The fight

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Amy's pov

"Amy! Look what I did at school!" Abbie said running up to me showing me her finger painting.

"Wow! Look at that masterpiece, that is getting hung up for sure! Let's go, show mom and dad." I said taking her hand and started the walk home.

"I can't wait to show mom!"

"She is going to love it! How was school?"

"Good, I got an A on my spelling test!"

"Good job! See I told you that you knew those words."

"But they were really hard."

"And you knew them, look how smart you are."

I try so hard to boost her self-esteem, I didn't have that growing up and I want her to know she can do anything she sets her mind too.

"What do you think we are having for dinner?" she asked.

"No clue, I think we have some hot dogs that I can cook up."

"Yay!" She jumped up and down.

"How much homework do you have?"  I asked laughing.

"Some spelling, and Math. Do you have homework?"

"I do, but mine is a lot harder, I have math but mine has the alphabet in it and I have some English to work on."

"How long will it take you to do it?"

"I will help you with your first."

As we walked onto our pathway the air felt different.

"Abbie," I whispered. "Go to the trees house."

"Why?"

"I have a bad feeling, go, run and don't stop until you are in the treehouse. I will be there soon."

I gave her a hug and watched her run into the woods behind our house, once I wasn't able to see her anymore, I climbed the make-shift ladder on the side of the house and peeked into the window. I saw my parents tied up in the middle of the room. Mom warned me about these people, these are the asshole gang members that my parents escaped from. They found us, and now they want our blood.

I looked around the room not seeing anyone else, I opened the window and jumped in.

"Amy, you need to get out of here." Mom said.

"I will, Abbie is on her way she should be there soon." I united her and dad. "What's the plan?" I asked.

"You are getting the hell out of here," Dad said opening his gun locker.

"I am not leaving you guys." I protested.

"Go, protect Abbie." Mom handed me a knife. "Wait a couple of hours then come back. But only bring you."

"Mom." I felt the tears build up, they knew that they are going to die here.

"I love you so much, I am so proud of you." She pulled me in for a hug.

"But Abbie, she did a finger paint at school, she wants to show you." I started to cry.

"I will see it, we will watch over you."

I hugged her tight then hugged my dad.

"I love you guys," I said wiping the tears.

There was a loud crash downstairs.

"Go, everything is set up for you to grab when you come back. Don't stay too long. We will protect you as you run." Dad said loading his gun.

I nodded my head then climbed out of the house, as I ran to the treehouse, I wiped my tears. I can't let Abbie know that our parents are going to die. I need to come up with a lie, but what can I tell her?

When I got to the trees house I rushed inside.

"AMY!" She hugged me as I closed the door.

"Everything is okay, we have to stay here for a little." I hugged her tight.

"Where are mommy and daddy?"

"They are taking care of the scary people in the house."

I held onto her for a little longer then got up and opened the drawers, mom and dad knew that this was going to happen, they stocked the treehouse with supplies for us.

"It's not hotdogs but it's food." I handed her a bag of trail mix and a bottle of water.

"Why can't we go home?"

"It's not safe, those scary people are in there."

"Why didn't mom and dad call the police?"

"Because these people are so scary that even the police are scared of them. But mom and dad are not scared of them. They are going to do whatever they need to protect us." I sat down next to her.

I need to think of what to do next, I can't have her go back to school. They will look there for her. I need to get to the safe house. It's a state away but they will know who we are and help protect Abbie. But I have no cash and no car. Knowing this gang, they put a bomb on the car, as soon as it gets turned on, Kaboom!

I ate some of the trail mixes with her as I waited for the time to pass, finally, three hours passed.

"Stay here, I am going to check on the house." I gave her a hug and a kiss.

I put my black hoodie on and pulled the hood up trying to cover my face. When I got to the house the smell of death was in the air. I climbed up the Ladder again and crawled into the house from the window. I followed the trail of blood to the steps, mom was laying on the step. I went to check her pulse, she is gone. I held in the tears as I followed the other blood trail to the living room. Dad was lying face down in his own blood, I check his pulse. He is gone as well.

I checked the house for any gang member, they are all gone. Okay, now I need to get all of the supplies. I rushed to their bedroom and opened the hideaway door on the floor, I grabbed the bag Mom packed full of clothes for both Abbie and me. I grabbed the small cash bag they were saving. Looks like there is about $10,000 here. That will help us get to the safe house. I stuffed the money bag in the clothing bag then went down to the kitchen. I hate walking over my mother's body, but I need to.

"I am so sorry mom." I choked out. 

I grabbed the bag of food mom put aside then the weapons bag dad put together for me. I stuffed everything in the bags, so it didn't look weird of me running into the forest. I made a couple of packs of hot dogs and put them in a container. I promise Abbie hot dogs for dinner. As I was leaving the house, I saw a picture of the floor. I walked over to it, Shit. It's the only picture mom has of us in the house. She took new pictures every year of me and Abbie together, just in case they kidnapped us she could give it to the police.

They know what Abbie looks like.

I ran out of the house running to the treehouse when I climbed up Abbie was looking out of the window.

"Where is mom and dad?" She asked.

"They are heading to another place that we are too meet them at. They are getting it ready for us."

I hate to lie to her but she is so young. I can't tell her the truth.

"Oh." She looked sad.

"Let's eat." I opened up the container of hotdogs and handed her one.

We stayed there the night holding onto each other. I didn't sleep much, any little noise woke me up.

"Amy, I want to go see mommy and daddy," Abbie said waking up.

"We will, I have to get us there first. We need to be sneaky because of those very bad people. Mom and dad didn't get all of them."

"How do we be sneaky?"

"I have a few tricks up my sleeves." I pulled her into my arms kissing the top of her head.