Race With the Wind

Chapter 32

Sarah stands in front of me. She stands back. I feel her hand unlock the clip. It makes a faint clicking sound as she unlocks the clip that holds me down. I stay down though. As the vet talks to her she smirks. Very cheeky. She grips her hurl with two hands. Her knuckles white. ''Run''. She whispers. She races towards the vet and she hits him in a very private place with her hurl. He falls on his knees. ''Little brat!''. He shouts as he gets up and races after her. I get up. It feels weird to be on my legs. My legs feel weak. I take a step but I end up collapsing. I fall hard. Sarah! Please help! I struggle to get up. My legs won't carry me. I grunt and curse to myself. I give up. I need Sarah. I hear hoofsteps. I look up. It is Boo. ''I'll get ya out of here''. She whispers. ''That crazy girl distracted everyone''. She adds. She helps me up by nudging me with her nose. This will take a while.

Sarah's P.O.V.

I dodge all of the men that stand in my way. I find myself racing into the office. I lock the door. I pant. My heart is in my throat. It beats fast. I hope Scooter is gone. I hope she ran. I see a filing cabinet. There must be a map in here. I look through the filing cabinet. I see a name that I wasn't expecting. Ballycomclone. My mother's racehorse. I look at the papers. It says he broke a vertebrate. He didn't break his neck. It is curable. Mr.Hughes lied. Ballycomclone would have been the only thing left of my mother. I read further on. I reach the end of the page. Euthanise. I feel weak. ''So you know what happened?''. Mr.Hughes says coldly. ''I was there when she died. I told her Ballycomclone is dead. She gave up. She said all she cared about was him. Not her daughters. Not her son. Not her farm. Not her husband. Nothing but that horse. She died in front of me''. He says quietly. I turn around. He is holding a key. Obviously a spare one. I stare at him. I drop my hurl and fall to the ground on my knees. I stare at the ground. The clock ticks away. ''You... killed... an... innocent... woman. Why?''. I ask shakily and slowly. ''She won every race. I was asked to do exactly what the papers in your hand says''. He says smirking. I feel tears rise. He killed her. Not physically. Mentally. My breathing gets shaky. I close my eyes. Scooter. A good racehorse. I'm just...me. ''Kill me''. I whisper. ''What do you mean?''. Mr.Hughes asks. ''Kill me. Leave Scooter alone. If you don't want us to win, kill me! Not the mare!''. I shout. Tears fall down my face. If my mother never wanted me, nobody does. At that memorial mass, nobody looked at me. I guess I'm a failure to all of my relatives. They are rich. They own big fancy apartments. I have a farmhouse. I have no money. I'm racing to save what my mother gave me. But still, nobody cares.

Scooter's P.O.V

I'm up on my legs. I see Boo who is over at the counter. She has a needle in her mouth. I guess after being drugged so many times, Boo knows about the drugs and medicines. ''You need this energy shot''. She says scared. I shake my head. ''I'm okay''. I answer. I hear a voice. ''Kill me!''. Sarah shouts. Crap! I begin to run. I race out of the room. I stop. Mr.Hughes is standing there. He takes out a needle. I begin to charge for him. I gallop over to him and I stop and I rear up. I neigh. I kick the needle out of his hand with my front foot. I land down. My feet hit the ground with a powerful thud. He stares at me in horror. I prick my ears and smirk. ''Oh no''. He whispers. I come in and I head-but him. He falls to the ground. I walk up to Sarah who is crying silently on her knees. She reads the papers that are in her hands. She places them on the ground. I read them. I look up at Sarah. It's like she doesn't notice me. I walk up to and I nudge her. She places her forehead in mine. ''At least you care''. She whispers. I look at her. Your mother loved you. She loved everybody. I can tell. I've seen her. Sarah picks up her hurl. ''Leona should be waiting for us outside with the police''. She says rising to her feet. She walks out of the office and stops. ''Scooter''. She says. I walk out of the office. All of Mr.Hughes' crew stands there. ''You ain't goin' anywhere''. One of them says. There is about twenty men. I react quickly. I turn to Sarah and she hops on. I begin to gallop. Sarah is slipping off of my bag. I nudge her back on. She slides back into the centre of my back and we gallop the opposite direction. Sarah grips her hurl and my mane. We gallop out of the vet's clinic. We end up galloping on the path of the park. The men behind us have grabbed horses and quads. A man on a quad races up to my side. I race with my teeth bared. I turn my head towards him and grab him. I pull him off of his quad. He falls and I end up trampling him. I give a loud neigh of joy and Sarah laughs too. Men are catching up with us. I feel Sarah lean down and she extends her hurl towards the ground. She scoops up rocks and stones. She turns around on my back and starts to hit them towards the men on horseback. She got a guys nose. She got another guys head. They slow down their horses. She continues to fire. She smirks as she does this. She runs out of stones and rocks. She got another guys eye though. A man gallops up to us. His horse is big and strong. I race to the side of the horse. Sarah hits the mans chest with the top of her hurl. He falls to the ground. ''Yeah! We should have done this a long time ago!''. Sarah laughs. I neigh. We gallop towards a big gate. The gate has sharp spikes on the top. It is locked. A jeep stands in front of the gate. Mr.Hughes hops out. ''You may have taken out all of my lads but, not me''. He says smiling. I see a knife glint in his pocket. Since when did all of this get so gruesome. Since when did we end up taking out all of those men. They are wanted bad guys. I hear Sarah curse under her breath. There is only one way out. To jump.

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Hey guys hope you guys enjoyed.
Lots of action here for you and also a mystery has been solved for Sarah. Why her mother died?
I'll se ya's in the next chapter. ❤️❤️🐴🐴