"𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬."

[POV: June]

WE ALL JUST STOOD COMPLETELY STILL over the absolute horror happening in the area. My body shook uncontrollably as I saw Sheriff Peterkin, coughing constantly on the ground. I couldn't believe that I was practically seeing how she was taking her last breaths.

John B, only began to approach the woman, slowly. Making me and Bailey, follow along quickly trying to help the woman as best as we could.

John B: "Hey. Hey. Hold still, hold still. It's okay, where is it?" -he stammered, grabbing onto the bandanna around his neck proceeding to place it on her bleeding shoulder.

I took a sit beside the woman, grabbing gently onto her arm. I was sitting right in front of John B and as for Bailey, she sat down behind the Sheriff's head placing it on her knees.

Bailey: "No, no, no, I'm so sorry...I'm so sorry." -she sobbed, placing her shaky hands on top of the woman's head.

Mrs. Peterkin only smiled faintly at the girl, taking a hold of her hand almost failing over how weak she was.

Sheriff Peterkin: "Call." -she mumbled, her tone coming out harshly as she widened her eyes towards John B, who trembled just the same way we were.

John B: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Sarah only crawled towards Bailey, grabbing onto her shoulder as she cried out over the sight.

Sheriff Peterkin: "Call! Call for help." -she repeated, gasping once again for air.

John B, nodded slightly taking a hold of the device on the woman's chest. I looked up to see if Rafe or Ward, were staring but thankfully they weren't.

June: "Try calling fast." -I whispered, watching how he was about to press the button of the device.

Rafe: "Hey. Wait."

Ward: "Hey! Rafe, no! Rafe!" -he shouted, trying to stop the boy from pointing the gun at, John B.

We all stared at the both of them completely frightened, seeing how Rafe, looked completely insane. He didn't look like himself at all, he almost looked like a completely different person.

Rafe: "Don't try it, asshole." -he demanded, pointing the gun directly to John B's head.

Ward: "Rafe...John B, give me the radio."

John B: "No."

Ward: "Give me the radio." -he repeated, trying to take the device away from his hands.

June: "He's not gonna give you shit."

Rafe: "Shut up!" -he snapped, pointing the gun towards me this time.

I only grinned my eyes towards the boy, almost wishing my eyes could throw knives by my stare. Even though I felt afraid I was filled with anger deep inside of me, I wanted the both of them to pay for what they had done.

John B: "Hey! Hey! No! Point it at me!" -he shouted, as Ward, took the radio away from his hands.

He eventually was able to take it away, making Sheriff Peterkin, began to panic way more than before. We all just stared at Ward, completely scared of what he was about to do.

Ward: "Rafe, I've got it. Calm down." -he mentioned, showing the device to the blond one, making me look over to, John B.

June: "What do we do?"

John B: "I- I- I don't know, she's loosing a lot of blood." -he stuttered, wiping away his tears as he looked over to, Sarah.

Sheriff Peterkin: "Run."

We glanced at the woman, completely concerned over what she mentioned. I took a hold of John B's hand, seeing how he shook his head side to side instantly.

John B: "I'm not leaving you." -he replied, watching how Ward and Rafe, kept talking to each other.

Bailey: "Peterkin, what can we do? We can't leave you here."

Sheriff Peterkin: "Run!"

John B: "I'm sorry." -he apologized, later on glancing up to look at me.

June: "No, no, no, what are you doing?"

He placed his hand on my cheek, proceeding to kiss my forehead quickly. He then pulled me away, making sure I kept looking directly at his eyes.

John B: "Stay with Peterkin and Sarah, I'm gonna try and find some help with, Bailey." -he whispered, looking over to Bailey, for agreement.

She only nodded, proceeding to slowly crawl away towards the Twinkie. John B, stared at me one last time, gripping my hand tightly to began to stand up and walk away slowly.

Rafe: "Where are you going? Huh?" -he questioned, proceeding to walk rapidly towards John B's way.

Sarah: "Guys, run!"

I watched how Bailey grabbed John B's wrist quickly, both of them proceeding to run as fast as they could through a large field of tall grass. Both Sarah and Ward tried to held Rafe, back as he continuously shooting towards the pair's way.

I placed my head on top of the sheriff's chest, trying my best to protect her from getting stepped on by the group. The Cameron's only continued to argue amongst each other.

Sarah: "No! Please don't!"

Ward: "Rafe, no! Wait! Rafe, please!" -he shouted, pulling the boy, back tightly.

