A/N: im sorry it took me so long to update. I feel bad. I thought school starting would mean more time for updates since last year I had almost no homework at all, but this year ive been drowned in homework, and soccer has started and stuff like that. Please don't hate me. Anyway, I hope you like the chapter!
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They turned back to me.
"Let's take care of this little problem now." Jared raised the gun and aimed it at me.
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Sunny's POV
I closed my eyes are prayed that the end would be quick.
"Wait!" I opened my eyes. A man I hadn't really noticed had stepped in front of Jared. My mouth dropped in shock. Why was he defending me?
Jared looked extremely annoyed and 2 of the men grabbed me to make sure I wouldn't get away while the 2 guys talked. I hadn't even thought to run away.
"Uhh…" The man who had stepped in front of Jared searched for words. "Well, we can't kill her here."
"I'll do whatever I want too," Jared sneered.
"I'm all for killing her," the man said. My hopes were dashed. I should have known the man was not defending me.
"But we can't kill her here, Jared. Soul or not, it's against the law to kill someone. We have to go somewhere else first."
The two men holding me agreed and Jared lowered his gun and we started towards their car. Ironically, it was the silver Volvo that had taken Wanda's parking spot. I was in the back next to one man. My hands were handcuffed to the seat. Jared got in the driver's seat and another man in the passengers seat and took off down the highway. The man who had suggested they move to a new location and another man followed behind us.
The car was silent as we drove. I needed to think. How was I going to escape? I decided on figuring out how to get out of the handcuffs first. I looked around the car, searching for something that I could use to escape. I remembered that I had a nail file in my pocket and tried to think of a way that I could use it subtly enough to be able to break free. It was then I noticed that the handcuffs were not real. They were pretty strong, but I was sure that I would be able to break through them if I wanted too.
Jared took an exit off the highway and took an immediate right turn after that. The road went on for about 10 miles before the road disappeared and a dirt trail was in its place. There were woods surrounding the dirt path. I noticed that the sky was beginning to darken, which would play to my advantage when I took cover in the woods.
I began to see a meadow in the distance and as I did the car began to slow down. Now was my chance. I pulled the handcuffs as hard as I could. The chain holding it together broke leaving me with two handcuff bracelets. I yanked open the door and jumped.
I landed on the ground hard. I got up and ran as fast as I could. I thanked God it was dark out because I couldn't run very fast because I was in pain from hitting the ground. I heard the car screech to a stop, and yelling. I decided that I would zigzag and just as I turned a gun shot flew by me, hitting the air I had been standing in seconds before.
One of them tried to follow me into the woods, but I was too quick for him, and the zigzag was throwing him off. I don't know how far I ran for but eventually I collapsed. I was in a small clearing. There was a large tree that I crawled over too and leaned against.
I inspected my injuries. I had fallen hard on my wrist, and it was definitely broken. My ankle was twisted, possibly sprained. The rest of me, especially my arms and legs, were covered in scratches and bruises, but they weren't too bad.
I wiped a little blood from my forehead and pondered what I should do next. There was no way I would be able to walk any farther, my ankle hurt too much for that. I decided that the best thing would be to try to sleep a little. I was exhausted from the running. I curled up in a ball under the tree and slowly drifted off to sleep.
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Kyle's POV
"Wait!" I said as I stepped in front of the gun Jared was holding up. Oh my god, what was I thinking. I saw the annoyed look on Jared's face and racked my brain for an explanation. The problem was even I didn't know why I had told him to stop.
"Uhh…Well, we can't kill her here." Wow, that was the lamest excuse ever.
"I'll do whatever I want too," Jared sneered.
"I'm all for killing her," I said. Lie. "But we can't kill her here, Jared. Soul or not, it's against the law to kill someone. We have to go somewhere else first."
Wes and Heath got in the Volvo with Jared and the girl, and Andy got in the car with me. I knew where we were heading, it was too the same place where we had lost the other soul, and Ian this morning. Ian was my brother, and I know for a fact that he was not trying to catch that girl. He was trying to find her, but not hurt her. Of that, I was sure.
What I was not sure of was how I was gonna help this girl escape. She was handcuffed to the seat in the back of the car. The handcuffs weren't very strong, so she could probably break them. Her best bet was to wait until the car slowed and jump. I wonder if she would think of that.
We got off at the exit and took the immediate right that would take us down the familiar road. I looked ahead into the Volvo and saw her staring intently at the handcuffs. When the road disappeared, she looked out the window. I could see the meadow in the distance and I knew that she was running out of time.
