HIS ESCAPE

Endless forest, that's all he could see as he traveled deep into the dense forest. The murk of the rainy dusk, impenetrable forest road and one broken headlight of his car made it a fatal situation for driving. Nevertheless, he paced it swiftly through the crowded trees as the roaring sound of numerous car engines of the chasers and his' echoed through the dome of sky touching trees.

How am I supposed to escape like this with being chased by those angry hounds?

How badly he wished all that to come to an end but that also seemed too good to be true. He let out innumerable curses as he tried to focus on fleeing the car away. The moment he decided to runaway from that bastard, he never thought he will have to be dealing with his clenching heart that seems to be in an escalated mode just with the thought of the things that that wicked head will do to him once he get caught. And speaking of that, the most merciful thing that he might will do is to give him a painless death.

Just when he was in his trance, he saw a source of light piercing through the dense foliage of numerous trees. Though it could be a street light but it's enough to ignite a hope that he's searching for. All he had to do was to drive. Drive as fast as he could  and escape from those wicked bastards chasers. However, it will also take atleast fifteen minutes to reach the source of light.

"There's no way I can distract them while driving this car like this. I'll have to leave this thing somewhere inorder to do that!"

Parking the car and runing away from there without leaving any traces, seemed like a good plan to him. He can easily distract them and get away from the situation without them even coming to know about it. But then when he tried to do so, an ear splitting sound of gun shot was heard and that's when his car lost it's control and collided with a tree alongside the road.

"UGH!"

He groaned out of the torment caused when his head hit the steering wheel. Not being able to suppress the throbbing pain spreading all over in his head, he wept out. Nevertheless, the situation wasn't suitable for such minor thing. So, after quickly checking if he had any major injuries, he opened the door once he felt confident about his composure. Despite being hurt, he dragged himself into the dense forest.

The coal black sight of the woods unfurled before his eyes. But for that situation, no matter how scared he was of dark the fear of getting caught has taken over the fear of it. The damp redolent of rotting leaves underneath him, stabbed his nose, disgusting him to the utmost level.

Glancing back he saw their cars almost coming closer to his crashed one. And coming to think of that, it struck his head that in just a snap, they shall catch him and bring him back to the hell he was in before, making all the efforts crush in vain. Just with the thought of getting caught, his agility skyrocketed. Even if he loses one or two of his limbs, he cannot afford to get caught. He strode his way, piercing deep into the woods. The torrential downpouring was doing nothing but making everything difficult for him. But having a firm will helped him even in that dire situation.

Atleast the leaves ain't making any crackling sound

He tried to be in the positive side of the situation as much as he could. Although, putting endless efforts also doesn't mean that he can escape that easily. There still was a probability of them catching him.

He thought of doing something inorder to defeat them all but to his bad luck they were trained and quite a lot in number, so, defeating them wasn't an option at all. Even though he was also nicely builded and trained, with his body suffering from agonising pain, he couldn't bring himself to do that either. So instead, he tried to drag himself in a little more high pace towards what he assumed to be a small town in the countryside.

Sh*t! They are close and the town is still so far. I gotta speed up myself. C'mon, you can do it, dude!!

He spat endless profanity while struggling with his aching limbs,  Even in the heavy rain, he could hear some clattering sounds of footsteps coming closer. After exhausting his energy to the brink, he finally took a moment to breathe. Scrutinizing himself, he found blood oozing from his head and lips which was almost getting drained out by the rain water.

I guess I've also got my hand fractured..

He looked around to see the source of light and a small town could be seen behind the woods. As he had no energy left in his body, he slowly dragged himself further. It wasn't that late but the thick rain clouds were making the sky look darker than it should be. Following the path, he found himself in the pavement of a narrow road. There were some shops and a few of them were only opened. He exuberantly was going trudge his way to one of shop but suddenly stopped.

Surely those d*ckheads will somehow make them spill everything. And if I show my face and ask for help, then they will have no choice but to tell them. I should better hide somewhere than seeking for help.

He looked around, a pathway heading to what it appeared like a residential place was on the view. He had no option but to follow the track. Clenching his temple due to the throbbing pain, he felt the dizziness slowly taking over him. But when he thought that he somehow managed to escape from those chasers, he again heard a bunch of men coming. He swallowed the profanities down his throat when he got no option but to hide somewhere. A few steps away, he saw an old mail box and quietly threw himself behind it, hiding from them.

Though they couldn't be seen from where he was but he could hear them approaching. The clattering sounds of foot steps and the shouting here and there. However, few minutes later the noises brought to halt. Hiding there while sweating profusely made him uncomfortable to be there for any longer. It's started getting difficult for him to breathe as if his throat has been tightened with some invisible force. Not able to withstand it anymore, he got out of that hiding place while greedily sucking air.

""HEY LOOK, THERE HE IS!!"

Upon hearing someone shout, he stopped breathing.

"*Oh sh*t*!!"

Glancing over his shoulder, he saw them running behind him. He stumbled numerous time as it took everything in him to keep running with his nauseous self. And unfortunately this time his head started spinning.

"I will be damned if I get caught. Lord, help me...PLEASE!!"

He prayed amidst of running while struggling to catch his breath. But all his efforts indeed seemed to be going in vain when his vision started getting blurred with each passing moment. He blinked rapidly inorder to keep himself from passing by out. However, the fate didn't seem to be in his side as he stumbled and that's when he bumped into someone, causing him to fall down. The person next to him didn't budge even though they both ran into one another unknowingly.

"I apologise. I didn't see you—" The person worriedly exclaimed upon seeing him fall down with a thud and hurriedly helped him to get up. But the person's eyes widened when she caught the sight of his pale looking, bloodied face. "Damn!! Did you fall that badly?!! Eh.. I am sorry. Lemme help you.."

Scrutinizing his wounded area, her forehead wrinckled.Her face was evident with worry and tension.

"D'you want me to take you to the hospital? I should do that at the very least.."

Not paying attention to what she was say as if all his senses were seized, he continuously kept glancing back .

"Eh..N-no, I-I am fine. If you wanna d-do something then don't tell t-them that I b-bumped into you. Please, they are c-coming after me..."

The person's eyebrows knitted showing a reasonable confused face at his indecipherable choice of words. Even his words were also coming out like mere sobs. Upon seeing his dire conditions, she probed further.

"Er..hang on. What are you talking about and who's chasing you? Ughh..just forget it. First, lemme take you to— HEY! WATCH OUT..!!"

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