Luke's POV
Ashton explained what he thought we should do, and how he planned that we are going to get out of the mess.
"We start a fire." He said, throwing bits of wood and pinecones into the middle of a pile he had created.
"The guys chasing us will see the smoke and come to this clearing, we ambush and try to get a few guns. We shoot with the gun we already have." Ashton said and I let my breath out.
"This is insane, Ashton." I said and Ashton's eyes locked with mine.
"Luke, what else are we going to do? If we are going to die, I say we go out fighting." He said and I nodded, throwing more bits of wood onto the pile of woods.
"Michael." I said, turning to him and I made sure that he had the gun close to his hand.
"Michael, if this thing goes to shit, I want you to take Grace and Daisy and get out, I can trust you that nothing will happen to them." I said and he nodded, giving me a small smile.
"I'll try my best." He said and I slapped him once on his back and turned back around to help Ashton with the fire.
Ashton was rubbing sticks together for ages and then he finally got a spark that flew onto the wood and flames soon started to engulf the pile of wood.
"Right, everyone behind the trees!" Ashton said and I went behind a tree, keeping Grace close to me. Grace's arms wrapped around my stomach and I kissed the top of her head, wrapping an arm around her shoulders as we waited.
Soon, we heard footsteps approaching us, and I put Grace behind me as I looked out from behind the tree and saw two men, with guns, looking at the fire in confusion.
"Do you think they moved on?" One of them said and the other looked at the fire and shook his head.
"No the fire is too fresh." He said and I looked over to Ashton and he gave me a sign to move.
I turned to Grace, putting my hands on her shoulders.
Stay here, I mouthed to her and she nodded and I gave her a quick kiss and I moved silently, round the back of the trees until I had managed to get to a hiding spot, where the guys back were facing me.
They continued to argue about whether they thought we were there or not when I heard a crack of a branch go off where Grace was hiding.
"Damn it Grace." I whispered and I saw one of the men move towards the tree she was hiding behind.
I looked over at Ashton and he was motioning for me to stay put, but I couldn't just sit here, knowing that the guy would kill Grace as soon as he saw her.
I then took a deep breath and ran out from behind the tree and tackled one of the men to the ground. His gun clattered from his hand and I crawled across the ground, grabbing it and stood up, turning around to face the other man...
Who had Grace held up against him with a gun to her head.
"You move an inch, I will blow her head off." He said and I raised both my hands in the air.
"Now put the gun down." He said and I tried to look for Ashton again, but I couldn't find him. I looked at Grace who had small tears appearing in her eyes and I sighed, feeling fear creep into my body as I started to lower the gun to the ground, when I heard someone yell and attack the guy who was holding Grace.
I saw Ashton trying to get the gun off the guy, but he punched Ashton in the jaw which made him roll off the top of him.
Then, from out of his pocket, I saw the guy that I had tackled take something out of his pocket and activate it.
