Escape: Day 2

Word Count: 12,011

Summary of Events:

Trace was heading back toward the South, and on a route that would take him through Atlanta again, but he had to detour around a major crash north of Chattanooga. Dallis — after breaking a pitcher over the head of a customer who'd thrown his drink in her face — tried to make an escape, successfully stealing two guns and shooting or knocking out some five men, but failed. Trace stopped by the restaurant she worked at again to eat and respected her refusal of his desire to spend more time together.

Excerpt of the Day:

""I think it'd be better if you just let us take you in," Ross said. "We've got thirty six shots on your twenty four."

"Less than twenty four," Jay said. "One of those is empty."

"See? We've got three times the shots on you," Ross said.

Technically, with thirty six shots, they had eighteen times the shots she did, but she wouldn't dare tell them that. She wanted them to think she had a dozen shots.

"Come on," Ross said. "We don't want to fight with you."

"Yeah," Roy said. "All of this is your fault. If you'd stop running around and fighting we wouldn't have these issues. Stop fighting and your life will be a much more peaceful existence."

"I don't think she cares," Jay said. "I'm just surprised she hasn't actually used her gun to kill someone yet."

"You'd think she would've killed Saw though," Ross said.

"Why?" Jay asked.

"She shot him," Ross replied, using the indication of his finger to finish the sentence.

She raised her eyebrows at the region Ross indicated. No wonder he'd writhed around and screamed like he had.

"Oh," Jay said. "Is he goin' to be alright?"

"No sayin' now," Ross replied. "We'll probably find out tomorrow."

"Once we get her in," Jay muttered.

She cocked her head and fluttered her eyelashes at them.

Ross swore and stepped toward her. She stepped back. Ross stepped toward her again.

She started to step back again, but her foot collided with the downed form of Lenny and she fell backwards, spending one of her shots into the air in surprise.

Bush crashed as the men surged forward. Quickly she scrambled to her feet and went to run, but Lenny's hand seized her ankle and she hit her stomach.

Getting to her knees, she turned back and fired her last shot at Lenny's arm, which caused him to let go as he swore in pain. Again scrambling to her feet, she ran. Suddenly she heard the roar of the chainsaw coming to life again.

Abruptly she cut to her left, the west, as she heard the chainsaw roar before there was a great cracking and the wooden thud of the tree collapsing. The sound of the chainsaw didn't stop. She had a feeling they wanted to chase her with it and wound her with it if they had to.

Now that the tree had fallen she kept running and found the railway tracks in short order. She also found there was a train bearing down on her, heading the opposite direction of the first train. It sounded its horn.

She stared, frozen in fright for a moment before suddenly hands seized her and hauled her back just before the train roared by with a louder roar and a heavy wind that caused her restrainer to stumble backwards and fall."