Freed

Chapter 5

//I'm back finally . Sorry it has been a while in a serious writers block.//Vote!!

Jacobs P.O.V

I didn't know what else to do except get us out of there. I grabbed Anna and ran towards the gate.

" Anna! Stay with me!!"

I ran faster. I didn't know where we would go after we got out of the gates. There is nothing out there ,except the miners. I am running as fast as I can. I feel Anna go limp in my arms. I run faster a tear slipping past my eye.I can't lose my family and Anna in one day.I finally reach the gates. I turn once we are out and rest my back against the gate. I feel Anna's heart. I breathe a sigh of relief when I feel a beat. I kiss her forehead and promise her she will be okay. As soon as I catch my breath ,I start running again. I am about 100 feet from the gate ,when I hear a voice.

" Stop right there! "

I turn around and see someone coming towards us. I start to run again ,but then I feel something in my leg and I fall. Blood streams down my leg at a fast pace.

"Over here!!"
The fighter has us both on the ground. I didn't know what to do . I would not be able to make it anywhere carrying Anna ,with my leg being injured. I look back to the fighter and see he is right up on us.

"Do you know where they are?!?" The fighter yelled in my face.

"I don't know what you're talking about!!

"Bullshit! You're filthy little town knows where it is. Hiding it from us. You're lucky we didn't just nuke it all ,but then no one would ever know would they?"

" Listen. I have no clue what you're talking about !! Just let us live please".  My voice cracks at the end and I feel the twist in my gut.

"No none of you bastards deserve to live."
He raises his gun up to my head. I close my eyes . This is not how I am supposed to end my life. I was supposed to live long and happy.

"FIRE!!"
I open my eyes. I pull my body to the ground , shots are going everywhere. A shot hits my arm , and I go down. My body covers Anna's as everything goes black.

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I open my eyes to a concrete ceiling. I try to sit up but I struggle to lift my weight. I look around and see Anna next to me and on the other side I see a boy probably my age. I lay there for a few minutes looking at my surroundings before a woman with short hair, and black clothes come in with a gun slung around her back casually. She sees me awake and motions to someone else in the far corner of the room.

"He's awake."
The man gets up from the slouching on the wall and walks over to me. He looks older than the woman but not by much. He too also has a gun around him with a black tank top and black jeans. The man looks me over and finally looks in my eyes.

" What's your name boy? "
    His voice was very low almost raspy sounding. I didn't know if the fighters had me at their base or if this was there hideout.

"J-Jacob "

" And the girl?"

"Anna."
   He looked me in the eyes then looked back over at Anna. He nodded to the girl and they walked out of the room .
I finally manage to sit up in the bed. The people walk in about five minutes later.

" We have decided to let you stay here...for now. Soon we don't know if it will still be safe. But you are welcome to stay."

What? I look at the man with a very confused expression.

"You are not going to kill me? "
He looks at me for a second with his eyebrows knitted together.

"Son, let me ask you a question. Where do you think you are at? "

"A fighter camp or hideout"
The man looks at me then cracks a barely noticeable smile.
"Well excuse me but maybe I should have introduced myself a little sooner . I am Mr.Swindell and this is Mrs.Johnson.
We are part of a team called Only Hope. Currently ,we have you here in the mines."
I try to process all the information when I hear a sound from next to me. Anna groans.

"Uhh. Where are we?" She says.

"Anna. I am getting answers right now. Are you okay?"

She doesn't answer as I see her tear up.

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Anna's p.o.v
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I slowly open my eyes and groan . A pain shoots through my leg. The day's events come flooding back. The fighters.....the bomb.....my family is dead.I feel tears prick my eyes and I do not  stop them from going down my cheeks.

Next thing I know I am being comforted by Jacob. I cry into his shoulder before I slowly shut my eyes and fall back to sleep where the monsters can't find me.

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Thank you guys for being patient . I will  hopefully be updating a lot more that school is almost over too. Yay!!!