Unusual

7

I needed to help her. She killed a man there's no telling why would happen to her. With new determination, I pushed myself off the wet grass only to fall back down in pain. I felt weak in my body, and my heart was crumbling beneath. What was I going to do?

It was five minutes of me crying and trying to find myself that I wasted before I started to speed walk into my own doom. There wasn't any energy left in me, all of it came out in my tears. Wherever I was scared me to every extent because all I saw was warehouses after warehouse, and trailer after trailer with no sign of people. I trudged along in the shadows eyeing every object every few seconds in fear of being found.

Sure I left wherever that place was, but that was the easy part. The hard part was to actually get away. So for the time I was stumbling away, I had to think of a plan but none came to mind. All that I could scribble up was to keep moving forward.

There was no one in sight. No phones in the area or cars to be seen. There were just streets, fields and buildings that were empty. Soon, the only light that would accompany me would be the moon and stars. Street lights flickered on and off every once in a while.

Soon, I heard the rumbling sound of an engine and manly voices. I almost ran out to find it, but I quickly realized by the voices of men, that they were not there to help. I automatically ran into the nearest alley and hid. Once I heard it right beside me, I clenched my eyes shut as hard as I could. Maybe I was dreaming; maybe if I could see complete darkness they wouldn't be able to see me.

"Just tell him that we found him escaping and the girl got scared and killed Seth." One said.

"He can't be far. We'll find him."

"Crap." I whispered. Then the car kept going right past me.

I let out a shaky breath and tried to even my breathing again. My heart was pounding so hard I could feel my body move to it. It'd be better if I stayed hidden for the rest of the time I was here.

"C'mon." I croaked as I struggled to push my heavy body off the dusty ground and started walking. The scenery seemed to be pretty much the same, maybe specks of different objects every once in a while. It made me tired staring at them as I navigated my way through wherever I was.

The weather started to get cold, colder than I thought was possible for New York. Being able to see my breath in the air I frowned. Jade was right, we were somewhere far west from New York. This was going to be harder than I thought.

Then I started thinking. Jade and I were both from New York. Why did they choose us? Why couldn't it have been somewhere more local? It didn't make any sense. Moving us from one state to another was too much work. Especially if they did it at separate times. Moving two humans, miles and miles away, not together was more trouble than they should've bargained for.

I guess Jade and I were worth a lot. They did need us alive and their intentions were important to them if they went through a lot for us. The men would do whatever they had to make sure we were safe and in their control. Obviously the man that choked Jade had an ego he cared for a little too much. It bugged him that Jade didn't want to be controlled by him when that's all he wanted.

If they ever caught me they would do anything to portray their authority, and to scare me enough to never escape again.

For a while longer I thought about everything while safely staying hidden. It wasn't long until I knew I couldn't keep going. I was shivering uncontrollably, my body was drained of energy, and my eyes were heavy. For the little time I could support myself, I tried to find somewhere to hide and shelter myself. Then I found something that made me scrunch my face in disgust but sigh in relief. A large trashcan.