Chapter 3

"Now I want you to be a good girl and come with me."

"I will do no such thing." "I might be willing to let you kill me but I won't do it without a fight."

I pulled a knife out of my boot.

"Honey you will never win with a knife, I am way more powerful than that." "If you want to win, you're going to have to be powerful with magic."

Magic? I won't be able to kill her without killing myself first. Damn I will try my best for my brother and everyone here on this earth. I lunged toward her but she lifted me in the air and threw me against a wall. I grabbed a pistol for my back pocket and started to shoot. The bullets ricochet and one came back hitting me in the leg.

"Ahh."

"Come now dear, let me take you with me so we can get you cleaned up."

"Never I won't let you get away with hurting so many innocent people." "I also would rather die than become your slave."

"Oh dear that won't do." "I need you so I can't kill you and you can't kill me because I am way too powerful." "So just come with me and I won't hurt innocent people anymore."

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"Jackson I have an idea you can drop me off at my aunt Donna's place she doesn't live far from here and then go back for my sister."

"Yes, that sounds like a plan."

"You promise you will bring her back right?"

"Yes I promise."

I dropped James off and spread my way back to his sister. When I got to her she was already bleeding and beat up but not killed. Why is that crazy woman letting her live? She has killed many people but won't kill this girl?

"Get in the car."

"What the hell are you doing here?" "Where's my brother?" "Never mind, just get out of here. I don't want you to get killed because of me." "Too many people have died because of me."

"I won't leave you." "I made a promise to your brother that I would bring you back and that is what I will do."

"Haha foolish boy."

I watched her powers as they started to suffocate Jackson.

"No!"

I grabbed the last thing I had in my pocket which was a grenade. If this doesn't kill her I would fail but it's my last shot. I pulled the pin.

"Hey let him go and I will come with you and I will be yours for the taking."

She let go of Jackson and he fainted. I walked over to her.

"Good now let's get going before he wakes up."

"Wait, I want to say goodbye."

I picked the grenade in her back pocket and quickly walked over to the vehicle.

"Boom."

Is she dead? There is so much smoke that I can't tell. Yes she's dead.

"Jackson wake up, we have to keep moving."

"Cough." "Are you alright?"

"I am fine, I just need to get this bullet out of my leg." "Let's get going, the woman is gone for good."

I climbed into the passenger seat. It was a very quiet ride.

"Wait, where is my brother?"

"He is safe at your aunt's house." "By the way, what is your name?"

"Hazel." "I am sorry for how I have been treating you." "I know you are only trying to help and I know my brother has taken a liking to you but I shouldn't be rude to you just because of everything going on."

"I don't blame you." "I was that way when I figured out that I didn't have any parents." "I am sorry but may I ask what happened to your parents?"

Hazel looked out the window.

"I was out with my friend Lilly we walked to my house because Lilly was sacred that someone was watching us when we got home the house was black and I knew something wasn't right so we walked in and checked the whole house when I remembered that I didn't check the basement or bathrooms so I asked Lilly to go down stairs that's when I heard her scream I ran down stairs and found my mother and Lilly laying on the floor covered in blood they had both been murdered as for my father all I know is that he is dead I don't know how he died." "I should have listened to Lilly." "I shouldn't have made her go down the stairs." "We should have gone to the police right away but I was so stupid not to realize the dangers." "It's all my fault that everyone I love is dead."

Hot tears rushed down my face. I just kept looking out the window.

"Hazel none of this is your fault so don't blame yourself the only one to blame is the horrible human that killed them."

She's not going to say anything else is she? She is really beating herself up over this. We arrived at Donna's place. Hazel jumped out of the vehicle like nothing happened with a big smile on her face.

"Donna?" "James?"

Why is it so dark in here? I flipped on the lights and Donna was out cold on the floor in a puddle of blood. I covered my mouth. Shit! Where's James? I ran through the whole house not being able to find him.

"James!" "James, where are you?"

"Hazel is that you?"

I walked out from behind the dresser in a closet.

"Oh James I am so glad that you're alright." "What happened here?"

"I don't know if someone knocked at the door so Donna went to go see if it was Jackson but it wasn't so Donna started to have a fight with the person and that's when I knew that I had to go hide so that I wouldn't be hurt." "When Jackson first dropped me off Donna said to hide if anything were to happen so that's what I did." "Donna alright?"

"Let's get out of here alright?" "We have a long road ahead of us."

I wrapped James in a blanket to cover his face from seeing Donna on the floor. I thought I killed that woman. How could she have survived that explosion? What are we going to do now?

"Hazel what's going on?"

"Jackson we have to get out of here as fast as we can." "That woman or thing is still alive and she is out for me." "The bad thing is I have no idea where to go next. She finds me wherever we are." "I don't know how she is doing it."

I looked to see Jackson's expression and he was horrified.

"Let's just get going, we can figure this out."

