Chapter Two
Across a grassy field was a chestnut colored mare that was running with a rider atop her back. The rider was a girl in her mid-teens, her long auburn hair was hassled by the wind and so was the mare's mane. The animal kicked up wet dirt clods as it galloped towards the tree line and aligned with a nearby river.
The mare's dark bold eyes were full with the beat of life, her owner however, seemed to be staring emptily ahead, frowning or scowling from time to time to chase away dark thoughts.
At a better time, Abby's eyes might have cherished their prized bright sparkle and lit her mysterious green eyes with the innocence of childhood, but this is one of the worse times ever, and if anything her young face seemed aged and weary, it was as if the arrival of severe circumstances had chased away the child inside her and beckoned the adult to emerge.
Abigail circled the open meadow once again, always looking in the distance. She led the horse to a clumsy stop not far from where the river forked off in two different directions. She twisted backwards and seemed to be regarding the horizon. She turned back to her horse and leaned forward to pat her on the neck.
"Where is he, Red?"
Red did not seem to understand that her owner had directed a question for her, but she did notice the grip on her reins slipping, she took a voluntary step forward and dropped her head to graze.
The girl was far too distracted to notice that her horse had decided it was time to stop. She twisted backwards again and desperately scanned the distant trees.
With a distressed huff and an absent minded tug on the reins, Abby led the horse back towards the forest and hugged the tree line, she continued the walk down the river.
But after a short walk the girl stopped the horse and looked around again, "Where is he Red? He promised he'd come and help me. The guy's already here. He should've been here by now."
Grudgingly she nudged the horse forward, "He said I should do it if he doesn't come, what do you think Red?"
The girl might as well have been talking to herself, she arched her back and shrugged her shoulders, but then she burst out, "I don't like this one bit. I'm not use to this, the boys never let me do a number alone."
The girl immersed in deep thought, as the horse trotted up a steep hill. The 'what if's and the 'if not's were bearing down on her. But she continued her journey and stopped just in front a border of trees. "Stay right here Red, I shouldn't be long. Promise."
Abby demounted and stepped on the slightly muddy soil -muddy from the previous night's light drizzle- she allowed a bright colored insect to investigate her green top and then took off down the hill. Abby hid herself behind a couple of bushes that overlooked the river and secured her position by firmly planting both feet on hard ground.
Apparently, she was looking at the man who stood beside a tree not far from the river's bank. Staring emptily at the moving surface; the man shifted his weight and yawned.
Abby blinked back tears and with a quivering arm, she pointed an armed gun at the man.
After taking aim she took one last long look at the man's last moment of life. And before she lost her courage she gripped the gun carefully, murmuring to herself she said, "I'm sorry."
With that, she fired her weapon.
The man dropped and the forest rang with the dieing echoes of the blast. Far off a horse whined nervously.
Before leaving, Abby laid a silver dime beside the dead man.
She glanced at the message engraved in the bark and then painted in screaming red.
"We will get you all."
She looked away and never glanced back.
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Next chapter I'll introduce you to the team behind this, they are not morph capable, and secondly, I'm having the team a mixture of nationalities, by the way Abby is an English girl, you'll understand what's behind the murders and why these are the sixth and seventh murders, I'm telling you that the victim in murder six plays an important factor in the story...em no, actually, the next murder is. Anyway, I'm not giving away the plot, I'll post the next chapter shortly. Please review, I'll really appreciate it.
