A Missed Shot

Chapter Fourteen

Author's Note:

The following chapter is going to focus on Scarlet and the 16 hours leading up to her flight.

Viewer discretion is advised.

(no the fuck it isn't)

hour one - 19:00

Scarlet lifts her fist up for one last punch to Collins's face, which was at this point bloodied, scarred and bruised up. Scarlet picks up Collins by the collar and launches him to the door. He coughs up blood on the impact and cripples to the floor. Scarlet opens the door and drags him by the hair through the halls and up the stairs into the nearly dark woods. She whistles loudly and walks back into the crypt, dusting her hands off wearing a sly smile as she left Collins out in the open. As the door behind her closes, she barely hears Collins getting mauled by wolves and screaming for his life. Her comm device chimes in her ear.

"I saw what you did with Collins on the cameras outside. Pretty brutal," The Overseer says.

"Not my best artwork but," she tilts her head, "yes, brutal." Reaching the base of the stairs, she goes into her bunker and packs money and food into it.

"You're not bringing your bow?"

Scarlet stops in her tracks. "You expect that to get past security at the airport?

You're not using your head, O-See."

"Apologies. Just tired. Monitoring you and Destiny is hard work."

"Yeah I bet. Get some rest. The kid and I will be fine, I promise."

"Okay." He sighs. "Thank you." In response, Scarlet salutes to the camera and he chuckles as he disconnects the comm. Scar walks out of the crypt and ascends to the trees to get a better view. She sees a house lit up and open in the distance. Making her way from tree to tree until she's out the woods, she enters the house. There were claw marks all on the walls and shuffling can be heard above her head.

Scarlet readies herself for combat, her switchblade in her left hand. She sees three men rummaging through a room. The room was terrible. There was a hatchet in the wall and the floorboards were torn up. Scar hides at the top of the stairs and whistles. One man looks up and goes to investigate. Before he could reach her, Scarlet hides at the base of the stairs this time and, just as she pictured, the man walks downstairs.

She whispers, "Hey buddy," and catches his eye before stabbing him in the gut, causing him to hunch over. She takes out the knife and elbows him at the base of his skull, killing him on impact.

Someone calls from upstairs, "Lance?" Scar decided it was time for a little cat and mouse. She drags the body to the door, leaving a trail of blood. She just as quickly slides under the table and watches as the two other men follow the blood trail outside. After they left, she dashes quietly up the stairs and into the room and looks around. She has no idea what they were looking for, nor does she know why, hence why she has no clue what she herself is doing in the room. She walks back downstairs and is tripped by a baseball bat. Two blonde men stood over her. The one on the right said, "Going somewhere?"