He still said nothing as he pointed outside so I turned to see Donna looking like she was hungry for blood.

"Get us the hell out of here."

He slammed the gas pedal and we were off.

"Crying." "What happened to Donna, she was scary?"

"It's alright James Auntie was just um…."

"She looked like she wanted to kill us." "Why would the family want to kill us?" "What's going to happen to us?" "Are we next?"

"Sigh." "I don't know."

What else do I say? I am running out of ideas for hiding and not just that she finds me anyway like I have some kind of chip inside of me that she can locate. I am going to break my promise James and Jackson are going to both die because of me and there is no way around it.

"Hazel." "Hello, come back to earth."

"What?" "Where?" "Oh sorry."

"Are you alright?" "You seem kinda out of sorts." "What's bugging you?"

"I am alright just trying to think of another plan." "I can't hide from her but you two can." "I think she has some kind of chip on me and I don't know if it's on me or inside me otherwise how can she find me so easily?" "So I want to go to a hospital and get a scan to see if it is inside me." "If so , I need it removed ASAP." "If not I have to burn these clothes."

The hospital hasn't been touched by that thing of a woman so we should be fine for now.

"I want you both to stay here." "I am going to go in and have them take this bullet out of my leg and scan me to see if I have a tracker." "I shouldn't be long."

I walked into the hospital with all eyes on me.

"Please help me." "I have a bullet in my leg." "Someone shot me for no reason."

I was taken to a room.

"You have a nasty bullet wound, you are lucky that the bullet didn't kill you." "This is going to hurt a lot."

"Just get it the hell out of my leg." "Please."

The pain went through my whole body. I knew it was going to hurt but I didn't think it was going to be this bad.

"All done." "Is there anything else we could do for you today?"

"Yes I want to figure out if I have a tracker implanted inside me."

"I am sorry but you wouldn't have anything like that because if you did the hospital alarm would go off when you walked in." "What kind of trouble are you in sweety?"

"I don't know what is going on either." "This really evil lady is after me and she kills every town I am in so if you don't mind I have to get going before she hits this town." "If you are smart you will alarm this whole town and get out now."

I climbed back in the vehicle.

"I have to get new clothes." "I think that is how she is tracking me and that is how she found where my brother was because he has my old clothes on since we didn't have anything else in my vehicle."

When we got to the store I ran in and bought clothes for everyone.

"Go!" "I might have just stolen the clothes because I ran out of money."

"Sis I am tired and hungry."

"We do need a rest Hazel."

"Sigh alright let's get a room at a hotel and rest for the night."

How can they be hungry? I haven't really had any urge to eat. We got to our room.

"I am going to shower." "Can you keep an eye on my brother?"

"Yes, I will just go relax."

I walked into the warm shower.

"Sigh."

This is what I needed. It's been a few days. I felt cold hands on my shoulders.

"Young lady, why did you try to kill me?"

"Ahhh."

I jumped and turned around to see nothing.

"Gasp."

Is she still able to track me? How?

"Knock knock." "Hazel are you alright?"

"I am fine, just scared myself."

I leaned myself against the shower wall and slowly slid down until I was sitting on the floor. She is still tracking me. I am going to be the death of the two people I want to really protect. Hot tears ran down my face. What am I going to do?

"Sis?" "Sis are you alright?"

I wiped the tears from my eyes.

"I am fine, I will be right out."

Drying off and getting dressed I looked in the mirror and saw her standing behind me. I quickly turned around to see nothing.

Walking into the room I see the boys waiting at the table with dinner already.

"Did you both make this yourselves?"

"Yes James and I cooked this when I was working." "I had to learn how to cook something and since then I know how to follow recipes."

"It looks good, thanks for making it but I am not really hungry."

"Hazel look at yourself you are almost skin and bone you haven't eaten in days."

I looked down at the food and the sight of it made me want to vomit.

"Sorry food just makes me sick just looking at it."

I walked to one of the bedrooms to lay in bed.

"Jackson, you can go to her if she needs you right now."

"What are you talking about?"

"Never mind."

Thoughts to have feelings for eachother but they both do nothing about it.

"I have only known her for a couple of months."

"I know, just forget it." "I am ready for bed, can you please tuck me in?"

"I sure can do that."

We walked to the second room where James and I will sleep. I tucked James into bed.

"You have to go to my sister, otherwise you are sleeping on the couch."

"Alright I will go talk to her."

James is so pushy yet he is a very smart young boy.

"Knock." "Hazel, can we talk?"

I walked in to see her looking out the window. I walked over to her side and wrapped my arms around her waist. She leaned into me.

"Hazel you need to eat something, do it not for me but you brother he is worried sick about you."

"I wish I could do more for you, you have been so good to me and my brother." "So if this will be good for you I will try to eat something."

I turned around in his embrace to notice we were almost kissing.

"Ok I am going to find something to eat."

I can feel my face burning with embarrassment.