Countless Days (Sequel To MA)

Chapter 6

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While making up a plan to tell Phil, he he saw three people jump out a window in the house we were watching, and he was determined to follow them. I was really hesitant to follow but when he started running ahead, I was too afraid to lose him. He was much too important right now. So I sped up to catch him and stay with him.

After a while of following them in secret, we grew very tired. But we still pushed on and followed Phil's mysterious three he had spotted.

Then I realized who they were. It was the two we were looking for - Ash and Dan - plus another girl. My heart nearly stopped. They were right there. We could just run across the street and talk to them. Touch them. Make sure they're okay.

But at the same time, we couldn't.

Ash knew that the entire company would be after her and Dan. After all, they did break rules and that was unacceptable in the company. So if we just approached them, how would they react? Everything told me not to go after them, but something else deep down inside told me to at least make sure they were okay.

Before I could decide, I ran into something. I stumbled back a bit and looked up. Phil was standing there, towering over me, looking frantically into the crowds of people. "What?" I asked. "What happened?"

"I lost them." He started panicking. "I lost them. They're gone! Savannah, what do we do now?"

"Calm down, Phil. We'll find them. Okay?" I tired to calm him down but he was truly panicking. "How can I calm down now?! I just found him. He's alive. He was right there." His voice started breaking." But he's just gone again!"

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When I awoke, I was facing a faded, white wall. The air was cool and the pillows were flat. The duvet was thin, just like the walls. I could hear the muffled voices and the words they were speaking.

"How angry?"

"She was furious."

I turned over in the bed and placed my feet on the ground. I continued to listen to the voices whom I soon found out to belong to Megan and Dan.

"Why didn't you tell her before?"

"I wasn't sure how she'd react. I was afraid of the exact reaction she gave me." Dan sighed. I could imagine his shoulders dropping and his eyes growing sad.

After a few moments of silence, Dan spoke again.

"Megan, it's going to be very dangerous from now on. I don't want you to stay with us."

"What?" Megan almost yelled, her voice laced with disbelief and shock.

"I'm sorry. You've been helpful through everything in the past few months but I just don't want to risk anything else. I've already lost her trust and most of our crew members... I need you to go back into hiding again."

Megan stayed silent. There was some mumbling I couldn't make out before what I presumed to be the front door opened and slammed shut, shaking the walls and causing a painting in the room to go crashing to the ground.

A few silent seconds later, the door to the room opened and Dan looked over at me. I stood up and we just stared at each other for a moment before his eyes grew soft. I blinked and looked down at my hands that were intertwined with each other.

"Why'd you make her leave, Dan?" I asked softly and looked back up at him as he swallowed. "Because I wanted to be alone with you."

Something snapped inside of me.

"Don't fucking give me that bullshit. I am dangerous, but not that dangerous." My jaw tensed. "I'm so fucking done with your lies." I hissed and clenched my fists. I could see the surprise in his eyes, but he still made his way over to me. A random wave of emotion made it's way over me. I felt angry. Very angry.

I punched Dan on his chest. Twice. Three times. But I wasn't done. More and more punches thrown at him. And he took them all. There wasn't a single reaction from him. He flinched -of course- but he didn't make a sound, he didn't try to stop me.. He just stared at me and took everything.

The wave passed over me and I collapsed into him. My adrenaline faded and my knuckles started hurting. Dan wrapped his arms around me and we stayed like that for a long time. I never cried. I hated crying. I hated being weak and showing weakness. But somehow this boy brought out everything.

And I hated him for it.

But yet I loved him.

Every time he smiled my heart would melt. When his eyes met mine I could feel my stomach drop. I didn't want to admit it, but I did love him. He wasn't like my past victims. He was just.. I can't explain it... He was just Dan. But with all this new information, I hated him. But I loved him and wanted him.

I nearly screamed in frustration. God damn it, heart! Your job is to pump blood! Not this stupid crap.

After that huge scene, we just laid on the bed. He was staring at me and I was looking down at his chest. Every few seconds I would sniff. We could hear voices in the other rooms. At one point, there was a kid running around and screaming outside. But I didn't notice anything but the slow riding and falling of Dan's chest. He was breathing. He was alive. He was a human. Just like me. All of our flaws and back stories aside, we were more similar then we'd ever thought.

It's funny really, that a simple human thing we all do every day made me forgive him. What has Ashley Silent become? Just the other day I was coming up with ways to kill him and the next, I was saving him; now, we were laying in the same bed watching each other do human things -crying and breathing. Unbelievable.

He brushed my hair back and tucked a few strands behind my ear. "But seriously, why did you make her leave?" My voice was soft.

Dan smiled and laughed lightly. "Well, how did you earn money before?"

"At the company? Um. By taking jobs and killing people...?" I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Now, we are going to be robbing jobs and killing people for the same reason."

I looked up at him. "We're going to be criminals?"

He grabbed my hand. "Together."

And wow..

I never even realized how bad I was at reading kisses until then...

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I kinda like this update tbh (: