Heyy I updated chapter 5 again, because of very embarrassing spelling mistakes ! Anyway, thank you for reading like always, for reviewing and following my story, also for the favorites!

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Luke's POV

The cool autmn-wind shook at my clothes and rumpled my hair, as I kneeled between bushes and trees.

I shivered and my breath created little cloudes, when the air left my mouth, as I watched what happened a few feets in front of my hideout.

My sister was caught by three men, who surely caused our carcrash.

And I was sitting here, like a coward, watching how my sister had to suffer.

My weapons were in my backpack, and the only thing I carried with me was my lighter.

I felt for it, which had to be usually in the right pocket of my jeans.

Well, it wasn't there anymore.

I paniced, while I searched desperatly through my other pockets, but it wasn't there either.

The lighter was not only an useful tool in the dark or when I wanted to make a fire, but as well the only souvenir I had from my father. It meant a lot to me and I lost it.

I could almost hear the teasing voice of my sister, who tells me, that it was so typical for me to lose my stuff.

I sighed and my view slipped again up to the four of them. Charlotte stood with a blonde man by two horses and the other two, a black haired and a redhead looted our getaway vehicle.

My fists glenched, when I saw that blonde bastard holding my sister tighter to his body and I stifled the urge to jump out of the bushes and to send him a fist right into his ugly visage.

I knew what he was capable of, just the way he glanced over Charlotte, let me see red.

'Ohh, when I'll get ahold of you, you'll never dare touching anyone again!'

I took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

'But I can't do that..., not yet. If they intern me too, or worse, if they kill me, we won't have any chance, to get out of this, together.'

While the other two hunters were looting the truck, the blond bastard, with a small smile on his face and his eyes still on my sister, started talking to her.

Charlotte just gave him short answeres and her eyes never left the two other men by the truck.

Her expression was stubborn, but as good as she could hide her feelings from others, I as her brother, especially as her twinbrother could see right through that façade .

I knew she was scared, nearly shitting in her pants, but she was worried too, I could see it in her eyes.

I bit on my lower lip and looked to the forestground to my feets.

'She's worried about you, idiot. She still thinks you're under the truck.'

A scream interrupted my thoughts and my head snapped up.

The scene in front of me, made me shake in rage, I snortted and my nails were bored in my palms.

The blonde who touched my sisters's injured shoulder, which caused her scream, hissed something in her ear.

His smile was gone and was replaced by a wicked expression, while his eyes were narrowed.

I was about to jump out of my hideout , to run to that fucker and to give him what he deserves.

'Calm down, calm down, calm down! That's not you.'

I took again a deep breath, tried to calm my shaking hands and looked again to the three men and my sister.

The said persones were now sitting on the horses and made their way back to the highway. They suddenly stopped, as the the man with the black hair ran back to the truck and searched for something.

I gasped as I saw what he found.

'Dick, that's my lighter!'

Eventually he walked back to his companions and my view was focused on Charlotte.

She was sitting in front of the blonde one, on a white horse.

She turned her head in my direction, her eyes widened surprised when her gaze met mine.

There was hurt in her eyes, but also relief.

I rested my right hand where my heart was and looked stout into her eyes.

''Don't worry Charly, I'm okay. Where ever they take you , I'll follow and I'll rescue you!''

I whispered, wishing she would hear it.

'I just have to wait for the right moment!'

When they were out of view I sprinted to the truck to see, if they left something useful back.

After a few minutes of searching, I eventually found the map, but nothing else.

''Dammit!'' I kicked against the car tire.

That was the moment when I saw something shining in the gras.

'Oh, what do we have here.'

I picked up a switchblade, the blade slipped out of the hilt, as examinated the weapon.

The blade was seven inches long and as I carefully ran my thumb over it, I nearly cut my skin.

'Mhh, not bad'

The blade slipped back and I store the hilt in my pocket.

I took a look up to the sky to figure out by the state of the sun, what time it was. But it was cloudy, so by instinct, it was midday or afternoon.

I made my way back to the highway, too. Always keeping my head down, of course.

As I approched the street, by walking the hill up, I heard voices and aprubtly dropped myself to the ground.

'They are still there!'

