Run

Chapter Nineteen

The sound of bullets echoed down the dark hallway was as Rowan attempted to catch up with Leo, Cali had let go of her hand and instead stuck by her mother's side. It took some time before they had found their way out; which lay into a parking garage. There inside a black SUV was the same women who sold them like cattle at an auction, escaping the carnage that lay inside. Leo stood tall in front of the car with his gun stretched in front of him as he aimed at the driver, Rowan remained by his side waiting to see if they would try and do something funny. After everything that happened to her, she did not trust anyone.

'Get out of the car. Leave the keys and get out of the car. Get out of the car!' he yelled losing his patience that they were taking their pretty time about it, meanwhile Cali and Eva pulled at the handles of the car as they climbed into backseat 'Rowan get in car, now!'

Instead of fighting him she does as he says and pushes past the male passenger of the car, claiming shotgun she sits down and closes the door behind her.

'Oh! Oh, God, no! No, don't shoot me. No. No, don't shoot me'

'Look at me!' Leo holds the back of the woman's head with a tight grip, whilst using his other to point his gun in her face. The woman terrified that he was going to use the weapon on her, but it would make him just as bad as she was.

'Please, don't shoot me'

'You don't deserve to live, you piece of shit. You remember me, okay? You remember me'

'Oh no!'

'Now, run. Run! Run!'

Leo releases the woman; he steps aside giving her room to move away as she escapes with her male companion.

'Faster!'

He takes a seat by Rowan as she nervously chews onto her thumb nail, Rowan wants to get out of there as soon as possible and to get to somewhere safe just until the purge was over. There wasn't much time left it was almost 6.15am and the alarms would call out around the city and put an end to this hell.

'Look, it's almost over' Cali warned them.

'No, there's still time. I can make it; I can make it'

Rowan looks behind her to Eva and Cali, after everything that they had suffered through he still wanted to go out there and purge. That he still wanted to get his revenge on that person who caused him pain. Turning back around to look out ahead of her she says nothing as Leo starts the engine and drives them all out of the garage.

There isn't much time left

in this year's Purge.

Get out there and make

yourself better citizens.

God be with you all.

They are on the road, heading out of the city and neither Rowan, Eva or Cali have no idea where they are heading or what Leo is going to do when he gets there. It isn't long until Leo stops the car outside a large suburban home, that has the usual defences to stop people getting inside.

'You want to tell us what we're doing here?' Eva asks quickly.

'Do you see that house on the corner? The owner of that house killed my son 12 months ago. Nicholas was coming home from school, and he swerved off the road. That bastard's blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit, but, you know, he got off on a technicality, so...' Leo begins, Rowan turns her head away from the window and looks back at him, he never told her the full story about why he wanted to purge. She could hear the pain through by his voice as he told them what had happened.