Run Away With Her

Part 8

We heard the banging on the door from the outside because we had already left the house. Warona peeked over, and he saw that my kidnapper had followed us. We ran towards the road and hopped into our car and left. He seemed to have only realized our car's departure after banging the door down.  Motheo drove us far. We stopped at a filling station because Freya and I needed to pee. 

"What did you mean earlier?" she asked as we were washing our hands.

"Mistakes are ways of learning, what's the point of learning from your mistakes if you're just gonna rub it out of your life?" I mumbled. 

We were walking out when we heard the car skiing towards us. He ruffled out his car and held a gun to Motheo's head. Motheo didn't notice because he was so focused on us that he couldn't feel the gun. Freya screamed, and I swore. Warona signalled that we should run while he tried to rescue Motheo.

"Come with me or he dies." he instructed.

"No," Motheo finally said after realizing his situation. "Run, Unathi." 

With the blink of an eye, he fired a shot in the air then pointed the gun back to Motheo. Frightened, I agreed to his terms and conditions and started walking over towards him. I paused when I reached Motheo and whispered something.

"Take care of your sister, and Warona. Thank you for everything," 

Motheo's eyes widened and he grabbed my hand. Instantly, I shrugged it off and grabbed the barrel of the gun and pushed it down so my hand is in between the barrel and the ground. He fires the gun and the bullet tears through the tissues on the palm of my hand. Motheo dived underneath his arm and punched his face. I screamed and collapsed on the floor. I watched as my blood oozed out of my hand, Warona picked me up and ran towards the car. Freya opened, and Warona put me in and got in after me. He signalled for Freya to sit in the front seat. Freya called out for her brother as she entered. He sprinted to the car and jumped into the seat. Motheo hit the acceleration and sped off. 

"Arggghhh!" I screamed.

"You'll be at a hospital in no time," Freya said.

"I can't go to the hospital," I forced out. 

"What? That's what you need right now," Freya shouted back.

"I can't!" I fired back.

"Why not?" Motheo joined.

"I can't." I said calmly again.

"And I said, why?" Motheo snapped.

"I JUST CAN'T. I'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN A HOLE FOR FOUR YEARS, DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY'LL AGREE TO HELP SOMEONE WHO HASN'T EXISTED FOR FOUR YEARS?" I snapped back. 

It had just hit me, how loud I was. It's not that they wouldn't know who I am, they probably would. But I gave these people a fake name. And right now, I needed them so I couldn't risk their trust. 

"I'm sorry," I apologized.

Freya murmured something to Motheo before he nodded. 

There was a moment of silence before Motheo stopped the car, and bent over to Freya's sit and opened the box at her feet. He pulled out a roll of bandage and some alcohol. He handed them over to Freya who forced her way to the back seat. Warona then forced himself to the front. Motheo started the car again, and Freya got to work with my hand. She cleaned it with the alcohol, to which I screamed to, then she wrapped my arm up in the bandage.

The drive was silent for an hour before Warona woke up and screamed. Motheo lost control of the car, then drove completely off the road. He hit the brakes and that's what woke up Freya. I had been awake the whole drive, but it had been silent. 

"Warona!" he silently shouted.

"Bad dream. Let's keep going," I said. 

"Let's camp here for the night." Motheo suggested. 

Freya and Warona agreed although I found it to be a bad idea.

"I'm sorry for bringing all of you into this." I said unconsciously. 

They all looked at me. Motheo was the first to look away while Freya hugged me. He and Warona left the car to get some air, before coming back inside. We switched on the aircon to get some warmth and then not too long after, Freya fell asleep. I closed my eyes but I couldn't drift off. I heard Warona and Motheo having a very intense conversation.

"We should have never helped her," Warona whispers. 

"She would be dead right now," Motheo says with a straight face.

"It wouldn't be our problem," he fires back.

"Well, we helped her."

"Our first mistake,"

"It wasn't a mistake,"

"She's growing on you. Your getting attached."

Motheo was silent for a while.

"There's nothing to get attached to," he said at looked outside.

Warona widened his eyes.

"If you say so," he said.

The car became silent. And i fell asleep, finally.