Night 51: Recreational Field

[notstealing]

[From here.]

When Locke opened the door, he was greeted by a rush of fresh air-something entirely unexpected, on his part. It was too easy, wasn't it? When he looked around, all he saw was a field, a shed, and walls that blocked him from being home free. Lucky me, he thought to himself, as he looked around the surroundings. So far, he'd managed to

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[unheroed]

Also having to do a bit of shuffling before he could climb the wall, Harvey shoved his flashlight into his free coat pocket and made sure that his gun was secure in his waistband before he followed after Jones. It occurred to him, in the back of his mind, that he could have tried to shoot the kid that was following them, and yet he got the feeling that it wouldn't do much good. Not when the boy hardly seemed human.

It was... climbing after them. Like it was some sort of insect rather than a human boy -- and the screaming wasn't stopping. Harvey tensed and tried his best to ignore it, knowing that watching the thing's progress would only delay their escape. But would they actually be out of danger when they got over the wall? Well, there was only one way to find out.

Jones made it up much faster than him, probably because he was used to this sort of thing, and also because he wasn't fighting so much pain. Harvey took the man's hand, trying to put as much of his own strength into getting up, so as to not to accidentally pull Jones back down with him. In the end they managed it, and he got onto the top of the wall.

The screaming was still there.

Drowning it out, Harvey forced himself over the wall, just wanting it to stop already.

[To here.]