Embrace (Spin of from Acceptance series)Boyxboy

Chapter Thirty One: Darkness took over

Tyler's POV

Time almost felt like it had slowed down. My life flashing before my eyes. Watching, Arrow my dad protect me. Colin and Jordon had got split up from us shortly after we got away from them.

More came...we have no idea how many there are of them and Arrow is in bad shape. Yet he stands in front of me with a brave face trying to protect me. Protect me till death it almost seems.

I see at least six of them coming towards us. Fear grips me...how is this even happening?After all that has happened. Arrow finally escaping from his uncles clutches for good to just find ourselves in this situation.

I wish I had strength to protect him. Protect him like he has protected others for most of his life. His kind heart being torn in two for most days of his life. Facing something no one should face.

"We must admit this has never been so fun," I hear one of them say.

Arrow stood firm in front of me. "You think this is fun?" Arrow asks I can here the anger in his voice. I don't blame him.

"I do. I'm curious is the kid your brother?"

I see Arrow stiffen up. "No. He is my son!"

The six of them all laugh in turn. I feel this strange thing inside telling me I would like to see people like these suffer...

"Really? How that happen? Can't be much age between you."

"It's the twenty first century. Kids like Tyler need someone to take them in. I adopted him with my husband. People like you wouldn't understand," said Arrow through greeted teeth.

"Oh I see. Your gay," he smirks.

"If you have to hurt someone. Hurt me, let Tyler go."

"Dad," I begin but I stop when he glares at me. I'm not going to piss him off more right now.

"You act like I give a shit," the figure laughs. The one doing all the talking in his strange looking suit, they are all wearing them. A dark grey, bow and arrow in hand.

I feel myself shaking slightly. I can't help but wonder if this is it for us. For Arrow and I.

Will we die here?

Arrow's POV

The first arrow was aimed directly at Tyler and I saw it coming. I pull Tyler towards me and swing us both around behind the tree. I hear the arrow hit into the tree where Tyler had been a moment before.

My heart is racing about hundred miles an hour. I still feel sick and the strange knife in my back is now leaving a horrible dull pain in my back while I'm trying to keep myself and Tyler alive.

My ankle is swollen I can feel pain shooting up my leg when ever I move making this twice as hard.

I keep telling myself I've been in worser situations, faced death on countless of occasions, yet that don't make this any easier.

"Run," I tell Tyler.

"Not without you," he begins.

"I can't run. I don't have a chance to get away but you do. If you won't go to save yourself go for me as I'll hate myself forever if you don't," I tell him a tear falling down my face.

"Dad...I can't go knowing they are going to kill you. I don't want a future if your not there to do it with me."

I felt the arrow inbed into my leg. I didn't scream out at all. I just pull the arrow out, glaring at the person who did it. The boss I take.

"Hmm your no fun," he said looking disappointed.

"Why don't you just leave us alone!" Tyler shouts.

"Don't stoop to their level. They aren't worth shouting at," I tell him.

Time almost stood still as four arrows are shot towards us. I can't protect us from all of them. I tackle Tyler to the ground putting my body over his. Three missed...the fourth hit my arm but only grazed by it.

I get to my feet and push Tyler forward me right behind him. We have to try get out of here, as I know Tyler won't go without me. Stubborn kid.

We push forward even though every step hurt from my ankle and I could feel the blood dripping down my leg from the arrow that had been in my leg but I keep going. We keep going. I pull Tyler behind the tree as three more arrows tried to hit us but missed.

"If I had a weapon," I begin.

I watch as two arrows shot by us and we hear someone yell in pain.

"Sorry we are late,"said Colin who came out from behind a tree near to our tree we had hid behind.

Jordon is out in the open a bow and arrow in hand. He must be the one that shot at them. Colin is beside us handing me a flask and a pack of tablets. "That help with your diabetes. The rest we can try sort out once we get away from them," said Colin looking at me with his soft eyes as I take the flask and tablets gracefully.

I get two tablets and take them with the water in the flask as we hear another person yell out. Jordon had hit another one. He seems to be really good at this...

"I'm so happy you came...I thought we were both dead," said Tyler looking tired, scared and angry all at the same time. Brave kid...my kid. My son...I'm so sorry you have to go through this.

"I'm sorry we got split up or we took so long to find you. Arrow...I suck at protecting you," he whispers.

"Who said it was your job to protect me? Besides it's me. I can take the pain easier then anyone. I rather it be then any one of you," I tell him.

"Why did I get so lucky in finding you?"

"Maybe I'll answer that if we get out of this. What's the plan?" I ask Jordon as he joins us behind the tree we are all behind.

"We are no longer defenceless but your hurt and no offence but I'm sure we all agree we rather Tyler not be involved in all this chaos. So we heading back to my hide out. We get there we will have food, more water and weapons. Its our best chance at stopping them. Colin left a text message for your dad he said."

Colin nods, "Yeah signal bad but managed to get message to him. Hopefully he will see it."

"Sounds like our best option then. Let's get out of here."

Tyler's yell of pain made my heart jump so far out my mouth I was frozen to the spot for that few seconds but it felt like hours. I put myself in front of him as two more arrows had came at him. They both land into my back. I held in the pain as I fall to my knees.

Tyler's eyes wide at me. "Dad...it hurts," he whispers.

I'm grateful it is only a leg wound for him. I pull the arrow out his leg without warning him. He yelped but he looked at me, "Thank you...."

"It should be okay but I can't take the pain away," I whisper. "Colin please pull them out."

Colin is with us pulling the two arrows out. "You sure I can't pull this knife out?"

"Best not. He is bleeding a lot more now. It would be a very bad idea," said Jordon as he fires four arrows towards them. "Can you two move? We are so exposed here."

I found myself looking at Colin and Tyler but like everything around me looked strange. My vision right off...but why?

I gasp all of a sudden like something had just stabbed me in the lungs. I feel my eyes rolling back in my head, Colin shouting my name but it made no difference as darkness took over.