Made some corrections to some grammar and spelling
The following disclaimer goes out to Hero, By the Foo Fighters, if you haven't guessed it yet. Yes I did listen to this track from the Foo Fighters when writing this chapter. Come to think of if I listen to music while I write.
Chapter 6 The Chase
I know I am hurt, but I also know that I am running on empty as well. I haven't eaten anything since breakfast this morning. So I grab a granola bar out of my pack and just wolfed it down while I was running. There that will get me thru the day I hope. I did get a few stares from the random people from the street, but I just ignored them.
As I was running I was thinking of that music video called Hero by the Foo Fighters. Especially the opening scene where the guy is running down the street to his apartment. I think I got that song on my iPod. It is a pity that I have left if back there, well I will just get a new one when I get back home. I just kept moving trying not to bump into anyone.
By the time I reached to main entrance I slowed down not wanting to attract any attention from the gate security and I just walked causally by them trying to avoid eye contact. After I was about a good hundred yards away I just started to sprint away. I ran down the very same road that I took to get up here earlier today. I stopped to catch my breath a bit seeing some of the people near me on the dirt road. "Hey man where is the bus stop…no, well how about you….well what about you?"They just looked at me with confusing stares not saying one word.
I turned around noticing some a figure from a distant; I really couldn't make it out even when I was squinting my eyes. As it got a little bit closer my jaw dropped. Shit it was that dude with the sword and some other person both on horses gunning it down on the road.
I knew that was my Q to high tail it out of here. If I continue on the road they'll just catch up to me in matter of moments. So I just ran into the forest to see if I can lose them there. I just started to go into every which direction except back tracking. When I thought that I have lost them I sat down in front of a big tree. Man I am SO sweaty, thirsty, and covered in scratches. I decided to get my water bottle out to take a gulp only to realize that it was empty. God dame it, it must have exploded from the pressure when I fell on my back from the earlier.
Well I better keep moving. Soon I came into clearing I was about to go thru that, then those two showed up. I stayed hidden behind a large tree taking small peeks to see who was the other person was. It was some lady dressed in like long dress in cloth I guess she has shoulder length black hair. I'm pretty sure these two were sent by that lord guy to drag my back to him.
That was not going to happen. Luckily they decided to split up. Clothey lady decided to go the other way. While the sword guy stuck around for awhile. I guess he must of sense that I was near. Then an Idea popped in my head, I'm going to steal this guy's ride.
I slowly and quietly removed my football out of my back pack. I picked up a rock; all I need is to distract him for short moment. When he wasn't looking in my direction I threw the rock over his head where it land not too far from him, he quickly glanced in that direction.
Perfect I readied myself for the throw. Saying to myself "I only got one shot at this, also laughing evilly no helmet big mistake pal. I launched a long bomber to him the minute he turned his head back, Whack. In an instant he fell off his horse and hit the ground hard.
Unfortunately for me it drew the attention of clothey lady who was about a couple of hundred yards away. So I had to hurry and go. I ran picked up my ball shoved it into my pack and ran towards the horse. While sword guy was on his hands and knees feeling the throbbing in his head I decided to jump on his back doing a leap frog motion on to his horse straight into his saddle.
I never really rode a horse before in my life. Some of the most stereotypical type of people out there somehow always thinks that people from Texas all know how to ride horses and wear ten gallon hats. Hmm how hard can this be, as i thought to myself?
Apparently very hard, this horse wasn't responding to me at all. "Ok horse giddy up,…lets ride,…uh high old silver away,..COME ON YOU FUCKING DUMB HORSE LETS GO." If I didn't know better I could have sworn that this animal understood my last comment very well, because in a matter of moments this horse got angry.
It started to jump up and kick its legs around. I tried my hardest to stay on, but alas I was bucked off. I was up in air for a moment till I landed on log and heard a big CRUNCH, only the log didn't make the crunch noise.
I land really hard on my mid section towards the left side on this log. All I felt was just pain, bone crunching pain, because I'm very sure that I broke something. I got slowly I noticed something poking out of my shirt, I lift my shirt up to see what it is. My face was in complete shock and horror. "OH SHIT IS THAT A RIB, OH GOD THAT IS MY RIB, FUCK."I'm really trying to hold back my tears, looking back oh shit cloth lady is getting nearer and nearer.
