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and
want to conduct
tests.
We
can’t
live
life
like
this; running from everything.
“Tess, I
think we
should just
give
up.
They will never let it go. They will keep hunting
us
down, and
finding
running.
We
keep
on
us.
There’s
no point in
running,
but
we aren’t
getting anywhere,” I said to her.
“Maddy, if there is anything I’ve learned
these last few days is to never give up. Don’t
give in to the enemy. If you cry, I’ll wipe all of
your tears. When you scream, I’ll fight away all
of your fears,” Tess said with a smile.
All of a sudden, a huge, black, shadowy
human-like figure suddenly appeared behind
Tess.
“Tess, b e h i n d you!” I screamed.
It was too late.
I t grabbed Tess from behind, turned her
around and blew some kind of pinkish-white
powder into her face that quickly knocked her out
cold, leaving her limp in its arms.
“Tess! Tess!” I kept yelling, as it carried
her away. I couldn’t let this thing, this monster, take Tess away. I conjured up a water ball and
tossed it at him. It struck the thing right in the
back, but it had no affect at all! I started to run
after them,
but he went even faster. I couldn’t
let this thing get away.
I needed Tess.
She’s the last friend that
I
had, and
I
wasn’t going to let her get murdered too.
I started running like my life depended on
it. Technically, Tess’s life depended on it. I was
gaining on him; I was so close to them now, and
so close to Tess.
I grabbed the back of his shirt and yelled,
“Let her
go,
she
didn’t
do anything
wrong!”
He stopped and kicked me off his back. He then
ran into a shop, taking Tess with him.
Even though I was already on the ground, I
got on my knees. I now recognized what Tess
last said to
me. It
was
part
of a song. When
she said;
“If you cry I’ll wipe all of your tears.
When you scream,
I’ll fight away all of your fears.”
    It was part of a song by Evanescence called
“My Immortal.”
I
got
up
from
the
ground.
I
somehow
knew Tess wasn’t dead. She would never leave
me alone at a time like this.
I looked inside the window of the shop
that Tess was being held in. I saw her, luckily
alive,
laying on a
couch. If I could somehow
get her out of there, I could save her life.
I was not going to let another soul die in
my presence.
I
couldn’t
handle
the
weight
of
another
dead person.
Chapter Twenty-Two Crawling
    I peered inside the shop. There has to be a
way
to
get
in
and out without being noticed, I
thought to myself.
    I
looked
inside
for
about
a
minute,
trying to
notice
everything.
Then,
I
saw
an
airshaft
right
above
the
couch
that
Tess
was
laying on. Score, I’d found a way to get in and
out!
    Even
though
I’m
a total
germ freak,
I
had to go. I picked a couple rocks up off the
ground. I had a plan, and it was a good one.
    I
climbed
onto
the
roof
and
found
the
shaft.
My
first
thought
was, why
would
a
ventilation shaft go onto a roof? But I ignored the
thought and went on with the plan.
    I
opened the
shaft
and
got
inside.
I
crawled in the dark, dusty shaft until I saw the
light at the end.
I opened the shaft and saw Tess lying on
the
couch.
She
looked
dead,
but
I
could
tell
she was breathing.
    I
didn’t
have
time
to
waste.
I
dropped
the rock on her face, making her eyes jolt awake.
She looked around for a minute, not knowing
what had happened. I dropped another rock I’d
brought (I only brought two, the second one just
in case the first one didn’t work) on her leg. She
looked up and saw me. Her first reaction was to
wave her hands in a little dance.
    Yeah, my friend is weird.
I put my feet through the shaft, as
if
I
were about to jump in, like that was going to
happen.
I
tapped
my
shoes
together and Tess
began to rise.
When she was halfway into the shaft, I
heard
someone
yell, “She’s
getting
away!”
Someone
made
a grab
for
her
foot,
but
she
was already in the shaft.
Tess slammed the vent shut. She was still
kinda floating, so I tapped my shoes once more
and she dropped