You run.
They’re right behind you.
You run faster.
They have dogs. They have knives. They have guns. And they all want one thing: a piece of you.
He came up behind you.
He put the gun to your head.
“Run,” he said. And you did.
And you’ve not stopped.
Are you just a sport to them? Do they just find a random guy fishing on the lake and say, “Hey, let’s chase him for awhile?”
The police should be here by now, surely. The other fishers must have seen this all.
That girl who was next to you… you don’t like her very much; she pulled in way too many fish way too easily. But surely she saw something?
BANG!
That whizzed right by your ear!
You glance over your shoulder, and it’s clear the mustachioed man did not miss.
It is a game.
It’s all a game.
BANG! Your other ear! You’re not sure you can hear properly anymore.
Someone else shot that one… A girl.
The girl.
Well, that explains why she didn’t call for help.
You duck behind a tree, then continue running.
David, David, David… What did you do to deserve this?