I damned the driver, the road was bumpy and I continuously hit my back against the floor once the truck rocked us. She just laughed and I found myself wondering if she even could feel pain. With a gigantic smile, she turned to me and I couldn't he but return it. Another bump and she quaked right onto me. I could hear her head hit the wall behind us and I instinctively grabbed her head. She just giggled more.
-"Please be careful," I said, trying to be serious. She made it hard. Instead, she rolled all over the floor to the other side, like a child at after school gymnastics. I was so used to it by now that it didn't strike me.
-"Ooh, look," she had opened something that must have been some sort of emergency-kit and held out a small metal bar, maybe a flashlight. The space was dark, limited light slipped through the roof window, exposing a clear night sky.
-"Flashlight?" I said and smiled to myself as she revealed it. I wished she would have noticed my deduction skills but it rarely happened these days. That was one thing I missed. A light flashed through the area, unfortunately not revealing anything of interest. Or maybe that was good.
-"Wow, it works!" Hilda lit up and threw herself next to me once again. She aimed the light towards the roof, making it wander all over it. I gently grabbed it from her and held out one hand in front of it, making a dog. Her eyes lit up once again. "A doggy" she exclaimed and held out her hand as well. I held the flashlight for her while she attempted. Her dog was a mess but I didn't say anything.
Having shown her every shadow animal I could think of and more she started to get bored again and took the flashlight from me. She scooped herself half a metre away, placing herself right below the roof window. She pointed the source out the window. The dirty window reflected most of the light and I could tell she got blinded.
-"It's coming back," she said and looked sad. With pleasing eyes, she looked at me as if I would be able to fix it.
-"It's not, some of it is reflected. You know how it's harder to see out the window when it's night and you have the lights on indoors? It's the same," she looked at me with amazement and I felt pleased.
-"You think anyone can see it?" she asked and closed one of her eyes in an attempt to see better. She had something wrong with her eyes that made her unable to look with both eyes when something brights struck them. I made a mental note to hurry up with the special glasses I was making for her.
-"I'm sure it's visible from the outside, the question is whether someone is out there to see it," She flew up and looked at me with a child's excitement.
-"I'm gonna shoot the stars," she said and hurried over to our gear. I flew up from my place to stop her. Just then, we heard sirens from afar and we exchanged one look.
Desperately banging against the inside of the truck, screaming, calling for help. Slowly, the vehicle slowed down, pulling over to the side of the road. We made our last efforts to be heard. Outside we could hear the truck driver trying to defend himself as he was slammed against the outside of his truck. He was dragged to the back to unlock his truck and we got ready.
The two doors flew up and I held my hands over her ears. A series of shots blasted my eardrums and I looked away. Through her body, I could feel the recoil, feel her muscled fight the force as he aimed. It only lasted for half a second and once it was over I let go off her ears. She leapt out of the room, right on someone. Her white sneakers were coloured dark red but I don't even think she was aware of the fact that she was standing on someone.
-"Helloooo, come out come out, wherever you aaare," she sang and waited for an answer. When she didn't get one she sighed loudly and took off. She spun around, shots flew everywhere and I got worried she was out of it to the point of her aiming at me. Luckily she didn't and stopped right when her twirling had her facing me. She gave ma a wide smile and blood ran down her face. I couldn't tell if it came from her or someone else but I was guessing for the latter.
-"Cleared," she alerted and gave me a thumbs up. I got out, carefully avoiding the blood of freshly slaughtered flesh on the ground. I grabbed her and hunched her down.
-"Someone might still be alive, we got to be careful," I explained and she looked bummed out.
-"But I did a good job..." she said it as a statement but it was surely meant to be a question.
-"Of course, but we are still careful, right?" This time my question wasn't meant as one but she still gave me a nod. We hurried over to the police car and ducked as we cut the tires, just in case.
We quickly realized that there probably wasn't any cops lurking in the grass and we got ready to take off. I sent Hilda to close the back doors and she went skipping over. I would never admit it but I really didn't want to see the mess we had created back there.
Instead, I jumped into the driver's seat and adjusted everything before Hilda would come back to make fun of how short I was. Once she came back she did it with a frown. I gave her a look she clearly understood.
-"But I wanted to drive, " she pleased and used her best puppy eyes.
-You know that ain't happening, now hop in," She knew there was no idea trying to argue and soon enough she was seated next to me. She held up her arms while I buckled her up. From afar I could make out faint sounds of new sirens and I understood it was time to ditch.
