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Jimmy and the others began their march through the woods, heading for the town on the horizon. Jimmy guessed it would take about three hours to get there. He hoped that they wouldn't be found by the cops by then.

Jimmy was in front of the group. Sheen was behind him, followed by Carl. Libby was fourth, keeping her right hand wrapped around the pepper spray in her pocket. Cindy brought up the rear, the gun clenched in both hands. She continuously spun around and walked backwards, swiveling the gun from side to side.

"Careful with that," Jimmy angrily whispered. "These are public woods. Not everyone in here is going to be a cop. And the last thing we need is a murder on our hands."

Cindy clenched her teeth. "You want to handle the gun? We all know how good you were with it last time."

Jimmy took a deep breath to calm her anger. He bent down and grabbed a long, thick stick. He pulled the knife that Libby had used to cut their breakfast earlier out of his pocket. He began to sharpen his new walking stick into a spear.

Eventually, the five children burst out onto the outskirts of town. They all collapsed as the tall buildings lay less than a mile in front of them. After a moment of resting Jimmy pulled himself up.

"We better keep going. No telling if the cops are right behind us," Jimmy told them

Sheen nodded and clasped Libby's hand. He pulled her up next to him, while Carl slowly got up as well. They began walking ahead while Jimmy and Cindy lay on the ground. They looked at each other.

"Nice stick," Cindy said, referring to Jimmy's new spear.

Jimmy smiled. "I like it."

Cindy wiped her sweat-plastered hair from her forehead. Jimmy grabbed her hand and helped pull her up.

As Jimmy began to walk away, Cindy pulled him back towards her. She grabbed his cheeks with her right hand.

"Are you going to kiss me?" A somewhat dazed Jimmy asked.

Cindy smiled. She turned his face to her left. "No. But you've got a couple of whiskers growing."

"Really?" Jimmy asked. Cindy nodded. "Well, guess up grow up fast when you live a life like this."

"You guys coming?" Libby asked while turning around.

Cindy let go of Jimmy's face. "Yeah. Right behind ya."

"Good. Let's get a move on," Libby told them while walking up the small hill that led to the city.

Jimmy tossed his walking stick up in the air a little and got a new grip on it. He grabbed Cindy's hand and led her up the hill, jogging a little to catch up with the others.

"So now what?" Sheen asked as they neared the top of the hill.

"I think I know what we should do. We've got to," Jimmy began to explain as they reached the top of the hill. He suddenly stopped talking and froze as they looked ahead.

"Howdy kids. Remember me?" Captain Smith shouted from thirty yards in front of them. Three cop cars were parked beside him. Four other officers were with him, hiding behind the cars' open doors.

Nobody moved for a moment. Then Jimmy suddenly snapped back into action. "Run!" he shouted while spinning around and dashing back down the hill.

"Halt!" one of the other officers shouted. Captain Smith didn't waste time shouting. As soon as the kids began to flee, he was authorized to use force. He raised his weapon and fired two rounds at Libby.

Jimmy and Cindy spun around as they heard Libby's shouts of pain. She fell to the ground, a small puddle of blood near her stomach slowly growing. Her eyes closed as she fell to the ground. They would have stayed to help her, but Captain Smith had his gun aimed at them next.