The Puppeteer Part 3

The Puppeteer - The kind killer

I breath deeper as I keep looking at Zylen. His eye looks so lifeless, and I can't tell what he is thinking right now. I know I got no time to waste, I need to get him out and get help for his injuries. I quickly unlock the window, I opened the window quickly and when the night breeze reach me, for the first time in my life, the night looks so beautiful and I won't ask for anything anymore but to be free as I was.

I climbed the desk and jump out the window, as my feet touch the ground I felt relieved, I turn to look at Zylen "Zylen come on!" He jumped off the window as well, but instead of landing properly, he fall smacking to the ground. "Zylen!" I know he is injured badly. I was supposed to help him, but I was panic and rushing to run away.

He get up, "l-let's go.. " he whispered. We ran into the woods, I don't know where are we and I don't find any street sign. I don't know where to go. "Where are we right now Zylen? " I gasp as we run

"I don't k-know.. S-sorry" he apologize to me, but that doesn't help. "Let's find a house and ask them to call police"

"No!" He suddenly cut me off and stop running. He stand infront of me and look into my eyes as he gasps "Emily.. Ha.. We c-cant.. Ha..w-we can't ask them to haa.. Help u-us"

"What? Why?" I snapped "they can help us, they will call the cops when they see all this blood all over you"

He hold my shoulders and I flinch "NO! t-they won't.. Trust m-me ple-please" he looks so shock at first and it scared me, but then he calmed down as he finished his words

I breathe deeply. I don't know what he have gone through, but he must have a reason. "Okay, then what should we do? I don't have a phone. Is there any police station nearby?" He look down and shakes his head. "Don't tell me, you want us to run when we don't even know where we are going to!?" I got frustrated. We manage to get out, I don't want to stop here until we are safe

"Emily.. Please slow d-down your voice"

"I want to go home" tears filled my eyes as I said it. "You hear me? I want to go to my mom and my dad! I don't want to stay here anymore" he look at me then look down again. "I don't care if you have nowhere to go! We can get help, they'll put you somewhere! But I have a home, I have a family! Stop being so cold! Stop crushing my hope to go home safely" I cried harder.

".. I'm sorry.."

"Stop apologizing! I know you're scared to go to the cops, I know you're scared to get help because you're a murderer! But I'm not! So stop being so selfish and help me out!" I whimpered "I just wanted to go home.. " I fall to my knees and cried.

He sit infront of me and I could see he was trying to reach me, remembering  how he cut open people with his hand; I felt so disgusted.  So afraid.  I slap his hand away in haste "don't touch me!  I don't want you to touch me.. You're a murderer.. And now you want to kill my hope too!" I yelled. 

I felt overwhelmed,  those words slipped from my tongue without thinking. Now I realized he might hit me or yell at me.

But he didn't..

I saw he retreated himself,  crawling away slowly behind a tree. I stopped crying because I don't have any idea what is he doing and I was afraid if he might leave me alone. Scared,  I get up and call out for him "Zylen?.. " I trailed his blood in this overwhelming darkness

And I found him hiding behind a tree,  he was sitting on the ground, leaning to the tree

.. He was crying.. Without making any noise..

How long has he been hiding his pain..

"Zylen.. " I approached him. And he hug my leg

".. Emily.. I'm sorry.. I-i hurt you..  I make you ups-set.. I.. I didn't me-mean to..I-I'm a bad person.. I'm a k-killer.. M-monster.. " he whimpered "I'm stupid..  P-please don't be mad at-at m-me..f-forgive me.. Pl-please..i-i don't want to lose you t-too.. N-no more.. Please no-no mo-more..  "