Snippet #1680980

Abegail's heart was beating hard in her chest. Once again she was thankful for the pants she was wearing. There were holes forming from the rocks and gravel but it was better than tearing up her knees. "Just keep crawling, keep going..." Abegail willed herself to continue. The shots began to ring out around her. A string of very unladylike expletives began to stream from Abegail's mouth as she continued to crawl. One hit the stone near her, the second near Walter and a third the dirt. Abegail let out a sigh of relief as the man shooting seemed to be a terrible shot and now seemed to stop.

It what was almost slow motion Niclas was about to shoot Abegail and she began to fall. As she fell Abegail looked up and could see Niclas aimed right at her. "Well, either the bullet or the fall will kill me." Abegail was surprisingly calm as this thought passed through her mind. Then she landed. The wind was knocked out of Abegail's lungs with the impact. She struggled to breathe, eyes wide and she was sure she had broken a rib, if not more. Abegail inhaled to no avail. The air just would not go in. Struggling to breathe Abegail turned her head. Walter lay there. He was not moving. "Breathe Abby!" Her brain was screaming. With a gasp the first rush of air went in and Abegail was met with extreme pain in her chest. Abegail rolled to her side, clutching her chest and breathing heavy. As she managed to get the air to come in and out at a more constant rate she crawled to where Walter lay.

Abegail ran a hand on his back, hoping to feel his breathing. "Walter, damn it. You canna be dead. Not after all that. Some fall is gonna get you? Get up." Her voice was angry as she struggled with the fear that he might not move again. "Walter, ye get up right now." Tears stung her eyes as she demanded he move. Then she felt it, the movement in his chest. He was breathing and it was steady. Abegail waited for Walter to roll over so she could yell at him for scaring the life out of her. As he rolled slowly over he was met with an angry face, tear filled eyes and a smile. "Ye scared the living daylights out of me. Donna ever do that again. Have me thinkin' I was gonna be left waitin' for them to come down and shoot me." Abegail sat back. "If you wasna laying there I'd beat ye senseless for scaring me." Abegail chuckled slightly.