Four or Dead by G O A

Four or Dead

Jayden...Present...

Emma's father had shot me but he had no idea that it would take more than that to kill me especially when Emma needed me. Thankfully her father, in his hurry to get Emma, had been a lousy shot. The bullet grazed me putting on quite the show of blood which was a mess, but hardly anything I couldn't handle. Logan ran back inside as Asher checked out my wound. (*)

"Where is she?" I growled out when he walked toward us.

"He pushed her into a car and they took off in the direction of the highway," Logan replied his voice breathy I guessed from chasing after them.

"Do we still have a tracker on his car?" Asher glanced at Leland our tech boy nodded.

"We can track them but I can't guarantee that they haven't already reached wherever it is he was taking her. We could be too late for what he has planned." Leo admitted with a hard swallow of obvious fear.

"Let's hope that isn't the case, Now let's go get our girl." I said standing and grabbing a bandage for my arm.

No one said a thing as we all filed into Asher's car and Logan pulled up the tracking app on his phone.)

"This can't be right." He said suddenly. "What?" Asher asked impatiently through a clenched jaw.

"It says his car isn't on the main highway. It looks like..." Leo raised his head to meet our eyes. "The signal is coming from the state park along the highway a mile away from exit 73."

"What? What does that mean?" Asher was losing his cool and that was never a good thing. "Leo what does that mean!"

"I don't know! It's a dot on a map I don't know what that could mean! 'They could have pulled over or...or they could have..." Leo was choking on his words as the possibilities ran through his mind.

"Or they could have crashed," Asher said finishing Leo's thought. "Dammit!"

Asher's anger lashed out as he slammed his hand on the steering wheel and his foot on the gas.

We flew down the highway at an illegal speed scanning the area off the road for any sign of Emma. As we rounded a bend something caught my eye. The tail light of a car was blinking while the rest of the car seemed to be down an embankment and too hidden to see.

"There! Pullover!" I yelled to Asher and he immediately slammed on the brake and pulled to the side causing all of us to slump forward from the sudden stop.

I jumped out of the car before the car had fully slowed and didn't stop until I was standing a few feet from the car.

"Emma!!!" My voice boomed through the trees and we all fell silent for the breakfast second in hope of hearing her. I") "Jayden!" My girl's voice hit me harder than a bullet and I ran down the small hill until I stood by the driver's side of the car.

My eyes met Emma's wide panicked ones and for a moment I let out a breath of relief. She was alive if not a little banged up. She had clearly hit her head as was evident by the small cut near her hairline and the small amount of blood that fell from the wound.

"Emma!!!" I pulled on the door as hard as I could but it creaked and strained against my hold. "Emma are you ok?"

She whimpered and tried to move but it was clear her legs were pinned. "Tm stuck!"

"Ok! Ok baby hang on!" Logan yelled to her from the other side of the

car.

T leaned down a little to glance toward Emma's father and assess the risks he may cause. He was knocked out with a huge gash on his head and more blood was around him from wounds I couldn't see. Logan used his elbow to shatter the glass and quickly checked the guy's pulse. z)

"He's still alive." He called out before trying the passenger door.

It opened with a loud creak and Logan leaned across Emma's father to try and unbuckle him and get him out of the way.

"It won't budge!" Logan yelled as he pulled harder and still it did not budge.

The guy let out a groan and started to wake and the thought of him still being alive caused my anger to flood every part of me until I was seeing pure red. He should be dead. He should have died and set Emma free. "Jayden, it's ok. I'm ok." Emma started to say as my eyes fixed on the man who hurt my girl.

How did trash like him escape death over and over? He needed to die and that was the only thought running through my head at that moment. Emma must have been able to see my intentions because she kept calling out for me but I didn't listen. The world around me was silent except for the pounding of my heated blood pumping to my dark heart. I walked over to the passenger's side of the car and bent over so that I was face to face with the beast himself.

"You threatened to kill my girl. You were going to sell her off like she was nothing to you! You beat her and hurt her everyday of her life! You're a monster of the worst kind and you don't deserve to live." My anger was pounding at the door of my restraint. (")

'The guy laughed. Laughed.

"You are no better than me. I know exactly who you guys are. Jayden

Lee, orphan, murderer, and thug. Who are you to say I am a monster when you and are the same, Huh?" He spit out along with a good amount of blood. (7

A laugh escaped me, one deep and dark.

"You are scum, the lowest kind of man. Men who hit women are weak, and you will never lay a hand on Emma again. Never." My eyes glanced around for something, anything I could use to finish this guy. (")

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My eyes landed on a large piece of glass and I removed the shirt I was wearing and wrapped it around my hand before grabbing the glass. shard.

"Jayden...bro...what are you doing?" Asher asked as my hand tighten around the glass.

"See sometimes in car accidents flying glass can hit people in all the wrong places." I held the glass to his chest. "Like here...or here."Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

I moved the shard of glass to his throat and I let it slide along the front of his neck without breaking the skin, and he swallowed hard.

"an accident like this can cause severe injuries that bleed so much that you die. And you...need to die." A smirk appeared on my face as I stopped the glass right by his carotid artery. (*)

"Jayden! Don't! The police could be here any second, just let him go." Emma cried out to me.

I knew why she tried to stop me. She didn't want me to become a murderer but I already was, what was one more name on my list? So without hesitation, I pulled the glass back and sliced through his neck causing blood to spray everywhere. Emma screamed and my eyes shot up to hers as she looked at me in horror. Her face was splattered with her father's blood and it was only then that my mind cleared and the taste for blood turned to ash in my mouth. I had just killed Emma's father right in front of her. ©)

I didn't feel guilt for killing the man who had hurt her for so long. I felt guilty that she saw the dark being I kept hidden from her. The sound of sirens blaring had me taking a step back and looking to the others. I was still holding the bloody piece of glass and my shirt was covered in blood as well.

"Go! You can't stay!" Emma yelled to us.

"No! Baby we can't leave you here," Logan said pulling on her door like Thad trying to get her out.

"Jayden has blood all over him. I'm trapped and only the firefighters can get me out. Go! Meet me at the hospital!" We all looked at each other

and we knew she was right. (!

We couldn't stay. Leo stood in front of me but my mind was a mess and I barely registered his voice yelling at me. The look on Emma's face was playing over and over in my mind.)

"Jay we have to go! Now!" Leo yelled as he pulled on my arm.

I looked to Emma one last time and saw fear. I couldn't tell if she was afraid of me or that I could be caught. That was enough to snap me out of my thoughts and I gave her one last look before taking off after the others. Asher immediately started the car and pulled away in time for the first responders to not see us.")