Afterlife ↠ Argent [1]

08. Hero

"You can shoot a bow?" I say, widening my eyes as Allison and I walked behind a set of buildings.

Allison smiles and nods. "I've been shooting one since before I could walk."

I nod my head. "Must be a hunter gene or something."

Allison laughs as she steps in a puddle of water. "That's what I tell myself."

I laugh with her before she stops in her tracks, listening for a moment. I furrow my eyebrows. "What?"

"Shh!" she tells me, causing me to mentally groan.

"Allison, how do you keep forgetting that I'm dead?" I say as she slowly walks forward. "No one can hear me but you! And Lydia apparently..."

I roll my eyes before I follow after, wondering what she was hearing. I catch up with her as she looks around the corner of the ally, looking at a man walking this way. It was the same man I saw in her hallway that was going to kill Isaac.

"That's him," I say to her as she nods, holding up her compound bow and placing an arrow on the rest. I watch with anticipation as she places her lips on the kisser button, closing one eye and looking through the scope. I had to admit, she looked pretty bad ass.

My heart skips as she lets the arrow fly, the string humming softly as she let go. I follow the arrow as it lands in the man's calf, causing him to yell out in pain. He falls to the pavement as he wraps his hands around the arrow, trying to stop the bleeding.

"That was awesome!" I breathe while laughing. "I honestly thought you were going to kill him though."

Allison shrugs as she smiles. "I'd rather torture him rather than kill him."

I laugh before she looks back at the hunter, who was now crawling towards his car. "Might wanna shoot his other leg so he can't drive."

"I have a better idea," she says as she lifts the bow again, placing a different type of arrow on the rest. The arrowhead seems to flash red for a moment before she lets go, the arrow flying and impacting the cars tire. Not only did it pop the tire, but it also blew up the whole car.

The man watches with wide eyes as the car bursts in flames before he looks over towards Allison and I. Allison hides behind the wall before he can see as she smiles, knowing that she just practically saved Isaac.

"An explosive arrow," I say, laughing. "What else do you guys have?"

Allison shrugs. "Well, we do have these arrows that spark to blind wolves, but it's nothing major."

I smile as I shake my head. "This just keeps getting cooler and cooler."

Allison smiles before her phone dings. She furrows her eyebrows before she pulls it out, seeing that she had received a text. Her face drains for a moment before she looks up at me.

"It's Scott," she says as she shoves her phone back into her pocket. "He's at Isaac's house and the full moon is out."

I widen my eyes. "He's turning?"

Allison nods before turning and walking down the ally way, heading back to her car. "Yeah, and we need to get there to chain him up so he won't kill anyone."

I trail after her as she stomps through a couple of water puddles, somehow not managing to ruin her combat boots she was wearing. She grips the bow in her hand as the quiver on her back bounces when she walks, the arrows inside of it clinking when they made contact. I look up and see her white Toyota parked behind a dumpster, the headlights still on.

"How far away is this kids house?" I ask as we both get into the car. Allison starts the engine before backing out of the ally way.

"Not far," she says before zooming off down the road, not paying attention to the speed limit. In fact, she was going 60 when the speed limit was 40mph. I didn't see any police cars out, so whats it matter?