The Protogen's Pet

Chapter 29 - Falling Out

Kayla P.O.V.

Ow...my head hurts where am I? Hang on, I'm in the back of a car!?

Kayla: What the hell!?

Bryan: Ah, you're awake.

Kayla: What happened!?

Tricky: Well...

Before hijacking the car

Bryan: The plan is simple. One of distracts one of them, so that someone else can knock them out.

Tricky: Won't the others see us though?

Bryan: If that happens, then someone else will cause a diversion.

That's the shittiest plan I ever heard. There are SO many things that could go wrong.

Tricky: I'll be the distraction. Kayla, you hit the protogen with your bat.

Kayla: *sigh* Fine...

I hide behind the trees as I see Tricky get into position. She was behind another tree, ready to come out. Now all we needed was an opening -

*WHAM*

Back to the present

Bryan: One of the protogen snuck up behind you and hit you real hard.

Tricky: We just managed to get in here and drive off.

Kayla: Thank goodness...wait, with that much commotion, didn't the other protogens see us? The whole plan was to be sneaky.

Tricky: ...Look out the window behind you.

Looking at the window, I see some cars speeding right toward us. Oh...they're chasing us.

Kayla: So where are we headed!?

Bryan: I'm following the car in the distance.

Why does this always happen!? When things look up for once, something bad ALWAYS happens next. Glancing out, we're in an open road. And HOLY CRUD. A bullet went right past me! The glass now has a hole in it.

Kayla: Can't we go any faster!?

Bryan: If we did, we'd alert the car that is ahead, and then we'd be lost!

The car got closer and closer. Until it was right next to us. It then crashed into us, trying to knock us off course. One of them jumped out the window and smashed ours with it's fist! I hit it with my bad, but it dodges to the top of the car, so I just broke the door.

Kayla: Uh...DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING?

Tricky: I have the manual on how to sneak!

Kayla: Great!

I snatched it from her hands and went to the broken door. I opened it, and when I peeked at the roof of the car, I threw the manual at the protogen. The manual opened, and it landed on his face. He seemed to have trouble taking it off.

I threw my bat, whoch hit him in the face. I leaned and snatched my bat in mid air, as the protogen on our car fell on the road.

I went back in the car, but my shoulder got grazed by a bullet.

Kayla: What do we do!?

Tricky: There's a river!

Bryan: And the bridge is wide enough for only one car...

The bridge is made of wood. It looks rusty, and a bit...creaky. We speed up to get over as fast as possible.

I hear more gunshots, and suddenly, the bridge collapsed. The car was now one half in the river, and the other half on the other side. They must've shot the base of the bridge!

What do we do now!? If we stay here, they'll catch up! But if we exit, we'll be vulnerable and be shot instantly. Before we cane react, they catch up. The jump and land on our car. They begin clawing and making holes in it.

Suddenly, I hear the car reversing! We all fall in the river I try to get up, but I lose balance. I cling onto a chair, and open the door. I try to jump out, but something grabs my ankle. I get pulled back, and a protogen claws at me. I grab their wrists, and I struggle for this thing not to maim me.

As I begin to lose energy, it headbutts my head, and I fall down. The boat then shook, and the protogen was thrown onto the door.

I scan the indoor car. Tricky and Bryan are nowhere to be seen. Crap, it kicked me while I was distracted! He claws, and I grab its wrists. The claws were slowly inching toward my eyes. 

Kayla: L-Let go!

It, of course, didn't listen. Sweat forms in my palms, making its claws inch closer. Suddenly, the whole car shook. I lost my grip, but we both were moved so he only clawed my cheek. Then, I was slammed to the top of the car my a strange fore. Wait a second...

This is gravity. We're falling, HOW!?

Bryan P.O.V.

Holy shit! The car just went off a waterfall! And Kayla was still in it!

Tricky: B-Bryan, we have to - eek!

A protogen crawled out of the river. Tricky ran forward and kicked it back into the water.

Tricky: Let's get outta here! There could still be more out there.

...I just lost...another one. GREAT, FREAKING GREAT! Now Kayla is dead! "She could've survived the fall!" my ass! I don't even see the bottom! No one can survive a fall like that!

Tricky: Bryan...let's go. If we hurry, we can still save M -

Bryan: And what, have you die along the way? No, I'm going.

Tricky: Wh-Wha -

Bryan: You're on your own! I'm not going to be responsible for any more deaths!

Tricky: You...You'e a coward! And so stupid! What good will running do!?

I don't care.

Bryan: Screw you! If you hadn't supported her rash decisions, she could still be alive!

Tricky: EXCUSE YOU!? Don't you dare try to pin this on me! Let's just go somewhere hidden -

Tricky P.O.V.

He ran off. What the fuck...!? I get he's sad, but why run away from me!? He's such an idiot! 

...Now what. I'm all alone. I should hide, unless I want to join Kayla. ...That's depressing, I shouldn't think that.

Tricky: Kayla...I'm sorry.

If only I had stayed to help her, instead of jump out. I...I feel myself crying. I wipe off my tears and go to the path. I'll save Matthew for you, Kayla.

It's impossible. I'll probably die. But it's better than running away like a coward. Stupid Bryan...what happened to him!? He used to be so...helpful.  Now all there is is a spineless fool.

As I make my way back, my feet feel sticky. I stepped on some mud, great. They could track down the footprints. I take off my shoes and keep going. I'm going to have to wash these somewhere else. I can't be here for too long.

Out on the open...