Marco's body hit the ground, a sharp gasp escaping his lips. The voices around me laughed and cheered as the red blood flowed from his body, glittered in the moonlight.

This can't be happeing, I told myself as my tears dripped onto the wood. Not more blood on my hands.

Closing my eyes to the sight of his body, the wooden planks creaked as footsteps approached. I felt a hand grabbed my hair and pulled.

Painfully raised to my feet, I looked into the Simon's eyes as he played with my belt. "Are you going to be any more trouble because we could kill you too." I smiled at him in agreement.

"Fuck you" I said, spitting in his face.

The glob of saliva flowed down his unemotional face, his eyes staring coldly at me. Reaching into his pocket, Simon brought out a handkerchief and wiped his face slowly.

"I like it when they're feisty." He said, his fist connecting with my stomach.

Doubling over in pain, my head went flying backward as an uppercut hit my jaw and I fell to the ground. I landed against Marco's body and felt his warm blood soak though my clothes and touch my skin. Gagging, I fought to keep my stomach contents down.

Disgusted, Simon turned to his friends and joining them in congratulating the shooter of Marco. I closed my eyes and leaned against Marco's body, burying my face into the folds of his sweatshirt.

"I'm so sorry." I whispered to him. "You helped me and you don't even know who or what I am. And you're only here because of me."

"You're Marie and I wanted to help you" a faint voice whispered back.

Shocked at his voice, I sat upright as Marco painfully turned over to reveal a large hole in his shoulder, blood running from it.

Staring over my shoulder at Simon's turned back, Marco whispered to me. "When I say, I want you to run. Don't look back and don't wait for me. Just keep running."

Stepped over my tied arms to bring them in front of me, I helped him to a standing position. One of Simon's friends noticed us.

"Hey Simon." he said in amusement "The fuck'n kid's still alive."

As Simon turned, Regan's eyes turned red and his hands glowed brightly at his side.

"You picked the wrong person to mess with" he said calmly.

Pointing in front of me, shadows formed in the shape of five small lions. I stared in shock at the shadows as they became solid and advanced towards the group of men. The men stood frozen, as the lions snapped their jaws and growled. Taking my cue, I ran from the end of the wharf. As I passed the group, the butt of a rifle swung out in front of me and hit me full in the face. My eyesight began to spin and I lost all sense of balance. Leaning to the left, I fell off the wharf and into the water with a loud splash.


"Marie!" Marco's voice rang out from the noise above me.

Struggling to swimming with my arms tied, I kicked my legs over to the wharf and clung to the nearest pylon. I listened carefully to the loud footsteps clunked above me. A single shot rang out and the night became silent. A body hit the water with a large splash a few meters from me. The water lapped at my chin as I listened to Simon whisper sharply at the others.

"Put the guy in the boot and clean up the mess. Leave the girl in the water. Quick, hurry!"

Two pairs of footsteps approached the end of the wharf and turned around, followed by the dull thud of something being dragged behind them. The footsteps of the other men thudded above me, their powerful torches scanning the water in front of me.

"Can't see a thing" a deep voice said.

"Oh, fuck it," The other said "lets go."

Slowly, their footsteps faded away and the car engines roared as they drove into the distance. Looking around, I swam around the pylons underneath the wharf, looking for a ladder. Finding nothing, I continued to swim, my tied hands and my water-soaked clothing tiring me quickly. Resurfacing, I hit something solid with my hands. Turning around, the moonlight shone on it. Floating beside me was a white face. Marco's face.

Feeling a lurch inside my body, I leaned forward under the water and vomited violently into the water. Needing air, I resurfacing beside my stomach contents and I reached over to Marco's floating body. Staring at it for a few moments, I grabbing his loose sweatshirt in my tied hands, I dove under the water and pushed his body towards the shore.

His body floated peacefully across the water, His eyes cold and lifeless as they stared up at the sky. Standing up in the shallow water, I wiggling my hands free of the restraining rope. Calling upon every inch of reserved strength within me, I lifted Marco out of the water and lay him down on the rocky shore.

I knelt down beside his lifeless body, checking for any signs of life. Looking down at oozing hole in his right temple, I saw the kind and selfless Marco that had once inhabited this body had gone.

Tears running down my cheeks, I raised my head to the sky. Looking up a the peaceful stars above me, I opened my mouth and released all my pain and angst by screaming at the sky.






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