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"Target is moving down Sunset Lane." I said into my comms unit.
"Got it. Fall back, I've got him." Zach responded with a burst of static following.
I started walking slower but kept hidden in the shadows. I watched the blinking red light on my "watch". We'd found a member from the CoC and pinned a tracking device onto them. Now it was time to get rid of him. I glanced up; hearing a sound in the dark night, but it was just a bird.
A few moments later I heard him say, "I lost him. Where'd he go?"
I glanced at my watch but the red light was gone. "Uhhh, Tyler, he's off my radar, he probably figured out he was being tracked. I kind of got distracted…" I cringed, waiting for his scolding remark.
He groaned. "Audrey…"
"Sorry, sorry." I rushed. Then I heard a shuffling sound, like footsteps. "Zach, get back here. Marx Street. I think he's he-"
Hands grabbed me from behind but before they could attack me I flipped them over my shoulder. Well tried. They were strong and instead twisted my arms behind me. I suppressed a cry of pain and shot my leg out, kicking them wherever I could. Then I twisted around and knocked my head against them. I didn't have any Napotine patches or anything, I had to rely on myself. The only thing I had was a gun. But at the moment, if I moved my hands towards it, I'd probably end up the one knocked out. Permanently.
My legs were swept out from underneath me and I hit the ground. I reached for my gun, but it wasn't there. Suddenly, my attacker was pointing it right at me. "Make one move and you die." The voice was female, not male like I'd thought it would be, but I could tell she was trying to fake another voice so as not to be recognized. She had a black mask on.
I heard another click and then Zach's voice. "Make one move and you die."
My attacker froze, not expecting to be outnumbered.
"Oh, but wait," Zach added. "We have to kill you anyway." A gunshot sounded and my attacker fell to the ground.
I scrambled towards the body, flipping her over. Pulling off the mask, I gasped when I saw the face. "Kayla."
Zach looked down at me with a pained expression. "Time to move again."
"I can't believe this." I said, shaking my head, watching the scenery pass us by as we drove. "I cannot believe it was Kayla."
Zach took my hand and gave it a light squeeze. He kept his eyes on the road though, giving me a quick glance and reassuring smile. "We didn't know. We couldn't've."
"But you did." I protested. "You told me we couldn't trust anyone, yet I still believed that they may have been normal neighbors."
"It's not your fault." He argued. "And I didn't know. I just said we had to be careful."
I slid my hand out from underneath his. "Whatever." We were driving in the middle of nowhere. Again. All around us it was just desert. The ground was dry and cracked, but occasionally trees would whoosh by.
Zach stopped the car, pulling off the road. He turned to me once we came to a full halt. "Gallagher Girl, listen to me. This is not your fault, understand? We didn't know, and there was no way we could've known. You hear me?"
"Yes, Zach, I do." I huffed. "Just drive."
"No, I want to hear you say it." He said.
"Say what?"
"Say that it wasn't your fault."
I rolled my eyes. "Come on, Zach."
"I'm not kidding." He said seriously. "We're not going anywhere until I hear you say it."
"Ughhh." I groaned. "Fine. It wasn't my fault. Happy?"
He smirked. "Yep." He turned back forward. "Now we can go."
We checked into a crappy motel for the night.
I flopped onto the bed and almost broke my back. "Oh my God. This bed is a freaking rock."
Zach laughed. "It can't be that bad." He flopped down beside me and winced. I looked over at him. "Ow."
I smacked him with a laugh. "Told you."
I got up and closed the curtains. "This kind of feels like déjà vu, doesn't it? Remember that cabin where we stayed at when we first escaped?"
He grinned at the memory. "Yeah. That was nice." He patted the bed. "Only the beds were a lot softer."
I pulled a hinting smile and straddled his lap. "Who needs beds?" I brought my face closer to his, my lips less than a centimeter away from his. "All we need, is you and me." I smirked at him then hopped off his lap and locked myself into the bathroom, leaving a stunned Zach in the bedroom.
"Rozera?" I said, repeating the town's name we were going to live in. "Rozera?"
"Yes," Zach said in frustration. "It's called Rozera, why, do you have a problem with that?"
I frowned at him. "What happened to you? You're like in the worst mood ever." He ignored me. I made my tone lighter. "Zach… Come on. Talk to me."
He let out a breath he'd apparently been holding. "I'm just tired of doing this." He chose his words carefully. "I'm tired of not being able to trust anyone. I'm tired of having to move from one city to another. I just… I don't know how much I can take. And then there's you."
"What about me?" I blurted.
He sighed. "I don't know if I can leave you alone anymore. After that attack, I just can't."
"Why the hell not?" I snapped.
"Because I can't let anything happen to you!" He retorted. "If something were to happen to you again, I don't know if I'd be able to handle it. And besides, I don't need any more Josh's in our lives."
"This has nothing to do about Josh and you know it." I said.
He relaxed his grip on the wheel. "Sorry. I just… I'm just tired of this."
I turned away from him, looking back out the window. "You're not the only one."
A sign passed us which read 'Welcome to Rozera'.
Welcome indeed…
So I made this chapter longer =) I hope you liked it.
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I'll try updating this story more, just be patient with me. My school is just crazy right now, I'm just barely keeping up with everything, so bear with me.
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