Sarah, then ran over to me, sitting down right beside me to take a look at Sheriff Peterkin's injury. She only gasped by the amount of blood on the ground already, proceeding to cry once again as the woman, faintly smiled at her.

Sarah: "I'm sorry." -she sobbed, putting pressure onto her shoulder quickly.

Sheriff Peterkin: "It's not any of you guy's fault, sweetie."

Sarah: "I'm so sorry." -she repeated, placing her head on my shoulder.

I glared up to see Rafe, staring our way completely shocked. Later on, looking at Ward, filled with fear on his expression.

Rafe: "Dad, I was trying to-"

Ward: "Shut up!"

The man, began to approach quickly our way, only for him to grab me suddenly by my arms.

Sarah: "What the hell are you doing?! Dad! Stop it!"

I began to try and get the man's grip off of me, but he was way stronger and continued to drag me towards his vehicle rapidly. He then opened the back door, throwing me inside eventually locking the door before I could get out.

June: "Let me out, son of a bitch!"

He then walked back to Sarah, beginning to argue with her. Rafe then looked at Ward, seeming confused over something that the man, said. They continued to shout at each other, which made me fear for Sarah. I instantly noticed her brother, approaching her way making me try to open the door once again.

Sarah: "Get your hands off!" -she shouted, aggressively being pulled by Rafe, towards my way.

Ward: "I'm on the radio!"

Sarah: "No!"

Ward: "Sweetie, look! I'm calling!" -he repeated, showing her the device on his hands only making Sarah, shout even more.

The sound of the car unlocking made me jump startled, but later on react as I saw Sarah, being thrown inside the car as well. I reached over to the girl, quickly grabbing her hand to check if she was okay.

June: "What is he going to do?! Are you okay?!" -I cried out, only seeing how she sobbed uncontrollably while seeing Rafe, enter the car.

Rafe: "Get back right now!"

June: "Shut the fuck up!" -I shouted, only feeling a harsh stinging feeling on my cheek suddenly.

Only a couple of seconds later realizing the boy, had slapped me. Sarah, only stared at her brother, filled with shock as he did the same but towards my way. He completely pretended that didn't happen, and proceeded to start the car's engine.

June: "What is wrong with you?!"

[POV: Bailey]

The amount of tiredness I felt as I ran throughout the forest was unexplainable. I could've sworn I felt my heart pounding almost out of my chest over all of the emotions I was feeling at the exact moment. John B, was running at a very rapid speed which made me struggle a lot since I couldn't catch up.

All I could think about was, what exactly was I doing? How did my life just change completely for the worst once again? Why? Why do I make the stupidest decisions?

My attention was brought back as I heard a car approaching near the woods, exactly towards the direction John B, was inches away from.

Bailey: "John B, watch ou-"

The loud noise of John B, being ran over made me almost fall down to the muddy ground. But I was quick to catch my balance and run towards the boy, as fast as I could.

Bailey: "Shit! Are you okay? Oh my God!" -I asked, gasping for air while trying to get an answer from the boy, who just grunted in complete pain.

Man: "Hey! You okay? Hey, man."

I helped John B, stand up quickly, peeking through the vehicle's front window. Only seeing a horrified man, fearing that he might've killed someone.

Bailey: "We have to go. Go, go, go!" -I whispered, pushing John B, gently in front of me.

We both continued to run again, leaving the man behind, who only kept asking if we were okay and why were we bleeding?

John B: "Shit hold on, let's catch a break."

We both stopped near a small bridge after what felt like hours of running around the island. He continued to heavy breath, only accompanied by his grunting. I looked around the area almost in shock, feeling like I had dreamed the whole thing but obviously didn't. The blood in my hands and knees proved it all, unfortunately.

My eyes filled up once again with tears after realizing that Sheriff Peterkin, was probably gone already. Realizing that we couldn't do anything, and hurt it a lot. Specially after remembering all those times she had helped me and probably John B, as well. She was the only adult that helped me with Elena, when I had no one as a mother figure. She was who I asked for help whenever I didn't knew what to do with my life, she would be there even with how busy she was. She was there from start to finish, and I never got to thank her for that.

Bailey: "That son of a bitch!" -I shouted, punching part of the bridge beside me.

I grunted in complete pain after feeling the impact on my palm, instantly also seeing how blood began to come out slowly through my knuckles. John B, quickly approached me, grabbing my shoulder to try and calm me down.

