"what'd you do with my gun?" Ana asks, handing Jack to Dominique.
"... burned it" Davion replies, sheepishly.
"damn it" Ana curses. "do you have a car?"
"in the back" Davion nods.
"I'm really sorry, Domi, this is going to hurt" Ana apologizes to Dominique before picking her up.
Dominique whimpers in pain but doesn't move too much as Ana rushes her out of the house and into Davion's jeep. Ana puts Dominique in the backseat who holds Jack.
"no" Ana shakes her head when Davion moves to get in the drivers seat.
She takes the keys and starts the car while Davion gets into the passenger seat. A bullet shatters the back window and that's cue enough for Ana to start driving off into the desert. The people trying to kill them get into their own car and race after them.
"get down" Ana orders as she drives through the sandy desert.
A bullet whizzes by and grazes Ana's shoulder before shattering the windshield. Ana's hand goes up to protect Davion from the glass.
"hold on" Ana says, making a sudden turn.
The car behind them is bigger, an SUV, and Ana hopes that if they take the turn fast enough, the SUV will tip.
"woah!" Dominique yells at the sudden turn and watches the SUV almost tip. "one more time Ana!"
"got it" Ana answers, doing it one more time.
"it's tipped, go, go, go!" Dominique exclaims, watching the SUV tip over.
Ana slams on the accelerator and they speed off.
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"alright, ten miles, we've lost them for now" Ana sighs, stopping the car.
Ana reaches back and takes a sobbing Jack. Ana gasps when there's a little cut on his head from the glass.
"oh, no" Ana murmurs, gently wiping away the blood on his forehead.
"ssh, bud" Ana coos, trying to get him to calm down.
She maneuvers him under her shirt so he can drink from her breasts.
"why are we stopping?" Davion asks.
"I don't know where we are, and it'd waste gas if we kept aimlessly driving" Ana explains, softly, relaxing back in the drivers seat.
"makes sense" Davion nods.
He winces when he sees the words he burned on Ana's skin.
"I'm sorry" Davion apologizes. "I thought-... I thought you were like the cops who killed my brother, I thought your friends were like the cops who killed my brother"
" 's okay, I forgive you" Ana promises, softly.
"you do? I almost killed you" Davion says, astonished.
"it's kinda her thing" Dominique grins.
"I understand why, when my dad died... there was a long while where all I wanted was vengeance... but my mami, she sat me down and she said "an eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind"... it's a quote from Ghandi but it stuck... and later, I read Long Way Down, it's all about violence and revenge... it just reinforced the idea that vengeance only produces more evil" Ana says, softly.
"my papa didn't believe in revenge, he forgave everyone... the best way for me to remember and honor him, isn't to kill his killer, but to be like him, because he died too early and the world deserves someone like my dad in it" Ana finishes, softly.
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Altruism | Part Four : Love
Action"Let me be your light at the end of the tunnel" - Ana Cabrera Ana Cabrera is a Cuban immigrant. She lives in a three bedroom apartment with her grandparents and is a rookie starting in the LAPD. This is Part Four. To find Part One, follow this link...
