42nd Country Road

Little Girls

I woke up to gunshots. My eyes shot open and I sat up. I stood up the pain from my side aching. No, I thought, not now. I walked out of the bedroom. The three other guns that Jack was talking about were sitting on a table. I grabbed one and turned off the safety. I saw a man out the window. He shot the gun, shattering the glass. The bullet hitting the wall right behind me. I shot the gun twice hitting the man in the chest. I stuck to the wall.

"Get Ev, we need to go," It was Jack's voice.

"Okay got it," Mark said, he came around the corner and saw me with one of the guns.

"Well you got up early," Mark said, there was a man moving behind him. I shot again, killing him as well.

"Well, didn't really want to waste the day," I replied.

"I'll meet you in the car, I'm going to grab the other guns.," He said walking over to the table grabbing the other two guns. I ran out of the house, my finger on the trigger ready to shoot when I heard a little cry. I stopped and put down the gun. I turned around and walked into the room that I heard it from. There was a little girl sitting in the corner of what looked like a bathroom. Her black hair was everywhere.

"Hey," I said in a light voice, She scrunched back into the corner. "Don't be afraid of me, I'm here to help you,"

"No, stay away from me!" She yelled

"I'm going to protect you, I promise," I said. Her eyes widened and she screamed. I turned around to see Mark's black eyes towering above me. He hit me on the cheek with the gun, leaving a large cut.. I turned around to the little girl covering her with my body, so Mark didn't hurt her. I heard Jack from the distance.

"Jack!" I yelled. He came rushing into the bathroom. Mark's body collapsed onto the floor. I turned around again. Jack saw the little girl. I looked at her again. She looked like she was unconscious.

"What should we do with her? We can't leave her here and it's not safe with us," I said

"The hospital isn't safe either," Jack added, "You're bleeding again Ev,"

I looked down at myself and saw the blood.

"Let me drive the car, You'll hold the little girl and Mark will sit up front with me," I said

"Ev..." Jack started

"Now, we are going now," I said,

I ran out of the house holding the little girl in my arms while Jack and Ethan were dragging Mark. I waited for Jack to open the back door. Once he did I handed the girl to him and helped Ethan with loading Mark's limp body into the car. I hopped in the car and started it. I pulled out and started heading down the highway.

We were out in the middle of nowhere when Mark woke up.

"Where am I?" He mumbled, his head leaning up against the window.

"We are on I-70," I said keeping my eyes ahead of me. He must have noticed the cut on my cheek.

"What did I do?" He asked

" Nothing," I said. He turned around and saw the little girl.

"Crud," he said

"You could've killed her, you know," I said to him

"I didn't mean to, I just..." He let out a sigh. I looked in the rearview mirror. There was a small black car following us.