Short Story PART (4)

<br> <p>I WALKED AS SILENTLY AS I COULD TO MY FRONT GATE, LOWERING THE BIKE TO THE GROUND. I WHISPERED TO MING-LI <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">&quot;stay here and be quiet as a mouse.&quot;</span> SHE KNODDED. I CREPT UP THE WALK WAY AND I SEEN A BIG BRANCH THAT FELL OFF THE BIG TREE IN MY YARD LYING IN THE GRASS. I TREADED THROUGH THE WATER AS A LIONESS WOULD CREEP THROUGH THE GRASS. I PICKED UP THE NICE SIZED BRANCH ,CLUCHED IT TIGHT IN MY FISTS AND DID A PRACTICE SWING. I TIP-TOED CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE STRANGE MAN. MY HEART WAS IN MY THROAT,AND I WAS TRYING HARD NOT TO BREATH. I WAS ALREADY OUT OF BREATH. I CAME ON TO THE PORCH WHERE HE LAYED. I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO EXSPECT FROM HIM CONSIDERING HOW HE ACTED EARLIER. AS SOON AS I STEPPED ON THE PORCH, HIS BLACK EYES OPENED AGAIN. WITHOUT HESITATION I SWUNG AT HIM WITH ALL MY MIGHT AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS SHOULDER .&quot;Awwwwww, whats wrong with you?!&quot; HE SCREAMED IN PAIN. HE ROLLED AROUND ON THE PORCH TRYING TO DODGE THE NEXT HIT. <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">&quot;Who are you?!&quot;</span> I SCREAMED BACK. I WENT TO HIT HIM AGAIN. THIS TIME HE GRABBED IT AND SNATCHED FROM ME. I COULD TELL HE WAS PISSED. HE WAS BREATHING FAST AND HIS FACE TURN FROM FRIGHTEN TO EXTREMELY RED ANRGY IN AN INSTANT. I JUST KNEW HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO KILL ME. I BEGAN TO BACK AWAY FROM THE PORCH SLOWLY AS HE RAISED THE BRANCH UP OVER HIS HEAD WITH ONE ARM. I PUT MY HANDS UP AND SAID &quot;<span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">Please</span> <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">don&#39;t hurt me sir, I&#39;m begging you please.&quot;</span> SUDDENLY MING-LI CAME RUNNING UP FROM BEHIND THE GATE WHERE SHE WAS CROTCH DOWN. &quot;You Leave Her Alooonnne!!!!&quot;&quot; MING-LI EYES GLOWED FIRE RED LIKE EMBERS IN A FIREPLACE. HER HAIR STOOD UP AND SWIRLED ATOP OF HER HEAD. HER HAIR SEEM TO BECOME INFLAMED. SHE THEN RAN IN FRONT OF ME AND REACHED HER HAND OUT TO THE STRANGE MAN. AND OUT OF NOWHERE A STREAM OF RED LIGHT SHOT OUT OF HER HAND WITH SUCH INSENSITY IT BURNED MY EYES .THE LIGHT HIT HIM IN THE CHEST. THE FORCE OF THE HIT WAS SO HARD HE FLEW BACK INTO MY FRONT WINDOW AND BROKE RIGHT THOUGH IT.</p> <p>AT THIS TIME I DIDN&#39;T KNOW RATHER OR NOT TO SEE IF THE MAN WAS OKAY, OR SEE WHAT THE heck WAS UP WITH </p> <p>MING-LI&#39;S INCREDIBLE SUPER POWERS. I JUST STARED AT HER IN DISBELIEF. MY MIND WAS SO OUT OF WHACK, THAT I HADN&#39;T EVEN NOTICE THAT I WAS BACKING UP SLOWLY OFF OF MY PORCH. MING-LI BEGAN TO CRY UNCONTROLABLY. &quot;Where are you going?&quot;, SHE BELLOWED OUT. <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">&quot;I gotta get out of here&quot;</span> I UTTERED. I FELT AS IF I NEEDED TO RETREAT, SO OUT OF PURE DISMAY, I BOLTED OUT OF THE GATE. AS I WAS RUNNING MY KNEES STARTED TO BUCKLE FROM UNDER ME. I COULDN&#39;T CATCH MY BREATH. I WAS SO TERRIFIED BY WHAT I JUST WITNESSED, I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE THE LITTLE GIRL WAS FOLLOWING RIGHT BEHIND ME. &quot;Wait for me please!&quot; SHE CRIED OUT. I HAD ALMOST REACHED THE END OF THE BLOCK WHEN IT FELT LIKE THE GROUND WAS SNATCHED RIGHT FROM UNDER ME. NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS LAYING ON MY FACE STARRING AT MING-LI&#39;S BRIGHT PURPLE SHOES. HER VOICE ECHOED MY NAME. &quot;Are you OK, you bleeding kinda bad.&quot; WHEN SHE SAID THAT I KNEW THEN THAT IT WASNT AN AWFUL DREAM. IT WAS REAL. AND THE PAIN GENERATING FROM MY HEAD WAS EVEN MORE REAL.</p><br> <p>MING-LI TRIED HER BEST TO HELP ME TO MY FEET ,BUT I WAS JUST SO DIZZY AND WEAK. THE SIDEWALKED WAS WET AND COVERED IN MY BLOOD. I REALLY WAS BLEEDING BADLY. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THAT FIRE THAT SHOT OUT OF MING-LI&#39;S HAND. SITTING ON THE CONCRETE RUBBING MY HEAD TRYING MY HARDEST TO CONCENTRATE AND PUT A PICTURE IN MY HEAD OF WHAT JUST HAPPENEND. <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">&quot;How did you do that? Shoot that.....what ever it was out of your hand like that?&quot;</span> I ASKED HER. SHE STARTED TO CRY AGAIN AND ANSWERED, &quot;I don&#39;t know where that came from, I was just really scared and then I felt hot. I didn&#39;t mean to hurt that man like that. I&#39;m so sorry Shyla. Please don&#39;t be scared of me?&quot; LOOKING INTO HER INNOCENT FACE, I KNEW SHE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH. I GRABBED HER HAND AS SHE HELP ME GET UP. CURIOUSLY I LOOK IN THE PALM OF HER HAND HOPING TO GET A GLIMPSE OF WHATEVER IT WAS THAT SHOT OUT OF HER HAND, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. </p> <p>MY MOUTH TASTED OF BLOOD AND MY FACE HURT PRETTY BAD. I STAGGERED BACK TO MY HOUSE HOPING THE MAN HAD FLED LIKE HE DID EARLIER. HE WAS STARTING TO PISS ME OFF. MY ASSUMTION WERE WRONG. HE LYE ON MY PORCH UNCONCIOUS WITH A GAPPING WHOLE IN HIS CHEST AND HIS GREEN SHIRT BLACK AND SINGED....I THINK HE IS DEAD....... <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">&quot;I didn&#39;t</span> <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">mean to hurt him like that,&quot; </span>EXPRESSED MING-LI . &quot;Its OK honey, I know you didn&#39;t&quot;, I TREKKED SLOWLY TO HIM, THEN KNEELED DOWN TO CHECK TO SEE IF HE HAD A PULSE. AMAZINGLY HE DID. IT WAS FAINT BUT HE HAD ONE. I DECIDED TO TAKE HIM IN MY HOUSE TO TRY TO HELP HIM ONCE AGAIN.</p>