Lost In Time

Chapter Seven

Hailey

Lael gathered up some people from her "clan" and we got on our way. I learned some names, but most of them weren't that nice. Jack is one of them. He stands by me in the little group we got going on. We're crouching, walking over to what must be the FF's fort. What FF stands for, I don't know. I don't know what Lael's group is called either. But I want to know. That's what temps me to ask Jack.
"What does FF stand for?" I whisper to him.
"Full Families."
"What are you all known as?"
"BF. Or Broken Families. All of our parents abandoned us. In FF, all the parents had stayed with their children. One question I can't answer is where our parents are now-"
"Shush!" The person in front of me cuts off Jack. Jack rolls his eyes. I bite my lip to cut off my laugh.
But then I realize. If Lael is in BF, that means me and Edward left her. What if we're dead? What if we don't end up loving her?
No.
We wouldn't do that. At least, I don't think we would. There must be a more logical reason. And surely we wouldn't be dead. Depends on the year....
"Hey Jack What year is it?"
He looks strangely at me. "2106. Why?"
"SHHHH!" The woman in front of us stops abruptly and whips around. "Be quiet!"
"Sorry." I mumble. She grumbles something and turns back around.
"ATTACK!" Someone yells. Everyone around me stands up and grabs their guns. Jack pulls me up.
"What's happing Jack?"
"I don't know. Someone is attacking us. Guns sound and the woman in front of us falls to the ground in a pile of blood.
I almost faint. Blood makes me queazy. Then I remember. Edward. What if he's dead? He can't be. Lael and Gretel will make sure if it. I need to take care of myself for now.
"SPREAD OUT! KEEP AN EYE ON EDWARD AND HAILEY!" Lael's voice sound over the chaos.
"Come on!" Jack pulls my arm and drags me along. I find my feet and start running. Before I know what is happening, I'm on the crumbling road, my ankle on fire. I groan. Pushing away the pain, I stand back up and look around. Jack is no where.
"Jack? Jack where are you?" No one answers. There is blood all over the place, we are outnumbered, considering we weren't coming here to fight. I fall to the ground again, this time because someone pushes me down. My face smacks the floor, making me gasp with pain. Hands grab mine behind my back.
"I got someone! Should we use her?" The person on top me calls to someone.
Footsteps run over and rough hands grab my hair, pulling my head up.
"Ow!"
The face I front of me in gruff, full of scars. He has brown hair with blonde at the ends and ice blue eyes. "Shut up." He says, dropping my hair. My face hits the floor again.
"Yeah she's good. RETREAT!"
The person on top of me gets up, pulling me too. I see now it's a she, with hair like mine, except the tips are brown. She looks pretty young, once you look past the scars. She grabs my wrist. "Run with me or else."
I just numbly nod. I don't know what else to do. So I run with her, still pulling on my wrist. When I look back, I see nothing but dead bodies and blood.
"Hailey!"
I turn my head and see Jack looking at me with big eyes. I bullet flies and hits him. He stumbles, grabbing his arm and gritting his teeth. Someone goes up to him and drags him away. I turn away. The woman that grabbed me looks at me.
"The name's Hailey huh?"
"Um... yes."
She nods. "Nice to know."