Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out

Chapter 17

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Her legs buckled beneath her as she ran; her calves throbbing and spasming as she pushed through the pain and kept barreling through the thick woods. She jumped over tree trunks and large rocks that blocked her path as quickly as she could to put as much distance between her and the group of people on her heels.

A spell flew past her and came so close to hitting her that it made her spin around and fall to the ground. She felt Jake pull her roughly up as they continued running. The only thing Ember kept her eyes on was Scorpius' tight grip on Ava as he ran ahead of them. She turned to make sure James had Bella's little hand firmly grasped as he too dragged her as quickly as he could through the thick leaves and crowded tree branches. She watched Harper running ahead of her as she too, even struggled to maintain a quick pace as she grew tired.

She was exhausted, it had been almost two days since they were able to rest, ever since, they had been running and were only able to lose them for half hours at a time. They would only take a few minutes to rest and catch their breath before they kept moving. Whether it was walking just to stay on the move or a full-on chase to get away from Adwell's men.

"I can't run anymore, I just can't!" Ellie cried out as she collapsed to her knees on the ground.

Jake ran back and scooped her up like a rag doll and kept running. Adrenaline ran through them all as they were determined to lose the people chasing them. Ava was crying the entire time as she too grew restless from all the running Scorpius was doing with her.

"Ember, has yours worn off yet?" Scorpius yelled back to her as they kept running.

"No!" she yelled out as she desperately tried to fight off the effects of the disabling charm they hit her and Scorpius with.

Scorpius suddenly skidded to a halt as a bit of a steep drop came up. He gripped Ava to him with one hand and used the other to steady himself as he slowly started to descend. It was a spell that grazed his hand against the tree he was gripping as leverage that made him let go and start tumbling to the bottom. His hands tightly gripped Ava's head and limbs to his body as he desperately tried to shelter her as he fell.

He hardly had a chance to call out a warning to the others before he saw Ember completely miss the drop and fell to the bottom with everyone else behind her. He heard a loud growl of pain erupt from Ember as she hit the ground and grabbed her shoulder.

Before he went over to help her, he was trying to calm Ava down as she was wailing from the fall they all just endured. Her face had a cut on it and she was a little bruised up, but he knew she would be ok.

"Are you guys ok?" he asked, walking over to help Ember stand.

"It's my shoulder." Ember hissed out in pain, tears in her eyes.

Jake ran over to help her up as Scorpius went back to clutching Ava to his body as she continued to scream.

"We need to keep moving," Jake said softly to her.

She nodded.

"Aurora, what about you? Are you ok?" Scorpius asked her.

James was helping her stand and she gave a small limp. "I'm fine, I think I just twisted my ankle. I can push through it," she reassured him.