I slowly crawled up, through the tall gras.

Eventually I arrived at the roadside, stopped and listened.

''...blindfold her eyes and make sure she won't try anything!''

A rough male voice ordered.

''Why blindfold her eyes? There's no chance for her to escape!''

I recognised the blonde's voice, as he replied.

''Mitch! Just do what I say!''

The rough voice gave annoyed back, in a stricter tone now.

''Fine.''

''Do you think the other group is back from their trip to the university?''

A other voice asked, deeper, than the others before.

''Maybe. Well, we'll find out when we're back in Pittsburgh.''

The rough voice answered.

'So they head to Pittsburgh, too?' I thought

''I hope they caught this old fart and his ginger bitch!''

Growled the voice, which belonged to Mitch.

''Yeah, me too. Those fuckers killed more than twenty of us, my brother, too! I hope they bring them alive, so I can revenge him...''

The deep voice said bitterly and I heard steps of hufes.

'Wow, an old man and a woman, killed more than twenty men? I hope I'll never cross their path!'

''It's okay buddy. I'm sure they'll come back succesfully.''

The rough voice said, surprisingly soft.

''So, let's head back, we don't want to make David and the others wait.''

With that I heard hufes clapping on the blacktop and then on rocky ground.

I moved out of my hideout on the now empty street. From where I watched them, as they walked along a small path, down the hill of the highway.

There were five of them and as I could see, all of them had weapons.

'That'll be more difficult than expected.'

After a couple of hours passed, in which I followed them through a forest, jogging, always holding a save distance to the group of men, eventually my limbs began to hurt, my stomach to growl and my throat was dry.

And then it happened, that I suddenly just conked out.

'Stand up idiot, you're losing them!'

A voice in my head screamed and I tried to stand up, but my body ached in protest.

The last thing I saw were the silhouettes of the horses an their riders, disappearing in the distance. Then everything went dark around me.

. . .

I felt a humid and warm haze against my skin as I recovered my consciousness. I slowly opened my eyes, only to face brown ones which looked at me couriously.

'What the...?!'

But the reason why my eyes then widened and my breath got faster. Was the owner of those eyes. I looked right in a face of a big hairy monster, which sat a few inches away from my face. Well, it wasn't exactly a monster, it was just a dog, but he appeared to be taller than me, in my laying position. His tongue hung out of his jaws and a set of sharp teeth were exposed. His pelt was long and black with a few brown flecks.

I swallowed hard.

'Don't move, don't move, DON'T MOVE!'

Suddenly he was on his feet and ran out of, what turned out to be a tent.

A relieved sigh escaped my lips and I began to study my surroundings.

There was not a lot of stuff in the tent, only a bedroll, a pot , a few cans, which are laying on the floor and firewood.

'How on earth did I get here?'

The tent itself was barely big enough to stand and it looked like it was made for two people.

Eventually I tried to sit up but I ascertained surpriesed, that my wrists were fettered behind my back and as hard, as I tried to release them, the knot was too strong.

'Maybe I can reach the switchblade.'

I began to lift my lower body upwards with my legs, so that the switchblade could fell out of my pocket.

*plong*

It landed right next to me on the floor.

'So far so good, now I've to grap it'

I moved on my right side and tried to grap the silver hilt, but it was still a few inches away.

'come oooon, come oooon!'

And finally, I felt the cool metal in my palm.

'Yes!'

The blade slipped out of the hilt and I began to cut the rope.

''Hey! What do you think you're doing, sunshine!''

I nearly dropped the switchblade and looked up to meet a pair of ice blue eyes, which looked amused down at me.

Well, I could only look at the eyes, because his head was covered with his black jacket's hood and he had a clothe covering his mouth and nose.

He wore blue, worn jeans, black boots and a purple bagback was on his shoulders. His arms were crossed in front of his chest.

Also the dog was there again, he walked next to the guy, sat down and looked expectant to his master, as if he was waiting for some command.

'Oh shit, that doesn't look good! Okay, okay, just stay cool.'

''Ehm..., I..., I just-... .''

I raspped, my throat felt dry like a desert and it hurt.

'Wow, yeah that's exactly how to stay cool, Luke.'

