Jill went to answer, but dropped the gun quickly. “Yeah, we do.” She turned to take off. “Run!”
Okay, so now as she ran for her life, shooting Slade in the ass didn’t seem like such a good idea. Oh, who was she kidding; she’d do it again in a heartbeat, she just hated that it might have hurt her team. Running into the woods, Jill zig-zagged through trees and brush. Seeing a large tree, she stopped behind it to listen. What sounded like an elephant busting through the woods was Steve tripping, falling and rolling past her. Grabbing him, she pulled him up beside her. Putting her finger to her mouth, she then peeked around the tree. Seeing nothing, she let her breath ease out.
Hearing a branch snap had them both sucking in their breath. Peeking again, she saw Jared going from tree to tree, cocking his ear to listen. Glancing at Steve, she gave him a look. “Do you trust me?”
“Why?” He looked at her without any trust at all.
“I want you to take off running and don’t look back,” she whispered as low as possible.
“Ah, no.” Steve shook his head. “I got a better idea. You fucking take off running.”
She looked again to see Jared getting closer. “Dammit, Steve, trust me.” She nodded toward the woods. “I swear I won’t let him shoot you.”
Steve just looked at her, then gritted his teeth. “If I get shot in my fucking head, you will be my slave for life.”
“Just run, Steve, and don’t look back.” Jill pushed him away from the tree. She watched as Steve took off in a blur of movement. Jared spotted him and with a grin lifted his gun. Jill stepped out from behind the tree raising her hand and prayed that this would work. With everything she had, she took control of Jared’s gun and thankfully it was a surprise attack because his grip wasn’t tight. The gun flew out of his hands heading toward Jill. Once their eyes met, Jill threw her arm back before swinging it hard, sending the gun through the woods.
Proud of herself, she smiled, but it disappeared as soon as she heard the deep growl coming from Jared. “You’ll pay for that, cheater.”
“Not cheating if I wasn’t told I couldn’t do it,” she defended herself before she took a shot at Jared’s head, but he was too quick, knowing the shot was coming.
“Nice try, breed.” Jared smirked then gave a loud whistle before yelling, “Pinky is using her powers. Hold onto your guns.”
Whistles answered him back and they were close. Jill took off as Jared laughed and then headed for his gun. Not really knowing where Steve went, Jill headed in the direction he initially ran. A noise coming from her right had her crouching down in tall brush. Her eyes focused to see two men heading her way. She lowered herself and took aim. With two clear shots, she hit them both within seconds of each other, and then realized it was two civilian men. Oh, she was going to catch crap on this one, maybe no one would notice.
“Sorry, guys.” She grimaced, looking at the bright-pink paint spattered across their chest. Yeah, she was busted big time. She turned, looking around for Warriors before taking off.
“Son of a bitch,” one of them cursed. “Where in the hell did she come from?”
“Hell if I know.” The other one tried to wipe the paint off his chest but it just smeared.
Jill could still hear them as she found a large tree. With expert ease, she managed her way up to the top and concealed herself. It gave her a great cover, but didn’t obstruct her view. She could see all around. Spotting Sid and Jared, Jill held her breath. They stopped the two men she shot.
“Where did she go?” Jared asked, pointing to the pink on the man’s vest.
He pointed toward where she had hid. “That way.”
“We didn’t even see her before it was too late.” The other one frowned. “Ain’t gonna live this one down with the guys. Fucking pink.” He was still trying to wipe it off.
Jill slapped her hand over her mouth with a grin, even knowing she was going to be in big trouble. Sid and Jared headed her way. Slowly and quietly she moved out of sight, holding her breath and trying to slow her heartbeat. She watched with nervous anticipation as they walked right under her tree. Slowly, she aimed her gun.
“You and Slade good?” Jared asked as they looked around on alert.
“No, not really,” Sid replied, stopping also looking around for any targets running around, but then his eyes flashed to Jared’s. “His ass better watch it with Jill. She’s like a sister to me. I swear I’ll kill him if he hurts her.”
“She’s a grown woman, Sid.” Jared actually leaned up against the tree Jill was hiding in.
Jill’s finger twitched on the trigger, but she calmed herself. She could only hit one and then the other would be on her before she could do anything. It wasn’t worth it. Shooting Slade in the ass was worth it; this wasn’t worth it.
“I figured it was bound to happen between them. Hell I even bet it would, but not like that,” Sid growled.