The Bryne Runaways (Updated)

Chapter 13

From what I remember of my childhood it is a small, old, but brought a peaceful feeling inside, it's a park, the type that has kid playgrounds, a swing set and the slides but the difference is that this one was getting rusty and it had greens coming out of it but I didn't care it made my heart swell up in pure happiness. Never have I been so close to being alive like an actual normal boy in the spring who'd jump in leftover puddles and lay in a pool of daisies. I went straight for the swings with Jacob and the others left to another direction to a pond with a waterfall so they can cool off which is what Jacob said. I am swinging on the swing set and I'm surprised that it hasn't collapsed, I'm going full force where I feel the air go inside my shoes and the breeze in my short hair but nothing has happened yet. Giggles escape my mouth and I shut my mouth instantly.

"Hey! it's okay to giggle everyone does it, so take advantage of it" Jacob says as he swings as well with me.

"What's this place?" I ask Jacob as he swings slowly and gently.

"It's a playground, Bones says they forgot to finish and left it here to stand. Quite creepy isn't it?" He asks and I nod.

We spent most of our time here in their own spot. It made me feel great not like some caged pet and I think for the others too since they come here every month. It's pretty far from the camp but they say they deserve it so they come all the way here. I laugh from when Dean pushes Jacob into the water who is unprepared for the impact he got when he fell into the water. I seem to maintain this lucky outgoing feeling throughout. They all take a swim in the pond as I just sit not showing my skin to them. It's better that way but now I just look at them swim as they do funny things to each other.

I know I didn't ask for friends but I can get use to them. Bones can be a douche but it's acceptable. Dean and Margaret are my favorite people. Jacob is a good friend. Bones is an old bed bug that bites from time to time but you eventually let it be. It seems like we've already been friends but in reality I just met him.

I guess I managed to come out of my shell after all. They are not so bad.

"Norman! Get in. The water isn't gonna kill you" Shouts Margaret but I just shake my head at the suggestion. Out of where Dean pops out from underwater and Margaret is taken off guard when she appears to be on his shoulders and Jacob on Bones who has this focus look on his serious face. They all go after each other to try to knock each other down. Again my smile still hasn't gone away. It's still here.

They spent their entire time in the water and when the sky began to get dark, we left right after we ate in the meadow where it was promptly surrounded with bright astonishing colorful flowers and where we play ball on afterwards the funniest thing had happened which is when Dean got stung by a bee, I guess this means Jacob got his revenge after all.

I jump over the stream with Jacob's knife in my hand since he had to tie his shoes. I wait for him over by this log thinking things were going great until a devilish crushing noise interrupts the peaceful silence. The noise had a creepy aura to it. I stop my breathing and raise my head from the ground to stare right in front of me at ghouling darkness. Jacob instantly comes over where he hauls me away and then the rest of the others come over to us both who were left behind.

Someone or something is out here with us because how the noise got louder and everyone is in front of me, covering me including Bones in a serious way. I thought he didn't like me.

"Who's there?" Speaks Jacob clearly into the wilderness that appears to have something in there. Something is out there because the feeling right now is not normal.

There is no response.

I look down at Jacob whose hand is signaling to give him the knife and I do it sneaky as possible to where it's unnoticeable. Then in my ears I begin to take in a new noise that sounds like a thick strong string being pulled. What could that be? What's that sound? I immediately got it! It's a bow string!

"Hunters!" Shouts Bones.

Jacob and Dean's knife is thrown and that's when things went fast and out of control. Once their knife has been thrown Jacob pushes me to run as well as Dean and Margaret do. Arrows began to fly around the place. We were running out of the way, jumping over logs and getting into filthy water.  We couldn't see them at all. They were still in the darkness. I'm running as fast as I could. My heart is beating fast and I tremble a lot.

The group split and I couldn't find anyone around. No Jacob. No Dean and Bones. No one. I sit behind a rock that covers my body perfectly. I breathe heavily and my adrenaline rushes and I think I'm crying, I can't tell.

A dreadful noise I hear behind me made me grow fear and I pleaded that it's Jacob. I grab a rock that's a handful and prepare myself for the impact.

"Come on Norman" I say to myself and stop my whimpering.

I rush up and I'm glad to see Dean standing with his hands in the air in utter shock and petrified. I look at him in relief until his shirt tears open from his shoulder where I can catch the gouging sharp arrow containing blood that drove through his shoulder skin. The arrow peeked out his thick delicate skin making it so gut wrenching and unsatisfying. I gasp and tackle him to the ground for some deep cover then my rock goes flying somewhere I don't know where.

"Dean!" I kneel down looking at where the arrow is sticking out from his shoulder. I yank it out of him quickly as possible then put pressure on his shoulder that spits out the warm blood from the open endless hole. I pull Dean to cover and tear a piece of his shirt tying it around him. I hear footsteps coming resulting me to be much aware but it's just Jacob, who slides his way over to Dean and I, then the others do as well.

"Where are they?!" I say to Jacob as he helps Dean.

"I got one of them and the others must've retreated" He says smearing Dean's thick warm blood on his cheek. He's worried and mad I could tell by the way his eyes and face expression changed to.

"Alright Bones help me get him up. We need to go back, we can't stay here" Jacob says and I think he's mad currently. It is kinda my fault that his brother got shot.

We were off and we managed to get back there safe and fine. Dean is in his bedroom being treated by Bones himself. They thought it would be better if he stayed here and got treated here because we would get caught if we went to get help. I felt worried about him and I sit currently on the couch thinking of Dean and what happened out there. They were hunters. They didn't look like our hunters though.

Jacob comes out of Dean's room and sits next to me with blood still his hands and his hair in a mess. He looks bad. He struggles to the find the words he wants to say.

"You need to go" He actually speaks not even looking at me just hearing his sadness in his voice. I don't argue with it or say anything I'm gonna make things worse. I don't want that. I just accept the unbearable pain in my chest and leave forgetting to give him his flannel.