Robin opened her eyes and glanced at the clock on her nightstand. It read 2:07. Everyone should be asleep by now. She silently slid out of her covers and crouched behind her bed to make sure no one was watching. Robin peeked over the bed to see all three girls she shared a room with asleep and unaware. She then reached under her bed and pulled out a small backpack. Inside, she had already packed basic necessities, food, money, clothes, and of course, feminine products. She quickly changed into shorts and a tank top and braided her strawberry blonde hair.
She crept out of the dull room and into the hallway. Of the four doors that were dark and shut, light shone throughout the cracks of the farthest door. Damn! The boys are still up. Robin furrowed her brow in annoyance and slipped into the room next to hers.
Rylie was leaning nonchalantly against the wall picking at her nails.
"So you saw?" she whispered. They had to be quiet to not wake the other girls.
"Yeah, we're going to have to be extra careful now. I bet Sam will hear us." Robin retorted, "if only we had chloroform."
"Or a very large blunt object." Rylie chuckled, "If we had chloroform Sam would have found it and reported us like the bastard he is." Rylie walked to her bed and reached under the pillow and pulled out two items. "It was hard enough hiding these, I had to move them every day."
She quickly returned to Robin who was leaning on the door with eyes wide in excitement. "Well it was just as hard to steal them."
"You fox, I know it wasn't hard for you to steal these." Rylie rolled her eyes as she handed Robin one of the Bowie knives.
"Okay, it was easy." Robin smiled cockily and unsheathed the weapon, "I just wish I had time to steal more from that hunting store. There were so many beautiful knives there. I wanted the Ka-Bar Marine combat knife," she wiped away a fake tear, "but it was too far behind the counter."
"Oh god," Rylie shook her head, "You can get that another time, right now we need to go."
Robin sheathed the knife and attached it to her belt. "Of course, of course. I'll go first."
She slowly twisted the doorknob and cracked the door open. The boys rooms were on the opposite side of the hall, and voices came out of the eldest boys room.
Sam, Camdon, Carl, and Aiden shared that room and were always starting trouble with Robin and Rylie. Sam, the oldest at seventeen, was the worst of the boys. He enjoyed toying with the girls and the other boys would play along. Sam also knew Robin and Rylie wanted to run away, so he would report them every time they tried. It had been almost six months since Robin and Rylie had tried to run away from the foster home, but this time they were determined to succeed.
Robin slid out of the door and into the hall with silent ease. On the balls of her feet she glided over to the boys door. The wood was thick but she could still hear voices inside. She glanced at Rylie and motioned for her to move to the stairs. Rylie was swift and reached the end of the hall quickly without a sound. She disappeared as she went downstairs to unlock the front door.
As Robin was about to follow she heard something that caught her attention.
"Okay, how bout Rylie? I mean she's pretty hot right, I'd tap that."
It was Camdon's voice.
"Yeah but c'mon man, she'd fucking kick your ass if you got too close. She's crazy." Aiden was speaking and the other boys laughed in agreement. "I like Emily, she's cool."
"Dude she's fourteen, too young man." Sam interjected, "You know, Rylie's not too bad, or Robin. They might be wild, but I like a bit of fire in a girl."
Those fucking bastards! Robin thought to herself as they other boys began to agree.
"Hey, speaking of those two, we should go get em'." Sam began, "Maybe you could finally tap that Rylie if we got her drunk."
Oh my god.. Robin's thoughts were interrupted as Rylie called her from the stairs."Robin c'mon!"
"Shh! I'm coming!" Robin cursed under her breath, she made the mistake of whispering too loud.
"Hey, You guys hear that?" Someone moved towards the door.
Shit shit shit shit.. Robin raced to the stairs as Sam opened the door and saw her.
"ROBIN! What the fuck!" Sam ran out after them and the other boys stumbled after as fast they could.
"Move Rylie! GO!" Robin cried as she jumped down the staircase. She landed on her feet but buckled over and rolled to recover herself.
