Kryptid

Chapter 26 : journey

Alex pov:

I dropped the gun and turned to help Izzy up. She had tears streaming down her face. I gently touched her ribs were he had kicked her. She screamed and doubled over in pain. "Shit I'm sorry." I said as I quickly drew my hand back. "Can you walk?" I asked her. She nodded. "Grab the laptop and let's get the hell out of here." I told her. She turned and grabbed the laptop off the desk. "Is the dog dead?" She asked between wheezy breaths. "No it's just asleep." I told her. "Poor thing having someone like him as an owner." She whispered. We moved and stepped over the dog. I opened the front door for Izzy and we rushed out into the cold morning air. I heard cop sirens in the distance. The gunshots. We had to leave.

We raced towards the car in the alley way. I was half limping. When he had kicked my leg from behind he got my right in the thigh. It hurt enough that I thought it was cracked. I jumped in the car the as soon as I got there. Izzy opened her door and slowly and carefully got it. I could see the pain from her ribs plain on her face. "You ok?" I asked her gently. She nodded and eased herself back on the chair. I backed up out of the alley way and quickly set the destination to New York on the gps. As soon as it was set I started driving into the early morning, eager to get away from the awful man. And so we drove into the horizon, turning purple with the rising sun.

The put my hand up to my eyes. The morning sun was shining on my face. It was about 8a.m. and we wouldn't get to New York until around midnight tonight, assuming we never stopped which we would have to. Izzy was asleep beside, her arms rested across her chest. When we got in the car she instantly laid down and tried to sleep. For hours she couldn't, her chest hurt whenever she barely touched it. I had watched in frustration for hours as I watched her squirm and whimper from the pain. She had finally found sleep about an hour and a half ago. I had asked her if she wanted me to stop to get some pain pills but she waved it off. I started at the road ahead of me. We were in the middle of nowhere again and the landscape around us was dry and hills were everywhere. The highway wasn't totally empty however. There were semi-trucks and a few cars all going there own ways.

Suddenly I hit a bump I hadn't realized was there and the entire car jolted and Izzy screamed and jumped awake. "Fuck I'm sorry, I didn't see the bump." I told her feeling guilty. She closed her eyes and stayed still for a moment. "It's fine." She whispered. She carefully moved her seat up and then looked around outside. "What time is it?" She asked me with a shaky voice. "8:30" I told her. She leaned back in her seat. "Can we stop at the next gas station please?" She asked me. I nodded. "Yeah we need gas anyway. What do you want? Pain pills?" I asked her. She nodded. "Yeah and something else." She said. I waited for her to tell me but she didn't. We passed a green road sign saying there was a gas station in a few miles. "When we get there you stay out and I'll go in and pay and get whatever we need." She said to me. "You sure?" I asked her. She nodded. "Alright can you get me a redbull and like a bag of pretzels or something?" I asked her. Exhaustion was creeping up on me. In the past day and a half I only had maybe three hours of sleep and no food. "Yeah. But I'll be awhile I have to use the restroom when I'm in there." She said. As we came over a hill I saw the gas station on the left side of the road. It looked packed. I pulled into the exit ramp and soon we pulled into the gas station.

It was more of a truck stop and to the right there were an assortment of huge trucks parked. I shut off the car. I opened the middle compartment and took out the gun and handed it to Izzy. "Take this. And if you can get me a pair of sunglasses as well" I told her and handed our shrinking wad of cash. "Ok I'll be fast." Izzy said and got out. She said rushed into the store and I got out and started filling the car with gas. I looked around the parking lot. No one was paying attention to me but with a bounty on my head I couldn't be too careful. After a few minutes the pump clicked signifying the tank was full. Shortly after Izzy walked out of the store carrying a plastic bag. I got in the car and shortly after she did as well. She set the bag in the middle and reached in and pulled out some sunglasses and a can of redbull. Then pulled out a bag of pretzels and set them by me. "Thanks" I said as I took the glasses and drink. Then she pulled out a small pill bottle. Despite all the stuff she pulled out of the bag a small box still remained. I glanced at her. "What's that in the bag?" I asked her. Her face turned slightly red. "Girl stuff. Do you really want to know?" She asked. Realization dawned on me.