Free Drifters by J. A. Santos

ignoring whatever I said.
    “I can’t believe Alex’s plan worked so flawlessly.” He turned to me. “Miss Sara that was some grade ‘A’ acting for my part. I even got you convinced to call me baby as if you had fallen for me.” He laughed again.
    “Why would you do this?”
    “Ha, after he saw what you did in Canyon Diablo, we knew exactly who you were. Alex said that we had found the person responsible for the curse we both had and we could get our revenge.”
    “What did you saw there?”
    “The glorious beast you really are, the fire behind you, your red hair flying wildly as you came closer to your victim. It was as exhilarating as he pleaded for his life and the screams were a joyful sound as he was consumed by you.”
    “He was and evil man he deserved what he got, th e cop had not hurt anybody.” I said
    “Aw, but her is why you are wrong Miss Sara, there are no good people in the world. Don’t you see we are superior creatures than them; we could control and have whatever we want. They,” he said pointing down at the dead cop, “is our food source, nothing more, nothing less. He is the cattle we roundup and feed upon, like they do. It is all for our taking, for feeding.”
    “You are insane; we are not superior to them. We are just people as they are, we are Humans.”
    “ Us humans, you don’t have a heart beat and you call yourself a human? You feed upon them as I do and yes we are superior.” He screamed and rushed to my side slapping my right cheek and my head abruptly turned left. “You are the insane one here.”
    “Okay,” I said as I spit a bit of blood to the forest floor, “So how are you going to get Alex, now that he is in a cage.”
    “Don’t worry it is all part of the plan.”
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Thirteen
     
     
     
    The night was chilly and the wind drove the cold to my body as needles in to my skin. Max was passing from left to right his hand under his chin and talking to himself. I stayed calm and waited. He had a decision to make and the time was running out. Since I have encountered these men, these lying bastards, I have found myself in this dire situation and I know the only help I would get was from Jeremy, yet meeting him now would be difficult. I let myself fall unto a state of numbness since I knew it was my fault. Every decision I had made so far had been wrong. First going back to the hotel to find out what had happened, then trusting an almost immortal Max, all wrong from the start.
    “Figured it out yet?”
    “Shut up, don’t you see I am thinking?”
    “You are babbling that is all you are d oing.”
    “You have any ideas?”
    “Idea for what; for you to kill me?”
    “No, to get Alex, maybe he would spare you.”
    “Let him rot, come with me”
    “I said shut the fuck up.”
    “Didn’t you just ask me for an idea?”
    “Well do you?” he asked as I stayed silent and waited for the desperation to stick to him like glue. It did not take long till he was asking again.
    “Do, you?”
    I stayed silent.
    “Tell me you have an idea to get Alex back” he said running to my side and kneeling. I thrust my head back and hit his nose with my forehead, a head-butt. He screams and falls backwards as I struggle to move forward to the cop’s corpse and fumbled with the keys he had on his belt. Alex came through fast and ran towards me. Grabbing a handful of my hair, He yanked.
    “You fucking bitch I told Alex we should have killed you so long ago back there in the car.” He said
    “Why didn’t you?”
    “We saw you leave the farm after you co nsumed him, and we fallow from afar,  told Alex that you were so close that we could run you over and keep our way, but he said he needed to make you hurt.”
    “Make me hurt?”
    “Yes that is what he said, why?”
    “There is only one way to hurt me and you need to get me out of these handcuffs right now.” I said sure of what was Alex’s plan.
    “Why should I?”
    “Because if you