Rylie flung the door open and sprinted out with Robin close behind. Sam and Camdon were hot on their heals and the other boys followed.
The noise had awakened the other orphans and the house began to light up. The warden, Mrs. Kraus, ran out of the front door slightly dazed and followed the sound of the hollering boys.
Robin and Rylie circled around the house and were headed for the woods that lay just beyond the back acre.
"Robin! Rylie! What do you think you're doing?!" Sam called as he gained on them
"BOYS! GIRLS! I'M CALLING THE POLICE!" Mrs. Kraus screeched as she saw the teenagers running towards the woods.
"Fuck! Robin what were you doing!?" Rylie shouted at Robin
"Just fucking run!" Robin snapped
They drew closer to the fence and jumped over. As they entered the dense woods visibility became slim, but they sprinted forward. The moon shown through the trees just enough to create shadows and trick their eyes.
Rylie was farther ahead than Robin and soon disappeared. Robin searched for her figure but tripped on an uprooted tree. She struggled to catch herself.
"I've got you now!" Sam shouted as he tackled Robin. They rolled several feet and Robin made every effort to escape his grasp. Sam was much bigger than Robin and easily overpowered her with his weight.
Sam was on top of Robin and holding her down. She fought against him and squirmed under his body.
"Robin, Robin," he panted, "Why are you struggling?"
"Fuck you! Get off me!" she grabbed a handful of dirt and shoved it in his face.
"You bitch!" he howled as he clasped his face and fell over. Robin rolled out of his reach and forced herself up. Camdon was sprinting at her now and Aiden was close behind. She snatched a large branch off the ground and whipped it around to clothesline Camdon.
"Rylie!" she screamed as Aiden and now Carl stood before her. Camdon was sprawled on the ground moaning and Sam began to pick himself up.
"What the fuck Robin!" Sam spat, "I'm going to fucking kill you!"
He charged at Robin but she was ready. She spun around and struck his chest with the branch full force.
Sam recovered and sidestepped her next advance. As Robin fought Sam, Rylie crashed through the trees knocking Carl to the ground. She jumped up and punched Aiden square in the jaw. He toppled over and bashed his head on the tree behind him.
Carl recovered and leaped at Rylie knocking her over. She struggled under his weight but managed to knee him in his side.
Shouting carried through the trees and lights searched in their direction. Carl rolled over and darted into the shadows not wanting to get caught.
Robin round-house kicked Sam in his torso and he stumbled backward. Rylie ran at Robin and grabbed her hand and pulled her deeper into the woods. Sam did not follow them as the police reached him and the two boys on the ground.
Robin kept pace with Rylie and began to lead. Branches and twigs whipped their bodies and trees blurred around them. They ran deeper and deeper into the woods. The voices behind them grew softer and softer until the only sound they heard was their own feet braking the ground beneath them.
"We can't stop Robin, not yet!"
They were breathing heavy and beginning to tire.
Tiny lights, like fireflies, flitted and sped through the trees filling the forrest with strange light.
"Do you see those?" Robin panted
The lights were flying fast and began to join into a swarm ahead of them.
"I don't know," Rylie gasped, "what should we do?"
"I wan to follow them! C'mon!"
Robin veered in the lights direction and Rylie followed. The lights were moving fast and left behind a floating trail of gold dust. As they closed the distance between themselves and the light they began to pick up speed. Their vision blurred and the lights grew brighter and brighter.
"What is this?!" Rylie shouted, but her voice was drowned out by a piercing ringing.
"Ahh what the fuck!" Robin clasped her ears and tried to stop, but the lights and the dust pulled her and Rylie closer. Colors of red and orange and yellow danced in patterns around them as they were sucked into the lights direction. They crashed into the lights and everything exploded with color and noise and dust.
"MAKE IT STOP!" Robin shrieked
There was blinding light and then darkness.