Chapter 34 - A Time to Believe
Meredith kept her pace. She didn't look back, knowing that would slow her down. Had they followed her? She didn't know. All she knew was that if they would pay dearly. SHe approached a thick forest. Maybe she could lose them in there. POssible, but she was afraid it was already too late for William.
The spot light left her. Crap, she thought. They've found me. She pushed herself harder then she ever had before. She heard footsteps behind her. Meredith pushed herself on, knowing she had to remain away from whoever was after her.
"STOP!" SHe heard a voice command her. She darted through the forest, leaping over fallen logs. She dodged another tree and threw herself behind a tree. She looked ahead of her, surveying the landscape. A single stream and a brook to her front, a bunch of trees to both her right and left and military men chasing her from behind. She kicked off the tree and headed for the stream and brook, figuring she'd try her luck. She jumped over and narrowly missed falling into the river. SHe threw herself forward, becoming consciously aware of tow men on either side of her. Meredith grabbed a branch and pulled herself up, her chest about to explode from her heart pounding. SHe continued to climb, the tree strong enough to hold every bit of her weight. She looked down. They knew she up there. She knew there was no time to rest. She looked up. The helicopter was right on top of her. There was only one way out of this. SHe looked down. It was a long way. There were no nearby branches.
"Here goes nothing." She said to herself, sayiong a silent prayer as she closed her eyes and took a single step off.
True falling was a sickening and an excitement at the same time but Meredith's crazed concentration somehow slowed the wind. She rose her arms into the air, feeling the rush of air going past her slow and she opened her eyes and looked down.
She was in middair, floating.
Her eyes opened wider. This was strange. Meredith felt the cruel sensation of consciousness fading from a jolt like that. She took a step across the air, now thick as ground. She looked up and took another, landing on another branch.
"Shoot her you fools!" William lunged at the man in the helicopter and he was thrown out the door. William was held back by several other guards. He fought for a moment.
"WATCH OUT MEREDITH!"
Too late. Shots rang out.
Meredith jumped the short distance to the ground. She had flown, for a few moments she had flown and she looked back. There were seven, all of them with guns, all of them forced to do a job. Meredith started off in running again. She thought about it. I can fly, she thought and laughed in her head. I can fly. Let's see anyone at College beat me at that. She jumped off a tree, feeling a little more cocky then usual. What else can I do? She wondered. Maybe I can make myself invisible again? Or how about walking through walls.
She heard a bullet wizz by her ear. She closed her eyes. This can't be real. She told herself, and yet it was. She looked up at the helicopter. The spotlight was on her again, directing the army to where she was. She whipped around another tree and kept running. She closed her eyes.
Time to believe, she told herself. Time to believe.
She kept her mind focused on what she was doing, but there was her subconcious focused on something, anything that could help her.
She opened her eyes. She was still running but no one was pursuing she looked behind her. The small pack of men were looking around blindly for her, as if she wasn't there. Her head started to become light. She ran past them, in the opposite direction. They neither saw nor heard her.
She came to her point of entry and looked behind her, realeasing her mind from its concentration. Weird, she thought. I can turn myself invisible.
SHe turned once more.
Meredith never saw it coming.
SH heard the crack the bullet made as it ripped through her chest. SHe felt the air rushed past her as she was blown back by the force of the bullet. She felt the pain explode in her as she fell against the tree.
Fuck Meredith, fuck Meredith you're dying.
The man emptied his clip into her chest.
WILLIAM!
Meredith kept her pace. She didn't look back, knowing that would slow her down. Had they followed her? She didn't know. All she knew was that if they would pay dearly. SHe approached a thick forest. Maybe she could lose them in there. POssible, but she was afraid it was already too late for William.
The spot light left her. Crap, she thought. They've found me. She pushed herself harder then she ever had before. She heard footsteps behind her. Meredith pushed herself on, knowing she had to remain away from whoever was after her.
"STOP!" SHe heard a voice command her. She darted through the forest, leaping over fallen logs. She dodged another tree and threw herself behind a tree. She looked ahead of her, surveying the landscape. A single stream and a brook to her front, a bunch of trees to both her right and left and military men chasing her from behind. She kicked off the tree and headed for the stream and brook, figuring she'd try her luck. She jumped over and narrowly missed falling into the river. SHe threw herself forward, becoming consciously aware of tow men on either side of her. Meredith grabbed a branch and pulled herself up, her chest about to explode from her heart pounding. SHe continued to climb, the tree strong enough to hold every bit of her weight. She looked down. They knew she up there. She knew there was no time to rest. She looked up. The helicopter was right on top of her. There was only one way out of this. SHe looked down. It was a long way. There were no nearby branches.
"Here goes nothing." She said to herself, sayiong a silent prayer as she closed her eyes and took a single step off.
True falling was a sickening and an excitement at the same time but Meredith's crazed concentration somehow slowed the wind. She rose her arms into the air, feeling the rush of air going past her slow and she opened her eyes and looked down.
She was in middair, floating.
Her eyes opened wider. This was strange. Meredith felt the cruel sensation of consciousness fading from a jolt like that. She took a step across the air, now thick as ground. She looked up and took another, landing on another branch.
"Shoot her you fools!" William lunged at the man in the helicopter and he was thrown out the door. William was held back by several other guards. He fought for a moment.
"WATCH OUT MEREDITH!"
Too late. Shots rang out.
Meredith jumped the short distance to the ground. She had flown, for a few moments she had flown and she looked back. There were seven, all of them with guns, all of them forced to do a job. Meredith started off in running again. She thought about it. I can fly, she thought and laughed in her head. I can fly. Let's see anyone at College beat me at that. She jumped off a tree, feeling a little more cocky then usual. What else can I do? She wondered. Maybe I can make myself invisible again? Or how about walking through walls.
She heard a bullet wizz by her ear. She closed her eyes. This can't be real. She told herself, and yet it was. She looked up at the helicopter. The spotlight was on her again, directing the army to where she was. She whipped around another tree and kept running. She closed her eyes.
Time to believe, she told herself. Time to believe.
She kept her mind focused on what she was doing, but there was her subconcious focused on something, anything that could help her.
She opened her eyes. She was still running but no one was pursuing she looked behind her. The small pack of men were looking around blindly for her, as if she wasn't there. Her head started to become light. She ran past them, in the opposite direction. They neither saw nor heard her.
She came to her point of entry and looked behind her, realeasing her mind from its concentration. Weird, she thought. I can turn myself invisible.
SHe turned once more.
Meredith never saw it coming.
SH heard the crack the bullet made as it ripped through her chest. SHe felt the air rushed past her as she was blown back by the force of the bullet. She felt the pain explode in her as she fell against the tree.
Fuck Meredith, fuck Meredith you're dying.
The man emptied his clip into her chest.
WILLIAM!