Chapter 27
Kennedy waited in Dana's truck. She expected to hear the gunshot, maybe more than one. Ever since Dana kidnapped her Kennedy had been looking for a way to escape. So far she hadn't been successful. Dana was clearly insane. She claimed that the devil had spawned many daughters, including both of them. Kennedy barely remembered her father. She wouldn't nominate him for father of the year. But calling him the devil gave the man a title he hadn't earned. Dana claimed it was her mission from God to eliminate their sisters. Best to do it when they were very young children, still innocent they would be accepted into heaven. Otherwise they were much more lilely to give in to their dark nature and be condemned to Hell. Dana kidnapped Kennedy rather than kill her outright. The plan was apparently to train Kennedy to be Dana's successor. Kennedy would never do that, murder children. For now she pretended to go along with it, pretend to believe in this cause. Kennedy had even been taken to an arcade to train with toy guns. But Kennedy never stopped looking for a way to escape. This was difficult because whenever Dana wasn't pointing a gun at her, Kennedy was either drugged or locked in the trunk. Kennedy still didn't know who the mysterious preacher that recruited Dana was. She knew about the nut in the Balkans who claimed to have an army of the devil's spawn. He and Dana seemed to be two different brands of insane. Kennedy hoped Marie could kill Dana, end her reign of terror. She knew it would be unlikely that Marie would find Kennedy before she ran out of air. But maybe it was still for the best. Kennedy finally heard the gunshot. Was it from Dana's gun or Marie's. Kennedy wasn't exactly an expert on the sounds that different guns make. Then she heard the second gunshot a minute later. She knew that Marie and little Erica were both dead. Kennedy was dissapointed. Even though it might've meant her own death Kennedy would've preferred Marie killing Dana. Partly for the child's sake, but also so that it would be over. But if that had happenned it would not have been Kennedy's choice. She hoped to survive and stop Dana's killing spree. But Kennedy feared that at some point very soon she would have to choose between her own life and some innocent child. And she wondered if she would have the courage to do the right thing.