Midnight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine

Eventually we stop running, only to take a taxi. To the airport, to go to a plane, to Paris. Yes, Paris. It was the only flight that would leave in five minutes that wasn't full yet. 

"When do we stop?" Aaron asks beside me sitting in the plane in his first class seat. 

"Stop what?"

"Running."

For the past few hours, Aaron has been deep in thought. Perhaps he is thinking about his father who was supposed to be arriving today. Or maybe he has been thinking about how we are going to murder Kratos. Or maybe where we should run to. 

"I....I don't know" I tell him honestly. We can stay in Paris for maybe a week, maximum. Then what? Where to next? How fast will Kratos finds us?

"We'll keep running until Kratos is gone. Once we murder him." I whisper the last part so that the flight attendants won't hear me. 

Aaron nods in agreement and drifts back into his thoughts.  

While Aaron is deep in thought, I think about what I just said. "Once we murder him." Disturbingly, those thoughts don't seem all that sickening to me. It actually gives me adrenaline, as if killing Kratos is something that I am looking forward to. I can't deny that I want to finish him off, but I don't think I will take pleasure in doing so. A girl my age shouldn't have to have these thoughts running around her head, but this is my life now. Now, all I have to do is avoid getting myself killed and at the same time kill a man. That's not too bad. Note the sarcasm. 

"I think we should run, hide, get away from Kratos. Then, once he is standing right in front of us and we have nowhere to hide, we kill him." Aaron states, interrupting my thoughts. 

I look at him and think about what he just said. I suppose that his plan would keep us as safe as possible. I simply nod and look out the plane window. 

"Landing in 15 minutes!" a flight attendant says, smiling at the passengers while walking down the seat aisles. 

"When we land, avoid people. Don't let anyone try to help you with your luggage. They could steal it and look for information about us or maybe plant a GPS device to try to find us. Don't talk to strangers unless you really need to. Try not to attract any attention. Remember; do not try to contact anyone from before. Not your friends or family, no matter how close they are to you. Understand? Act like what is happening, isn't really happening. Okay?" Aaron looks at me, waiting for my answer. This guy really is ready for this. It seems like he has been preparing for this very day for a long time. I'm  scared. frightened. Well, I should be. How can I not be when someone is chasing my, wanting to kill me and killing anyone close to me as a warning. I have to stop Kratos, before he kills off everyone who is important in my life. 

"'Act like what is happening, isn't really happening'. If only it really wasn't happening to us."