MurderinHogan County
Chapter
1
It was seven a.m. when I walked outside
dressed in my fitted plaid shirt and dirty black Converse. The
barn stood in front of me, dismal and ancient looking. The red
paint only covered about a third of it, for the rest chipped off.
I didn’t feel like riding this morning, so I turned away
from it and decided to go for a jog through the woods behind my
house. I ran lightly through the path that had been created from
years of walking through it. My deep copper hair was tide in a
braid on the side of my head, keeping it out of my face. I kept a
steady trot for a quarter mile or so before I came to the creek.
To my surprise, someone was down there. I walked cautiously and
quietly down there, but the crunching leaves blew my cover.
The summer breeze blew as the person turned
around.
“Oh, it’s just you.”
Jack, my em, acquaintance for the past few years said. His bright
green eyes narrowed under his glasses.
“Well, it is my property.” I
defended. Jack and I didn’t get along so well. He’s
such a huge know-it-all.
“It’s not yours, it’s
you father’s.” He argued, laughing a
little.
“Shut up.” I roll my eyes,
taking a seat next to him. “So what are you even doing here
anyway?”
Jack shrugged his shoulders and tilted his
head. “Nothing else to do I guess.”
Jack was the only child in his family. No
cousins either. That was something I could never understand. I
have two older siblings and two younger, as I’m sandwiched
in the middle. I come out here to get away from all that, but why
would Jack want to soak up even more
loneliness?
“Wanna join me for a walk?” I
asked, feeling remorse. Jack wasn’t a bad person, he could
just be annoying.
“I suppose.” He sighed,
standing up from the rock he was sitting on. We walked off, in
silence. We didn’t have anything to say to each other. We
walked all the way to the where the old church once stood. It had
burnt down from some teenagers trying to light off fireworks
during a drought.
“So did you like school?” I
asked. Jack was in my class, a usual.
“Yeah, it was something to do.
I mean all I do over the summer is read and come over
here.” Jack answered.
“Oh… Well If you wanted you
could…” I started to drift. I didn’t like Jack
very much, but I feel bad for him. No one even knows where he
lives. I decided to do the right thing. “You could hang out
with me and my friends, if you’d
like.”
“Oh, um
okay.”
“Meet me by the creek tonight at 7.
Were… um going to play a game.” I didn’t want
to tell him the real game.
“Sounds good. What
game?”
“Oh…Tag.”
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Murder in Hogan County
Prologue
I ran through the overgrowth, my heart
racing. I didn’t stop to miss the branches that cut my face
as I dashed threw them. I dared not turn around. I just had to
run. Someone was pursuing us. I came to a clearing. The only
sounds I heard were the sound of my own heavy breathing, my heart
beating 300 beats per minute, and the boots of whoever was
chasing us. The clearing had a fork in the road. God, which one
to go down? I was running out of time. I turned left and
continued to go. My primordial instincts kicked in. I
didn’t even feel myself moving anymore. I just went
straight. My thoughts brought me to my friends. Damn, where are
the others? What if I’m the only one that escaped? Oh, why
couldn’t I mind my own business? The others could die, and
it’d be my fault.
All of the sudden, I slipped and fell. I
can tumbling down a small slip and landed straight in a creek. My
leg has split open, my red blood flowing down stream in the icy
cold water. I looked at my gash, then back at the water. CRAP!! I
knew I couldn’t stay there. At least I recognized where I
was. I got up, and sprinted forward to the barn, which was at
least quarter of a mile away from where I was. I was slowed by
the pain, blood trailing me. I became short of breath. But I
could see the barn clearly now. I tried to up my speed, taking a
look behind me. No one was there. I calmed a little but decided
to keep my running pace just in case. I charged into the back of
the barn and slammed the door behind me. The horses all peered at
me, a little spooked. I locked the doors, and then unlocked them.
I was between what to do. If I lock them, I could be locking
myself in to what could be in here. If I didn’t, at least
I’d have a better chance at getting away. Plus, if any of
the others run in here for safety, they could. But then that
means anyone can come in. I decided to keep them
unlocked. I looked over to my watch. 2:24 a.m. Crap. My parents
are going to kill me. I took one last look out the doors. No one.
No sounds either. I sat down in one of the empty horse stalls and
tended to my leg. I ripped of my sweatshirt, still wet, and
wrapped it around my wound, trying to slow the blood flow. Now I
was freezing. Now all I could do was wait. Maybe 5 minutes later,
I heard a noise. I lifted my head up, but saw nothing. I leaned
back down, trying to hide desperately.
Suddenly, a pitchfork, pointed
side to me, stopped just above my head. I crawled to the other
side, holding in a scream. The holder hopped over the fence, and
landed on the ground in front of me. This was it. I was dead. The
figure made its way to me slowly. Lifting the pitchfork I used
just this morning for hay, it aimed for me, still slightly hidden
in the dark. I let out a faint scream as the pitchfork came down
towards my neck.
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