Demon by Lynda O'Rourke

Author:Lynda O'Rourke [O'Rourke, Lynda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ravenwoodgreys
Published: 2016-02-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

It felt like we had been running forever. Where did I get my energy from? Fear. The thought of being chased – hunted, kept my legs moving. I had to stop myself from turning around – from peering over my shoulder to see if we were being followed. I didn’t want to know.

Every now and then I could see the train track. It seemed to circle around the bottom of the hill. Would we have to break cover soon and run across open land? I pushed on, my feet pounded the crisp leaves scattered over the hillside. I could still hear the sirens. They hadn’t got any nearer but hadn’t faded, either. We weren’t making any headway. Would we ever outrun the police? Raven stopped abruptly.

“We need to head up and over this hill,” she gasped breathing in the cold air. “The track is running to the right. There’s no point in going round – we have to go over.” She pointed up through the trees, bending at the waist to catch her breath.

“Okay,” I puffed. “Don’t stop… keep going… we haven’t got time.”

“Don’t know how much longer I can keep running,” gasped Max, as we changed direction and took on the steep hill.

“You have to,” I said, clambering over a toppled tree trunk. “We can do this… when we get to the top it will be all downhill after.”

Max pushed himself on. It was clear to see that we were slowing, though. After all, we had been on the run since the early hours of the morning and prior to that – clambering up and down chimneys during the night.

As we cleared through a large cluster of trees, we suddenly found ourselves standing beside a road covered on both sides with more bony trees. I looked to my left. The road was clear. I turned to my right and gasped. A police car was parked alongside the twisting road, tucked slightly under the canopy of the withered trees. We stood still – silent for what seemed like forever until the driver’s door swung open and out stepped a policeman.

“Stop!” he yelled.

“Go… go!” I pushed Max forward.

“Head for the other side…” shouted Raven, already halfway across the road.

“Stop, Police!” the officer shouted again. I glanced over at him as I ran across the road. It wasn’t Inspector Cropper. It must be one of the local police officers. I carried on running, aware that another police car had just pulled around the bend in the road and was now heading towards us. The air was suddenly filled with the piercing wail of sirens and the trees lit up in flashes of blue. I reached the other side of the road and burst through the hanging branches that blocked my way. I could hear more vehicles, the wheels squealing as brakes were applied. My heart pounded. It seemed that the entire police force was on the hill.

“This way,” screeched Raven, snatching hold of my wrist and pulling me further into the woods.

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