Drip-drop.

A million pellets of rain tapped against their shoulders as their feet slapped against the splashing mud, echoing in their ears like murderers guilt.
Lights flickered through the tall grass from emitting flashlights, it scanned through the crops searching for its running prey. The wind slithered it's way through their drenched clothes, a loud thud was heard as someone near the back of the group fell into the sloshy mud.

She coughed trying to force her legs to push her up but they slipped out of control until a hand fell on her shoulder and a boy almost shouted in her ear,
"Come on Em! We're almost there!"

She grunted before getting up and setting off in a run again, following the boy through the darkness.
She could hear the footsteps behind her slowly catching up to the group.

Another girl up ahead called for them and held open a door,
"I heard one! This way!"

The girl and boy quickly rushed through the open door hearing it close behind them and the girl who had opened it whisper,

"Everyone, get down and out of sight!" She turned and hid in between some poorly hanging clothes that made her seem almost invisible, the others followed her example.
"Shh shhhh"
They became silent as a light flashed through the window, a voice from a Male further away asking.

"Found them!?"
She replied outside the window, "No! They must have kept running!"
"They can't have gotten far! Let's go!"

The group waited until the footsteps vanished, then waited just a few minutes more just to be safe eventually coming out of their hiding spots to the centre of the shed, the girl who held the door stood up.
"Is everyone here?" She went around the group counting them off,

"Clay, Breeze, Ember, Thunder, Solitaire- wait, where are the twins?"

The room stayed dead, no sound from any of them. The girl's face fell pale and after some more silence she regained her composure and cleared her throat.
"R-right then...Let's make a small fire and warm up, boys take off your shirts and girls take your socks, tights and jumpers off, we will need to dry them out before wearing them. We will leave when the rain calms."

Solitaire placed a firm hand on her shoulder as the others began to get small pieces of wood and take their shirts off, he whispered to her.
"Unique are you sure this is a good idea? I mean the twins..."

"This is the only idea I've got. We planned to run away and we have, now we need to survive."

His eyes softened, "Are you okay?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm fine Sol, don't worry about me. Please go warm up before you catch a chill, I need to make sure it's abandoned."

He gave a solemn nod at the girl they called Unique, only knowing her pain was six inches deeper than theirs.

They would run,
The Elemental Heirs.