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She hit the ground with a thud and a loud crack, collapsing to the grass almost instantly.
Daniel raced over to her side.
“ Shit shit shit! Cmon Jamie we gotta go! Can you stand? “
He wrapped his arm around her waist and helped her up.
Daniel put the other heavy bag over her shoulder and let her lean on him.
They limped towards the forest as the house burned and the cult shouted behind them.
“ We...gotta...get to a...public...place. “
Jamie wheezed.
Daniel silently agreed and glanced behind them.
The intruders had figured out that they made a run for the woods, and were currently chasing them down.
“ There’s a McDonalds near here. “
“ That should work. “
“ We’ve been running for nearly an hour. It should be just-”
A gunshot cut through the the air, and Daniel stumbled to the ground.
“ FUCK! “
Jamie’s eyes shot wide with fear, and she whipped around.
“ Oh fuck. “
A cult member was a few feet behind them, reloading their gun.
Jamie helped Daniel up, and they started to run the best they could.
“ Where did it hit? “
“ My shoulder. Fuck, we gotta get to that fucking McDonalds! “
It took ten more minutes of painful running, but the two eventually got to the edge of the woods.
They came running, well, limping out of the trees and directly into the McDonalds parking lot.
Jamie sighed in relief, and Daniel thanked “ whatever god is out there “ as they limped directly into the family bathroom, ignoring the stares from patrons.
“ Daniel, sit! “
“ No, we gotta- “
“ Sit! “
“ Your ankle! “
“ I’ll be fine! I’m not the one bleeding everywhere! “
Daniel sighed and sat on the toilet in defeat.
Jamie limped around the bathroom, gathering and wetting some paper towels.
“ Take off your jacket and shirt. “
Daniel complied without question, taking off his blood stained jacket and shirt and dropped them onto his bag.
“ Alright, it looks like the bullet went straight through, which is good. “
Daniel winced when Jamie pressed some dry paper towels against the wound.
Jamie mumbled an apology as she cleaned up the blood.
She quickly finished wiping away the blood and swapped the dry towels out for wet ones.
“ What are we gonna use for bandages, Nurse Jamie? “
Jamie giggled at the name and rummaged around in her bag.
“ Well, I don’t have any bandages, but I put this shirt in my bag before we left? “
She held up a white shirt with a grin.
Daniel shrugged.
“ Better than nothing. “
Five minutes later, Daniel was bandaged up and dressed again.
“ Alright Jamie, your turn. “
Jamie sat down and let Daniel wrap her ankle.
“ Guess we really do gotta call up Chris now, huh? “
Jamie mused.
She hissed softly when Daniel’s fingers brushed against her tender ankle.
“ Sorry… “
Daniel mumbled.
He quickly finished wrapping her ankle tight and patted it.
“ Do you wanna go out there and act natural, then call up Chris? “
Jamie shook her head.
“ Let’s stay in here and call em. The cult ain’t afraid to shoot us through a window. “
Daniel slowly nodded.
“ You’re right, you’re right. “
He pulled out his phone and called Chris’s number.
Jamie sighed and fiddled with the hem of her shirt.
“ Hey Chris. Jamie and I have a bit of a problem. “
“ The cult broke into my house, the place I was renting. “
“ Yes, Chris, they broke in while Jamie and I were in there. “
“ We had to pack our bags full of books and jump out my bedroom fucking window! “
“ We booked it through the woods. I got shot, but I’m okay. “
“ Yeah, I’m fine. But Jamie needs a hospital, she broke her ankle jumping out the window. “
“ We’re at the McDonalds by my rental. “
“ How long till you get here? “
“ Half an hour? “
Daniel sighed.
“ Try to drive fast. Alright, bye. “
Daniel hung up and sat down on the sink.
“ We have half an hour. “
Jamie rolled her eyes, then pulled out a wad of cash.
“ Stay away from the windows. Go buy some food and give the twenty to the manager so we can stay in here without the cops getting called on us. “
Daniel smirked and left the bathroom.
He came back five minutes later with a bag of food, a water, and a wide grin.
“ Manager’s cool with us being in here. Apparently, we ain’t the first people to hide in these bathrooms. “
He laughed and sat back down on the sink.
He tossed Jamie a burger with a smile.
Twenty minutes later, on the dot, Daniel’s phone dinged.
He checked it, then shoved it back in his pocket and got up.
“ Our ride is here. “
He smiled and helped Jamie up.
“ Let’s go, crip. “
Jamie socked his arm, making him yelp and apologize.
“ Come on, dickwad. “
Jamie picked up her bag.
Daniel grabbed his, and the two limped out of the McDonald’s.