Chapter 19

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by Uzique

by Uzique

Run

Run for not only is it because it's an

instinct, but run because your life depends on it.

~Uzique

Ziara Pov

"Eli Stop!" I pushed him off me laughing. "Why you ticklish?" He grinned before attacking my body with his big hands to my side poking and squeezing them. The room filled up with my laughter and happiness. I quickly grabbed a pillow that was next to me and began beating him with it. "How that...Ahhh!" Screaming before he picked me up and threw my small ass on the bed running out the room. "I'm coming after you!" I ran out the room following him, but instead the next room was dark and musty. Lights were flickering on and off repeatedly. Softly speaking I called for Eli, but he was no where in sight. "You've been fucking with my money!" Eli yelled from across the room with something black and silver in his hand. His whole outfit and expression was changed, along with the atmosphere. I squinted harder to see that he was holding a gun in his hands. My heart dropped, "Eli what are you doing?" My voice was shaky and I felt like I couldn't breathe. He just looked at me with a devilish grin and started laughing. "You think this a game Ziara? Huh Ziara!"

"Ziara! Ziara!" Opening my eyes I felt light headed and in pain. There was this long ringing going off. "Ziara!" I looked at her, but my eyesight was unfocused, was her hair sticking up?

"Ziara!" She screamed again. Why the hell is she screaming at me she's right their in my face, and why hasn't this damn ringing stopped. My mama slapped me, "Ziara fucking focus!" Reality started hitting, the car! We we're still in the car that was flipped over on its back along with us hanging upside down.

"Fuck my head hurts." I expressed and my mom looked at me in concern. "Sweetheart we need to get out of here and fast." She reached over and unbuckled my seat belt and I fell downwards.

I went and did the same for her, but when we tried to open the doors they were stuck. We both went to work kicking the hell out of the doors till one busted open.

I ran out first pulling my moms with me. That's when we saw company coming down the hill for us. "Shit it's X goons!" Mama hollered. "You got weapons?" I asked her. "No time." She said running, pulling me along with her. We both ran all the way into the woods.

Sticks were breaking and we we're avoiding trees by the second. "This way!" A rough male voice called. Me and my mama took that signal to run even faster than before. We didn't know where the hell we were going... "Shit!" I stopped and looked back and saw my mama had tripped over a fallen tree branch. I came by her side trying to help her up, but saw that her ankle was swelling up badly. "Just keep going baby girl." I looked at her like she was crazy. "The hell I look like leaving you here mama without protection and a twisted ankle?"

She looked up at me yanking me down a little. "Ziara your going to listen to what the fuck I'm telling you. Run and don't stop running no matter what you hear ight. Please... I rather you alive get to a safe place and call 314-689-1764." Tears were streaming down my face and hers except mines burned.

"Mama...I can't..!" The sound of running footsteps came nearer and my mama pushed me telling me to run. Doing as she said I ran and as I was running I heard gun shots from afar. It was like I felt the gunshots myself as agony overcame me. I didn't stop running like she told me.

I pushed through branches and leaves, until I saw an opening to road up ahead. I was about to run out in the open until i stopped seeing cars lined up. I quickly turned in another direction and began running. "Their!" A bulky muscular man yelled as he saw me. More man came from behind him and I then turned right running, but once again was stopped by more men.

Before I could even turn left someone grabbed me from behind, forcing my hands behind my back. I struggled trying to break free from the grasp but he was to strong. I swung my left leg to his side making him release me. I went straight on kill mode looking around my surroundings. A circle was formed around me.

"Who wants an ass beating, my treat?" I said with a smile. One man stepped inside the circle cracking his hands before getting in a fighting stance. I did the same but motioned him to come for me. Running towards me he tried to throw a punch but I dodged it kicking him in the back as he moved past me. "That's all you got!" I spat.

He came at me again this time catching a left hook from my fist knocking him down. I heard grumbling from behind and quickly turned missing a kick to the face by a smaller motherfucker. He was trying to catch balance afterwards but I came at him throwing two punches in his face, and having him to catch a knee in the chest. He toppled over holding his chest in pain.

More people came at me. I kicked one in the neck then swung around kicking another in the face. I was feeling pretty good about myself until I took a hit to the damn face spitting out blood afterwards.

I looked up and moved out the way before he tried to hit me again. I found a huge tree branch off the ground swinging it at him. Soon after his face connected with it. I thought I was finished then saw one last dude with a metal bat come towards me. Hell nah! I thought.

He swung and I jumped over it with ease. Swinging at me again he caught my leg. I fell with shock shooting up my leg. "Fuck!" I yelled in pain. He was about to bring the bat down on me but a shot went off in the air making both of us turn our heads.

"Well well well! If it isn't Robert and Tasha's daughter." A slender man spoke with a smile. I examined him, he had an a big X tattooed on his neck in plain sight. Dumb ass. He was wearing a black and red suit with slender black leather shoes. To dressy for the outdoors, sticking out like a sore thumb while standing in the woods.

"Well Ziara let me introduce myself." He said still smiling. "I'm my dear known as X."

Where was Eli when you needed him?

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