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She started circling hie of power, threw hi so far, she wasn’t sure where he landed, but she was sure, he wasn’t going to come back after her

The otherdown the street as he watched his colleague get launched into the air Rachel knew she couldn’t let hiet her or even worse, steal other kids fro speed to catch up with hi there, in front of him as he rounded the bend She started at hi and laid down on the ground Rachel didn’t kno she was doing this, but it was al hisabout what she wanted to do to him, and watched it play out before her eyes She watched hih and then drop back down onto the hard pavement with a thud She repeated this over and over until he lay there, in a puddle of blood with his tongue hanging out of his mouth

The smell of his blood permeated the air, and she went over to hiertips Then, she put her fingers to her nose and sniffed it slowly The s she’d experienced before, in a past life So that she wanted to taste, but didn’t knohy She quickly stood up and ran away from the man when she heard the voice of her dad and Dr Gold up the hill She didn’t want the over hiood She knew she had to get out of there and fast She had to run away, but she didn’t knohere she could go that would be safe for her now

CHAPTER 16

Rachel ran at lightning speed down the streets of her neighborhood and into her town She could already hear the chatter and the buzz around her about what had just happened She pulled the hood of her hooded sweatshirt over her head and pulled the strings tightly around her neck in an attempt to hide her face from passersby She kneould only be a matter of time until people knew that she was the one who coet out of their quickly to avoid what she had coer safe in her town, or in her house She couldn’t go back at this point She knew her father; Dr Gold for her

Just as the thought crossed herdown the street It was the sirens of both the fire trucks and the police cars The sound was louder than she’d ever heard before It almost sounded to her like all the fire counties were alerted to this event She plugged her ears with her fingers as the cars started zoo by towards the scene of the criet out of their fast

Then, it dawned on her that the only place she could escape to was to the swarandmother She knew she’d be safe down there since it was so far away from Pennsylvania, and she was sure this neouldn’t travel down to that part of the country, at least for a while She knew she had a few days until the FBI, police and others would be searching for her She quickly reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone She knew she’d be able to be tracked by it and quickly turned off the power She knew she could only use it in serious eencies or else, she’d be found

She went into a local store and asked to use their phone She dialed a cab company and then waited behind the store until they came She couldn’t escape the loud sounds of the fire and police cars and they flen the streets with their sirens and lights blaring She stood there, with her back against the wall of the building, trying to hide fro for this cab felt like it was taking years, even though she knew it had only been threethe people walk by in confusion with all the chaos around them, the cab drove up and rolled down its

"You call a cab?" the cabbie said

"Yes!" Rachel said She was so grateful that the cab was here and she was finally going toit close as people started flocking into town to hear about what had happened It was like a scene from a movie

"Where to?" the cab driver asked

"The train station," Rachel said, hiding her head still to ensure the cabbie wouldn’t be able to track her down once the news broke She didn’t want him to remember that he drove the criet away

The car started driving along towards the train station and as she rode in the back seat she couldn’t help but feel ashamed of what she just did She didn’t knohat had coth she never knew she had before and it was als she didn’t even knoere possible

"So, where you headed?" The cab driver asked

Rachel looked up at hih the rearviewback at her made her feel a bit nervous She didn’t kno to answer that question, after all she was a fugitive and she didn’t want anyone to knoho she was or where she was going Not even theto visit randmother," Rachel said That was the truth, after all

"That’s nice of you No school today?" he asked

"I’ the day off!" Rachel answered