Not a second later, the chain snapped. The car door swung open and she went tumbling out of the car. She landed weird and I knew that she was in pain as she ran into the woods. I brought the car to a screeching halt, as did Jared in the Volvo. I jumped out of the car and ran after her. Wes and Andy came with me and we ran, but she was quick and they fell back. I kept running hoping I would find her. 20 minutes later she was no where in sight and I stopped to catch a breather.
It was really dark in the forest. I couldn't figure out where I was or remember which way I had run into the woods. I saw a patch of moonlight seeping through the trees ahead of me. I walked towards it, hoping the moon would give me some hint as to where I was. I walked into a little clearing, but instead of looking at the moon my eyes fell on the sleeping body on the ground.
She looked beautiful when she was sleeping…by thoughts wandered. It was strange. I hadn't even talked to her and I already felt this strange connection to her. I remembered that she had jumped from the car. She was probably injured. I walked closer. Her right arm was sprawled out at her side, and it was clear that it was broken. It was sticking out at a weird angle, was swollen, and was black and blue. Her ankle was also a little swollen, but probably just twisted. Her arms and legs had a few cuts and bruises but nothing to bad. I was mostly concerned about her wrist. It had to be set or it would heal wrong.
I did the best I could to get it back in its right position without causing her too much pain. When I touched it she ground her teeth together, unconsciously in her sleep. I moved it and she whimpered in pain. It took me a while, but I seemed to get her wrist in a good position. I ripped a piece off my shirt, which was too big for me anyway, and wrapped her wrist. That would give it a little support.
That had taken me most of the night. The sun was just rising above horizon when she was awoke, startled. She looked around trying to remember where she was. When she saw me, she got up quickly and tried to run, but collapsed. She grabbed her ankle and watched with fearful eyes as I picked her up in my arms and walked her over to a fallen tree and put her down so she was sitting on it.
She didn't say anything, just stared at me. It was awkward. The fear had not left her eyes.
"It's ok; I'm not going to hurt you." I said, in an attempt to comfort her. Her eyes remained alert but her posture wasn't as alert. We stayed like that for a while, neither of us wanting to break the silence. Finally, she did.
"Thank you." Her simple words confused me.
"For what?"
"Helping me to escape, and fixing my wrist," she said, holding her bandaged arm up to emphasize her point.
"Oh," I said, "Uhh… no problem."
"Why did you help me to escape?"
Honestly, I didn't know the answer to that one. Why had I helped her escape? Why did I pity her when I hadn't pitied many others just like her?
"I don't know," was my answer.
We sat in silence for a bit longer, staring into each others eyes. I got tired of the silence quickly.
"My name's Kyle," I said.
"I'm Sunny," she replied.
"Well, it's very nice to meet you, Sunny. Now what are we going to do?" I figured that was a good place to start. We were in the middle of the woods, with no food or shelter. Plus, I doubted that she could walk with her ankle hurt as it was.
We decided that we would have to try to find our way back to the dirt road. She couldn't walk on her ankle, so I would have to help her walk along. With her arm around my neck and my hand around her waist, we began our slow walk back to the road.
We traveled like this all day, only stopping once when we saw a bush covered in berries. We were both starving and the berries didn't help much but it was better than nothing. It grew dark and both of us were exhausted. We decided we would stop and rest for the night. There was a small clearing, similar to the one that we had been in last night, but smaller, and we sat down under the protection of a large oak tree.
She instantly curled up into a ball and fell asleep. I sat there watching her, and thinking. At some point, I fell asleep. When I woke up, the moon was still high in the sky. I looked over at Sunny. She was still curled up into a ball, and she was shivering. I realized how cold the night had grown. I moved closer to her and wrapped my arms around her. Finally the shivering stopped. I fell asleep again, this time holding her.
It didn't last long. About an hour later, I heard a sound across the clearing. I jumped up and stood in a protective stance in front of Sunny. From across the clearing, 2 dark forms emerged.
:) Yay! So what'd you thinkkk. It took me a while to right and im pretty happy with it. We got to see a lot from kyles POV. I wanted some from him. It wasn't meant to be that long, but I didn't see an appropriate point to switch to sunnys POV. So, would anyone like me to do that part from sunnys POV? Or leave it as it is so the story will continue? I think next chapter will be from wanda/ian POV anyway, but in later chapters, should I do it from sunnys? Review and tell meeeeee!!
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-shannon
