Hulk Girl

Chapter Seven

I was so going to faint, I'm sure.

Trying to save face, I called out with a shaking voice, "I come in peace."

I faintly made out as how one burly men nodded in my direction, and his two cows of a minion made their way towards me.

Dammit.

I ran away, heart at my throat. I felt around on my pockets to find my phone, but a part of my stupid brain reminded me that I left it at home. I could just imagine Ash and Pikachu mocking me for karma because I left them just so I can stargaze in the middle of the night where obviously bad things happen. I remembered Hunter trying to coax me into going to Nick's party, and going to a party sounded much more safe than the position I'm in. Hell, getting pregnant was a much better choice than being murdered. No one would know what happened to me!

Kieran burst into my mind and I almost faltered in running. Of course. Of course! He had to be the reason why there's suddenly a drug dealing in the park. Nothing like this happened before. I was always here and nothing happened. Then Kieran came, and bam! I'm dead.

I hid behind a tree, trying to silence my panting. A twig snapped and I tensed. I poked my head slowly, and my heart beat even more faster I was sure it's going to burst out. The two cows of a minion were just there, checking behind and under the benches and trees and garbage bins.

"Why did Joaquin even want that girl?" Minion One grunted. "It simply looked like a mindless fight - she's not going to utter any word about it."

"I dunno," Minion Two grunted.

"Damn, let's just go back and tell him we lost her. Mosquitos are feeding off of me." As they said this I was nodding frantically along the words, my fingers crossed. Yes! There's a chance I'm going to be home and reunite with my Mars chocolate!

I leaned my back on the tree, closed my eyes for a second and opened them. Only to have a squeak escape my mouth at seeing a big ass spider dangling just above my face. This stupid sound that came out from my stupid mouth caused Minion One and Two to begin walking towards my tree. I could hear their feet stepping on the grass.

Oh Lord, please--

A hand covered my mouth and dragged me silently away without being noticed by the Minions. I tried to flail my arms, but I was frozen. I hated when this happens. I hated not being able to do anything. My muscles were locked in place and I couldn't even breath. Darkness threatened to engulf me with each passing second. My eyes began to flutter close, when a face popped into my view.

"Hey, just breathe. Slowly, breathe."

What the hell. What kind of kidnapper tells his hostage to breathe?

"Hulk girl, breathe. Goddammit."

The only bastard who would call me that was... "Kieran?" I gasped, finally inhaling oxygen as my brain realized that I was okay. I was okay. He's not a kidnapper. He's not going to kill me. The darkness disappeared and my head finally felt right again.

Seeing me okay, he just held a finger to his lips. I looked around. We were under the bleachers of the basketball court, and it was so dark that I couldn't see anything. After about a minute, he spoke, "It's okay now."

"How did you know?"

"Just keep quiet, stupid."

I scowled, but didn't say anything.

Silence. For some unknown reasons, as the both us waited here for a little while just to be sure that the Minions were truly gone, I was suddenly aware of Kieran. How he smelled, how his shoulder brushed against mine, how his breath caused pieces of my unruly hair to move. I just was so aware of him that the the air around us seemed to buzz with electricity.