.

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After a while I sat back down on the dull ground. I sighed, I had been going around in circles. At least it seemed like it. I wanted to cry again. What the heck was I supposed to do?! I layed down. I was tired, and didn't know what to do. So, I decided that I might as well rest up for the big day tomorrow. Whenever that was. Wherever that was.