I answer the call and Natalie's preppy voice projects into my ear.

"Hey, girlfriend, you wanna go shopping at the mall?"

I roll my eyes. Natalie can be so dumb sometimes, but I still love her! We're quite different but they say opposites attract! I trust Nat with with my life and it's crazy to think that we've known each other since diapers.

"Nat, I told you that I'd have to go with Uncle Jack in his cab because you are all busy and he still won't leave me home alone." I direct the last part to Jack who gives me a 'are you serious face'.

"Anyways, I thought you had a date with Todd?!"

"I broke up with him!"

"Why? You two were perfect for each other! You were practically soulmates! What gives?"

"He cheated on me with Yasmin!"

"HER. As in sluterella!?" I explain, bewildered.

"Language, Emily!" Jack warns.

"What's a sluterella?" Sara asks.

"And what's a girlfriend, mall and soulmate?" Seth adds. I look at them strangley. They don't know what a mall is? Where have these people been?

"Yeah, sluterella." Natalie says and her voice sounds broken. My one completely changes.

"It's alright Nat. You don't need him. He's a cheating, lying, good-for-nothing, sorry excuse for a boyfriend." I tell her

"Thanks Em. You always know how to make me feel better. Now I'm going to go find a boyfriend. I've already been single for 4 minutes!" With that she hangs up and I laugh. I see that we are now on a road, in the desert. We are the only car on this road and it's really hot. There are huge, great mountains in the distance and dark green trees dotted around.

"Are your parents going to be OK with you guys spending all this money?" Jack asks the twins.

"We have agreed on a financial deal. If your concern is regarding your compensation-" Seth starts.

"My concern is the fact that I got a couple of kids in the back of my cab, with a big wad of cash, with a drop-off location, that's in the middle of nowhere. In my book, that's a little chapter called 'running away'. Jack declares. Jack's radio then buzzes as his bosses voice fuzzes on.

"Jack, you better be getting desert miles on that fare. And they better be able to pay. And you better get me an ETA! Capisce?"

"I'm losing reception, Dominic." Jack replies, turning his radio off. I laugh, Jack hates his boss.

"Jack? Jack!" Dominic voice disappears. I turn around to see Sara and Seth glancing fearfully out of the back window. I'm about to ask what's up when Sara speaks.

"Jack Bruno, the vehicles behind us are indicating a pattern of pursuit." Fear is evident in her voice. I wonder what their not telling us. They have got to be the weirdest people we have ever had in this cab. And trust me when I say that we have had some really weird people in this cab! Sara cocks her head at me and I wonder why. What I do?

"There's no vehicles following-" Jack trails off when 1, 2 and finally 3 black jeeps appear in the horizon of the wing-mirror.

"In your current speed versus theirs, they will overtake us in less than a minute!" Seth explains, command evident in his gruff but slight young voice. Damn it's sexy. And their she goes again! Why does Sara keep looking at me weirdly?

"Relax kid, I'm just gonna let them pass." Jack says calmly, slowing down.

"Jack, I'm not sure whether that's such a good idea." I say. He shrugs and is moving at around 20 miles an hour. That is way to slow. Sara and Seth exchange a worried look. Oh boy!

"Open road people. it's all yours!" Jack yells out of the now open window. he makes a motion with his hand, indicating that they can overtake. The first black jeep moves slowly next to ours. Their heavily tinted window resting in place with Seth's and then Jack's. It stays at each way to long for comfort and necessary. They finally overtake and Jack turns around to face us all.

"What did I tell you.? Nobody's following us. I'm the king of these roads-" Jack starts.

"Jack Bruno!" Sara cries and we all turn around to see that the black jeep has skidded to a holt in front of us and that we will soon collide. We begin to skid as the other jeeps try to close in on us. Jack goes crazy with the steering wheel as we're all thrown around like dolls in the taxi. We overtake the first car, the second and third in pursuit.

