Thermodynamics

[Apollo]

That damned clock kept ticking. It was going to drive me insane and ruin my concentration. I would not stand for it.
"I'm mad at a clock." I muttered to myself. I shook my hands again to try to relax and finally snapped, "God damn. . ." I flung my arm out and swung at air yet the clock flew off the wall and shattered on the door.
So at that point, I had no idea what was wrong with me now, so I ran. I did what I always did best when faced with things I didn't want to deal with, I ran and tried to not look back. . . Which never worked before anyways.
I picked up only a few things I absolutely needed:
car keys, clothing, quarters for a laundry mat, couple of good books and my ipod. I climbed in with no destination or direction and that was how I always liked it.

[Betsy Braddock]

Her name was Elizabeth, but here on the streets she was known as Betsy. She'd lived on these streets all her life, ever since she'd run away from the home they kept sending her back to. The streets were her home now and she helped guard the younger children that called it home. Right now she was running. She never ran from anything, but a monster had been preying on the children under her protection. Or trying to at least. When he couldn't get at them, he had come for her. She had to draw him away from the children. They had to be safe. She was faster, more agile than most people. Her brain was processing all the routes and discarding them quickly. She knew if the monster caught her she'd wish for death, but for now she used her knowledge of the streets to try and outrun him.

[Apollo]

I ended up where I usually ended up, in some library in the middle of nowhere. It was always quiet here, a place where I could think. I looked at the old dusty books and knew each title. I had read them, most of them, hours spent hiding in my room. I had to do something back then when all I could hear was yelling. I would get so entangled in the story that people would have to shake me to get out.
I had finally calmed down, but I didn't know what else I could do. . .
so I kept running, I got back in my car and just drove.

[Betsy Braddock]

Betsy ran out of an alley and into the street. Her black clothing blended in with the night making her difficult to distinguish from the shadows. She didn't even hesitate as she ran into the street, didn't even pause. Better to be hit by a car and injured than dead. If she slowed the monster would catch her. She knew it. He was still chasing her, she could feel his evil reaching out to her.

[Apollo]

"What the!" I slammed on the brakes as I watched a girl run in front of me and just tapped her which probably would send her flying." My seat belt jammed against my chest. I dropped my head on the steering wheel and I started to mutter to myself. "Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god."

[Betsy Braddock]

When the car hit her, Betsy was knocked to the side. She hit the ground hard, catching herself. Her palms scrapped the concrete and her pants were torn from where the bumper had caught them. For a moment she was dazed, uncomprehending that she hadn't seen the car and avoided it. How had that happened? Shaking her head she didn't notice the gathering crowd. She looked up though sensing the monster. Her eyes met his and she shivered. There was death in those eyes that were a black void of anything human. Slowly she started to push to her feet intending to run once more.

[Apollo]

I stepped out of the car and tried to help the girl up. "Are you ok? I am so sorry I couldn't see you that well coming out of the alley there? Do do you need to go to the hospital?" I swallowed hard seeing the rips in her clothing and being on the run meant having no one else. Head out of the gutters man!!

[Betsy Braddock]

From the headlights he could see that her hair was a purple color and her eyes were a vivid blue. She appeared to be young, barely in her twenties. Her hands were bleeding from the scraps. Her leg had blood and bruising from the contact with the bumper. Her eyes never left the monster to look at him. She let him help her up, shaking her head.
''No hospital.''
She'd patch herself up. It wouldn't be the first time.

[Apollo]

I kept noticing she wasn't even looking at me but past me. The hairs on the back of my neck started to stand and as I turned to see what she was looking at it got worse. For some reason I saw nothing but I got that chill through my body as if my mind couldn't see it but knew it was there. "Get in the car. . . " I don't know why I said it but I knew we need to leave, no one else, just else.

[Betsy Braddock]

The man had disappeared, but she could still feel him watching. She started to pull away from him, intent on running once more. The monster was fixated on her now. The children were safe as long as she kept his attention.
''I have to go.....''