Bailey: "How could he do that?" -I sobbed, covering my face with my other hand as John B, placed ripped material from his shirt around my knuckles.

John B: "Calm down, we would find help. Don't worry, Bailey."

Bailey: "She's gotta be gone already, dude. We're too far away from the hospital or the police station, if she isn't gone yet...she'll be gone once we get to one of those two places."

We both stayed silent for a couple of seconds only to get startled by the sound of sirens getting closer to where we both were. I turned to look at John B, only getting pulled abruptly again towards the woods to began running again.

John B: "We need to find the rest of the group!" -he shouted, running rapidly a couple of steps away from me.

I only continued to follow along, eventually getting lost in my own thoughts once again. As time passed by John B and I, reached this type of warehouse he seemed to know exactly where to go. His mood had completely changed to shock, he wasn't running anymore...he was completely quiet.

We slowly approached the entrance of the place, allowing me to see the three friends arguing within each other.

Bailey: "Guys." -I mumbled, gaining their attention instantly.

The three of them widened their eyes quickly, running over to the both of us as they noticed how horrible we looked.

JJ: "Dude! Dude, you good?!"

Pope: "Oh, my God! John B!"

Kie, took my arms gently, trying to take a look at my body as she noticed the blood on my clothes and hands.

JJ: "Is this yours?" -he asked, taking a hold of John B's hand.

Kie: "Who's blood is that?"

Bailey: "Guys, we need to find help." -I whispered, heavy breathing over how exhausted I felt.

JJ: "Hey, you okay, man?"

Pope: "Who needs help, Bailey? Where even is, June?" -he questioned, making me glance towards John B, who stared over to the distance completely still.

Kie: "John B, are you okay?"

We all turned around as soon as we heard sirens getting close by, quickly crouching behind some old wood near us. We all tried to catch our breaths over how scared we felt, only hearing how the sirens passed right beside us. Eventually they went far away from the area, allowing us to look at each other completely horrified.

Bailey: "There's something you guys need to know."

[POV: June]

My eyes constantly darted side to side, only glancing at the pair in front me. My whole body was shaking in an uncontrollable way, as I felt terrified for everyone at this point. My mind had one question in mind, one that I just couldn't keep waiting to ask anymore.

June: "Why did you do it, Rafe? Why? Do you realize you ruined your damn life, right?" -I asked, seeing how Sarah, turned to look at him fully terrified.

Rafe: "Look, she had the hammer back. You know that."

Sarah: "No." -she replied, only getting interrupted by the blond one.

Rafe: "She was gonna blow his head off."

Sarah: "No, she was arresting him, Rafe!" -she exclaimed, looking over my way fully shocked by his response.

Rafe: "Okay, I couldn't sit there and let it happen, okay?"

June: "You sound insane! Don't you realize that?" -I sobbed, placing my hand on top of my chest to try and calm myself down.

Rafe: "She was gonna kill him. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, she was gonna kill him."

We both stared at the boy, fully horrified by the way he was acting. Sarah, slightly looked over to me, only signaling me to open the door. I nodded quickly, moving towards my door at the same time the girl, did. Unfortunately mine didn't open, but Sarah's did.

Sarah: "No!"

Rafe: "Hey! Hey! Hey, get back in!" -he shouted, grabbing her wrist abruptly trying to pull her in once again.

I only tried getting his grip away from her wrist, making me accidentally get hit by Sarah, who only tried getting out of the car.

Sarah: "No! Ow!"

Rafe: "What are you doing? -he asked, looking back towards my way, as I grunted in pain over the punch I accidentally received.

Sarah: "Get off of me!"

Rafe: "Swear to God, all right! I've had it with y'all's bullshit! You need to focus. You understand me?"

Sarah: "Do you realize what you've done?!" -she snapped, watching how her brother, heavy breathed constantly.

Rafe: "I saved Dad."

I only rolled my eyes, taking a hold of my scalp harshly over how frustrated I felt. Only hearing how Sarah, scoffed completely angry by his response.

June: "You didn't fucking save him, you ruined your life!" -I shouted, slapping his shoulder only to see him turning to look at, Sarah.

Rafe: "What was I supposed to do, okay? Sit there, hope for the best? All right? Listen, I'm a proactive type of person." 

Sarah: "Stop it."

Rafe: "Sarah, I'm a proactive type of person." -he groaned, taking a hold of the back of her neck, making me try and take his hand away from her.