"I said I was out and I meant it!" Jack yells out angrily.

"Who is Mr Wolfe, jack Bruno?" Sara asks and I look at her funnily again. Can she read minds or something? She gasps at me and I'm pretty sure she knows what I just thought. Creepy, much.

"How did you know that-" Jack starts but finishes with a grunt from a black jeep bashing our car. "Get down now!" Jack yells and Sara, Seth and I all duck down. The three black jeeps try to box us in so jack keeps bashing against them. I let out a grunt as one slams into my door and my head is basked against it. Seth looks at me worriedly.

"Are you OK?" He asks.

"I'm fine." I reassure him, rubbing my head slightly.

"Hold on." Jack warns as he stops the car, the breaks squealing. 2 of the cars crash into each other, leaving the first black jeep remaining. Dry mud flies through the air in clouds and I cough as some enters through the window, which I quickly shut.

"Jack Bruno, it appears we have not eluded them." Sara exclaims and I glance out the back to see the first jeep still pursuing.

"I'm so over this. Stay down. STAY DOWN!" Jack yells the second 'stay down' as we continued to ignore him and fearfully look at the remaining Jeep. We all duck down again.

"Seth no, it's not a good idea." I hear Sara say and I turn around to see what's going on.

"I have to try." Is Seth's response. He holds a heroic look in his eye and seems determined to do whatever he is about to.

"It's too dangerous!" Sara whispers and I see her eyes glazing over. What is he about to do? My own heart beats faster than before and I take more intakes of breath. I am hit with claustrophobia and nausea. Great, really, just great! I watch in horror as Seth moulds into the seats and appears out in the road. I nearly yell until I hear Sara's voice in my head.

"It's me sara. You probably already worked it out but me d Seth are aliens. Please don't say anything or alert your Uncle, we mean no harm. We are hear to save your planet as well as ours but I'll tell you about that later. I can read minds and levitate objects whilst Seth can control his molecular density and withstand the greatest of impacts. He will be fine, just stay quiet. He is about to do something stupid but there is very small risk and next to impossible that he'll be harmed."

I watch helplessly as Seth stands up and walks into the path of the Jeep. I force the scream to die in my throat as I watch what I think to be Seth, standing in oncoming doom. To my surprise and relief the car hits him and shatters, the debris flying straight through him and leaving him without a scratch. Sara uses her hand to reverse the car.

"Now what?" Jack complains. "You three OK?" Jack asks.

WE are-" Sara begins.

"-Fine." Seth finishes as he moulds back into the cab. I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding. He's OK and sitting here like nothing happened. "We should just keep moving."

"Stay here." Jack grabs a crowbar and walks towards the Jeep. I face-plant.

"What were you doing? Emily knows that we're aliens now!" Sara exclaims and Seth's face droops.

"You probably think we're freaks." He murmurs. OI shake my head.

"You can' help or have any power in what you're born as. I'm just glad you're alrigght. I thought you were going to-" I trail off, my eyes glazing over. I've lost people I love to car crashes before, my parents. I was not going to lose Seth in one too. A small smirk appears on Sara's face and I remember that she can read minds. I lean back into my seat.

"Oh shit!" I whisper to myself. It goes silent for a short time as I'm pretty sure Seth and Sara speak to each other through mind reading.

"I'm sorry if I scared you." Seth says, breaking the silence. I'm about to reply when Jack gets in and drives.

"How you three holding up back there?" Jack asks, interrupting the silence.

"We're fine." Sara says, answering for all of us.

"I'm sorry for dragging you three into all this. " Jack apologises.

"There's no need to apologise, Jack Bruno. You're not always the one to blame." Sara reassures, making me wonder if the Jeeps were to do with the twins instead of Jack and Mr Wolfe.

"But the urgency or our trip has not decreased." Seth informs.

"I'll get you two where you need to go. You've earned it." Jack promises. If only he knew, I think.