my Last breath

part twenty-four.

Jeremiah

The night air cools against my skin, the crickets and frogs croak, the creek splashing against the rocks, I'm on watch duty for tonight. The moon reflects on the water causing little diamonds to show. But really is catching my attention is the tulip. Its black with one orange dot.

I hold it with gloves not wanting my flesh to touch the strange 'thing' my eyebrows raise as I try to figure out what the heck this thing is.

"I never seen a black tulip before, interesting"

I say to nothing, I bite my lip as I write down some things in my notebook as I still try to figure out what the heck this thing means. I hum more as I take one of the tulips tip off, I quickly grab a ziploc bag and put it in their. Once I'm satisfied I put the flower back and put my gloves and the bag in my backpack.

I close my eyes leaning my body against the front door as I listen to the frogs crocking in the creak, something shuffles in the bushes. My body goes stiff as my eyes shoot open, I get my gun out and point it in the direction where the sound was. I took first watch for tonight so I decided to stay outside until I wake somebody else.

I whistle loudly to get whatever it is attention, but when I whistle it just stops like it now knows I know its there.

A frown places on my chapped lips, before I chould do anything else something hard hits the back of my head causing a gasp to come out as everything gose dark.

Domenica

Once I get Jeremiah in the truck tied up and blindfold, hes still sleeping as I start it up once again making my way torwerds a house that I saw a couple men in. I stop the truck halfway before getting a couple needles out that make you go to sleep for a while. I rub some ketchup on my face making it look bloody. Once I'm satisfied I fake limp towards them, one sees me as I fake past out on the ground as i feel myself lift up in the air, I keep my eyes closed as I feel that they layd me on a bed, I ignore they're talking, I peak my eyes open to see that they got they're backs Facing me. Before they chould do anything I jab the needles in they're necks.

I quickly tie them up putting blinds on them as I drag one at a time into the truck, I sigh heavily once I got the last one in the truck.

Four down one more to go

I drive for a couple hours as I hear them start shuffling in the back, some of then groan. I hear one of them cuss as the others try to see what's happening, I take all they're blind folds off before giving them a smile.

"Well there sleeping beauty's welcome aboard, and please dont scratch the truck my life depends on it"

I say with a nervous chuckle, they all dont say anything but seem to relax once they see that I'm not going to kill them. Well except Jeremiah. Who looks at me confused but doesn't say anything. in the distance I see a figure as a man with a backpack on walking on the side of the road.

I pull up next to him as I roll the window down as we both point our guns at one another at the same time, I give him a friendly smile as I say.

"Need a ride?"

He looks at me suspiciously but once I put my gun down first he dose the same.

"Where ya going?"

"Antland want to come or what?"

He sighs as he looks at the road then back to the truck before shrugging his shoulders as he thinks hes got nothing to lose.