Betrayed

Chapter 10- Runaway

She ran and ran and ran. She only stopped for quick breaks that were necessary. She was also miles away from the house of murder. Panting, she stopped and sat on the bench. She glanced at her watch, 2:31 AM. 

"I've got to keep going" She told herself, then remembered Tiaga. She would feel so betrayed that Athena didn't tell her where she was going. "I'll tell her later, when my parents stop looking for me." She would understand, they were friends. She decided not to tell Tiaga about her parents and there, jobs.

Athena stalked into the woods that was off town about a mile. She climbed a huge tree with a trunk the size of a triaxle tire. Finding a good sturdy branch that was big enough to sleep on, she got comfy and slept the night away.

In the morning, Tiaga woke up to the sound of frantic calls. Her phone was going off like a bird. Of course, she cant call people but she can text. She looked at the phone and saw it was from Athena.

Hello, Tiaga. This isn't Athena its her mom and dad. She ran away last night and we wanted to know if she was over at your house with your aunt. 

Tiaga stared at the text for a couple minutes. If felt like each one was an hour.

Athena missing.

Last night.

Mom and dad.

Tiaga was pretty sure as soon as Athena walked her home she headed back to hers. Was she attacked? Kidnapped? 

Hello, Athena walked me home last night after our movie but I'm pretty sure she headed straight back home. She could of been attacked.

If she did run away why didn't she tell Tiaga? They were best friends right they tell everything to each other. Tiaga thought the movie helped with the whole cheater incident. 

"Tiaga, Breakfast" Her aunt came in. Tiaga turned her head and big fat tears rolled down her cheeks leaving them bright red and blotchy. No one ever said crying was pretty. "Whats wrong!" Her aunt gave her a hug and patted her head.

"Athena ran away, she is missing. How didn't I see this?" She signed. 

"She probably had a little spell, don't worry. She probably has a good reason and will come back home." Tiaga nodded, and her Aunt guided her down to breakfast.

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Athena awoke, she forgot where she was and started to panic. The memories soon rushed back to her head, filling it with dreaded thoughts. "This cant be" She said to her self.

The training started to make sense. Her dad knew about this every since she was just a little girl, and the training was all different. Kung-Fu, Knife Throwing, and sneaking up on your victim. Was she born to kill? Could she kill? She wasn't a killer at all! Maybe if she had a good reason to kill someone, like they were attacking her or something but she wouldn't do it for just any reason. 

Her parents were assassins. They killed for cash and food. They were rats.

Should she report them to the police? The two were sure to find her anytime now, they aren't idiots, they know this area like her. They are also trained to find people, so they could find Athena at ease. She sighed with frustration.

"I might as well go eat some place" She said to herself, then hopped down from the tree doing a flip and landing on her feet, she did have assassin skills.

Walking carefully, not to make much noise (the woods was private property) It was getting colder and colder in the area, winter was approaching. She contemplated telling on her mom and dad, they killed someone, or even more then just one person. This was all to frustrating, her tears came out with the anger. 

"I'm such a wuss" She sniffles. She needed a distraction so she started thinking about Tiaga. Did she miss Athena? Did she get mad? Does she even know yet? Athena left her phone, because they could track it. 

She regretted not informing Tiaga, they were best friends. Tiaga might of even came with her, but that's a selfish thought.

"Lookie here" A unfamiliar voice called behind her.

"Hey now! We don't like trespassers" There's two of them.

"I wasn't trespassing, I was just leaving after I lost my way" She turned around, both of them gasp. Athena was beautiful. Her long silky white hair was a lucky trait, only about 100 people in the whole world had silver hair at this time. Her big blue eyes were as shiny as the sun reflecting of the ocean. 

"That's still trespassing. Did you see the signs?" The old man with a beard and overalls asked her. The other one, was about Athena's age maybe a bit older say 20? He had brown hair that was shaved and he looked scruffy.

"Don't worry, Pops. I know a way she can pay for it" He smiles and walks over to her, snaking his arm around her waist. Athena took a quick breath in then put her training to work. She did a flip backward, kicking him in the process. She then continued to stomp on him in the leg area so she could run without him chasing her. 

She then darted away, running for her life. The old man was calling something behind her while the pervert lay on the ground groaning. She finally got out of the woods, she sat resting her legs which have been doing a lot of work lately. She needed food and water so she pulled it out of her bag, chugging a water bottle.

Cars flew by as she walked along the street. None of them cared that Athena was out there all by her self. She was only 16, but these are hard times. 

The kingdom she lived in was ruled by a king, he was killed. My parents say he was killed because he was going to tax the poor more then he taxes the rich. My parents say everyone was upset with him, then one day he was reported as murdered. 

Now, we have a queen, but no one knows who she is. No one, there isn't even a castle anymore. She does things secretly with her private people, doesn't consult us on what she is doing since she cant be known. The year the queen has raised taxes just like the last king wanted to. All the rich, are richer and all the poor, are poorer.

The world is close to a end. 

Car after car, Athena made it a game to start counting the different colors. 

Blue. Red. Green.