Simon's POV

My chest heaved as I ran. Long legs stretching over the ground in a hopeful attempt to get away. I turned a corner and ran straight into two people.

Of course. It was Tobi and Vik.

"Watch where your fucking going dickhead." Tobi pushed me.

I glanced nervously behind me.

"What the fuck are you looking at?" Tobi says; I can hear the guys catching up.

I turn my back to Tobi and push him and Vik behind me. I brace my arms to my chest as the two men I run from each day clash into me. I stand strong, watching as the larger mans veins pop out of his balding head, the way his eyes narrow as they focus on me. I watch the other man, the shorter and younger one, grab my head and pull me away from Tobi and Vik. I feel my head slamming into the brick wall.

I feel Tobi and Vik watching.

"Run." I struggle out, my throats raspy as the older ones hand squeezes my throat and the younger one crushes my skull. I see Tobi and Vik run away. See their feet crash against the pavement.

"Where's the base?" Baldie asks, grip shifting on my neck. "Tell us!" He says when I don't answer.

I can't say it. I think of my mum, she won't survive if I don't give her that money. I'll be dead if I say it anyway.

I lift my leg up and kick Baldie in the crotch. He lets go of my neck and swears, making the other one release my head. I slide to the ground, my head limply on my shoulder.

"Shit, is he dead?" One of them asks. My eyes are shut. I feel a kick to my side. I don't move.

"I dunno. What do we do?" He said.

"Move his body, into that bush. And then let's get out of here." I feel them drag my arms. Thorns tickle and scratch my face and arms as my body is slid into the middle of the bush. I hear them walk away.

I peek an eye open, use my hands to open a spot and see they are no where in sight.

"Simon?"