Under His Protection

The Chainlink Fence and the Darkness Beyond

I ran through the woods, my feet carrying me as fast as I could go. The adrenaline pumping through me, pushing me to keep going. I started to see lights in the distance which filled me with hope. As the trees started to thin I pushed myself to go faster. I prayed to god he wouldn't catch me or see me. As I get closer I could make out a fence and I prepared myself to jump it. I quickly jump it landing uneasily and stumbling. I get to my feet quickly and turn to look back in the direction I was running. I see nothing but the chain link fence and the darkness beyond it.

"Thank fucking god. I think I got away holy hell." I mumble to myself as I fumble for my phone.

"Oh is that so sweetheart?" A chilling voice whispers into my ear.

I take off running but he catches me with in seconds. His arm snakes around my waist and he pulls me back to him.

"It's not what it fucking looked like. If you wouldn't have ran off I would have explained," he mutters while his hand covers my mouth. I try to get away but he's to strong.

"Will you knock it off? I'm not gonna hurt you."

I nod slowly and he removes his hand from my mouth but he keeps a steady and strong grip on my waist as he turns me around.

"You expect me to believe that you won't kill me after I just watched you kill 2 men!" I angrily spit at him.

"Look just let me explain," he says desperately.

"Why should I let you?" I ask and he runs a hand through his long brown hair. He then looks down at me and shakes his head a little bit sighing. The silence is interrupted by his phone ringing. He answers it immediately. I can't hear what the person on the other side of the phone is saying and I've become distracted by the feeling of his hand still gripping my waist tightly.

"Okay, yea I got it. Bye," he says sounding pissed and I start to focus on the situation again.

He looks back down at me and says, "Look I know this is gonna sound fucken crazy but you need to come with me right now. I'll explain everything on the way I promise, but right now you're in a shit ton of danger and sitting here in the open is really dumb. You just need to trust me on this."

"You promise?" I ask knowing he can tell I'm afraid. He holds out his left hand for me to take and I do. He and I run down the dark streets quickly.

"My car is right up ahead. We're gonna walk up to it like nothing is going on. I'm gonna open the door for you and you're gonna get your pretty little ass in the car," he whispered to me. I just nod not knowing what to say. We walk up to a 69 SS Camaro and he leads me to the passenger door.

"Get in quick," he says looking around. I do as I'm told and get in. He slams the door and is in the driver seat before I can blink. He slide a gun out of the waist band of his pants and sets it in the middle console.

"Now explain," I demand.

"Can we get the fuck out of here first?" He snaps.

"Sure whatever helps you fucken sleep at night," I retort.

"Watch your god damn language sweetheart."

I scoff and look out the window watching the lights fly by as he speeds down the street.