PSYCHO???

CHAPTER THIRTY ONE

KYUNG EUNSOO

     We drove around for a while until we got to a narrow road surrounded by tall trees and very few houses...almost none.His car turned into a corner and for some reason, I had this gut feeling that something was really off, so I told the taxi driver to stop the car. I got out of the car and handed him his money hurriedly.

      I ran into the woods, making sure to stay well hidden in the tall blades of grass. The forest wasn't dense so I could see right through them. His car car was parked by the roadside and his escorts were now back down the corner. I looked over to the other side and the taxi was still there. The men stood in front of the taxi, gun in hand and forced the driver out. The looked inside the vehicle hoping to find the passenger.

          " Where is the person you drove here? "

          " I don't know...he left already "

           " Which way did he go? "

          " He went that way "

He pointed towards the woods and my knees suddenly felt weak. They shot the man in the head and dumped him inside the taxi. The men turned around and ran towards the woods. Before I ran away, I saw kim Sangtae go into a house in the far corner.

         I ran down the steep leafy ground and hid behind a huge boulder. My heart thumped loudly in my chest when I heard the rustling of leaves above my head.

          " You two go that way and I'll go this way "

I heard someone approach the side of the boulder and immediately tightened my grip on the riffle. I watched him as he walked past the boulder and stood a few feet away from me, with his back turned. I tiptoed towards him but the dry grass that crunched under my feet gave me away.

        He turned around and I smashed the butt of my gun into his head with a heavy thud. He fell to the ground and I picked up a rock that lay nearby. I hit him repeatedly till his face became deformed and broken. I moved away from the body and stared at it as I drew in deep heavy breaths. I looked down at my bloodied hands and shivered.  I tried to pull the body behind the boulder but my sutures and the pain in my abdomen wouldn't let me. I gritted my teeth in pain as I hauled him onto the boulder. I groaned in pain as I dumped heaps of dry grass on him. I fell to the ground as the pain consumed me. I placed my hand over my abdomen and noticed it felt warm and wet.
   A few of the stitches had ruptured and were bleeding. I pulled out the bandage I had carried along and wrapped it around my abdomen. It was quite a struggle to get off the floor, but I knew I couldn't just sit there. I grunted and then pulled myself up. It was getting dark now as I tried to find my way out of the forest. I heard a rustle behind me and held out the gun I had taken off the dead escort. I hid behind a tree and held the gun in front of me. I peeked out from behind the tree and almost got shot in the face. I picked up a small rock and tossed it into a corner. shots were fired towards the direction and I was able to pinpoint the location of the men. I turned towards the direction of one of the men and fired. I heard him grunt and drop while the other man tried to change position. I fired repeatedly and only stopped when he fell. I advanced towards them slowly and stopped a few feet away from them and picked up a rock.

      I hurled it towards them but they didn't flinch. I moved closer and kicked them and they still didn't move. I raised the gun and then fired two shots to the back of each of their heads. I stared down at them and the gun in my hands. I felt filthy like them but I had to do whatever it was to take them all out.

     "I will not lose anyone else "

I sluggishly dragged my feet as I walked out of the woods. The pain increased with every step I took and by now, my shirt was soaked in blood. I dropped to the floor and slowly pulled the shirt off body. I took a deep breath and started gently unwrapping the bandage. All the sutures had ruptured and the wound was now bleeding uncontrollably. I tore off the hem of my shirt and tied it tightly across my body.