We were walking in the woods. I was crying quietly. My mom was beside me. We had our heads down. My mom was crying as well. We just stopped struggling after they had cut us up badly. They had us tied on a spinning wheel. They where throwing knives at us trying to hit us. None of them actually got us. Some did cut us when they were close to actually stabbing us. I had three knives that where thrown at my head they were so close to actually hitting me. One was on top of my head the other two where on the side of my head. Jo had thrown one at me, just one. He hit me. The knife hit the middle of my wrist. I screamed in pain. It hurt like hell. My mom yelled and cursed at them in both, english and spanish. Jo then hit her in the same place and walked off.
Jo had taken me to a room where a lot of gun shots where being fired. The room where Rogelio was.
I can't believe he did this. I hate him.... But I can't seem to stay mad at him for so long. Why? Out of all people it had to be him. I feel more alone than ever now. I have no idea what's going to happen, where were going or where are we. I don't know anything. I'm not afraid to die though. I don't care. I feel lost.
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We've been walking in the woods for about 30 minutes now. My legs are tired. My mom was still crying.*bang, bang, bang* I stoped abruptly and looked around me. I didn't see anyone. The two men that have been the one's who where taking us everywhere. They must be Jo's most trusted men but, look at them now, there laying dead in the ground. Jo however, is still alive. He did get shot though. On his right leg.
He cried out in pain. "Minica, c'mon!" I heard my mom yell. We had our wrist tied behind our backs, so it was hard and pretty awkward to run.
We ran into a different direction. Jo cursed at us and tried chasing us. *bang* he shot a bullet at us but he got a tree trunk instead. He shot three more times and missed. We were getting lucky. There where other shots that filled the woods but, they weren't coming from Jo. Who could it be?
*bang* this shot came from Jo. I heard my mom cry out in pain. She fell down. "Ama!" I ran to her side and fell on my knees. My vision was a complete blur from all the tears. My heart felt like it was shattering into more little pieces. It ached in pain. I wish I could touch her. To be able to hug her against me. I was crying and so was she but, she was screaming more than crying though.
"Mom, please......porfavor, ama no, no, no, no, no, no, no......ama, are you okay?!" She nodded her head and said, "run, Minica live life to its fullest. Porfavor." I bent down to my knees and started crying. I still heard bullets being shot but, I didn't care anymore.
The shooting stopped. Now I heard them shout and scream. They were both man voices. One sounded......familiar. I didn't care to look up though.
I suddenly heard movement in front of me. I look up and stared into light brown eyes that where full of anger, guilt, and frustration. I never thought I would look into those eyes again but, I did. It was Rogelio. He untied the ropes on my mom. He looked at me and quickly looked down and started to untie my rope.
I rushed to my mom and started hugging her and I started to cry again. I started to look at her to see where she'd been shot. I found it. She was shot on her side.
Rogelio then came to mom's side. He lifted her shirt up only high enough to see the wound. He ripped off a piece of his shirt and put the cloth in the wound. "Miss Cortez, I need you to keep pressure on this." My mom put her hand on the wound and started getting up. He helped her up,"I'm fine Rogelio," said my mom. She sounded a bit mad. She should be, he's the one who brought us here.
He still avoided my stare. "C'mon we got to go," he said. "Why would would we follow you when you were the one who brought us here in the first place?" He looked up at me and what I saw was something I didn't want to see.
He stared straight into my eyes and I saw his eyes were full of sadness. It hurt me to see him like this....but, why? He's not my friend anymore. So why do I feel like this. He was the one who did this to me and for what? For money?
"Because.....you're my friend, my best friend. I've always been there for you." His words pierced my heart but, in a good way. I don't know why.
His voice was full of sadness. I then started shaking my head in a 'no' response. "No. You're not. You pretended to be my best friend. It was all planned out, wasn't it?" He bowed his head down. My voice started to crack."you betrayed me, Rogelio! I shared everything with you and for what!?" I couldn't hold back the tears anymore. My mom hugged me. "Rogelio, I think it's best if you leave," I heard my mom say. I looked at him and I saw....tears? Why is he crying. He took a step forward and said, "M-Minica....I-I-I... I'm sorry.....I-I-" He sighed and looked down. My mom broke our hug and took a step forward. She stared at Rogelio and said, "Rogelio I think it's best you leave us. Don't come back.
He opened his mouth and tried saying something. He then squeezed his eyes shut. "Minica, I like you!"
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Dead or Alive
RandomA young girl's father is dead but she thinks that she has seen him. She begins to have dreams every night that her father is alive and she starts to doubt. Is her father alive or is she just seeing him.