Without much though I tried to get up cursing at the immense pain that I have. Now I'm slowly limping away back to the tree line till I heard cloth lady commanding me in a stern voice. "Halt at once boy, it is over there's nowhere for you to run.""Piss off lady, I'm getting out here and away from you two just leave me alone." I'm gritting my teeth just from the pain I have from my side."The only way you're going to stop me is if you freeze me in my tracks."
"Very well then." Literally in a split second I was frozen, I mean I wasn't in like a block of ice but it sure felt cold like ice. I couldn't move my body period, I could however move my lips, breath, and see, but that was just about it. When I got frozen I was standing in awkward position balancing on one foot, oh and of course there just had to be a slight breeze blowing my way.
Slowly but surely falling down yelling "NOT THE FACE, NOT THE FACE." I fell like a piece of ply wood. Of course I was yelling curses from the pain from my side and now my face. Since my face was partially covered the only eye that I can see out of was my right.
I started to see sword man and cloth lady standing next to me. Sword guy touching what appeared to be a nasty welt on his face near his temple on his right side. Cloth lady touches it while sword guy winces for a small moment. Somehow cloth lady does some gesture motion with her hand and a white glow appears from her hand. She puts it gently on his welt for a few seconds, next thing I know his welt is gone. How did she do that?
Sword guy gets down on one knee reaches into my back pack pulls out my football. "What is this projectile that you threw at me?" It's a football bro." He just look at me funny, the he pulled out a dagger about to do what I think he's going to do.
"No, no, no, no, please don't destroy my football it really means a lot to me."As I begged, "It means a lot to me, it was given to me by my dad as birthday gift since I was five."" Please it means the world to me."" It is not a weapon, but a toy sir it's completely harmless so to speak." Tears are running down both my eyes even thought my left eye faces the ground. Sword man sighs a bit putting up his dagger. "Very well boy, but if you ever should use this as a projectile against me or my brethren again I will take my dagger to it, do you understand?"" I understand perfectly sir; no need to worry about, it won't ever happen again." "You have my word on that."
He put my ball back then asked cloth lady to unfreeze me. That's a weird feeling being frozen, sword man helped me up to my feet, but he notices me holding on to my left side. He sits me down near the very log that I got injured on, and inspects my injuries.
He sighs a bit more."You have greatly injured yourself boy, you shouldn't have moved." Look sir I surrender I won't run, but please just take me to a hospital so I can get patched up. Then after that I go to where ever you want."
He put his hand on my shoulder telling me that need for medical care is not needed, but did tell me that I will come with them. "What do you mean no medical treatment, look man I don't mean to be vulgar but I'm fucked up."
Cloth lady was just standing in front of me reaching behind her back near her waist; I couldn't really tell if she was wearing one large dress or robes it looked like a big onesie to me. She handed me what looked like glass of red kool aid. I handed it back to her. She looked confused.
I explained "Uh listen lady I don't mean to be rude but, where I'm from if some stranger you don't know hands you red kool aid, it doesn't end well for the person on the receiving end."She gave me a bit of a stern look then, "I understand the concerns that you have for something that you do not understand, but I assure it is safe."" If you wish to be healed of your injuries then you must drink."
I hesitated then, "Ah Fuck it I'm thirsty and I'm hurt hand it over." I took a very small sip tasting it first. Hmm it's actually kind of good, I was expecting something like cherry or strawberry but that's not it. It is something sweet, but I can't put my finger on it.
So I started to drink it normally I stop midway through, because I started to hear cracking noise near my left side rib cage. I look down see my own ribs going back inside my body and the skin reforming. I panicked almost dropping the red stuff.
"AAh GOD GROSS AND WEIRD!" Sword guy just kept pushing the red stuff on me to continue drinking and not to look down. When I was done I handed the empty glass back to cloth lady. Sword guy helped me back to feet.
For what it was worth, it was like nothing had happen to me I mean I wasn't hurting anymore. I checked underneath my shirt where some blood did stain the area where my rib was poking out nothing there. Kick ass there wasn't even a scar and also those scratches I got from the tree and running through the woods were also gone.
Either way I was injury free. Next sword guy motion me to get on his horse I was like no thanks. I mean two dudes on a horse looks pretty gay to me. I was like can I ride with her; cloth lady just gave me one of those looks where she looked like she was going to have me skewer alive. Alright fine I'll ride with him.
