Chapter 48: Bunk Mates

Sharon kept on driving as fast as she could. Addicus and his men were no longer chasing after them, but she kept driving anyway.

Shifting her gaze to Peter who was in the passenger's seat, she could see that he wasn't doing well. He had lost too much blood and he was slowly losing consciousness.

"Peter? Peter? Stay with me. Do you hear me? Stay with me," she said to him, trying to will him on.

"Don't worry, darling. I'm fine," he said unconvincingly.

"Where do we go now?" Sharon asked, out of ideas.

"I have a place just on the outskirts of the Island. It's hidden so we'll be safe there," Peter managed to say.

"Are you okay, dear? Do you want me to stop so we can take a look at that wound?" Sharon asked, desperately trying to help him, because the sight of him bloody and in pain hurt her so much.

"Just keep driving. They'll surely be right behind us. We, we can't stop," Peter said and coughed.

Sharon continued driving and Peter tried his hardest to stay awake so he could show her the way. With the little calm after the raging storm, Sharon's mind was able to re-analyze Peter's skill with a gun and how nimble and agile he was at the cottage. She wondered how he was able to do all that and decided to ask him.

"Peter! How were you able to...kill all of those men so easily? It was like you'd done that before,"

*But Peter didn't respond!*

"Peter?" She called out to him and saw that he had passed out. "Peter!" She shouted again and pulled over.

She went to his seat and tried to wake him up.

"Come on, My Love. Wake up," She begged desperately and was slapping him, trying to wake him up.

He woke up, and she embraced him tightly with relief and gladness.

She got back into the car and kept on driving until she drove onto the sand of the beach. She stopped when they arrived at the edge of a wild forest uninhabited by people and filled with wild animals.

"Peter? What are we doing here?" Sharon asked while still in the car.

"The secret underground bunker is here. Only I know of its existence. We'll be safe here for a while. We'll rest, regroup, gain back our strength and try to end this," Peter answered while getting up and out of the vehicle.

Sharon also got out and ran to his side, providing her body for him to lean on. They walked over to a pile of bushes and Peter pushed the bush aside and revealed a door leading downwards. He took out a key from his pocket and opened it. Sharon helped him and they both went inside.

"Peter, it's so dark in here!"

"There's a flashlight on the desk just up ahead," he said drowsily.

They got down and Sharon found the flashlight and turned it on, brightening up the bunker.

"There's also a generator. I'll turn it on," Peter said, and tried to walk towards the generator's position, but he stumbled, lost his footing, and fell to the floor unconscious.

"Peter! Peter!" Sharon called out to him, trying to wake him up.

***Peter had lost too much blood from being shot in the shoulder. If he didn't get the treatment he so badly needed, he would die and that was the last thing Sharon wanted.***

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Meanwhile, Addicus was angry at his men for letting Sharon escape him once again. They were by the side of the road, trying to move aside the car that blocked the path after it had crashed.

The car was out of the way and Addicus ordered his men to spread out and find them. JJ, his most loyal minion, advised otherwise.

"Sir, they must be long gone by now, probably hiding somewhere like rats. I don't think we'll be able to find them like this," JJ said.

"Then, how are we to find them? They could be on their way off of this island and heading to another country, for all we know. We have to find them...now!" Addicus said angrily.

"Don't worry, Sir. I found her once, I can do it again. Just give me some time. I'll scout around and try and pick up on their trail and when I've located them, "I'll inform you immediately." JJ said confidently.

Addicus nodded in approval and JJ took a car and followed the trail to find Sharon and Peter.

"JJ is the only true soldier I have. The rest of you are completely useless. How does one man, one ordinary man, manage to kill six of you and escape without a scratch on him?" Addicus yelled at them, "If you all know that you're not qualified for this job, then I'll find others who are."

"We're sorry, Sir," one of the men said, "The man protecting the lady wasn't an ordinary man. He was very skilled with his gun. I have a feeling that he's trained in the art of combat."

"So are you fools!" Addicus retorted, "Once JJ finds them, they'd better not get away again, or it will be very bad for you!"

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***While Peter was unconscious, he relived some of his most horrible memories from when he was still a veteran in the army. His recruitment, his first battle, his last, all of it.***

His body temperature was scorching, and the fever burned throughout his body. Sharon tried to cool him off, but she couldn't. All she could do was treat his wound and wait for him to come out of it. It was as if he was going through a metamorphosis, and usually, when that happens, the person goes through terrible dreams and memories, but if they manage to get through it, they awake almost reborn and renewed.

"I'm here, Peter. I'm here for you," Sharon said and cradled his face.

He looked so pale and sick, and she tried her hardest to ease his pain. She saw the scars all over his body and was horrified by how much and how badly they looked. She had seen his bare body before and had seen the scars, but she never really thought about it then and now, it made more sense.

She realized that he must have had many terrible experiences even before he lost his wife and daughter and those experiences were what gave him these scars.

"What happened to you, Peter?" She wondered.

Peter, on the other hand, was reliving exactly what happened to him in his subconsciousness.

**Fighting, shooting, and killing people after so many years of not being violent had disrupted his peace of mind and now, he was at war with himself.**