H3XAGON KILL3R
Charlie's mind calculated all possibilies and outcomes as he flew as fast as he could from the gunamn. The results were not very good. Suddenly Charlie felt rather then heard the gun go off and one solution came to mind. The breeze of the bullet overhead grazed his cheek as he managed force himself to the ground. For the remaining few seconds nothing but the echo of the shot reverberated around the path. Keep Still, Charlie screamed to himself. At the sound of approaching footsteps he pulled himself tighter. Then for what seemed like an eternity utter silence filled the trail. Charlie held his breath as he felt the gunman's eyes scan over him. Silently he wondered how long he could hold his breath. Why didn't I have Don come with me? he thought, Why? As if satisfied, Charlie heard the gunman's footsteps begin to retreat. Finally they the solitude, though, Charlie couldn't open his eyes. Moments passed and Charlie began to ridicule himself. Taking whatever courage he had remaining he opened his eyes. Two black coals stared into his. " Consider this a warning," a cruel, dark voice whispered. Charlie found himself staring down the barrel of a gun. His mind couldn't register what was happening. Instead flashes of the past errupted. Him and Don sitting for holiday pictures, his mom beaming at her baby boy, his dad congratulation him at graduation, Larry helping him with a question, his mom being diagnosed, Don leaving, blackboards full of an incorrect direction, the funeral, Amita laughing and smiling, Don's worried face, His mom's wedding picture... BAMM! " Terry," Don yelled sprinting to the now visible entrance. A few uncut branches caught at his shirt, but he didn't care. He had placed the ring he heard. It was the unmistakeable sound of gunfire. " Charlie!" Don yelled, " Charlie, where are you?" Suddenly a few feet away Don saw a sight that made his heart drop. A few feet away lay a frozen form. Don instantly recognized the black curls. " CHARLIE!" Don screamed running to his younger brother's side. Turning the younger man on his back, Don nearly died when he saw Charlie's eyes. Instead of the normal spark of intelligence and concentration they stared blankly into Don's. In fact, to Don's despair they looked like those of a dead man. " Oh God, buddy," Don said in a whisper, " No..." He listened for a heart beat and relief washed over him. There was one, and it was strong. " Charlie," Don called out. Suddenly a small glimmer appeared in Charlie's eyes. " D-Donnie," He muttered and slipped into unconciousness. Terry caught up to find Charlie's limp body and Don hovering over it. " Don...," she called out, fear in her voice. " Call an ambulance!"
Yards away Don was closing his car door. A slight ring echoed from the woods and a sudden pain erupted in his gut. CHARLIE!
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