''Yeah, you just tried to escape, I know. What about eating and drinking first? I'm sure after two days, passing out, you might be pretty hungry.''

'What!? Two days?! Fuck, they have a huge advance now.'

''No..., I have to find my sister!''

I burstted out, my voice still raspy and I began to cut the rope again.

''Don't move!''

The guy ordered calmy, but I eventually released my know hurting wrists and sat up.

''I said, don't fucking move!''

He said, harsher this time and I looked at him, only to see a pistol pointing at me.

The dog was now on his feet and stared at me with a dangerouse glimmer in his eyes.

Anger came up inside me and I hissed.

''Just let me go, I have no fucking time for this. I have to find my sister!''

''Tell me what happened and I'll let you go.''

The guy said and slowly walked over to his bedroll and sat down, the pistol still pointing at me.

The dog walked as well to the bedroll an laid down next to his master.

I thought a briefly moment,

'Can I trust him? Would he really let me go? I have no other choice than to find out, I guess.'

He offered me a bottle of water, I took a long swallow and I began to tell him everything. How Charlotte and me escaped from the school, the quarantine zone, to start our journey to find our uncle and about the car crash.

As I mentioned the hunters and that they kidnapped my sister, his eyes widened, but only for a brief moment, then they looked neutral like the whole time, while he was listening.

''...I followed them a few hours, but I became tired, hungry and thirsty, so I just broke down.''

I said bitterly.

''And I guess you picked me up and brought me here?''

''Yeah, I was hunting with Whis. He scented something, ran ahead and I followed him.

We found you, laying on the ground, but luckily alive, so we brought you here. And like I said you slept two days.''

He explained, began to tickle Whis under his chin and the dog closed appreciating his eyes, while his tongue hung out of his mouth.

He then looked again to me, only to see my curious look, as he spoke up again.

''So, you want to find and rescue your sister?''

''Yes. Like I said.''

I replied stout.

''Without any weapons.''

He went on.

''I have my switchblade.''

I said and hold up the metal hilt.

He raised sceptical a brow.

''I'm not defensless, I can care about myself!''

I gave back.

''Yeah, we saw that...''.

''Hey! I didn't ask for your opinion or to take me with you, dick!''

I hissed and was about to stand up, but he raised a hand.

''Wow, calm down. I believe you can care about yourself. But are you sure you can handle five or more men on your own?''

With that my view dropped to the ground.

'He's right, how can I, one single boy, 15 years old, not even a grown man, rival five or more men?'

I took a deep breath before I replied.

''I just have to try. She's my sister, for her I would do everything!''

The guy slowly nodded.

''I see.''

An awkward silence filled the tent and I wondered if the coversation was over and he would let me go, as he spoke up again.

''We'll help you.''

My eyes widened, as I looked up, only to meet his calm look.

''What?''

''I said, we'll help you.'' He repeated, his eyes pirced mine.

''Yeah, yeah, I know what you said, but why?''

I asked irritated, searching in his eyes for any doubt, I found none.

''You need help and I can offer you help, by the way a few months passed since I met someone in my age, to be honest someone to talk with either. Well, I have Whis, but he can't really answer, if you know what I mean.''

He said and I could see how he began to play unconfortable with the pistol grip, avoiding the unbelieving look I gave him.

' I didn't expect that. But what if it's just a trap! Well, if it's just a trap, why wouldn't he kill me in the first place? And together we have a better chance to fight these fuckers.'

''Wow, I don't really know what to say. Thank you, I think we have a deal, I'll keep you company and you help me to rescue my sister. By the way my name is Luke.''

With a weak smile, I offered him my hand, so he could shake it.

He looked at my hand, then he pulled his hood from his head and removed the clothe from his face.

My jaw dropped at the sight which revealed in front of me.

A thin face, with a retroussée nose, full, rose lips and high cheekbones.

A blush crept over the girl's cheeks, as she met my gaping look.

Black, curly locks fell over her shoulders, after she released her hair from the collar of her jacket.

I sat there, perplex, as she took my still outstreched hand and with a cheeky grin, she gave it a powerful shook.

''Maxime, but you can call me Max.''

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