RUN , MARIA RUN ! I hear his quick steps right behind of me and Alex , his steps turned into jogs and not long after he was sprinting after us . This was all my fault , if I hadn't begged Alex to take me to the woods to pick berries and picnic then none of this would've happened , he wouldn't have found me and I wouldn't be putting both our lives in danger . I picked up may paste as he was gaining in on me , with my luck I tripped over a broken branch and fell rolling down the small hill into a dark and foggy area of the woods that I haven't been to before . I get up and try to get back up the hill but it was no use , I heard Alex screaming my name and Ryan's footsteps getting closer ( Ryan is the 40 year old ) I hide myself as best as I could in the darkest and most crowded part of the area , I see Ryan looking around for me like a hungry dog that was just waiting for its first meal in 4 weeks , I close my eyes and hold my breath hoping he wouldn't be able to hear me but I fell back and stepped on a branch causing it to break loudly , his head snapped in my direction and he started walking over to me hungrily . A pair of hands from behind me grabbed me , one covering my mouth and the other around my waist pulling me out of my hiding place and zooming off faster than I've ever ran , faster than anyone has ever ran . I couldn't breathe properly and soon my eyes grew heavy and everything went black , I'm not sure how long I was out for but when I awoke i was in my room in my pajamas and covered in my sheets with my night light on (it's to help with my trauma not bc I'm scared of the dark). Who did this I wondered and thought hard about it as I got up out of bed , I instantly felt dizzy because I had gotten up too fast . I walk as fast as my short legs will allow me over to my door to go downstairs and look for my parents and Alex and there they were, perfectly fine as if nothing had even happened the night before. I walked down the stairs and sat next to Alex on the dining table,
