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MY NAME WAS ALL I HEARD being yelled down the street as I ran with everything I had. My throat froze up and my legs ached with every powerful push I took off the ground. After I was already down the end of the street my fingers quickly dialed Hunter's number on my phone and jogged further down another lit up the street.

It had gone straight to voice mail which had just made me want to collapse on the floor and cry of frustration as I began to sprint down the street again. A line of shops was coming up and the streets where crowded with loud and obnoxious groups leaving the bar. I pushed past the crowd as quickly as I could.

"Watch it, kid," Some man grumbled as I was finally past the group. I didn't want to run anymore but I knew I couldn't stop for a break, my legs seemed to grow heavier with every lunge I took. I saw the library on the horizon, it was surrounded by tall apartment buildings and dodgy looking fire escapes. My eyes were trained on the slightly lit alleyway between the library and a large apartment building.

This was the bad part of town, people were just killed on the streets for being out this late. I really had to watch my back. I slowed my running as I came closer to my destination, I had to calm my breathing before I could even try to stay quiet. But as I walked closer, I heard yelling and crashing down the alley, glass shattering.

"Beg motherfucker!" I heard a boy scream angrily. I peered around the corner and saw a group of boys surrounding my brother. One larger boy held Hunter with a knife to his neck against a graffitied brick wall.

"Beg for your fuckin life!" The boy yelled. Someone I recognized to be Max, the psychotic ex-boyfriend/ gang member we use to be chill with. He was threatening my brother to beg for his life which I knew was something that Hunter would never do, he would easily get himself killed with his attitude but its also whats kept us both alive for this long.

"Oi!" I bellowed down the alley and all eyes were suddenly on me. This alley was their hangout spot, lights hung from the fire escapes and old manky lounges surrounded a fire in a barrel.

"Well, would you look who decided to show up? Bonnie fucking Parton, I thought you were dead." Max says in his 'cool guy' facade.

"How about you let my brother go, and we won't have a problem," I said stepping closer to the scene, one of his members Buddy stepped closer to me in a threatening stance.

"Fuck off Bonnie I got this," Hunter growled. "Well, ya don't," I said with an exaggerated amount of sarcasm.

"I got a better idea, how about I just slit both your throats then we will be square." Max grinned pressing the knife closer to the skin of Hunter's neck. I was careful to keep a poker face, so Max wouldn't see how much this was really affecting me.

"Alright then seems like I am gonna have to do this," I sighed slowly leaning down to my boot to grab a pocket knife. I flipped it open and as soon as Buddy's eyes were set on the knife he lunged towards me, throwing a punch towards my face which I returned with sliding my blade across his stomach. It wasn't a deep cut but it was enough to make him yelp in pain like a scared dog.

"Bitch," Another mumbled, someone who I didn't recognize came at me throwing punches toward my stomach as he hit my hand with the knife in it. But I held on tightly, he was close enough for me to impale his side. The knife went through the left side of his torso causing him to throw an angry punch at my face. The blow to my face was intense with the amount of force making my head jolt back. The knife was quickly hit from my hand and bounced onto the ground.

I glanced over to Hunter who had begun to yell frantically towards me as blows were hitting me repeatedly. Hunter shoved against Max, pushing the knife away from him to try and get to me.

"Let her go!" He bellowed loudly as it echoed through my ears. Everything sounded as if I was underwater and I barely heard the yells of my brother and Max's gang members. The back of my head hit the damp concrete as my body was discarded. I stared up at the sky, light rain falling onto my swollen and beaten face.

I saw a flash of lightning across the sky, suddenly a man fell from the roof of the library and landed on the concrete with a loud thud. I couldn't see the combat but I heard it, I saw a body being thrown over my line of view. I saw was a man standing over me wearing bright red, a superhero that was famous around here, Shazam. My eyes grew heavy as my body was too tired to fight for my eyes to stay awake, the large men bent down beside me as I saw Hunter's panicked face until it all blurred into darkness.

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