I don't remember how I'd gotten there, standing beside a lake frozen over in shade of blues mixed with white. Trees loomed around me, car horns echo of the city life that laid just beyond it. "Hello?" I called out, sucking in a lung full of the crisp winter air. The slight sting it caused helping me to regain focus.
Dogs barking caught my attention, the thudding of their feet telling me that they are heading my way. The sound of men barking orders at the dogs and each other to find something. A sinking feeling told me that something was me, and I was unsure if I wanted to be found.
The earth swayed, or was that just me? Crouching down I cover my ears, squeezing my eyes shut in an attempt toe dull the sound that is growing closer by the second. "We're close!" I hear one of the men yell, the dogs barking growing desperate. "Go...away..." I whisper, begging.
A sudden gun shot pierces the air, followed by another and another. Men screams of pain and the whines of dogs fills the air.
I can feel myself hyper-ventilating as silence rains for a solid minute after. Opening my eyes to peek out over the ice, I try to suck in more air and calm my mind and heart. I finally notice the burning of the wind on my face as it blows strongly, the mask on my face doing nothing to hold out the cold. Tears begin to pluck themselves from my eyes, immediately soaking the cloth there.
A weird tingle goes off in the back of my head, odd feeling and I try to ignore it not sure what it is. The steady crunching of snow right behind me is the next thing I notice seconds before a pair of arms lock around me, "Baby boy!" I hear a deep voice happily shout, the rumbling from his chest that accompanies it is pleasing against my back as well as the body heat.
Snapping my head around I see a masked man, seemingly smiling even if I could not see it. "Who-?" is all I manage to squeak out of my suddenly constricted throat before the world topples. No longer registering the cold I see him looming above me, shaking me. He sounds concerned but I can't quite make out the words from his mouth as my eyes close and all else fades out.