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Wow, One review. I am ashamed of you people. I have waited HOW LONG??!!! and I get 1 review. I am extremely sad right now. Depressed even.
This chapter isn't for all you spoot-heads who couldn't find the time to review, NO, THIS chapter is for "Brambleberry or Lionflight" The ONLY person who reviewed.
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We had been flying for about five hours when we finally had to stop. I was so hungry it felt like my stomach was eating itself. Andrid spotted a restaurant and a dumpster. (When you are in hiding you don't worry about things like napkins or the fact that your food is coming from a dumpster. Your glad to be eating at all.) We spiraled down and landed in a few trees behind the place. We both checked for anyone looking our way or who might be a hunter. The coast was clear so we ran to the dumpster and checked for any leftover burgers and fries from the previous day. There were a few boxes so we grabbed them and ran for the trees. We quickly jump into the branches when we saw some people coming our way. We hid in the foliage and watched as three boys pushed a smaller boy into the trees. I could see where this was headed and so couldAndrid . His face said everything. He looked like a bird of prey about to pounce on an animal attempting to raid his nest. It was a dangerous look.
The bigger boys were all laughing and shoving the smaller kid farther away from the restaurant where he had any chance for help. I didn't know what to do. GetAndrid away from here before he killed someone or help the boy. I was at a loss.
I made a snap decision and fell from the tree. I landed on my feet scaring the boys who were pushing the boy. They twirled around to see who it was that was sneaking up on them. They saw me and started laughing. "It's just a girl. We thought you were someone else. Go run along before you find trouble." The one boy scoffed. I stood there with my hands on my hips and looked at my finger nails. "When are boys ever going to learn that girls are the stronger sex. Why don't you all just leave and forget about the boy." I said and looked at them through my bangs.
The biggest boy stepped forward motivated by the other boys cheering him on. He stopped right in front of my face. "We can do whatever we want, and that boy is none of your business. Walk away or I will make sure the trouble you find is painful." He smirked at his threat. I yawned. He brought his hand to my throat. I grabbed his wrist and twisted it until I heard a pop then headbutt him so he saw stars before I roundhoused him unconscious. I then stepped on his stomach on my way towards the other boys. "I don't find trouble." I grabbed a branch the size of a baseball bat and tore it off. "I am trouble." The boys ran over each other trying to get away, shoving the one they were bullying down so hard it knocked the wind out of him.
I dropped the brach and sat next to him. "Are you alright?" I asked asked as he sat up. He looked scared for a moment. "I am not here to hurt you. I came to help you. You might want to go home." He nodded and ran off.
Andrid dropped from the tree and just looked at me. "What?" He stepped forward: "You are not what I thought you were." I Shrugged. "A monster." He looked down at his shoes. "Yes." We stood there for a while before I broke the silence. "I figure we are somewhere around Omaha, We are still about three or four hours away from South Forks. We can either stop for the night or fly on." He looked up at the sky and then at me. "I think we should stop. I need some sleep." I nodded and we flew farther into the woods to set camp.
When we had a small fire going we heated the burgers up and ate. As we sat there in front of the fire I realized. What are we going to do when we get to South Forks? Where are we going to stay? What are we going to eat? Is there anything we can do About the Hunters and our situation? Will they continue hunting us? Will either of us ever really be happy again?
I had no answers for any of those. I always had Mom to make sure everything was set up and ready for us. She always bought food and made sure that we were well hidden from the Hunters.
I realized the first thing I would need to do is train Andrid in combat. He didn't know much and it was going to get him killed or captured.
I sat there pondering all these things not realizing that Andrid was watching me. "What are you thinking about? You look distant." He looked curiouse. "I was just trying to figure out what to do once we get there. And how I am going to train you." I was still thinking so I didn't bother to leave the last part out. "What do you mean "Train" me?" He was confused. "I mean that I am going to have to train you on how to defend yourself
against the Hunters. You have some skill but you need more trainging." I said trying not to offend him.
"I am not sure about this." I knew he still didn't trust me but he was going to have to learn or he wouldn't last. I felt bone crushing guilt for what I was forced to do to him but he had to be able to defend himself. "You have to know how to defend yourself. Not to mention if you do get caught you will need to know some things about breaking free. I know these things, and in order to survive running from the Hunters you will need to know them too." I had to get through to him. "I have survived just fine on my own." He said with narrow eyes.
I changed tack. I told you that we were running from a Hunter when my mother was killed." I tried not to cry."Well, I have been running from them ever since I was born and they found me. I had my mother to make sure they didn't find me and they found me. I made myself invisible in school and barely went out and they found me. You know how?!? There was a guy. He was in my school and one of the few people I knew and talked to. He came over to my house when I was leaving for a flight and I thought I could share it with him. HE turned out to be a hunter. They don't just hunt you, they find you and they make themselves a part of your life. Then they break you. You may have survived on your own running from place to place but there is only so many places to go in this world, and eventually they will find you and they will take you or kill you and then what? What was the point of running? Where will you be? On an autopsy table while they poke and prod at you." I was mad now. I put down my seventh burger and walk to some trees. I jumped from one branch to another until I was near the top. I sat ther for a minute trying not to punch the tree.
"Why do you really want to train me?" He asked flying up next to me. I turned to him and nearly shouted;"Because they should have trained you so I didn't hurt you so much. THEY shouldn't have made me hurt you in the first place but they did, and you didn't know how to stop me. I want YOU to know how to beat me, so that if they EVER take me and make me hurt you again you KNOW how to stop me!" My shoulders sagged. "I don't want to hurt anyone ever again except the monsters who made me in the first place. I couldn't stand to hurt you like I did ever aagain." I looked at the scars on his back and wanted to die. He reached out a hand but I jumped off the tree and flew away as fast as I could crying. I hated myself and wanted it all to go away. The pain for him, for Tiff, And for Mom. I hated that it was in me. It was so intense I couldn't feel anything else.
I landed on a large Popler far from our camp and broke down.
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