The Time Traveling Killer

Chapter Four - Chasing Problems

I had already left Evanessa's. I saw Flynn coming, I needed to get help from someone. Chief Williams was my best bet, he might be able to help, the worst part about this world… I was engaged to Flynn. No one would believe me, not that he was hurting me, I would have to make them.

I jogged across the road, looking around to make sure Flynn wasn't coming. I pulled out Evanessa's phone, I had to use something. I opened her i********:, I scrolled through and through pictures of Flynn and I. This would be a serious problem and I needed to stop him. I knew he would have his phone. 

I called him, and waited. He picked up, "Hi, it's you fiance. Look I'll give myself up, if you promise not to hurt me." I said. "Oh no, I'm going to kill you." He said. "What if I can get us home? I never did anything to you. Your family… I understand what happened, but that had nothing to do with me. I can change my name." I said and looked around. 

I felt like he was watching me. "I don't care what you think you did." He said. "But I do! I don't want to die, I haven't done anything. I want to get married, obviously not a murder, but a good person. I want to have kids, would your family have wanted this?" I asked and ran into a woman. She scoffed and walked away. 

"Flynn name anything else, you can have it. You already took everything from me." I said. "Not you, and no one wants to die." He said. "I want you dead." I swallowed. "This world is huge, I could be anywhere right now? Florida, Alaska, London. You'll never find me Flynn." I said and threw the phone into the road. 

I was shaking uncontrollably. I covered my face and breathed slowly. "I need a car." I said. I looked around and noticed a man getting out of a Jeep. It would have to do, I ran over and slammed his head between the door. He didn't scream, just fell limp to the floor. I dragged his body to the grass, put all his food next to him and took his keys. 

I climbed inside the Jeep and started it up. I pulled away from the driveway. I was slow at first, then started moving at a normal pace. I changed my mind about Chief Williams, no one would believe me. I was going to run, drive as fast as I could out of here. Make a wish on my birthday, and leave Flynn here. I got stuck at a stop. 

I swallowed, my hands were all sweaty. I noticed a car across the way, my heart stopped. It was Flynn, I ducked and three bullets went through the windshield. I quickly drove, turning to the left. I sat up straight and held my foot against the pedal. 

I looked back, Flynn was following me. I knew my car couldn't outrun his, I knew this town like the back of my hand… although I couldn't actually tell anyone what the back of my hand looked like. I took a sharp right. The tires screeched as I went. 

I drove as fast as I could down the small road between houses. I stopped as a few kids crossed the road, I stomped the gas again. I got to the end, I broke through a fence, Flynn just drove past. I stopped, his car stopped too. I backed up and drove the opposite direction, I knew he would follow me. 

I turned on the GPS. "Directions to… Canada!" I shouted. I watched as the GPS made a route to one of its cities. I clicked start and slammed on the brakes as a semi started turning. Something hit the back of my car. I looked, it was Flynn. 

He hit his face on the steering wheel, lucky me I wore my seatbelt. I waited and slammed the gas pedal down. I turned left and went as fast as the car could go. Flynn drove up next to the Jeep, I glanced at him. "Stop the car!" He yelled while pointing the g*n at me. I swallowed, I wasn't going to stop, he would put the barrel against my skin. 

He would shoot. The feeling made my hands grip the wheel. I turned the wheel hard, my Jeep broke away, making another sharp turn. It was a left, the moment I stopped turning I took off. I could see him coming again. I need to get him on Main Street. That was my best chance, I looked at the GPS, I could get there in five minutes. 

I drove, more determined than before, he wouldn't give up, neither would I. I wanted to live, have a family, his family was dead, he had nothing to lose. I clenched my teeth and turned a few more times, I could see the buildings of the city. I smiled, I was so close. 

I woke up with my head against the pavement. I heard the crackling of a fire, I blinked slowly. I coughed a few times and leaned over, blood dripped from my mouth. I felt my side where the most pain was. I peeled my shirt away, blood was out of a hole. I gagged and someone grabbed me by the hair. 

"No!" I screamed, Flynn put his g*n to my throat. I could see the jeep I drove. It was totaled in a ditch, Flynn's car not too far from that. I grabbed his g*n and tried moving it. He fought me as I screamed. He finally got me still. "Wait, I want to say something, please. I know this doesn't change anything." I said, he listened. 

"I'm sorry about your family. Truly, if I had the chance I would change everything, I'm sorry I don't have that. I can only imagine how good your family was. I really wish I could have had one, I really really wish I could have saved you." I gunshot went off, I expected to hit the floor. 

Flynn screamed as he released me, I fell forward. "Did you really think it would be that easy Flynn. First you kill my little brother, then Evanessa's parents! I'm not going to make this easy." It was Hollance's older brother, Zachary. I ran towards him and jumped in his arms. "Please help." I begged. 

