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jogged over to the edge of the building and saw that it was a two lane road that spanned between me and the next roof, which was a good ten feet lower than the roof I was currently on. A glance down to the street told me that only death waited there. There was not even a stall to jump down onto like a few days before. Just my luck. Now I would have to come up with another miraculous escape without falling to my death. I was too high up for even the softest of landings to have a chance of survival. I turned back and started running toward the stairs again, and was halfway there when I saw the large man pulling his way up onto the roof with me.
I wasn't going to jail, and I knew for a fact that I wasn't going to the military. I made the decision, and started running toward the edge of the building. I was fit. I was fast. I was light. I could make this.
"Alex, stop!" The voice was familiar, but I tuned it out as I ran toward the edge of the building. I had to concentrate on making this jump. It was freedom or death. I hit the edge of the building at full speed and leapt out over the gap.
The second my foot had left the ground I knew I had made a mistake. There was no way I could make this jump. My leg was too hurt. I wasn't at my peak. I felt the air around me freeze as I realized I was going to die. This was it. I was dead.
A small shock wave passed through me, like silent thunder, and powerful hands grabbed me from behind. My momentum halted and I was yanked back through the air and onto the roof I had just vacated. As I fell to the concrete my head slammed hard into the ground. My world spun and I shook back and forth, trying to make sense of the images around me. I blinked as darkness started in on my vision, but squinted through it to look at the man who had grabbed me.
Bradley, the boy from prison, lay next to me breathing hard. He turned to me as my world started to fall away, and when they settled on me I froze. The gray seemed to draw me in as I stared him. I couldn't look away.
He blinked and gave me a grin. "Well that was a close one."
The spell broke, my head fell down, and the world went black.
TEN
I woke to my body throbbing in pain. I opened my eyes, blinking away the brightness as they adjusted to the light. I could hear the hum of an engine, and by the way I jostled back and forth it was obvious I was in a vehicle of some kind. I tried to sit up but found my hands tied behind my back, and instead just managed to wriggle on the ground.
A deep voice rumbled. "She's awake."
I felt hands grab me from behind and start to lift me, but I thrashed out of their grip and fell to the floor. I hit the ground hard and a moan escaped my lips.
"Are you alright?" I looked up at the source of the new voice and found Bradley standing before me, concern etched across his face.
I closed my eyes and took a breath. "What the hell do you think?"
"Let me get you out of those cuffs."
"You sure that's a good idea?" said the man with the deep voice who I now recognized as the large man who had taken me out of the police station.
Bradley raised and eyebrow at him. "You think she's going to escape now?"
The man rolled his eyes and shrugged, turning away from the two of us and closing his eyes to sleep. I glared at the back of his head while Bradley undid my wrists. I felt the click of the release and my arms were free.
"There you g—"
I pushed my hands into the ground and threw my head backwards into Bradley's face. It connected with a crack that threw Bradley back off me. I spun and pushed him hard to topple him off balance further and he hit the metal wall behind him with a thud. I jumped up and spun to face the large man who was now standing and reaching toward me.
I reached past his outstretched hand and grabbed his wrist, pulling him off balance and slamming my elbow into his face. He gave a small grunt in pain, but the pain that shot through me made me think my arm broke. I pushed him away, ignoring the pain, and
I wasn't going to jail, and I knew for a fact that I wasn't going to the military. I made the decision, and started running toward the edge of the building. I was fit. I was fast. I was light. I could make this.
"Alex, stop!" The voice was familiar, but I tuned it out as I ran toward the edge of the building. I had to concentrate on making this jump. It was freedom or death. I hit the edge of the building at full speed and leapt out over the gap.
The second my foot had left the ground I knew I had made a mistake. There was no way I could make this jump. My leg was too hurt. I wasn't at my peak. I felt the air around me freeze as I realized I was going to die. This was it. I was dead.
A small shock wave passed through me, like silent thunder, and powerful hands grabbed me from behind. My momentum halted and I was yanked back through the air and onto the roof I had just vacated. As I fell to the concrete my head slammed hard into the ground. My world spun and I shook back and forth, trying to make sense of the images around me. I blinked as darkness started in on my vision, but squinted through it to look at the man who had grabbed me.
Bradley, the boy from prison, lay next to me breathing hard. He turned to me as my world started to fall away, and when they settled on me I froze. The gray seemed to draw me in as I stared him. I couldn't look away.
He blinked and gave me a grin. "Well that was a close one."
The spell broke, my head fell down, and the world went black.
TEN
I woke to my body throbbing in pain. I opened my eyes, blinking away the brightness as they adjusted to the light. I could hear the hum of an engine, and by the way I jostled back and forth it was obvious I was in a vehicle of some kind. I tried to sit up but found my hands tied behind my back, and instead just managed to wriggle on the ground.
A deep voice rumbled. "She's awake."
I felt hands grab me from behind and start to lift me, but I thrashed out of their grip and fell to the floor. I hit the ground hard and a moan escaped my lips.
"Are you alright?" I looked up at the source of the new voice and found Bradley standing before me, concern etched across his face.
I closed my eyes and took a breath. "What the hell do you think?"
"Let me get you out of those cuffs."
"You sure that's a good idea?" said the man with the deep voice who I now recognized as the large man who had taken me out of the police station.
Bradley raised and eyebrow at him. "You think she's going to escape now?"
The man rolled his eyes and shrugged, turning away from the two of us and closing his eyes to sleep. I glared at the back of his head while Bradley undid my wrists. I felt the click of the release and my arms were free.
"There you g—"
I pushed my hands into the ground and threw my head backwards into Bradley's face. It connected with a crack that threw Bradley back off me. I spun and pushed him hard to topple him off balance further and he hit the metal wall behind him with a thud. I jumped up and spun to face the large man who was now standing and reaching toward me.
I reached past his outstretched hand and grabbed his wrist, pulling him off balance and slamming my elbow into his face. He gave a small grunt in pain, but the pain that shot through me made me think my arm broke. I pushed him away, ignoring the pain, and
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