Sarah: "Get off of me. Don't you dare touch me!"

My eyes darted towards the street as I realized Rafe, wasn't focused on the road at all. Instantly my eyes opened widely as I realized there was a truck right in front of us, inches from hitting the vehicle we were in.

June: "Rafe, stop it." -I mumbled, trying to gain his attention.

Rafe: "Hope is not strategy, okay?"

Sarah: "Rafe! Car!" -she shouted, soon after realizing the vehicle as well.

We all gasped, as soon as Rafe, was able to drive aside. The honking of the other vehicle made me jump, suddenly making me hyperventilate even more.

Rafe: "I'm the problem solver in this family, okay?"

Sarah only trembled as the boy, spoke. Sitting completely still as she saw how calm he looked, all I could do was sit there and watch.

Rafe: "Okay?!"

Sarah: "Okay!" -she snapped, looking over to me completely scared.
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As we arrived over to the Cameron's home, I could see Rose, already looking towards the vehicle completely confused. Rafe, parked the car right beside a small garden, allowing us to get out quickly.

Rose: "Hey! Your dad is not gonna like that you're back home." -she mentioned, drinking from a cup, later on frowning her eyebrows as she saw how horrible I probably looked.

Rafe: "He told me I could come here."

Rose: "Well, he didn't told me. What is wrong with June? Did something happened?"

June: "I-"

Rafe: "She's fine, she just had a rough day." -he interjected, placing his hand on my waist.

I only backed away from him instantly, walking quickly towards Sarah, who stared over to the woman completely angry.

Rose: "Why aren't you on the plane?" -she asked, looking at us completely horrified.

Sarah: "Ask, Rafe."

She then grabbed my hand, pulling me inside of the home. She stopped me in between my tracks, looking back to close the door on Rafe's face. The boy, only followed closely behind making us start to move over to the steps.

Rafe: "Hey, wait a second." -he whispered, grabbing both of my shoulders.

Sarah stepped in between the both of us pushing Rafe, back instantly.

Sarah: "Don't touch her, stay the hell away from us." -she said, pointing her finger at the boy, who only nodded.

Rafe: "If you try to escape, I will still find you...both of you."

Sarah: "Whatever."

She then turned around, pulling me with her once again. Making me look back to Rafe, completely disappointed by him. He was a complete stranger, almost making me wish I had never met him.

As we entered Sarah's room, she quickly walked over to her window. Her hands shook over and over again, but that didn't stopped her from trying to open it. She seemed to be using all of her strength on that window but nothing seemed to get it open.

June: "What's wrong? "-I asked, approaching her quickly to try and help her with the window.

Sarah: "I think it has the security locks."

June: "What the hell is that?" -I questioned, making her sigh.

Sarah: "It means that you have to open it with electricity or a key from the other side. Mostly the reason why I barely sneak out anymore, Dad placed them recently."

June: "Shit."

I only paced around her room repeatedly, feeling how her eyes just stayed put my way. I stopped walking around the space, turning to look at her.

June: "I'm really scared, Sarah." -I whispered, walking over to her, quickly being embraced into a hug.

Sarah: "Nothing's going to happen, we'll figure it out."

The loud noise of a door being slammed made us look towards the entrance of Sarah's room. The door was still closed so it was obviously coming from somewhere else on the home, I looked over to her seeing how she was hyperventilating uncontrollably.

June: "What's wrong?" -I asked, tightly holding onto her hand.

Sarah: "I think that was my, Dad."

[POV: Bailey]

JJ: "John B, what are we doing at the police station?"

John B: "Somebody's gotta tell them what happened." -he replied, while unbuckling his seatbelt.

Me and JJ, both currently sat at the trunk, since there was no other spot for us to sit on the vehicle. We had basically been arguing most of the drive, constantly making me push JJ's arms away from my legs over how comfortable he was beginning to get every single second.

I looked around the small avenue, noticing how there was barely any cop vehicles on the station. Making me wonder if they were already searching for, Rafe or Ward.

Pope, made me look over to him as he coughed multiple times. He held onto a cigarette tightly, almost loosing his air over the amount of coughing.

JJ: "Easy there, chief...damn."

I rolled my eyes as JJ, moved my legs once again. Approaching over to John B, to place his hands on the boy's shoulders.

JJ: "All right. I'm just gonna be real with you right now. You might end up in the lion's den, but you don't go there on purpose."

