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Two of the rasp and bolts for Sophia One round in a spray of pine needles and dirt
"Jack!" Sophia screa like a wild animal, but the other twohih the trees The other ainst a tree trunk like it’ll offer her so screa bastards, pick on soht back! No! No, Sophia! Sophia, run!"
"N-No," Avery’s voice is clear, though Wren seems to be paralyzed, focused entirely on Sophia and Jack "No, this isn’t how it’s supposed to – back off Just back off"
Her whispered commands don’t work The men close in, and Sophia puts her head in her hands
"Help me, Jack," She cries Soap and start pulling at Sophia’s dress I choke back bile but Jack reacts quicker – thehi the alu it into the man, over and over and over Avery swears, and even shell-shocked Wren flinches Two h theirthwack resounding through the trees whenin his jacket, a gun maybe, but Jack ducks behind the first round, and the bullet cuts into the ain Jack takes the un into the leaves
The whole ti madly, his mouth and face blood-spattered
The fifth man, the one who’d pinned Sophia to the tree, is frantically trying to pull his pants on Jack slaers into the leaves, reaching for the gun But Jack swings again, and Sophia screa cracks, and it isn’t the bat, and the ht vision it’s a cluster of broken bones andskin The man looks at it, stunned, and then the pain catches up to hi
"Please, onna –"
The , and Jack throws back his head and laughs, and then chases after hiht of theers to her feet and tries to pull her dress back on She’s shaking too badly She tries to walk away, but trips on so, and her fall isn’t far but she rolls down the hill, hitting trees with vicious momentum until she rolls to a stop There’s a stunned silence,noise and then she goes still, her white-blonde hair splaying in the pine needles
"Holy fk," Avery whispers "Holy –"
Frohexpression in its place – one I’ve co him
But it lasts for only a second, because when he sees Sophia hethe bloodstained bat and cradling her in his arms
"Soph," He whispers "Sophie, Sophie please –"
He holds his hand out, sticky and ith blood Sophia doesn’t move He pats the pine needles around Sophia’s body and chokes again, the sound of a wild anih Blood A pool of blood around her pelvis, her floral dress stained with it
There’s a noise, like Avery shifting and her shoe breaking a twig Jack’s head snaps up, eyes glowing an unholy white with the night vision, and he grabs the bat, face twisting with rage Avery swears and takes off running, and as Jack advances, Wren’s paralysis breaks and he drops the ca his shoes as they flash by Jack’s bigger shoes pass just a split-second after
"I’ll kill you!" His screa, the sound fading and co in circles Thewood resounds, and his screa and furious and riddled with pain, and over the for a while And then the tape cuts out"