Four POV
It would be the first time I would leave without Henri, but it would be the first time I knew I had a reason to return somewhere. I sighed and drummed my fingers against the steering wheel waiting for the traffic lights to switch. When they finally changed, Six, who was on her motorbike, drove full on for a while but then she slowed down and headed into a hotel car park. She parked up, headed over to the truck and said, "Get a move on boys! We need to eat and sleep. If the hotel asks we're staying in Ohio because we're visiting our cousins in Florida. Okay?" She tapped her foot impatiently waiting for us to nod. "Excellent. Sam and you may keep your old names but what should I say my name is? Oh yes! How about Sarah?" Sarah? Was she joking?
"Yeah cool, you should defiantly be called that." I lied smoothly. "Shall we get our stuff? You can go inside and book us in if you like." Then I opened the door and Bernie Kosar flung himself out closely followed by Sam. I grabbed my rucksack which contained the chest and my two small suitcases. I was lost in my own thoughts when by the time we reached the brass doors of the hotel, and was rudely shaken from them when we found Six arguing with a woman behind a desk.
"What do you mean you can't allow us in without parental guidance? It's just one night! Please." Begged Six and she gave us a grin when the woman handed her the keys the a five star suit. "Come on then! I wanna see our suit!" She yelled while ushering us into a room. Chuckling, I grabbed her small bag and dragged it into the suit. All we did for the first few minutes was stand at the door and gasp in awe at the masterpiece of a room, then we got down to business. Sam was the one who suggested it, an ingenious idea, I agreed at once but Six was reluctant but nodded. We were going to unpack and then sneak out and snoop (and trash!) other peoples rooms and suits.
We sent Six out first, to see if the coast was clear using her invisibility power. She grinned when she arrived back in the room holding millions of keys. We took her hands and were led out the room using her invisibility power. We grabbed a key and checked the number, 46, before sprinting off to the room. It was just as flawless as ours but there was no luggage in there. I grabbed a expensive looking vase and lobbed it on the floor before smashing all the lights. We heard a scream, a teenage girl. Great. Spotted on our first go, that was our cue to run.
The girl looked at me and Six and whispered "I'm number Five."
Six POV
Wow. So less than a day ago I had met Four and now I was meeting Five? Okay so that was good... I guess. Wait, where was her cepan? Had it died like ours? "Call me Ja- Sarah, I'm Six. That's John, he's Four and that's our um friend who's called Sam he's mortal. What should we call you?" I asked shaking her hand.
"Oh call me uh Clarrissa. Where's your guardians? Mine died." Join the club I thought harshly, but before I could say it she cut me off by addressing Sam, "Why are you here? I thought you were Seven or something but mortal? This is just darn stupid!" She shocked us all by saying that. I felt Sam stiffen at my side.
"Hey! You can't exactly say anything we've only just met and you don't even know him! Give the kid a chance!" Roared Four, who flashed his hands on, that didn't seem to faze the all too cocky Five who kicked him backwards and darted over to him and hissed.
"You my boy don't know what your messing with. I killed a bunch of mogerdorians without any help from a guardian, ally, pet or friend. No I did it on my own. Get out." She barked at us and we didn't need further encouragement and Four stalked out the room giving her a cold look.
A few hours after the encounter I ordered pizza and lounged about on my bed. This was going to be a good night.
Sarah POV
I texted him, he didn't reply. I phoned his mobile, no answer. It could have been seconds, minutes, days, weeks or years before he text me back. Just before I went to bed that night I remembered the small roll of film John had given me just before he left and downloaded it to my computer. I smiled when I seen a picture of him with me. It also brought memorise flooding back to me. I cried silently, hell I missed him. Hell I even missed Six, and I'd only known her for about a day!
I remembered a piece of paper John had given me just before the fight erupted and he'd told me to look at after he'd left Ohio. Now he had, I could look at it.
Sarah,
I promise I will see you again, in time. May be years even. Henri told me, the night he died, that Lorien people can only love one person in their lifetime. I bet you can guess, you stole my heart. I won't respond to your texts 'till I'm out of Paradise. Now I only have one reason to live, and that's you. I swear, I'll return to Ohio after I've found the others. But for now, be true to who you are.
John – Four.
I noticed a shiny thing drop onto my bed. Half a heart, saying Sarah. I then seen it was magnetic and I guessed John had one saying John. I held it in the palm of my hand and flopped on my bed.