"Yeah. get in the car." He said. Flynn screamed as he looked at me, Zachary shot him in the leg. I smiled victoriously, Flynn shot three times. I hit the car, two shots had missed, one hit my shoulder, and went right through. I screamed and slid against the car. Zachary picked me up and put me in the car. 

He got in and floored the gas. I screamed in pain, Zachary held a cloth to my shoulder. "You got yourself in a nasty situation, you're glad I saved you." He said. "Thank you, you can't believe how happy I am to see you." I said. "Yeah well your boyfriend is a criminal, sorry to break it to you." He said. 

"Well obviously." I said. "No, he sells illegal weapons. Transporting them in and out of countries, Hollance and I were so close to cracking it, Flynn killing him, proved it." Zachary said. "No! Flynn wants to destroy the company that killed his family." I said. 

"Killed? He did a number on you." He muttered. "I'm not from here, I'm from another place, and time. On my birthday, I wished my parents were alive and that they were good. It worked there alive, but everything is different." I said. He stared at me. 

"Did he give you something? Are you high?" He asked, I put my head back. "Hardly." I said and screamed again. "We have a medic waiting for us." He said. I smiled and closed my eyes. "I have to make a wish, in two days. On my birthday, I have to." I said. "Yeah okay." He said. I nodded slowly and passed out. 

I woke up again, laying in the backseat of Zachary's car. " Zachary." I said. "Yeah." He said, I smiled. "I feel better and Flynn he's really mean. He's a crazy person. I wish he was nicer, I wish I  could help him." I mumbled. "Yeah stay asleep, you're on painkillers, you almost died Millicent." He sounded annoyed. 

"I did, a while ago. Maybe this is Hell, I'm suffering for my parents deeds, because I was stupid and naive to think all we did were help people. What human does that?" I asked and sat up. I was dizzy and laid back down. "Good people, your parents are good. They help people everywhere, Flynn is the problem." He said. 

"Not here! My world, my parents are evil and my parents killed everyone. They were sick and I loved them." I muttered. "Millicent go to bed." I shook my head. "No! I don't want to be here, Zachary just kill me! I don't want this anymore, here I'm hunted, there I'm hunted. I'm going to die." The car stopped moving. 

Zachary climbed over his seat and grabbed my head. "Listen to me! Don't give up. You are going to fix this, in both worlds. You can stop Flynn here and you can stop him in… the other place too. I know you can." He said. 

"No. He knows everything, he's better. He planned." Zachary stared at me. His blue eyes gleaming with courage. "No opponent is stronger than the other. You have to listen, he's chasing revenge, he'll have nothing but death after he kills you, you have more." He said.

"You want to live, so try. You can't outfight him or outrun, outwitting is out too. He has nothing left, his family hates him. You have your parents, your friends, why not outlove him. I know it sounds ridiculous, but trust me." He said. I kissed him, this wasn't like kissing Hollance, it was full of fire. 

I wanted Zachary so badly I barely remembered I was in danger. I pulled him closer then ripped away and puked. Zachary chuckled and kissed my neck a few times. "Rest Millicent, I won't let anything happen to you." He said and climbed back into his seat. He started the car and drove. 

I laid there, thinking of what he meant. It seemed impossible to outlove someone, but maybe he was right. I had friends, parents, I had people on my side, Flynn had Flynn and guns. I thought of the possibilities of winning against Flynn. 

"I wanna do it. Outlove Flynn." I said. "Good, we have your parents someplace safe. Let me get us out of the state, then I'll explain the plan to you." Zachary sounded funny, deep and slow. I tried to speak, nothing came out before I passed out. 

I walked around a*****e with Zachary, I was off painkillers. I had one day to make my wish, but I had to kill Flynn before tomorrow at midnight. This was my last chance, the cops wouldn't get him in the other world. Zachary looked at me, I was looking at a pair of pants. 

"What's this other place like?" He asked. "The same, I guess. My parents were evil, Flynn killed them. I'm in love with Hollance, he's sweet and kind, funny, loving. Evanessa is my best friend, I was planning my sweet sixteen." I said, he looked at his feet. "You don't know me?" He asked. "I do, but you're married, three kids." I looked at him. 

"Oh, am I happy?" He asked. "Yeah, your mom is sick though, Hollance doesn't leave her side." I said. "In the other world, how do you know I'm happy, what if… what if I love you there too." He grabbed my hand. "I love Hollance Zachary, that kiss shouldn't have happened." I pulled my hand away. 

"What if it was supposed to? What if I'm the person for you?" I shook my head. "In this world Zachary, Hollance is dead here. We would have stopped Flynn, I would have you. I have Hollance though, I love him." I said and started walking.  

"I love you! I can't explain it." He argued. "Listen to me. We have to stop Flynn, he's tracking us." I said. I heard a gunshot go off. I ducked, Zachary got down too. "Just on time." I said, people screamed and started running around in panic. I heard Flynn yelling,  "Come on out." He shot again, this time a scream came with it. 

