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 " ITS PEACHES, AND THERE COMING TO GET CHARLI" HEIDI SAID IN A SHAKY VOICE. YOU COULD SEE HER FIGHTING BACK THE TEARS THAT BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN HER FACE. MARK SIGHED TRYING TO KEEP HIS PEACE STROKING HEIDI'S BACK . "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW, SECURITY ARE ON THERE WAY. CAREFULLY CHARLI, DIXIE AND I CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER THE TABLE. NOW WE WERE IN THE DIRECT LINE OF FIRE BUT WE HAD TO RISK IT. UPON OUR FEET WE BEGAN SPRINTING DOWN THE HALLWAY ALONG THE CORRIDOR TOWARDS THE DOOR. I COULD HEAR MY HEART POUNDING AS IF IT WAS GOING TO JUMP OUT OF MY CHEST. AT THE DOOR WE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP, SHAKING AND RATTLING ON THE DOOR HANDLE BUT THE DOOR WAS STUCK. " THE DOOR HAS BEEN BARRICADED FROM THE OUTSIDE THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN GET OUT, UPSTAIRS NOW!!" DIXIE MUTTERED UNDER HER BREATH. AS QUIETLY AS WE COULD WE RAN UP THE STAIRS. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE TOP I TOOK A BRIEF MOMENT TO LOOK DOWN FROM THE GALLERY, I WOULD SEE THE TROOPS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HALWAY POUNDING UP THE STAIRS CLOSING UP ON OUR HEELS. CHARLI GRABBED MY ARM AND PULLED ME INTO A DARK ROOM, SLAMMING AND LOCKING THE DOOR BEHIND ME. PANTING DIXIE POINTED AT THE WINDOW, BENEATH WAS THE POOL. "WE HAVE TO JUMP, NOW". THE TROOPS WERE BANGING ON THE DOOR WITH MORE FORCE EVERY SECOND. CHARLI JUMPED, LEAVING A LARGE SPLASH. I TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AT THE DOOR, DIXIE PULLED ME ONTO THE WINDOW SILL AS THE DOOR SHATTERED INTO MILLIONS OF WOOD SPLINTERS. DIXIE PUSHED ME OUT THE WINDOW AND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT I FELT LIKE I WAS FLYING BEFORE I INDULGED INTO THE COLD GLOOMY WATER. I TRIED TO SCREAM BUT MY HEAD WAS UNDER WATER. ROWING WITH MY ARMS I HYSTERICALLY I REACHED FOR THE SURFACE. WHEN MY HEAD CAME OUT OF THE WATER I GULPED FOR AIR PULLING IN A SHARP BREATH. WITH SOME DIFFICULTY CLIMBED OUT OF THE POOL. "DIXIE, CHARLIE" I CALLED IN A HUSHED TONE. MY VOICE WAS SKWICKY AND ONLY NOW I REALIZED THAT MY WHOLE BODY WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING BUT MY ADRENALINE HAD TAKEN OVER MY HEAD. " HERE" I HEARD A VOICE FROM BEHIND A BUSH. SLOWLY I APPROACHED IT, SUDDENLY A SMALL HAND GRABBED MY WRIST AND PULLED ME IN. I SCREAMED IN FEAR. "SHHH IT'S JUST ME' CHARLI WHISPERED.IN THE DIM MOONLIGHT I SAW HER PALE FACE AND HER WET STRANDS OF HAIR DANGLING DOWN THE SIDE OF HER SHOULDERS. HER LIPS WERE BLUE GOING ON PURPLE AND SHE LOOKED WEAK BUT WE HAD TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW. A GUNSHOT FIRED AS WE DETANGELLED OURSELVES FROM THE ROSE BUSH, THE THORNS SCRAPED MY LEGS LEAVING THE BLOOD TO RUN DOWN IN LITTLE TRICELS ALONG MY LEGS.