Dangerous Species

Dangerous Safe Place

We ran through the woods, even visibly tired, but we couldn't let the police catch us near that gore scene.

Soon it had come into my head in what I had done and the reason that led to all that horror, feeling again tears spring from my eyes and flying from my face, at the speed of the race.

Finally, we come to a known glade. Remarkably, the same one with the little moonlit lake where I met Nina and Noah.

"I remember this place...", Nina said thoughtful as I threw myself under a tree, took off my blood-soaked shirt and tried to take out the bullet on my shoulder ,that was bothering me.

"Let me help you with that.", said Noah joining me with the Swiss switchblade in hand.

"It's going to hurt!" ,warned him and I put my shirt in my mouth, biting it as he removed the bullet.

It hurt a lot and I screamed much! But that pain was nothing compared to the emotional pain I was felling . It hurt so much, but so much that I couldn't even get up by myself!

"Let's go... You need a bath!", said Noah pulling me into the lake. Nina was there, bathing in white underwear that practically blended with her body.

I deviate my eyes, embarrassed and focus on the very cold water. At the same time Noah came in too, just in his underwear.

"Take off your pants, you fool!" said Noah and I did that while deflecting my eyes from the handsome and sculpted bodies of the twins.

I washed myself, realising my bod had changed a lot in these month, gaining muscles I never thought having. Associated to that, I watched the bloodstained water come out of me, but keeping, in my mind and soul, the marks of the horror that had just happened.

Finally, we dry a little with light of the moon and night winds. Soon putting on the clothes we took. Nina wore a floral dress from my mother that had been very loose in it, but still made her beautiful; and Noah a dark gray jacket from my father that had become very short, but still elegant.

Seeing those clothes made me cry again.

The twins, seeing my reaction, quickly pulled me into a new race in the woods, which we would head towards a car with sun-proof glass that they kept nearby.

...

The car was a black Mercedes, in which we promptly entered, the proximity to the sun. The twins in the front seat and me with the back seats just for me.

I felt sleep as we traveled and was going to nap again when Nina pulled a bottle of blood out of a thermal bag attached to her bank and offered it to me.

"Do you want some?", she asked and I caught it, feeling its icy contents, looking like berry juice.

It reminded me of Henrico and the day the twins told him they were drinking such juice, to eliminate suspicion.

My heart began to hurt even more: Henrico was my friend... Would the hunters kill him too?

"Very unlikely after the flop they had with your parents!", replied Noah reminding me of everything and getting me between devastaded and furious again.

"The police must be on their tail...", Nina added, checking the back seat, finding me with a menacing look.

"I hope he doesn't get arrested... I want to finish him alone...", I spoke grimly and the twins looked at each other, worried.

...

The trip lasted almost a whole day, with Nina and Noah taking a turn to drive and nap. I had offered myself, but I wasn't ok and had no idea where we were going...