The Runaway

Elora

Shit they saw me. I ran even harder when I heard them behind me. Thankfully I had I good memory and remembered the address Mark gave for where he was. I had no choice I needed help. I needed someone to hide me. I had to lose these goons first. I found a forest. Perfect I could try to lose them in here! If only I was so uncoordinated. I ended up falling over a tree root sticking out of the ground. Damn it they had caught up. There was only three of them. Really only 3 guys? Did he think I'd give up that easily.

"Give it up Marie you're coming home with us." Brian said.

"My name is Elora! That's the name my mother gave me! Stop calling me by my middle name! I'm not going anywhere without a fight!"

See my father was a very paranoid man. He had some of the best fighters come and train me. I knew lots of fighting styles. My father wanted me to prepared in case anyone wanted to use me to get to him. I was pretty confident until Brian pulled a gun.

"You wouldn't kill me! My dad wants me home not dead dumbass." I told Brian.

"You're right I can't kill you but he did tell me to bring you home by any means necessary. Even if that meant injuring you because he knows you're a fighter. And trust me I've been wanting an excuse to teach your ass a lesson in manners." Brian grinned at me evilly. This guy is nuts! He started moving closer to me with his gun in his hands pointing at my shoulder. At least I think it's my shoulder. Once he got close enough I took him by surprise and disarmed him. The gun landed a few feet away. He tried to swing at me but I dogged it and punched him in the face.

The other two quickly realized Brian wasn't winning this so they got involved. Jerks 3 on 1 is not fair! As I was fight the 3 of them off Alex pulled out a big hunters knife and swung at me. It caught me of guard and he got me good in my stomach. Shit that hurt really bad. I kicked Alex in the groin and he went down. Brian came at me next he tried to kick my feet out from under me but I jumped up just in time. As I jumped I kicked Brian right on his temple and he passed out from the impact. The third guy went to tackle me. I quickly moved and he ran right into a tree. This is the best he could do. Pathetic. Truly pathetic.

I grabbed the gun from the ground and bashed Alex on the head with it because he was getting up. I took his knife and started jogging away. I couldn't run anymore. He got me good with the knife. I stopped for a second and took a shirt from my bag and put it on the cut. It was bad and I was bleeding a lot. I needed to get to Marks friends house and fast. I zipped up my hoodie to try to hide the cut. I found a map and followed the directions to the house. I didn't trust the phone anymore. I had turned it off just to be safe. I was almost there when I felt like I was being followed. I looked behind me and saw the guy that had ran into the tree. Tree guy saw me and spoke into a walkie. Shit. I acted casual then made an abrupt turn into a busy street. It looked like us was a street market type thing. Perfect! I took off my beanie and took a ball cap from a stand while no one was looking. I put my hair up in it to hide it. I also snatched a big bright green hoodie from a stand and put it on over my bag. The more you stand out the more you blend in.

I looked back slightly and saw they were looking for me and couldn't find me. Yes I did it! I continued down this street until I saw a restaurant. I walked in and just walked to the back. I looked around for a minute then found the back door. The chef yelled at me until I got out. Rude. I turned and headed back in the right direction. I saw an ally which lead to the back doors of the house on his street.

I took the ally instead so no one saw me go in his house. I was starting to feel dizzy. Great he has to have a privacy fence. I found a trash can and stood on it. I hoped on over the fence and tumbled to the ground. I wasn't good. I've lost to much blood.

"Oi who the hell are you?! And what the fuck are you doing in my yard?!" A man with bright beautiful blue eyes asked.

"Please I'm looking for a friend. His name is Mark. I need help please." I was weak I could hear it. I took the cap and jacket off. I heard 2 gasps and someone coming up to me. Mark! Oh thank god.

"Jesus Elora! What happened to you?!" Mark asked as he picked me up bridal style.

"Shit that hurts! It's a long story Mark. Just please can you guys help me hide from my father and his goons?" I begged Mark and his friend.

"Fuck yea you can stay here! What kind of monster does this to his daughter!" Marks friend said. We had walked inside by this point.(well I was carried but you get the point.)

"Thank you so much sir! I didn't know where else to go. I'm so sorry for involving you 2 in this. Mark is the only person I knew I could trust so I just came to where he told me he was staying. Now I see I have 2 people I can trust." I was so grateful for them.

"Oh god don't ever call me sir again. I'm not that old." He said laughing. "My name is J-" Mark cut him off "his name is Seán" Mark gave Seán a look. Why did it sound like Seán was going to say a name that started with a J? I shrugged it off I was to weak to think about it.

"Here let me look at that cut. It seems bad from how you look." Seán said.

I moved my hands from the wound and let him remove the shirt I was using to soak up the blood. Oh god it was worse than I though. The shirt was dripping with blood. "Mark go get towels so I don't ruin anything please?" He shook his head glad to be looking away from the wound.

"It needs stiches. It's pretty bad. You're going to have to go to the hospital." Seán said and went to get his phone.

"NO!" I said as I jumped up. Bad idea. I whimpered in pain. "Please don't call an ambulance. No cops or doctors or anything please. My dad probably has people at every hospital by now. If I go then I'm screwed. Please don't make me go Seán."