Leticia (15 page)

I waited for what seemed like days but was in fact just a couple of hours. My stomach was screaming at me and I was trembling ever so slightly, so I definitely needed to eat. I made myself a few sandwiches and sat back on the sofa, eating them in silence. Time passed and I started to wonder whether
we’
d heard the men correctly. Had they said they were attacking tonight? Surely they would have done it by
now. It
was almost dark out, the ideal time to strike, yet nothing was out of the ordinary. Once again I looked at the clock, it was
after
nine
.
I started to relax a little and contemplated turning the TV on. I reached for the remote
;
just as I was about to push the button I heard whispering coming from outside. I froze for a moment, straining to hear what was being said
.
I had amazing hearing, all my senses were heightened thanks to the wolf side of me, but I still couldn’t make out what they were saying. I just knew there was a few of them.

I dropped the remote and ran into the hallway, pulling the gun out and turning the safety off. I stood with my back pushed against the wall, watching the front door. A loud bang came from the kitchen, followed by shrieking, someone must have opened the back door and been met by my little trap, a second later, another shriek, this time from the bleach. I stood there with an evil smirk on my face.

The living room window smashed
and
I heard something hit the floor, it wasn’t one of them, the noise wasn’t loud enough to have been a human body
.
The
windows upstairs began to smash, just how many of them
were
there? The next thing I knew the house was filled with smoke
.
I dropped to the floor trying to find my way to the front door. The smoke got thicker every second, I crawled as fast as I could, choking as I reached up to the door handle. I threw it open, gasping for breath.

“There she is
,
” I heard a man shout
.
“Get her now, hurry
.
”

I jumped up quickly, and started running down the front path
.
A
couple of them started shooting at me
and
I
dropped to the ground, covering my head with my hands until they stopped firing for a moment, then ran again. I was going to try and get to my car, but noticed all the
tires
had been slashed to pieces, I’d have to run for it, and to stand a chance of getting away I would have to change, however, these people didn’t know what I was
.
Did
I really want to risk them finding out? But then did I really have a choice?

They continued to fire at me, I took cover behind the car, I couldn’t risk being hit
.
What
if the bullets were silver? The shooting stopped, I could hear crackling and popping sounds coming from my house.

“Come out Leticia and you won’t get hurt
,
” a guy shouted
.

“Yeah right
,
” I yelled back
.

“
We
don’t want to kill
you;
you need to come with us
.
”

“
O
K
,
OK
.
”

I stood up slowly, tucking the gun down the back of my jeans again, slowly raising my arms to show defeat. I looked over at my house, it was engulfed in flames
.
I’d lost everything. My eyes started to fill with
tears;
I blinked them away quickly and turned my attention back to the men. There
were
nine of them, not including the ones I could see in a car not too far away.

“If you didn’t want to kill me, why
were you
shooting at me
?
” I asked
.

“We wouldn’t have hit you, it was to slow you down
,
” the ginger guy I saw before said, walking slowly towards me
.

“Are they silver?”

“Silver?” he frowned
.
“
E
rr, no, why would a bullet be made of silver
?
”

“Just checking
,
” I smirked
.

I grabbed the gun from behind me and fired at him, it hit him in his right shoulder
.
He
fell to the ground in agony.

“Bitch
,
” another guy shouted, shooting directly at me
.

The bullet hit me in my stomach, it smarted a little and bled slightly, but I just stood there laughing at him. I fired at them again and again but I was
a
terrible shot and missed them. All of them started firing back at me, bullets were flying everywhere, I could take a few shots, but not that m
any. I hid behind the car again
waiting for them to stop, but they didn’t, they carried on and on
.
T
he windows smashed sending bits of glass all over me, now I was getting worried. I could hear the sound of a car engine coming closer and closer, my heart was racing, if they drove ar
ound and got me from this angle
I wouldn’t be able to run, there
were
still too many bullets flying in my direction.

A moment later a car screeched to a stop a few feet in front of me, a black Audi, the door flew open.

“Leticia get in
!
” I heard Jackson shout.

I ran as quickly as I could and practically threw myself into the car
.
Before
I’d even shut the door, he’d put his foot down, turning the car around 360 degrees and shot off back down the private road to my drive way. The door slammed shut and I gathered myself quickly.

“Put your seatbelt on
,
” he ordered
.

