Babette's Story (Lawless Fanfic)

Chapter 13: It Pours

The lights were off when we reached the diner. Forrest must've closed it after we left. 'Maggie's car was still out front so she must still be here' I thought to myself. As Angie and I got out of the car, I got this weird feeling that something wasn't right. I could tell that Angie felt it too, watching her eyes shift from side to side. She held four jars of jam tightly in her arms as we walked up the porch steps.

"Maggie?" I called for her. Opening the screen door I stepped in straining my eyes to adjust to the darkness. I stopped in my place when I heard shuffling by the counter. "Forrest, you here?"

"C'mon Baps, we can drop 'em off tomorrow." Angie said nervously. Suddenly we heard low chuckles. They sounded as if they were all around us.

"Oh c'mon girls. We were just about to have some more fun. Your friend Maggie sure had fun." The man's figure appeared in front of us. Slowly stepping closer. I held on to Angie, taking small steps back towards the screen door. Angie yelped when our backs were met with that of another person. My heart racing a mile a minute. I turned to see that it was the man that was causing Maggie trouble not so long ago. Angie sniffled, her grip growing tighter at the sight of the battered man.

My mind scrambled for ways to get away from these men. It wasn't until I felt my grip on one of the jam jars, that I knew I had to do whatever it was and do it quick. The jar was pretty heavy. I pulled it out from under Angie's arm hoping that the darkness would keep it out of sight. I suddenly launched the jar in the face of the man standing by the screen door. The glass jar shattered when it hit his face. He fell back with a loud thud. The other man cursed and screamed obscenities.

"Run Angie!! Go!" I screamed pushing her out the door. Running down the stairs we made a mad dash for the dark woods. We could hear the man's voice shouting at us. I never looked back to see if we were being chased. I just ran. We ran till we reached a huge tree. We hid behind it. We were pretty far from the station but still close enough to see if they leave or stay. I place my finger to my lips trying to get Angie to keep quiet.

"Shhh, we're okay Ang." I whispered. I looked towards the station then back at Angie. "We'll wait for them to leave and then we'll look for Maggie and Forrest." She nodded with tears streaming down her face still clutching one jar of jam. I don't know how much time had passed when the men finally took their leave. I waited until they were completely out of sight to head back towards the station.

I grabbed Angie by the arm. "C'mon lets hurry." I whispered. I held Angie's hand running back towards the station. She suddenly stopped in her tracks with a horrid look on her face. "What is it An-" I couldn't finish my sentence once I'd seen what she caught sight of. The amount of blood puddled around his body made me weak in the knees.

Forrest laid on the snow dusted ground, holding his throat. I ran over to him. "We gotta get him to the hospital!! Bring the car around Ang, please! Please!" I yelled. She stood frozen in shock. "Ang get the damn car!!" I screamed. She jumped at the sound of my voice, rushing towards the car in a panic.

"Forrest? Forrest can you hear me?" I cried. Quickly taking off my sweater I placed it on Forrest' neck applying as much pressure I could to his wound. Looking up at the sky I pleaded. "Please, p-please don't take him. Not again please." Light footsteps startled me. Looking around wildly I caught sight of a red headed woman. I sighed in relief at Maggie's presence. Just then Angie pulled up with the car.

"Oh my god Maggie, are you okay?" Angie asked. She gave a single nod and walked closer to us. She kneeled beside me grabbing hold of Forrest' legs.

"Let's hurry and get him in the car. You hold that sweater there, we can't let him lose anymore blood." Maggie spoke. I nodded my head vigorously. Angie came over to help lift him. It took us several attempts to place him in the car. Angie drove as quickly as she could to the hospital.