Hey guys! So this is the chapter where I get to add a little creativity! Yay! hahaa. :]

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They drove on for another hour or so. Seth and Sara talked amoungst themselves and Jack concentrating on the road ahead of them, letting his mind wander. Why did Mr. Wolf want him back on his team so bad? What was he worth? Why would he follow him all they way out here? And the kids, Seth and Sara? What were they doing with all this money? And where exactly were they leading him? Should he call somebody? About both problems? So many questions were running through his mind and it was starting to give him a head ache. Maybe he shouldn't have picked them up in the first place. Maybe he should of just told them to get out of his cab and let them get another ride like he planned in the first place.

"We are here, Jack Bruno." Sara said suddenly, pulling him away from his escaping mind. Maybe that was best.

"Here? There's nothing here." he looked around, avoiding the shrubs that were obviously hiding whatever he was supposed to see. But then he saw what Sara was talking about. An old rundown shack. Hm.

"There's someone expecting you two, right? Doesn't look like anyone's home." he parked the car and leaned back.

"Don't worry, Jack Bruno. We will soon be reunited with relatives." Sara unbuckled and, with a big smile on her face, scooted out of the cab.

"Okay. $720. 50. But after all that went down today, how 'bout I knock off 25% and-"

"Here." Seth cut him off, throwing the whole wad of cash in his hand and racing off after his sister. Jack stared after him.

"Okay, then. Good-bye to you, too." he flipped through the money, finding mostly hundred-dollar-bills. "500% tip...reasonable." He sat there a moment, rubbing his hand down his face and letting it fall back into his lap. Feeling guilty, and sighed and stepped out of the car and called to the kids.

"Hey! You guys overpaid!...by alot!"

No answer.

He sighed again and shut the cab door and looked it over. The side mirror was hanging by a thread, the yellow was almost completely gone, and he couldn't find once single flat peice of metal anywhere on the car.

"Unbelievable." he whispered to himself. The sound of glass shattering made him jump, and with one last look at the beat up cab he started towards the house, stuffing the money in his pants pocket. He walked up the creaky wood steps to the poarch and glass crunched underneath his feet. He looked around one last time before he turned the handle ans stepped insode.

"Everything okay in there? Hello?" the door shut behind him and he grabbed a peice of wood and whirled around. No one was there. He walked in a little further, wooden chair leg at the ready. The floor creaked under his feet and his eyes darted around the room. It looked as if no one had lived there for years. Dust and cobwebs everywhere and half of the furniture was covered by faded sheets. Maybe it was ment to be abandoned.

Something tugged on his jacket and he tried to whack it before it got any closer, but it went right through the body, hitting the couch instead. It was Seth.

"What just happened?" Jack started but Seth stopped him.

"Jack Bruno, you shold not have jeperdized your life by following us." Sara said.

"What sort of trouble are you two in?"

"I suggest you return back to your vehicle." Seth said, starting to get forceful. "Your services are no longer required."

"Seth, he's just trying to help." Sara pushed.

"We don't need his help!" he hissed. She was taken aback by her brother's actions, but soon saw his point as he continued. "Somebody's already been here looking for it. We simply can not trust any of them. It's just us, Sara." he stared at her a moment and went back to messing with the device in his hands again. Sara looked distressed, but turned to Jack with a serious look.

"We appriciate your efforts to assist us, Jack Bruno. But my brother is right, we can involove you no further."

"Got it!" Seth stood and disappeared around the corner, Sara on his heels before Jack realized what happened, they were out of sight.

"Hey! Just tell me what's going o-" he tried to call out to them, but it was too late. They weren't paying any attention. He sighed and stood, feeling slightly vulnerable with nobody around him. Like he was being watched. A shiver went down his spine and he followed the kids into what looked like the kitchen area. Or at least, it was supposed to be the kitchen area. It had been neglected for so long, it didn't look much different from the rest of the house. He found them standing in front of a large white box. What used to be a refridgerator, or what was left of it. Seth opened the door and examined it, looking to his sister before he placed the remote like object on the side, pressing one button, then stepping back.

"What is that?" Jack asked, but the kids didn't answer. Either ignoring him, or so deep into what they were doing, they simply did not hear, he didn't know. The refridgerator slide back into the wall to reveal a secret passageway and Seth and Sara ran in without hesitation. Jack peeked inside, his face showing pure awe. He came out again and looked around the dusty old house, debating on weather or not to go in. He sighed.

