Kilgrave's Desire

Run

Jessica is here.

I looked at the door in a panic. Waiting for some sort of sound. A signal...anything. It's eerily quiet almost too quiet and it makes me beyond nervous. Then I hear his voice in almost an arrogant cocky tone.

"What do you mean gone ms jones?"

"Like she high tailed it out of here asshole already on the move and you won't find her," her voiced echoed as she must have tossed a goon to the side against the wall. "She was smart and got the hell out and left."

"How could you be so sure unless you helped her," he responded calmly.

"Or she wised up, got her shit and decided to go before you imprisoned her again," Jessica yells emphasizing on the word go again. Why was she doing that to antagonize?  I listened to more exchanges as she continued to emphasize on the word go three more times before it hit me.

She was not emphasizing on that word to piss him off it was an order. I finally understand what she meant and why she was emphasizing on that one word. It was not directed at him but at me, she wants me to go ...now. Every time she said go it was intentional. It was my signal to get the girls and our things and get out of here.

I don't hesitate I quickly open the window and use my gift of telekinesis to gently move the girls in their car seats out the window while I hoist our travel bag over my shoulder and climb out the window. I jump out the window quietly in the silent dark wood that surrounded my sanctuary that is no more. A lone owl cries giving away my presence and I want to curse that damn bird out but I can hear a lot of ruckus coming from inside and know my time is limited. I follow the moonlit path into the wood to where I parked my suv as a means to hide my presence.

I walked with the bag slung over my shoulder and the girls floating before me as I weave among the trees further into the darkness. SNAP. I freeze for a moment listening. There is a low grunt in response as I wait for a sign. I sigh in relief knowing it was a lone deer not a human looking for me. I turn and find my SUV untouched and unbothered I quickly unlock the door and place there girls on the ground gently. I quickly pick up their seats and attach their seats to the car seat bases and toss my bag in the passenger seat before I walk around to the driver seat. I fumble to grasp the door handle. My hands shake as I finally manage to grasp it and pull the door open just as a hand grabs my left shoulder.

I swivel around on my heels to be face to face with one of Kilgrave's goons who must have been waiting in the wood for me. I rear back my right hand balled tightly in a fist and punch him in the throat. He stumbles backward as he tries to grab something. A gun?  He pulls out a small box and I realize it's a walkie talkie. I use my power and hold my free hand up concentrating  on his throat as I slowly cut his air flow off. I watch him change from red to purple slowly.  I hold him there for a moment longer before I toss him hard into a tree knocking him against it hard enough to knock him out cold.  Nervously I look around the darkened wood looking for more shadows to shift and move and to my surprise there are none. I turn back around and climb into my car and just before I close the door a hand grabs the door and I turn ready to kill to find Jessica Jones.

"Jesus," I breathe half afraid and relieved.

"No I'm Jessica if you forgot," she remarks sarcastically. I roll my eyes as I lower my arm and use my shaking hand to put the keys in the ignition.

"What happened?" I managed to ask braking the silence.

She closes the driver side door and climbs in the passenger side tossing my bag in the backseat between the girls and looks at me like I asked the most stupid question on earth and most likely I did.

"He is still in there looking for you so let's go ," she orders.

I roar the engine to life and pull through the secret dirt driveway passing the house as a man is walking out the front door. I look out the window briefly, just long enough to see the man isn't a goon but Kilgrave himself. Our eyes meet and I watch as Kilgrave's face turns from anger to full on rage with the deepest shade of red to match. I pushed my foot hard on the pedal and hurried out of my hiding place and back to the main road praying I have enough time to get him off my trail.  Panic and fear take over and as I look in my rear view mirror I see car lights come on and I know if any moment is the moment to brake traffic laws now is that moment.  All I know now breaking laws aside is that I'm going to have to drive like a bat out of hell and throw caution to the wind and put as much distance between us as possible.