Alive

Chapter 29: Not You

I run. 

I turn quickly and run as fast as I can. 

I don't know where to go to get away from him successfully, so I just go.  He's one of the strongest and fastest people I have ever met.  Him against me?  He will win.  Garth and Sam watch helplessly in horror as I run for my life, Dean runs after me with the shard of glass tightly in his hand.  "Dean, no!"  I yell while running, not even turning to look back at him. 

I push boxes and junk as I pass them by, trying to make it harder for Dean to get to me.  This is probably the fastest I have ever ran in my life and Dean isn't too far behind me.  He's keeping up with me and the fear inside of me builds and builds and I can't even imagine what could happen if he gets ahold of me.  I get to the stairs where I was before and I run up them as fast as I can.  One of the steps is incredibly weak and when I run on it, it breaks under my feet.  I scream, my legs almost falling through.  I grab onto the railing and pull myself up.  "Elena..."  I hear Sam yell in agony and fear.  Dean continues to run after me.  The stairs slow me down a little and Dean catches up.  "Dean please!"  I yell, begging. 

I run onto the second floor and go as fast as I can.  There are tons of boxes and barrels up here.  There's plenty of large things to hide behind, so I begin to run in random directions, every which way you could possibly think of, trying so incredibly hard to lose him.  He catches up to me and he just barely nips the back of my leg with the shard of glass causing me to fall onto my stomach on the hard, wooden floor.  I yell out in pain as I quickly attempt to get up.  I run again, but only a couple of feet before he kicks my back roughly, causing me to fall once again. 

I quickly flip myself over onto my back and I sit up, backing away by crawling backward as fast as possible.  Blood stains the wood as I drag my bleeding leg along with me.

I look up at him with pleading eyes, my face full of fear.  I back up into a huge crate.  His angry, cold eyes glare at me as he raises his arm up in the air, ready for it to come back down to stab me.  All I can think is:

Oh my God, he is going to kill me. 

My heart beats loudly as everything begins to go into slow motion.

My adrenaline kicks in and I kick his shin as hard as I can.  He yelps in pain and falls backward.  I take these few seconds to quickly get up and take off running once again.  The pain in my leg disappears when the adrenaline comes, and all I can think of is survival.  I hear him get back up and take off after me again.  He is just not giving up.  He keeps up for a little bit, but I run to the whole other side of the second floor in the barn.  I go through a doorway and shut the door behind me, shoving a huge box in front of the door.  I realize I'm in a small room and there's no where else to go. 

Dammit, I've really screwed myself now.  If he gets in, I'm done.  I'll be cornered...

"No Elena, no.  You are not giving up", I say to myself out loud.  I run around the small room, frantically trying to find anything to place in front of the door.  I push large boxes and crates against the door in hopes that this will stop him and he'll give up.  I push the crates so quickly and hard that I get small splinters in my hands.  I ignore the pain and push through.  I search the room for anything I can use as a weapon.  Luckily, there's shards of broken glass on the floor.  I pick up the largest shard, holding it tightly in my right hand.  I stand in the middle of the small room a few feet away from the blocked door, waiting.  I hear his footsteps getting louder as he gets closer to the door.  My hands are practically shaking and I'm so scared that my breathing is even shaky.  Tears form in my eyes but I hold them back, trying to be strong.  My heart breaks, and I fear that Dean will succeed.  I'll be dead, and I know he won't be able to live with himself once he knows he's the one who killed me.  This can't happen...this just can't happen.