Head start

“Have you ever used this thing before?” The elf asked as she raised her gun. Sherry, elf, along the rest of the children, made a run through the forest.

“No. I’m just a poor bystander. Shooting and murdering are not one of my skill set. How about you? You’re an elf, right? You guys shouldn’t kill living beings, right?”

“That’s an understatement.”

A light came to their sight. Sherry gestured to stopped and crouched, hiding in the thick bush.

“Fuck, fuck.”

Sherry swore repeatedly in a low voice as she controlled her breathing to a minimum.

“What should we do?” The elf asked.

“I don’t fucking know. It’s not like I regularly kill people.”

She looked at the children and her conscience stung her. She glanced back cautiously at the enemy. They were spread out across the forest which favors them.