Running
I can't stop running
I have to find someone, anyone
please someone help me
I'm about to hit the entrance of gravity falls, I can see lazy susan's diner and the biker bar not too far off... Maybe if i hide in the diner he won't find me... no that wouldn't work you can't hide from a demon
What if go into the biker bar and ask them to help me? Maybe scare Bill off while I go find gideon or something
God I wish I had a better plan
I feel the sweat fall into my eyes as I keep running. My lungs ache for a break but my fear is keeping me going. But the more I keep pushing the shakier my breaths become.
I'm so close, someone should be able to see me right?
As if it was on cue I hear footsteps behind me, sprinting closer by the second
Theres no more time for plans or hiding, I need someone to notice me! Maybe that person... whoever that is
They slowly start to turn around and the face is a familiar one, the red hair, the plaid shirt... WENDY! oh my god WENDY, oh my god oh my god please see me please hear me!
I muster all the strength inside me, well all that I have left, I feel my adrenaline rising as I hear a chuckle behind me
"it's funny that you think you're gonna get away this time, kID"
His voice doesn't have the usual shriek that it does, the high nasally annoying sound. Its low, angry, sarcastic, almost human. It sounds like someone who's nearing a breaking point
I swear the town is so close, I'm nearing the edge coming out of the woods, but as I reach it I hear him even louder
"just give up pine tree, you aren't gonna make it, your lungs might as well pop"
if I get caught this will be the last straw
How could I think I'd make it this time
All of a sudden the footsteps behind me stop, the chase froze
I look behind me to see bill, expecting a tired angry yellow haired man, but no. I see a sadistic smile, a gleaming eye, a face that knows he's going to get what he wants. I wish it wasn't me.
I face forward as I feel hopeless... Bill just wouldn't give up like that, he knows he can stop me... but why hasn't he yet? He must know something I don't.
I look back again and bill is still there, staring at me, expecting, waiting... but for what?
I look forward and see the red head I was so obsessed with, I need to focus on the plan, don't give up Dipper!
I take a deep breath and slow my run so I can get a good yelp out of my throat.
"WENDY! PLEASE HELP!"
But wendy just keeps walking, unseemingly bothered
She doesn't hear me, I need to try again
"WENDY! LOOK BEHIND YOU!"
I felt my knees give out under me as I realized I can't take anymore. I've never been the athletic type, and it's too late to start now.
"WENDY PLEASE HELP ME! LOOK BEHIND YOU! BILLS GONNA GET ME PLEASE!"
Nothing. As if my voice got carried by the wind. I saw her walk away, deeper into the town, the town that still seems so close... but I'm so tired...
"Such a sad turn of events huh, pine tree? You're basically invisible to this town, nothing you can do to get help now right?"
That voice, that cruel voice, a voice I've grown too familiar to... I can't take this.
I watch the everyone go about their day, doing the normal routine. I wonder what Mabel's up to... is she ok?
The thought of Mabel is too much for me while I look back on my old life, I don't even feel like trying anymore...
A warm presence is behind me, but I don't move, if I move it could make Bill even more angry. There's water running down my face, is it sweat, tears? Both? I can't decide at this point.
"Why cant they see me Bill?" my voice comes out choked, a lot more weak sounding then I wanted it to.
"I wouldn't ask why kid, I would ask how long"
I feel my breath hitch, like my body stopped functioning
How long have i been gone?
I could have sworn it's been a week right? It's only been a few days! Maybe a a week or two at most! It hasn't been that long, no one has forgotten about me right?
I'm so exhausted, I feel myself becoming warm as Bill comes closer, I just want to...
thud*
That's the sound my body made as I fell to the ground, too drowsy to move my body, barely able to open my eyes
"wendy.. please" it was my last attempt, the last of my energy
Bill sat beside my fallen body, he leaned in closely to my ear
"You're incredibly pathetic, like an abandoned animal. I bet this town is better off without a useless kid like you"
He stayed by my ear, lingering for a sound of response. But there isn't one.
He pulls away and sits upright, then reaches for my head, placing it on his lap.
He's right, I'm just a useless kid. There isn't any point in trying anymore if I'm too weak to win. I can't do this I can't do this I can't do this...
"Thats right pine tree, you're too weak. you can't do this, give up before you get hurt"
His hand rested on my head, still, but it seemed as if it was in me, searching my brain.
I watch the town bustle as my eyelids begin to droop, as if fingers are lightly pressing them down. His hand becomes a comfort, a weight that I'm still in reality. It lets me know I'm here, that I'm real, that I'm alive. That I'm trapped.
