The shadow of retribution

CHAPTER SEVEN

2014
I was holding my mom's hand and my doll from the other hand. We've been walking for two days , I was tired and hungry . Mom was mad at me , she didn't say a word and every time I told her something she would yell at me.
« Mom I want to eat »
« Taylor don't you shut up I already told you I don't have anything with me »
We walked for three more hours it was dark , we didn't see anything , just a car which was riding to our direction. My mom stopped him and asked if he could give us a ride.
« You can come but the kid can't »he said , his face was scary . My mom hesitated at first but then refused to go in his car.
« Everything is you fault gosh, you're the problem in everything »
We kept walking when we saw cars from far , mom ran to their directions. She thought that we would find something. When we arrived there was maybe ten people who were hiding from something.
« Hey young lady , don't stay here they're going to kill you » mom and I hided with them behind a truck, an old lady gave me biscuits and water . We stayed with them for the night .
When I woke up mom wasn't here , or neither the other people, only the old lady was here . She told me that she knows where mom was , her name was Martha . She was so nice. After a little while , we passed through a car crash, there was fires everywhere.
« Hey listen to me , so there is bad guys here okay ? We have to be careful, if you hear someone who's not me or your mom you hide okay? We need to go north way to Revena ,your mom is there» I shake my head, we started walking so slowly avoiding to make sound. Suddenly we heard gun's shot ,splashes of blood were on my face and clothes . The woman didn't get down, she looked at me . Blood was dripping from her stomach. She puts her hand on it and looks at her hand, seeing the big amount of blood coming from her . Another shot get fired. Hitting the woman again , she felt on the ground . I hided behind a tree , I was so scared, I didn't know if someone saw me . I stayed there wondering if she died or not .
One hour later I decided to go and see her , she was drowning in her own blood, her face was white as a ghost . I carried on walking, I was looking for my mom , she was nowhere, there was no sign of any human being .
I saw a man going out of the woods, his clothes were covered with blood, he had a gun on his hand , he was breathing hard.
« Have you seen my mom? »
« What? Uh no » he was confused and lost
« Do you know where is Revena? »
« North? »
« Can you take me there , my mom is there »
« It's on the other side of the mountains , what are you doing alone? Is it your blood? »
« I got lost , and no it's Martha's, she died »he looked at me then towards the mountains , he raised his head « why do I feel like Im gonna regret this? »then he started walking meanwhile I was standing in my place . He stopped and said « aren't you going to come? »I ran to him
«Im Taylor, and you? »
« Tony »
« Is that your blood ? What were you doing in the middle of the woods? Are you a bad guy? Where did the scar came from? Where are you going ?are you alone?»
« im not a bad guy » he didn't answered the other questions « You don't have to know the rest of the questions »
I looked at him confused by his answer , why is keeping them a secret.
« Why did they kill Martha? »
« Who's Martha?. »
« A young lady who gave us foods and showed me where to go »
Days passed and Tony was already pissed by me, he said that I talk a lot and ask too much questions, he was always thinking about something else.
We were both on a small house in the middle of the night, I was hungry but didn't want to say anything, I was scared that his reaction would be the same as my mom, I lay down on the blanket we found and tried to sleep.
« Im going to see if I find something to eat, if you try to follow me and get lost I won't look after you »
I just nodded. He closed the door behind him and left me alone in the house . He took forever, minutes passed , maybe an hour , he didn't showed up . I heard a gunshot coming from the woods, I was pretty sure it wasn't Tony , he left his gun here, I was scared that something happened to him, what if he died too? I'd be lost. Suddenly Tony came running.
« We have to go ! »I stood like a statue, not moving once, his face was scary, his hands full of blood and his breathing was hard. « Hey kid we have to go didn't you heard me? »he sighed and sat on his knees to be the same height as me « Listen, I found a better place with food and clothes , maybe toys for you, but we have to run , it's patrol time, if someone see us we end up like Martha »
« What happened ? »He was scaring me. « Im maybe ten but Im not stupid , it's not nine yet, it's not patrol time »
« Listen, We don't have time , I can leave you here it's your loose not mine, I don't care about you »he waited for an answer « so? We don't have all night »
I went to bring my backpack and followed him outside, he forgot his gun so I hided it in it. Halfway through where he was taking me , I heard something behind the trees but Tony didn't, so I thought it was an animal or something. We arrived to a really small town, No one was outside, there was light in some houses. I heard the sound again but yet, Tony didn't hear anything. Suddenly we heard a gunshot. We were both on the ground , I turned to Tony and I found someone on him hitting him in the face. I took the gun from my backpack and pointed it to the unknown man.
« Move from him! » I yelled and the guy obeyed.
« The fuck »he gasped « give me that gun you're just a kid »
« Don't! If you touch me or touch him you're dead! » I was trying to hide my fear, I didn't want to shot at him.
« Ok ok... » he was walking away then suddenly he tried to remove the gun from me one more time. BANG!!, the man froze in his place , his shirt was turning from white to red and He fell on the ground and stopped moving . I realised that I killed him, I looked at Tony, he was on the ground too .
« Tony? » he didn't answered. « Are you okay ? »still nothing. I looked around me , I heard someone coming.
I went to a house and knocked at the door, a lady opened to me. She took care of me , changed my clothes and gave me food.