Running Out of Time (In Progress)

Chapter 13

By leaning on Lili, Hannah was able to make to the yard. Hannah didn't know why they were heading that way until she saw that one of the fences enclosing the yard had been knocked down and people were scrambling to get out. Lili looked at Hannah, slowing down their pace.

"Should we take a break?" Lili suggested noticing how heavily Hannah was panting.

"N-No. I'm fine. I can keep going." Hannah panted.

Lili didn't believe that for a second and began to settle Hannah down against one of the outside walls.

"I said I'm fine." Hannah tried to get up on her own but ended up making herself sit completely on the ground using the wall as a support.

Lili reached her hand down and touched Hannah's forehead and almost immediately felt the heat. "You're burning up."

Hannah looked away from Lili, knowing that she wouldn't be able to argue with that. Lili lifted her hand from Hannah's forehead and squatted down to meet Hannah face to face.

"Just wait here, ya. I'll try to find something for you to drink. Just rest until I get back."

Hannah looked at Lili with a small smile and nodded her head. She watched as Lili took off running back into the building. Hannah looked down at her chest and pulled the cross necklace out to look at it. She clenched it with both hands and held it close to her chest and started to cry little tears.

However, Hannah's emotion fest was cut short with the sound of sharp gunshots and blood-curdling screams. Panicked, Hannah quickly glanced at the source only to find that armored trucks were rushing in through the broken fence and were shooting down everything that moved. Immediately Hannah leaned forward putting her hands down pushing herself off the ground, but slipped and slammed herself back into the wall, knocking the air out of her lungs. Hannah gasped for air trying to fill her lungs with air again. She glanced over at the trucks and tried again once more still struggling for air. Hannah's mind was only focused on the thought that if she didn't move at this moment she would be killed a lot sooner than expected.

Hannah pushed herself off the ground one more time and in a hurried stagger, she quickly made her way into an opening into the building. Once inside she quickly stepped to the side and laid down covering her head. As soon as she covered her head bullets began to spray mercilessly into the opening Hannah had come in from. Hannah was terrified, she tried to curl herself into even more of a little ball, letting out little yelps.

After a couple seconds the gunshots faded into the distant, but Hannah still remained in a curled ball position, giving herself a minute to calm down. Hannah shifted herself on to the ground, laying on her stomach. Hoping maybe lying down would help her calm down faster. While on the ground Hannah took a moment to comprehend what just happened.

"F*ck! What the actual f*ck!" Hannah put her hands through her hair and taking in ragged breaths.

Hannah took one clear breath in and began to push herself up but was immediately pushed back down, coughing up blood as she hit the ground.

"There you are.." The pressure on Hannah's back grew intense, she grunted grasping her hands together trying to distract herself from the pain. ".. I've been looking for you, sweetheart."

Hannah paused in horror, she knew exactly who this was... Nathanaël.

Hannah attempted to get free but Nathanaël would just apply more pressure. Finally, he stepped off of Hannah's back, grabbing Hannah by the hair in the process. Hannah reached back and grabbed on to the arm that held her by the hair. Nathanaël lifted Hannah up to his face. Hannah's eyes widened at the sight before her. The right half of Nathanaël's face was burnt and dripping blood and pus. Even his "perfect" slicked back hair was burnt off. He had a large bruise under his left eye and parts of his clothes were torn or burnt.

"Ya like this?" Nathanaël moved his face closer to Hannah's. "It's from your white-haired little prick."

Hannah looked at Nathanaël, knowing exactly where this was going. "You're going to help catch that bastard."

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