"Listen to me Millicent, I want to be with you. Here and in any other world,  you're sixteen, barely five years younger than me." Zachary said, I put a finger to his lips. "Shut up! If we come out alive, then I'll decide, but I'll probably choose Hollance." I said. I caught a glimpse of Flynn. He was standing on two feet. 

He was holding a rifle, three dead people already, I licked my lips. "Is everyone else in position?" I asked. "Yes." I nodded and stood up. "Hey Flynn, over here!" I yelled. I knew he saw me, he cme walking over. I hid in the racks of clothes. 

"You know Flynn, it doesn't have to be this way." I said. Three shots came, ripping apart the clothes in a rack in front of me. "Yes it does. It can come easy if you just come out." He yelled. "You know when you kill me, you're a dead man anyway. No one can save you." I said, more clothes were destroyed. "Doesn't matter. At least you're dead." He said.

"Me being dead won't get rid of your pain. You'll be stuck like this! Set on revenge, but no one else hurt you!" I crawled under a rack. "I dont care." He said and grabbed my foot and dragged me out. I pointed a g*n to his head, he froze.

Zachary, Evanessa, my parents, and Hollances older sister circled him. "You have no way out of this." I said. "This is the end Flynn." I said, I took a deep breath and pulled the trigger. 

I woke up on a bed. I smiled, I was home. I moved closer to the person next to me. I opened my eyes and screamed. It was Flynn, he was still alive, he sat up and stared at me. I was back in my robe, he was shirtless again. "No! No, no, no." I said. 

My mother rushed in, her face drawn with worry. "Look at you two, stop playing around, you have a meeting to get to." She said and walked out. Flynn touched his forehead, he was in shock. I pulled the trigger, I killed him, and here we were alive again. Back where we started. "What did you do!" I yelled. "You killed me!" He yelled and grabbed my neck. 

I gasped and shoved him away, he fell off the bed. "You tried to kill me first!" I yelled. "Because you killed my family." He yelled. "No I didn't! I didn't kill anyone, my parents did it! If your parents killed someone why would you want someone to kill you! It's unfair to pay for their mistakes!" I got off my bed. 

I shook my head and walked to the window, I was crying. "No one wants to die Flynn, god I actually believed for a second you would change your mind. That we could fix this, now we're in a time loop. One of us will die and we'll be back here." I covered my face and sat on the floor. 

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Flynn walked out of Millicent's room. His blood was on fire with anger. He jogged down the stairs into the kitchen. He grabbed a cutting knife and a roll of duct tape. He walked into the living room and grabbed Mrs. Gronze by the hair. Flynn dragged her towards the couch, he taped arms and legs. 

"Tell me you killed my family!" Flynn demanded while sliding the blade against her cheek. Mrs. Gronze was already screaming, now crying. "What is happening! Flynn stop!" She cried. Millicent ran down, her face was covered in panic. She shoved Flynn away. 

"Leave her alone!" Millicent yelled. Her mother cried and put her head back. "I killed you! I'm not afraid to do it again!" Flynn could see the pain on her face. "She's not real, it doesn't even matter." He threw the knife into Mrs. Gronze's stomach. She was limp only seconds later.

"No!" Millicent grabbed a knife. Flynn was dead again. 

The two of them were back on the bed. Flynn's head was resting gently on Millicent's shoulder. Her skin was soft and she smelled of cinnamon. Flynn ripped himself away as she woke up. "Stop hurting her! You wanna hear it!" She was all red. 

"I killed them. I murdered your innocent family, I laughed when I heard you were coming to hunt us down. I knew everything this whole time. Call me a liar, but they will say the same thing." Millicent slapped Flynn. She wasn't very strong    

"Exactly! I want you to tell me the truth." Flynn said and backhanded Millicent. He on the other hand was strong, she hit the floor. She turned her head and glared at him. "That is the truth and you know it. This isn't home, then again the only home you ever had in nothing but ash." She clenched her teeth. "What the hell is your problem?" Flynn asked, she offended him.

"Maybe it's the fact you're killing people I love and I'm stuck here with you! You are throwing a fit because you can't have what you want! Don't you get it, this is our life because of you!" She yelled. Millicent gestured to her room. Flynn noticed the picture Millicent saw before. 

"No this is your fault, because you're a baby! You can't deal with what happened and you wished for your parents back." Flynn said, he threw the picture on the ground. He hoped it would do something, but nothing changed. "I'm a baby? You're going on a killing spree because of the same damn thing!" She stood up and held her eyes close. 

"Fine. We both miss our family, now we're trapped here eternally! That's how these things work, we are stuck here repeating this until we get over ourselves. I miss my family too, that's because of you! So we both killed each other's families, you even killed Hollance. Were even." She walked out and slammed her door.