I
didn’t
argue but I
didn’t
do what he asked either,
it’s
not like a car accident could kill me anyway. I turned to look out of the back window, my house was glowing red and orange from the fire, then I saw headlights, we were being chased.

“
Don’t
worry, we have it sorted
,
” he told me
.

“How did you know?”

“We’ve been watching. Hold on!”

I braced myself as we skidded around the tight corner onto Holmfirth Road,
I closed my eyes
waiting for us to hit something, but he regained control of the car.

“Why you
?
” I asked rather nastily
.

“Do you want me to stop?” he shot at me
.
“I will
...
”

“You wouldn’t
.
”

“Don’t push your luck with me Leticia
,
” he said, switching gears
.

“You wouldn’t leave
me;
you wouldn’t have come for me if you had any intention at all of leaving me
.
”

He didn’t respond,
he
just kept his eyes on the road. I looked behind us
again;
I could see the headlights from the men’s cars following us, trying their best to keep up.

“They wouldn’t stand a chance of catching us in this,
if
I didn’t want them too
,
” he told me
.

“IF?” I shouted
.

“Trust me
.
”

“HA
, yeah right
.
”

We were now on the straight stretch of Saddleworth Moors, I looked over at the speedometer
and
we were doing 120 mph
. The
cars behind us were managing to stay just in sight.

“Where are we going
?
” I asked
.

“You’ll see
.
”

“Jackson I didn’t mean to sound...”

“Forget it, I’m not doing this for you.”

“Fine
.
”

I turned silent, holding on to the seat to stop myself jumping up and down as we hit the bumps on the road. I looked at the speed again, we were now at 140mph
.
I turned my attention to Jackson, but he didn’t look at me once, he just kept his eyes on the road. We entered Holmfirth, down the 30mph stretch of road at three times that speed.

“
Hold
on tight, this is a sharp turn
,
” he told me
.

He slammed his foot on the breaks then turned the wheel like crazy, the back end of the car swung out as we turned almost back on ourselves to head towards Holme and the Summit. How he managed to regain control of the car I’ll never know. He slammed it into gear and put his foot down again, dodging parked cars
and
taking the sharp bends at still a rather high speed. I saw him look in the rear view mirror, and then for some reason, just as we were about start the winding approach to the summit top, he slowed right down.

“What are you doing?” I asked
.

“Watch
.
”

I looked out of the back window again for a few
seconds;
as soon as the headlights from the
men’s
cars were in view he put his foot down again.

“Why did you do that? Aren’t we supposed to be losing them?” I scalded
.

“No, they need to follow us
.
”

“Why
?
”

He didn’t answer, and I didn’t ask again, he needed to concentrate on the road, the bends were so tight and I really didn't fancy going off the edge of the road, in parts, it was a sheer drop.

“I’m going to pull up on the top in the big pull-in, you better get yourself ready
,
” he advised
.

“For what?”

“A fight
.
”

“What?”

“We won’t be alone
,
” he smirked
.
“But I’d put your game face on, or turn fully,
it’s
up to you,
it’s
not like they’ll live long enough to tell anyone
.
”

“You’re going to kill them
all
?”

“No,
we
are
.
”

We reached the large pull-in and he slammed his breaks on, I got out of the car quickly, Jackson did the same. Tristan was
standing
in front of us.

“Have they followed?” he asked Jackson
.

“Of course,
it’s
not like they didn't know where we
were
heading
.”

“What do you mean?” I asked
.

“You’ll see
.
”

We heard the cars getting closer and closer, and then, it was as though something, somewhere, sent help. It started to go very, what I thought for a moment, was foggy, but when I looked properly, I noticed it was actually a thick cloud that had started to descend.

“Wow
,
” Tristan smiled
.
“This is amazing, perfect timing
.
”

Jackson didn't say anything in
response;
he just stood there with an evil grin on his face.

The cars stopped close to
Jackson’s
.
There
w
ere
four of them
with four people in each. They stepped out warily
.
The
cloud was so thick now that you could hardly see your hand in front of your face. If it wasn’t for our
excellent eye sight and senses
we
wouldn’t have seen
them
. They split up into two’s and started walking around, straining to see, trying to find us. We were
standing
across the road, slightly down the grassy hill, watching. Tristan suddenly shot away from us, so fast he actually turned into a blur. Jackson grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him.