Bailey: "Why do you say the worst stuff...at the wrong moment?"

JJ: "Uuhhh...it's fundamental. Just like my old man always told me, you should never ever trust cops, no matter what the circumstance is."

Kie: "Your old man's an abusive liar." -she argued, looking back to the blond one, completely angry.

Pope: "I agree with JJ. Fuck the police!"

Kie: "Great, you going to the dark side now?" -she asked, rolling her eyes while staring at me.

My eyes darted over to Pope, making me grab the small cigarette on his hand and began to inhale from it quickly. Pope, only stared at me completely shocked, only to look over to Kie once again.

Pope: "Matter fact, when's the last time the police helped us?"

John B: "Peterkin looked out for me, all right? I mean, not just for me...for all of us I'm pretty sure." -he mentioned, turning to glance at me.

John B: "She helped Bailey, pay against child services. I don't know how she pulled that out but she did. She helped June, find me and I was such an asshole to the two of them."

Bailey: "She did a lot of things for this town as well, not just help us. Everyone needs to know the truth...before everything goes wrong."

We all stayed quiet as we looked around the area, probably overthinking everything that had happened to us today.

John B: "They need to know." -he mumbled, proceeding to head out of Kie's truck.

We watched how he entered the police station slowly, allowing me to take a glimpse of the inside which looked empty as well.

Bailey: "What do you think is going to happen?" -I questioned, touching my face as I felt how puffy it was over crying.

JJ: "I think everything's fucked...but now I'm just thinking mostly about, June and Sarah."

Kie: "We need to find them, they must be terrified."

Pope: "They're most likely at the Cameron's home. Which, we can't go obviously."

Bailey: "But what if they were able to escape and are now at John B's home?" -I asked, brushing my hair back filled with frustration.

Kie: "I doubt it. They must be locked somewhere, especially if they're with Rafe the psycho."

JJ: "Yeah or probably dead too."

We all looked at JJ, completely shocked by his comment. Receiving only a confused glance by the boy, who just shrugged his shoulders up.

JJ: "I'm just saying, there's a lot of possibilities out there. I mean, who would've thought...Ward Cameron, a killer."

Bailey: "Not gonna lie, he seemed like someone who could get away with murder." -I mentioned, making Pope, nod in agreement.

Kie: "Guys, why are we even having this type of conversation? This is serious...the girls are probably going through a lot now."

Pope: "But we are being serious."

Kie: "That doesn'-"

John B: "Kie! Start the car!"

We all looked behind us, seeing John B, approaching the vehicle rapidly. Two other cops followed closely behind, making me stand to try and help him open the door.

Kie: "What? John B?"

John B: "Start the car, Kie!"

Bailey: "Shit, what the hell happened?!" -I shouted, as I tried to help the boy, in.

Kie: "John B, what did you do?!"

John B: "The cops are coming, drive!" -he exclaimed, putting his seatbelt on quickly.

We all looked towards our left seeing how both of the cops had arrived beside the truck, trying their best to open one of the vehicle's doors.

Pope: "Shit!"

Bailey: "Kie, drive!" -I demanded, making her began to reverse as fast as she could.

JJ: "Go!"

John B: "Kie, drive! Go!"

Kie: "I'm going, I'm sorry!" -she apologized, beginning to drive off as we held onto the truck's doors.

Unknown Woman: "Stop the car! Right now!"

We all just looked at the police officer completely terrified, only pleading for Kie, to drive faster.

Kie: "What did you do?"

Bailey: "It doesn't matter what he did just drive!" -I argued, fearing over everyone's life at that point.

Pope: "Open it."

Bailey: "What?" -I mumbled, looking at Pope and later on to the brunette one, who held onto the door.

He then opened the door abruptly, making the officer fall down to the ground filled with mud. The whole group just stayed completely quiet, almost not daring to move a muscle over how shocked we were. My eyes darted constantly towards everyone, feeling how my heart kept pounding rapidly.

Bailey: "Okay, back to Kie's question...what did you do?"

End of chapter.

Sofia's notes:
Wrote this chapter filled with tears in my eyes 😆 I'm genuinely having such a hard time writing the last chapters due to the amount of detail I need to write 😭 I feel like I keep repeating myself as I write everything down.

Hopefully you guys enjoyed this chapter tho, I'm really grateful for the amount of support and patience you guys have with me. Thank you, thank you, thank youuuu!

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