black bird. || no longer accepting!
to most, gunshots are a rarity, a sound often confused with fireworks or a car backfiring, but to ella hall, the sound is unmistakeable. the bark of gunfire is all too familiar, and she’s already running when it starts, making a mad dash for her car. shooting at her is just a fancy way of saying she’s in deep shit, and her first instinct is always to cut and run. not like she could reason with a bullet.
while the sound is familiar, the feeling is not – she stumbles as a bullet rips through her back, white hot pain spreading through her abdomen, and falls flat on her face.
but now they’re gaining on her, and she’s got to keep moving, even though every breath hurts like a bitch –
one hand over the exit wound, she manages to pull herself to her feet and bolt the last few feet to her vehicle, scrambling over the passenger’s seat to get to the wheel. in seconds, she’s driving away, ducking under more bullets as they shatter their way through her back window. the car squeals onto the road and tears down the empty street, leaving the footmen in the dust.
now, she thinks, pressing a blood-slicked hand into her stomach, she has bigger fish to fry.