Running From A Serial Killer

Chapter 1

I felt my hand graze something cold, I grab it before we get too far away, and I pull it up and realize that it was a pipe. Before I could do anything, I'm thrown to the ground and I land right on the pipe. I start to get up when I'm pushed back down and a searing pain shoots up my back.

"Why did you run, the others didn't, they just accepted their fate," he said pacing in front of me, when his back was turned to me I tightened my grip on the pipe and got up and swung at him, hearing a loud crack of metal hitting bone. He fell and didn't move, I kicked him and when he didn't move I turned and ran out of the room and down the hall. I turned the corner and saw a big black metal door. When I opened it I felt the cool wind, hit my skin causing it to sting a little. I started running in an unknown direction, and never looked back.

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When I woke up I was covered in sweat, I got up out of bed and went to my bag and grabbed clothes and then went to go and take a quick shower. When I was done I put my dirty clothes in my bag and I left the room.

"Hello, how was your stay?" The receptionist asked when I stepped up to the counter.

"It was good," I say handing her the key, "how much do I owe you?" I ask while I pull out my wallet. She tells me the price and I pay.

"Have a nice day," she says when I walk towards the door and I turn and nod my head towards her and walk out the door towards my beat up car. I drive for a couple of hours and notice a little dinner on the edge of town, my stomach grumbles and I decide to pull in and get something to eat.

The bell rings, when I open the door, telling people that someone has entered. I look around and see that it is mostly empty and I decide to sit in the back by the exit. I just sit down when a middle-aged woman walks up to me with a bright smile.

"Hi, my name is Helen, and what can I get for you?" Helen asks while handing me a menu and pulling out her notepad and pen. I look over the menu.

"Toast, eggs, and bacon, please," I say handing her the menu, she nods her head and writes it down on the notepad.

"And to drink?" She asks looking up from her notepad at me.

"Coffee," I say, she writes it down, "ok, it'll be out in just a moment," she says giving me a smile, and when I give her a small smile back she turns around and walks away. She puts a cup on the table and pours the coffee into the cup and walks away after smiling at me. When she leaves I grab the sugar and the small cups of milk that she gave me, and pour them into the cup and stir them with a spoon. I'm almost done with my cup of coffee when she returns, with my food in hand.

"Is there anything else I can get you?" She asks after she puts down my food and looks at me with a smile. I look around seeing if I need anything, "yes, could I have some more coffee please?" I ask grabbing my cup and looking in it noticing that there is barely anything left in it. She nods and takes the cup from me and walks away getting the coffee. I start to eat and when she comes back and gives me my cup filled with coffee back and I nod my head at her and she does the same and then turns and walks, I put milk and sugar in it and stir then I take a sip and I let the warm liquid go down my throat, then I start to eat again.

After I finished eating I paid and gathered my things and got up to leave, when I heard the bell over the door ring. My back was towards the door and I was frozen to the spot when I felt a chill run down my spine. I slowly looked over my shoulder from the corner of my eye and saw a tall man in all black with a baseball cap on. I turned back around and tried to steady my heart that wanted to jump out of my body and run. When I got the courage to turn around, I slowly turned and kept my head down and looked at the man through my eyelashes.

When he turned around and looked in my direction and I saw his face I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding. When he saw me he gave me a small grin and a small nod, which I returned. I gave the waitress a small nod then left before anything could happen.

When I got to my car I felt like someone was watching me, so I looked around and that's when I saw him. Max Redman, my ex-boyfriend and the person trying to kill me. I didn't make any attempt to move away from my spot and neither did he. After what felt like minutes but was probably only a couple of seconds, a car went by and he was gone. I looked around and when I didn't see him anywhere I got in my car and drove off.

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I must have been walking for hours before I saw a building in the distance. I smiled and walked in when the door opened everyone one looked at me and I sat down in the nearest chair and shrank into myself. I know you're wondering 'why not ask them for help' but here's the thing Max was everyone's friend, he's probably come here and became friends with them and they probably won't even believe me.

I sit there for a couple of minutes until I see some people get up from a booth and go over to the pool table to play a game. I look at the table and see a bag, I walk over and grab the bag as quietly as I can, Max took my bag and money from me, I open it and see some money, I close it and throw it over my shoulder and start to walk off when I see a set of keys on the counter. I look around and no ones by them so I just decide to take them. But something inside me is bugging me, I mean nothing can be wrong with them, it's not like people just leave keys to their cars just lying around. I find the car that the keys belong to and open it up and search around the car and I find some cash and some clothes that are my size, that feeling comes back but I push it to the back and drive off never looking back.