Dark Angel

Chapter 2. His Plan

March 6th, 4:00A.M.

I couldn't sleep. (Gee I wonder why)

I was laying there for a while just thinking. Replaying it over and over in my head. They were gone. Like, gone gone. Not business trip gone where they'd come back in a week or two.

They were gone. Forever.

We wouldn't even get to burry them. They wouldn't even get the luxury of a funeral.

Then I heard stirring. I thought someone was trying to rob us so I got up. (Not like we had anything to take) it was just Ethen. I was about to lay back down. When I noticed he was rapping up what stuff he had grabbed when we were running out.

"Ethen?" I whispered so to not wake up the others.

He jumped. "Hailey you scared me. What are you doing up?" He said equally as quiet. He was sweating down his forehead and I could tell he was nervous.

"Where are you going? We said we were gonna stay here and fig-fing-finer-figer" (I gave up trying to pronounce figure)"Agree on what we were gonna do remember?"

I could see those gears turning in his head again.

"Well- I umm-" I could see that lightbulb go on over his head. "I'm gonna go look for some food for us. You stay here with the others ok?"

I was hesitant but agreed nonetheless.

"Fine but be quick ok?" I said with that mad-serious four year old face.

He chuckled "I promise."

He walked off and I went back to sleep.

I had no idea that was the last time I'd see him through the eyes of someone who admired him.

8:30A.M.

"Hailey? Hey, wake up." Amber shook me awake.

I groaned. "What time is it?"

"I don't know. Where's Ethen?"

I rolled to face her, still wanting to go back to sleep. "He went to go get something for us to eat."

Her eyes widened. "When did he leave? Hailey get up and tell me!" She said a little loudly.

She grabbed my shoulders and lifted me up. "Ok ok ok I'm up geez. I don't know maybe like five."

She looked around with a worried face.

"Why? Isn't he back yet?"

"No"

"...Well he'll be back right?"

"I hope..." she mumbled under her breath not really wanting me to hear.

8:45

Nothing.

9:00

Even more nothing.

9:20

I looked at Amber with tears in my eyes. "Ethen's not coming back is he?"

She looked straight. Not moving a muscle.

"No Hailey. He's not."

It was weird to hear her not sugar coating it but I probably needed it.

I felt something inside me snap. My eyes turned yellow. My hands lit on fire. And I wasn't even surprised.

And then I passed out. Just like that. I would get that under control later.

He would regret leaving us some day. But for now. We were on our own.