I chased Tia at high speed down the streets, we passed cars and people—all which seemed to be paused in time. She was ahead of me, but I was cautious not to speed up for fear of falling again. I had already fallen three times and I was lucky she didn't notice.
The wind whizzed past my ears, filling my lungs and billowing my shirt. I spotted a few more shadowy figures and I thought I even saw one move instead of their usual stationary, statue like stature.
Tia stopped suddenly, I ran passed her but stopped on my tracks a few meters from her. I jogged up to her.
"Tired?" I asked.
"That was merely a warm up," She said.
I looked ahead, the tree tops were getting closer.
"It's just up ahead," I said.
"I know." She glanced around. I spotted two watchers, one at the entrance to a dead end
