Run

Chapter Twenty

'Shut up she's waking up'

Little by little Rowan began to open her eyes, only to close them once again as the bright light burned her eyes.

'Cali close the blinds' Rowan recognised the voice of her friend, she willed herself to open her eyes once again. Carefully she opened her eyes, this time the room darker than before, she found herself in a room she did not recognise. Her eyes wandered around the room, she found Cali and Eva looking back at her from the foot of the bed, to her right she was shocked to find her mom standing by the bed. However she was more surprised to find Leo staring back at her, she was sure they were done for when the mad man managed to track them down.

'Where am I?' Rowan's voice was gravely and her mouth was dry 'Can I have some water?'

She waits patiently as she watches her mom pour out a small glass of water before placing it in Rowan's waiting hand, taking a big gulp she allows the cool water to run down her throat.

'Your in the hospital, jesus Rowan you scared the shit out of me' her mother answered, tenderly brushing away the stray hairs from her face 'Don't you ever do that to me again, Leo told me what you did'

'I'm sorry, but I couldn't let that man kill Leo. He saved our lives, he didn't have to'

'Rowan...'

'Mom it was really bad out there, after everything we had been through, I couldn't just stand by and allow it to happen'

'Rowan when you got to the hospital you died, they had to bring you back'

'I died?' Rowan asks softly, looking at her friends who nodded back at her.

'I don't want to lose you, you are the most important person in my life and if I lost you I wouldn't know what to do with myself'

'I'm sorry that I put you through this, but I would do it again. I don't regret what I did, if it was you, Cali, Eva or Leo; I would do anything to save you'

Her mother sighed as she looked over to Leo at the other side of the bed for a moment before looking back at Rowan, Rowan can sense that her mother was angry with her actions but decided to hold her tongue and not say anything else about the matter.

'We went back to the apartment, it was totally trashed. They let us get some of our things until we are allowed to go back, they said it could take a couple of weeks' Eva told her as she walked closer to the bed.

'How long have I been out?'

'Almost two weeks' Leo answered, Rowan looked over at him and noticed how exhausted he looked. It looked as if he hadn't slept in days, Rowan felt guilty leaving her friends and her mom to worry about her, it was the last thing she wanted to do.

'Shit, my apartment?'

'Same as ours, they must have been searching the apartments one by one and killing everyone they found. That is...except from us' Cali answered, her arms crossed across her chest.

'I can't believe they have gotten away with it, no one is ever going to believe what happened to us'

'Who said they won't?' Cali asks 'Carmelo can help us, to get the word out'

'The NFFA have their hands in too many pockets' Leo added

'We can't just do nothing, it's going to happen again and again until people like us are wiped out'

Rowan grimaced as Cali and Eva started to argue with one another, the raised voices making her head ache.

'Cali....'