Yay chapter 3!
sorry this one took a while too 0.o I started driver's e.d. And stuff x.x
anyways, please enjoy~~
~bells
(back to Roland againnnn ;D)
Out of the corner of his eye, he keeps an eye on Ashley, adjusting his movements accordingly every time she peers around a corner or slinks against a wall. He knows they are far from being in the clear, just as he knows that if they make one wrong move, it's over. Again.
He can barely keep his mind off of protecting the girl leading them through the hallways of Happy Jack long enough to watch out for the other three, but he still catches the faint trace of footsteps thunking down the hall. He abruptly grasps Ashley's arm and halls her back against his chest, putting a hand over her mouth and listening intently.
She doesn't struggle, just nods and listens, too, it's apparent in her eyes, to him at least, that she has caught on as well.
He releases her right as a guard rounds the corner, and before the guard can even register what's happening, Roland bears down on him harshly, knocking him to the floor and accidently (or intentionally) knocks him out.
Ashley, Connor, Risa, and Lev have already escaped down the hall opposite the one the guard came down, and Ashley hangs back, lurking until Roland gets up and follows after.
When he catches up he wraps his left arm around her waist protectively, whispering,"There are five still coming, we need to move quickly." She nods into his side.
"Did you get that guards tranquilizer?" she asked, and as if in answer he flicks it out before concealing it again. (ummm... use your imagination cuz I didn't know if I should make him conceal it in his shirt or pants xD)
"I call handling the next batch," Ashley continues, shooting him a look when he opens his mouth to protest, he knows now is not the time, as much as he wishes she wouldn't seek trouble. He knows she has to right now.
As much as he hates to admit it, she probably knows more about what she's doing right now than he does. He wonders if she'll come back to the Junk Yard with them, or go back to her house once she sees he's safe enough. He desperately hopes she'll stay, for as hard as he tried to forget her that first week so that he could do what he had to while on the run, he never could. Every day up until now, she was in some thought or other of his, and the very day that he stumbled into that antique shop and was hustled down into the cellar, he figured it all out. She was his very purpose, the reason he was fighting to stay alive.
That girl, who was standing next to him one second and then next kicking down a guard with another tranquilizer, and taking it as soon as said guard hit the ground, then shooting him to make sure he stayed down, was Roland's purpose. And he knew, as sappy as it sounded to him, she always would be. No matter what. So that's why, in the current events, he went against her telling him she'd get the next guards, and instead stayed at her side, battling down two guards and quickly moving on, with Connor, Risa, and Lev still in toe.
The other three kept quiet, their eyes full of confusion, and Roland gave them a few glances every now and then, whenever Connor stepped in to help keep the way clear of guards or sometimes nurses even, and Risa kept to the other side of Ashley, both keeping an eye on each other.
Roland ends up leading them to the reception desk, where the receptionist hides, cowering, under it. Ashley's the one to take her down, though she goes a bit gentler, having only shot her with a dart instead of flat out knocking her to the floor like some of the guards she had and then shooting them. Roland fights of a smile, he always knew she was tough enough, he'd seen it back at their school whenever some chick went after him.
It takes a moment to hear the sounds of many footfalls stampeding down the hallway, and that's when Roland realizes that everyone from the Happy Jack farm, including even a few Tiths, are escaping with them. It's then that he wonders how exactly they'll get back to the Junk Yard, but all thoughts are stopped when Ashley drags him out into the parking lot and shows him the helicopter that he'd actually flown in to the hospital a bit ago. The look in her eyes is enough to tell him that she's known where he was for at least a while now, and she hushes him when he opens his mouth to ask how.
"Now's not the time, babe," she speaks softly to him, then she turns and ushers Connor, Risa, and Lev into the helicopter, making them squish so Roland and her can fit. His heart beats a bit more rapidly when she shoots him a glance, he now knows she's coming with, and it's enough hope for him, now.
He climbs in to the driver's seat, and starts the helicopter as Ashley waves to the other kids now escaping int the woods surrounding Happy Jack, and as the heli slowly levitates into the sky, his right hand idly slides over, his fingers entwining with his purpose's left hand, and it takes everything not to hold it for dear life, he knows she hates when he does that. She gave him a taste of it a while back, when they'd first gotten together.
And as his eyes scan ahead into the sky, only one thought is going through his head still, and that is: she's coming with me.
Yay, muahaha cliffy though
I promise I'm working on this x.x driver's e.d. seriously takes up my thought process though...
gah, I'll update again as soon as I figure everything out, I get next week off, thank heaven x.x
sooo yea, hopefully there's gonna be more chaps 0.o
anywaysss
reviewww ;D
and then you get a plush doll of your fav character from the book Unwind, because I feel so bad about being late on this
I hope's u guys enjoyed this chap
~bells