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Running From the Past


The Past

“ I’m not sure you can handle this-”

“ I can Amanda stop worrying I’ll be fine”

“ I don't fully believe that-”

“ So what now you don't believe in me?”

“ Josh will be with me its fine!” Jacob threw a back leather jacket over his shoulders and began pulling on thin black reef shoes.

“ Look Jacob It’s just for your safety!”

Jacob put his hand over his mouth and shook his head “ You still hiding behind there you can’t even face me!” Jacob’s tone raised and there was an angry hint in it. Suddenly a body appeared out from the shadows. She began walking up to Jacob and he forced himself to look away. “ And you can’t even look at me” she growled at him. Jacob took a deep breath and turned around. The girl had long wavy brunette hair and was wearing a black jumpsuit hiding her olive skin as well as flat black shoes. Her lips were cherry red and she wore thick black eyeliner making her ocean blue eyes stand out. “ Listen you've been failing your tests for the last four weeks, you were told by the company not to go with Josh this is a mission for only the best of the best” She flicked her hair back behind her shoulder. “ So I’m not a good spy then?” Jacob threw a nasty look at her. “ Look Jacob I didn’t mean it like that-”

“NO! It’s ok I get it, you don’t think I'm good enough”

“ Jacob I’m sorry I don't mean it like that I swear!”

“Stop wasting my time, why don't you go make out with my brother again?”

“ Jacob you know it wasn’t like that, I-”

Jacob didn't hear the rest of her sentence as he stormed out of the room with a grim expression plastered on his face.

He snuck along the shadows being careful not to let anyone see him all the way down to where the pods were kept. As he entered the room, he saw someone checking one of the pods over. He had sleek brushed back black hair and wore the same clothes as Jacob except the end of a silver revolver stuck out from his jacket pocket. Jacob watched in silent for a minute. “ Get out here bro I know you're there!” The boy called out, he had a deep tone and turned around quickly scanning the room for any sign of movement. “ Sorry bro” Jacob stepped out of the shadows and walked up to his brother smiling. “ Get that smirk off your face!” The boy scolded him.

“Don’t boss me around” Jacob scoffed

“ You can’t come” his brother told him sternly “You’ll get into to much trouble”

“Josh! My man come on bro I love you but-” Jacob was cut off by a large stomping coming down the hallways. The stomping of what seemed like hundreds of guards. “ Shadows!” Josh whispered to him. Jacob ran over into the corner of the room, the darkness and dim lights hid him completely from anyone who entered. Suddenly a dozen guards appeared at the entrance of the room, each dressed in black with shields and guns. “ Where's your brother” the man at the front said to him, his voice muffled by the mask covering his head. “ I don’t know” Josh replied nervously doing the little twitch thing he did when he was lying. “ Lier!” One of the guards from the back yelled. “ I’m not lying!” Josh shouted at them. He quickly turned his head to his brother run he mouthed. The front guard followed his gaze. “ THERE HE IS!” he yelled. The men charged at Jacob and started yelling battle cries. Jacob thought quick, he threw himself at the closest guard and stole his weapon from him. “ GET HIM!!!” One of the guards yelled. Jacob held up the gun as the guards crept closer. ‘You can't’ he told himself. ‘But you have to’ Jacob pointed the gun at the front guard the one who had spotted him and put his finger on the trigger. All the guards erupted into laughter. “ He wouldn’t dare!” the front guard almost choked he was laughing so hard. “ JACOB!” Josh called out to him shaking his head. “ I’m sorry Josh” Jacob whispered lowering his head. He looked away and pulled back the trigger. A deafening BOOM silenced the room followed by a large thud. Jacob inhaled deeply, he swore underneath his breath and then began running towards one of the pods. He threw open his door and jumped inside the two person vehicle. “ Where would you like to go?” a voice called out to him. Jacob tilted his head, the guards were mourning their dead leader but suddenly realised him. “ AHHHH!” they screamed charging at the pod. “ Paris!” Jacob yelled. “ Door shutting” the voice told him. The guards realised they would never reach the pod in time. Instead they turned around and surrounded Josh. “ NOOOO!!!!!!” Jacob screamed as the door shut, he saw from a gap between the guards that his brother was being forced down on one knee. All the guns were pointed at his head. Tears began streaming down Jacobs face and he slammed one more time on the glass of the pod. “ JOSH!” he yelled. “ Taking off in 3….2…..1” the pod suddenly flew forward and Jacob snapped back into reality as he heard a gunshot.


The Present

Tall trees covered the view of the moon and thick dull greenish-brown brambles covered the undergrowth. “ Who's There?” Jacob shouted. A horrible hissing filled Jacobs ears and then a CRACK made him turn around. “ I SAID WHO'S THERE!” his voice echoed of the bark of the trees. No one appeared. Jacob twirled a sleek black gun in a circle, and dove between one of the bushes behind him. The hissing was louder now like a cobra getting ready to spit its deadly venom onto him. Another crack came and some more hissing. “ AWOOOOOOOOO” an ear splitting howl filled the air and Jacob covered his ears . He peeked over the bush to see an enormous grey figure creeping towards him. It had four legs and its dark blue eyes shone as moonlight from the leaves reflected onto them. “ Shoot!” he whispered to himself. Could he remember anything about wolves from the agency? ‘Don’t think about the agency!’ He told himself. Guess I’m just gonna have to actually shoot it.’ He pointed his gun over bush and aimed it at the figure. ‘Look away’ He told himself. Jacob looked away put his index finger on the trigger and pulled it. A gunshot filled his head but when he opened his eyes the wolf was still creeping up towards him. It smells my blood. Jacob pulled the trigger again but still nothing happened . He hit it with his hand a cursed. “Come on!” he muttered under his breath. Was this the end? What would it be like to die? Suddenly a loud noise filled the area followed by a thump. Jacob cringed, thumps brought back to many memories. He jumped up from the hedge and pointed his gun straight forwards reaching into a bag slung around his shoulder filled with some more bullets. He took them out and quickly put them into the gun. “ Hello?” he half whispered stuck in a frozen position. You should be better, more confident! He told himself. “ Well that wolf totally didn’t stand a chance” a voice echoed off the trees like his had before. “ Come out you coward!” Jacob put up his head and tried to slow down his heart rate. “ So you don’t remember me?” someone stepped out of the shadows, you could see a shadow but the moonlight wasn’t shining on them yet. “ I’m surprised” her voice became softer. “ Maybe this will help!” a bullet was fired straight towards Jacob and he tried to think fast. As the bullet got closer he thought of those horrible things again. This is It. He closed his eyes but just before the bullet hit him he put up his hand and grabbed at the air with one single movement. Am I Dead? His eyes fluttered open and he gasped. Unfolding his hand he saw a dented golden bullet sitting in his hand. “ That’s more like it” she smiled stepping into the light. “ That’s more like my Jacob.”

(It makes more sense the longer the story goes on)