Hunted

I breathed in the musty air,each breath a puncture to my already weak lungs .My mouth was dry and my eyes were heavy .My emaciated body trembled and blood seeped out of the wound in my stomach.Just a few inches away from me,a little boy crouched behind a tree,barefooted and his clothes ripped to shreds .

"Oh little piggies,come out come out from wherever you are!,"they sang , "we know you are here and we are going to find you."

"Let's go,"I whispered and forced myself onto my feet .We stumbled through the forest,glancing behind us to make sure they weren't gaining on us.

"Awuuu,"one of them howled in a distance and I felt faint and needed to rest.

"Come on we need to get out of here,they're gaining on us,"the little boy sobbed,tugging on my elbow.I leaned against the tree struggling to stay awake,I had lost too much blood,there was no way I was going to make it out alive .

"Hey,hey listen to me ok,you need to get out of here you hear me,you need to run and don't look back,don't you dare stop running,"I said groggily.

"What no!,I can't leave you,"he cried .

"Go,get out of here I will hold them off,go!,"I yelled at him.There was still hope for him, that if he did make it out,he would live,I on the other hand was on borrowed time.

He sped off,the sound of his footsteps echoing into the darkness as he disappeared behind the trees.I waited until he was out of sight and crawled behind a tree.I picked up a rock and sat quietly waiting for them to show up.I didn't have a plan but I assumed it would come to me when the time called for it.

Moments later,a pair of footsteps emerged and he walked right past me without turning around.They belonged to the one who always found pleasure in ripping my toe nails off,I didn't need to see his face to know that,I could recognize that cheap cologne anyway.Suddenly,I was overwhelmed with rage,I leapt onto him and batched his skull in,burying my face in his blood.

"Ah!,"we both screamed .

Chunks of him flew into the air and one of them managed to land in my mouth,immediately snapping me out of my killing frenzy.I stared down at his dismantled face and I felt sick.

"What have I done," I thought to myself.

I fell back just a few inches away,terrified of what I had done.I didn't have time to start wailing in self pity,there were still two of them left out there and they were definitely not far behind.A flash of light emerged from behind the thick bushes and that was my cue.

"John!"he called out.

Shit.I quickly glanced around me,searching for something I could use to defend myself.I could have used the rock again,but what were the odds that it will work again this time around.After looking around I found nothing,just a couple of sticks.What good could they possibly do me.Glancing at the lifeless body,in his hands he had  "The Ripper" with him,something he carried around with him always.That would have come in handy if only whoever was chasing me was tied to a tree and I wanted to pull his nails off.Finally deciding not to use it,I quickly patted John's pockets and almost cheered when I found a pocket knife.I crawled back to my hiding spot behind the tree and waited.

The footsteps broke into a jog as he neared us.

"No,no,no!"he screamed as he stared down at his dead friend, “that son of a -."

I screamed and charged at him,pocket knife in hand.He wasn't like John who I had completely caught off guard.He quickly turned around and swung his club at me which immediately connected with my jaw.My rage surpassed the pain as I fell hard onto the ground.

"I am gonna kill you,"he growled.

"Not if...not if I kill you first,"I spat.

I scrambled onto my feet,wielding the knife at him.He charged at me and I dodged his blow quickly enough to plant the knife in his leg.He screamed and dropped his club.Whilst he tried pulling the knife out of him,I made a run for it.I hadn't gotten far when I felt a pair of hands grab me by the hair and throw me onto the ground.I tried crawling away but he quickly grabbed me by the ankle and straddled me.

His hands flew to my neck and he growled as he squeezed the life out of me.I choked and my lungs burned.For a moment,I had given up hope but if I wanted to buy the little boy more time,I had to fight.I struggled underneath his weight but I still couldn't free myself.I patted around on the ground and felt a rock.I picked it up,with the last of my strength I hit him on the head.He fell onto the ground clutching his bloody head.I coughed and gasped for air but I still wasn't in the clear yet.I picked the rock up again and hit him with it repeatedly on the head.I suppose,the odds where in my favour after all.

"Die!,"I yelled repeatedly.

Suddenly,a bullet shot right through my chest,then another before I fell onto the ground next to his lifeless body .

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