fearless

Chapter 55: Helluva Night

Bad Blood - Taylor Swift & Kendrick Lamar
~~Maddie~~
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I leap out of the train, Ty beside me. The impact of the cold, dew coated ground hurts my knees, but I ignore it.

Ty taps my shoulder, and we stalk over to the forest ahead of us, looking for the fruit trees. I find one, a peach tree, and think of a way to get the peaches down without climbing the tree.

I guess there's not another way. I grab limbs of the tree, stretching out and pulling down peaches two to three at a time.

I get six, and Ty comes back with a small paper bag. I climb down, holding the peaches in my arm. "What's in the bag?" I chuckle. "Cheese, bread, and sausage." He says. I look up when I see the flash of a light.

"Shit, Ty Let's go." I say, grabbing his arm as I jog to the railroad. He stuffs the food in my backpack, throwing the bag behind him. The light of the train horn catches my eye as I begin to run.

Ty sprints behind me, looking behind him for the train, which is approaching quickly. As it begins to surpass me, I launch myself at it, grabbing the handle. My hand presses the circular open button, and as the door slides back, I crawl in.

I sit against the wall, breathing heavily when Ty comes in. He crouches down in front of me. "You alright?" He asks. I nod slowly. "That's my girl." His knees pop as he stands up to look out the train cart.

He opens up his backpack, and pulls out the beer, opening it. He takes a swig, and passes it to me. I take a swig as well, and hold onto it. It's still pretty cold. It's already stinging and burning my hands.

I take another swig. The liquid glides down my throat, burning. "I dare you to walk to a candor house and pour vinegar down their chimney." I say.

Ty looks at me, narrowing his eyes before agreeing. "Here comes Candor. Let's jump." He says. With that, we leap off into a dark oblivion once again.

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Ty wraps an arm around me as we walk into Candor, laying low in our dark colored clothing. We almost match those around us, but not exactly.

I see smoke billowing out of a chimney at a house, and point to it. "There's your house." I say. We jog there, and Ty climbs a tree next to the house; next to the chimney. He opens the large jug of vinegar, and pours a large amount into the chimney.

He jumps down, and I see lights flip on, and someone shout, "What's that?" Ty and I dive into some bushes as they open the door. I check to see where my hands are laying, and my left one is right on top of Ty; more specifically, his junk. My face reddens as I pull away. "Sorry." I mumble. He only smirks, though.

~~~ Ty ~~~

Maddie and I dive for the bushes as the residents of the house we just poured vinegar in come outside looking for us. Finally we're sitting down, but I feel a pressure down there, as Maddie puts it.

I look down, only seeing darkness. The pressure disappears as Maddie lifts her hand away. "Sorry," she says. I smirk for a minute, before wrapping an arm around her. We both poke our heads out, seeing nobody in particular who would try to hurt us.

We both jump out, backpacks on our backs, and jog back to the train. The ground shakes as it arrives, we jog as fast as we can.