That cry was the worst thing Richard had ever heard, he knew it was Blaze. He dropped all that he was carrying and ran as fast as he could. There was one thing in the world he cared about, and it was her. For as long as he could remember he had been alone, until he found Blaze. To care for her was what gave his life purpose. He had been told that he worthless, that he was just a pitiful little street urchin who would never amount to anything. But as long as he meant something to her, as long as he could help her, then it didn't matter. He knew she would go far in life, he could just feel it, and if he could help her along, then that would make his life have meaning. He saw people as horrible and cruel, but not her. Richard may not have known a lot of people, but he felt like she was one of the best out there. Life had been so unfair to her, and he couldn't do much to help her. He was just a kid, a kid who saw himself as useless, but he could be there for her when no one else was. He needed to be there for her now, if he couldn't then there was no point to his life, she was all that mattered to him.<br/><br/>He heard her yell again, this time in pain, he heard their snickering. He ran faster, anger was starting rise up inside him, but also fear. He got there just as the boys were turning away laughing. Never had he felt such rage, seeing you there, bleeding, crying as they laughed. His hands shook, he balled them into fists. He yelled at the three of them,<span style="color: #FFBF00"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">"I WILL KILL YOU!!!!"</span></span></span>He was speaking out of rage, but he knew what he was saying. If he would ever kill someone it would be over Blaze, and he was willing to, he had heard of heaven and hell, hell was for the very bad people, people who killed others. He would go there for her, no matter how horrible it was. He didn't care about himself, as long as Blaze was okay, then it didn't matter what happened to him.<br/><br/>Richard charged at them, he hit the one in the middle as hard as he could, it hurt his hand, but he wasn't about to stop. He kept attacking while they were still surprised, he kicked the one on the left, and then leaped onto the last one, knocking him to the ground. Sitting on the boys chest he punched him in the face. But he knew he just lost his advantage, the other two would be on him in a second, the best he would be able to do is fight as hard as he could and hope that whatever God was out there would help him for Blaze's sake. But if she was able to get away then whatever they did to him would be worth it. He yelled over to her.<span style="color: #FFBF00"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Run Blaze, and don't look back!"</span></span></span>He prayed a silent prayer, 'Help her, please lord, for once, do right by her.' He didn't know what was going to happen, but he had this feeling like it was going to be horrible.