Breathe

Running Out Of Time

HALEY' S POV.

I don't know how long I have been here but I know it's been a while. It sucks you know, sitting in this chair tied down and not getting to do anything. I thought for sure I would be dead already. It feels like years that I have been gone. I miss my friends, my family, my home. Heck I'm starting to miss Carson, even though I don't want to. I almost forgot what home feels like. I wonder if anyone is still looking for me. I'm pretty sure they aren't. They probably think that I'm dead. I know they gave up on me a long time ago. No one could still be looking for someone who has been gone for so long. I'm still going to try to get out of here. I'm starting to give up also. if I don't get out of here soon, I'm probably going to do something that I don't want to do.

As I was trying to get free again for like the millionth time, the door squeaked opened. The woman (now has orange hair) walked up with a tray of food and set it on the table. She walked over to me and undid the rope on my legs and arms.

"You got to eat." She said with that same emotionless expression she always had.

"Thank you............I have a question." I said trying to be nice.

"What is it?" She said looking at me.

"Why am I still alive? I mean why are y'all keeping me." I say

"Look, we are going to keep you until we come up with a plan. Now you eat." She said rude.

There was loud bang coming from up above us. Then there was screaming and a lot of loud noises. It sounds like guns. Like there is a shoot out.

"CANDY!!! GET OUT HERE!!! TYLER GOT SHOT!!!" A man yelled.

The woman took off running out the door. What's going on up there? Tyler got shot? That's the dude that was drunk and came to talk to me. Is there people coming to rescue me? Am I finally getting to go home? I run over to the door and open it. This is it I'm finally free. I have been waiting for this moment and it finally came. As I run up the stairs someone came running down them. It was Lance he had a gun in his hand and he came down and took my hand and ran up the stairs with me.

"What is going on Lance?" I asked worried.

"Nothing. Now run for the back door and don't stop." He said very demanding.

We ran out the back door and into the woods. When we knew we were far away we stopped to take a little break. I wanted to ask him what happened but the way he was looking I don't know.

He looked like he was upset and angry but a little shocked. He kept glancing at me but it was with an evil glare like this was my fault.

"Lance what happened in there?" I asked curiously.

"Nothing you need to know." He said calmly.

"Tyler........... is he............ dead?" I asked cautiously.

Lance only nodded his head then after a while he said, "Yea......... He got shot in the leg, then multiple to his chest, then one to the head. They killed him. My brother is dead." He said with tears in his eyes. He was sitting down leaning on a tree with his knees pulled up and his hands wrapped around his knees, He put his head on his knees and started crying.

I got up from where I was sitting and walked over to him sitting beside him, putting my arm around him trying to comfort him. He was shaking a little as he cried.

"I'm sorry about your brother." I say while rubbing his arm.

"It's ok. I just can't believe he is gone. I saw it happen right there and I was frozen. I couldn't move. Everything went slow motion after that. Cops came in shooting and I know they were looking for you. Tiger told me to get you out of here." He said calm down and now looking at me.

"So that's what happened. People were coming to get me. Why didn't you just leave me they aren't going to stop until they find me." I said coming up with a plan to run away from him.

"You see that's the thing. When they find you, you will be dead and we will be far gone. Now come on Tiger and Candy are ahead we have a 2 mile walk ahead of us." He said while getting up and helping me up.

I take his hand and then right when he turns his back to me I take off running. I have no clue where I'm going. I just need to get away. I hear him running behind and that only makes me keep going. I run until I can't no more and when I look back I run into somebody. They grab me and lift me up and start running with me. I try to break free but something hits me in the back of the head and everything goes black.