The Soulless

Chapter 4

"So, where are we going anyways?" I asked Brent.

"I told you when we first met, remember?"

"Oh ya, base."

I got bored after that short conversation. I rammed my shoulder into Brent's, making him stumble away from me.

I laughed and did it again.

"Help!" I heard a cry from further into the woods.

I ran to the cry with my gun at my side.

I saw two of those soulless things. Underneath them was a pale girl with blue eyes.

The soulless were ripping out her hair and clawing at her legs. But her jeans were two deep for them to make it through.

I grabbed my gun and tiptoed to a tree. I saw Brent drag Phoebe to hiding.

Well here goes nothing.

I ran up behind one of the soulless and bashed its head in. Black liquid poured out and it collapsed to the ground.

Before I knew it a soulless was on top of me. I was screaming so loudly and Phoebe started barking.

The creature was pulling at my hair and it was just about to bite me when Phoebe jumped onto him.

She sank her teeth into its neck and killed it.

We rushed her to a puddle and washed her mouth out, then we returned to the fight scene.

"Are you ok?" I asked the girl. She was hugging her knees and sobbing. Her long brown hair was all knotted and it literally looked like a rats nest.

She nodded.

"Can you tell me your name?" I whispered as I brushed her hair with my fingers, getting all the knots out.

"Amara," she said in between sobs.

"I'm Evelyn, that is Brent, and the dog is Phoebe."

"What were they?"

"Soulless. They are kind of like," I was interrupted by Brent clearing his throat.

I looked back at him and he shook his head.

"They are, um, soulless people." I lied. I know why Brent told me to stop.

I helped her up and wrapped her in a hug.

"Your gonna be ok," I repeated. She needed as many comforting words as possible.

"Guys!" Brent whisper screamed. He pointed towards the trail. There was about 12 soulless coming toward us.

"Ok, Amara, I need you to get up slowly and silently, can you do that?" Brent asked her.

She nodded. I grabbed her arm and Brent grabbed the other. We helped pull her up, but she caught a glimpse of the creatures.

She was about to scream, but Brent slapped his hand across her mouth.

He dragged her behind an old rock wall as we waited for the soulless to pass. Then I realized something...

Where was Phoebe?

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Cliff hanger!!' MUAHAHAHAHA!!! How are you all liking my book?! Please comment! Oh! Murder the vote button for me!!! I was thinking about maybe getting two more people in the book to travel with Amara and Brent and Evelyn!!! So yeah, let's see how that plays out!!! Love mah readers,

~Taylor~