A bullet.

'Oh gosh!' I heard Fi sequel.

'Run!' I yelled.

And boy did we run. I kept running, no matter how much my lungs hurt. No matter how badly I was rasping for air or coughing or chocking, I kept going.

I could tell that Homer was struggling as much as me, but it was like we couldn't stop running even if we wanted to. Lee was fine, I could see him up ahead, and Robyn was way in front.

I could see Fi out to my right, coughing and holding her chest as she ran. Our legs moved like a cheaters. I thought for sure we would run out of energy, but no, we kept moving.

I took a glance behind me, and knew that that was the worst decision I had ever made. Eight soldiers were firing at us. Bullets were whizzing past us in all directions. And a car was being backed out of the Show Grounds.

We reached the road we had been running for and started running full speed along it. It was amazing that I somehow found a boost in my body that made me go faster. Maybe the horror of what I saw or the frightening thought of falling behind had something to do with it. Homer glanced behind him after seeing my reaction.

'The car's coming! Everyone get off the road!' He yelled.

We split, Fi and I going to the right, Homer, Lee and Robyn going to the left.

'Run into that backyard, climb the fence and find your way back to Kevin's. We will meet you there!' Homer yelled across to us.

Fi and I were frightened. Not only for our safety but for theirs. What if we never saw them again?! But we couldn't allow ourselves to worry about them yet, because at this moment, we needed to focus on just making it out alive.

We don't like to use the words out loud, but Fi said it straight forward to me.

'Ellie I'm scared...'

'Fi, it's okay, come on, follow me.'

I lead Fi around to the back of whoever's house yard we had just run into. The Smith's I think it was. We ran straight for the back fence. I grabbed onto the edge of the fence and using my boots to try to get grip on the fence I climbed up and lifted my right leg over. I sat and helped Fi up. She swung both legs over and jumped down, landing on both feet. I lifted my left leg over the fence and jumped down, following her through the second yard.

We came out the other side on Coachman's lane, a little down past Robyn's house. Then we just ran for it. We didn't know if anyone was following us. But we ran though the paddocks, just in case. Out of nowhere we heard a small humming sound.

'A helicopter!' I yelled to Fi.

We crouched down and started running in the slightly thicker bush, but really it wasn't enough cover. There was no good enough cover for about another kilometer.

We continued running, speeding up now. The humming was getting louder. I looked up over my right shoulder and could see the faint lights in the distance.

'Fi if we don't hurry it will be right over us before we even make it to the thicker bush.' I half yelled, half gasped, if that's even possible.

'I..I can't go any faster Ellie…I'm so sorry.' Fi panted.

I realized how horrible and pushy I was being. And I felt awful. I ran forward and caught up with Fi, taking her hand.

'It's okay Fi.'

The humming was getting so much closer now. We could even smell the fuel.

'Come on Fi, not far now. Let's make a sprint for it!' I said.

I could see the thick bush up ahead. My chest was in so much pain, my heart beating uncontrollably, my breath was in a ridiculous rhythm, causing sharp pains in my throat every time I sucked in air, and my tongue was dry and swollen.

The helicopter was close now. The noise was deafening and the dust was spiralling in circles around us. Leaves were flying everywhere and the air was almost completely intoxicated with fumes. The helicopters spot light was nearly over us, but we were so close to the bush that I could smell the eucalyptus leaves.

This had now become a race, only in this race, the loser dies.