William ran so fast I had to press my face against his chest to keep my neck from snapping. I thought he would be growing tired, but the truth was he had an extremely slow heartbeat and it hadn’t wavered. I was feeling weaker by the minute.
“William, I’m so tired. Can’t we stop so I can rest?” I asked, my voice low and faint.
“Tired? I heard him laugh. “I’m the one doing all the work.”
“My arms are so tired, I moaned.” When I opened my eyes William was moving so fast, everything we passed by was a blur. The best I could tell we were still in the woods somewhere.
“We’re almost there. You’ve got to hang on, just another minute.” His tone was calm and even. He didn’t even sound winded, and I don’t know how that was even possible.
I was so weak I could barely manage to open my eyes. The trees were thinning out and we were coming up a small hill just behind a large cinder block building. I peered into his eyes. “Wh… where are we?”
“The hospital,” William said, smiling proudly.
“That’s… impossible. We were…,” I floundered and trailed off as everything around me faded to black.