Ashton's POV
Our plan was going well.
Luke, Michael and I had managed to start a fire and I told everyone to hide behind the trees to wait for someone to come. Daisy had her arms wrapped around my waist and I squeezed her tightly, placing my chin on top of her head.
"What's going to happen if this plan doesn't work?" She whispered and I kissed her cheek, rubbing my hand up and down her arm.
"This will work, don't worry, we are getting out of here." I said, and I heard footsteps approaching us. I grabbed Daisy's shoulder and pushed her up tighter against the tree, giving her more coverage.
I saw two men appear from the trees, both with guns and they looked in great confusion at the fire.
"Do you think they moved on?" One of them said and the other one shook his head.
"No, the fire is too fresh." He said, kicking a few pieces of spare wood out of the way. They started to aim their guns at the trees, staring into the darkness where we were hiding. I strained my eyes in the darkness and I could make out Luke's tall frame in the trees opposite me.
I made a signal for him to start to move and I saw him start to move and hide from tree to tree.
Luke was at the tree and was so close to where the two men were standing, when there was a deafening crack of a tree branch from where I presumed Grace was hiding. The two men's heads snapped up and they started to walk over to where she was hiding.
I saw Luke perk up and he looked at me. I made a signal for him to stay put, but he didn't listen and he ran out from behind the tree and tackled one of the men to the ground.
"Shit!" I said, and turned around to Daisy, placing my hands on her shoulders.
"Get to Michael... then get Grace and get the hell out of here." I said and I darted out and behind trees trying to get into a position where I could get the upper hand on one of these men.
That was when I saw that one of the men had hold of Grace with a gun placed up against her head.
"You move an inch and I will blow her head off." He said and I saw Luke raise both of his hands in the air.
It was up to me now... Luke would not dare to move or do anything incase they would hurt Grace.
"Now put the gun down." He said and I saw Luke glance over to the tree where I was hiding before, and he couldn't see me. He started to lower the gun to the ground and I knew I needed to act now.
I ran out from behind the tree and jumped on the man who was holding Grace from behind and they both fell to the ground, with me on top of them. I rolled the guy over and punched him, and wrestled him for his gun.
That's when I saw his partner pull a smoke cannon from his pocket and activated it. It went off right beside Luke and I saw him staggering away coughing, when the man wrapped his arms around his waist and threw him to the ground. I also heard a few gunshots going off, but I had no idea who they were aimed at.
I twisted the guy's wrist, which held the gun until I heard a snap and he yelled out in pain, and I grabbed the gun off him.
I didn't know what was going through my mind at this particular moment. Maybe it was fear. Or maybe it was just pure survival instinct.
I pulled the trigger of the gun and a bullet went straight through the man's skull.
My ears were still ringing from the loud sound of the shot and I stumbled off the man. I turned around and I saw Luke slip on the wet grass and he hit his head off a rock, knocking him out cold. The other man, rolled him over onto his back and positioned his knife over Luke's chest.
I started to run and stopped in front of the man, raising the gun.
"Stop!" I yelled and the man looked up, and a creepy smile spread over his face.
"You have guts kid..." He said and I swallowed, not lowering the gun.
"It's too bad I'll have to rip them out of you." He said and I felt a bead of sweat roll down my forehead and I felt that feeling come over me again, moments ago when I shot this man's partner.
My finger tightened around the trigger and I squeezed it, a bullet flying through the man's chest. He fell backwards and landed on the floor and I felt my eyes sting with tears.
I had just killed two people.
I had just killed two people.
"What the hell was that noise?" I heard someone say, not far from where I was standing. I bent down and grabbed Luke underneath his arms and dragged him through the trees. I tripped and fell into a shallow ditch and I pulled Luke in there with me and I tried to focus myself on taking steady breaths to try to calm myself down.
I looked down at Luke and saw that he was bleeding heavily from a wound in his head. I took my jacket off and pressed it against the wound. I checked his pulse.
It was slow and hard to find, but I eventually found it and breathed out a sigh of relief.
I looked around and decided that we were safe for now. I could decide to drag Luke further but that wouldn't be good for the both of us.
I would have to wake until Luke woke up until we went any further.
And I prayed for both out sakes that he would wake up soon.