"Don't go into the pimped out fridge, Jack." he said to himself, and stepped inside, meeting a small flight of stairs. He went down one step at a time, pausing every few stairs to look back at the doorway, but still continuing on. Seth and Sara were already down at the bottom staring at a brick wall. A dead end. Or so he thought.

Seth put the device on the wall and repeated the notions from the top of the stairs and Jack stared as the wall disappeared before his eyes, opening up into a small forest-like room. Here, even Seth and Sara hesitated a bit. The room was filled with trees and plants of all kinds, even ones not from this planet. Dirt and rocks, twigs and leaves covered the ground. But what was unusual were the giant glowing plants growing up from the gound and hanging from the ceiling.

"What is this place?" said Jack. But Seth and Sara payed him no heed and separated, going in opposite directions and leaving Jack to stand looking around the forest. But he didn't have to wait long. It wasn't five minutes and Seth called out:

"Sara! It's here!" her and Jack both ran to find him standing next to one of the alien plants with the remote held out to it. The device was blinking rapidly, like a metal detector over a plane buried in the ground. Sara looked at him and he nodded, pulling off her necklace and placing it on top of the plant. Reluctantly, she stuck her hand inside and pulled out a similar looking remote to the one Seth was holding. A big smile jumped on her face.

"What is it?" asked Jack.

"It is what we came for, Jack Bruno." she smiled.

"Is anyone else looking for it? Like the person who trashed everything upstairs?"

"We think so." said Seth. "It is very valuable. Which is why it was so vitle that we locate it first."

"What makes you so sure that wha-"

"Wait." Sara held up her hand to stop him. "I hear someone."

"I don't hear anything." Jack stared at her.

Seth looked at his sister patiently, but his eyes went wide and he looked in the direction she stared. "I hear it, too." He looked at her, confused. Her hearing stuff wasn't so strange, but when he heard it, that's when they started to get worried. Something wasn't right.

"But- wait. There it is again." Sara started.

"Hold on." they looked to Jack. "Now I hear it."

Seth and Sara looked at each other, total panic apparent on their faces. Now he could hear it, too? Something definately wasn't right. They looked around, scooting closer together in attempt at a defense agianst whatever was out there. They had to protect the experiment, no matter what.

Help....

It was in their head. They looked around, even towards the ceiling. Was it a trick? Whatever it was repeated it's plea, getting stronger every time. The one word ringing inside their heads like a bell, but a small, almost unaudible whimper caught their attention. It came from the bush not eight feet away from where they were standing, the branches moved a little and their muscles tensed, waiting to see if they had over-reacted or not, but they let their held breath go when a small girl, about Sara's age, crawled out of the brikley bush. Sara ran over to her side and kneeled down next to her.

"Are you okay?" she helped the girl to her knees and she looked up at Sara's face with a terrified look in her eyes, like she had just witnessed something awful, like death. Sara was taken aback when she noticed small, very distenct features that didn't seem like a big deal to anyone but her and Seth. The girl's hair was down to her knees, a knotted and tangled mess. But what mattered to Sara was that it was blonde. Bleach, almost white, blonde, and bright, ocean-blue eyes.

I don't know... It was the voice again, the girl, but her mouth didn't move. There's a syphon after me.

Seth and Jack walked up behind them. Sara looked up at her brother, then back to the girl. "What's your name?"

Luci. Why?

Seth was taken aback by her answer and Sara simply smiled, standing and holding out her hand to Luci.

"Don't worry." she said as Luci took her hand and stood with shakey legs. She was covered in dirt from head to toe, and her clothes were ripped to shreds. Sara put a hand on her shoulder to steady her. "We have retrieved what you came for."

Luci looked at her, then to Seth and Jack. She let out a rattley sigh of relief and rubbed her arms. She smiled. Thank you.

"Do you know her?" Jack looked completely lost.

"We know of her." Sara smiled at the new member of their party.

"Come on." Seth pushed. "There's not much time."

Luci followed Sara and her brother through the leaves and branches of the strange forest, searching for the exit. They had travled further than they thought and had a little trouble finding it. Luci kept up as much as she could, though her legs were wobbley and she felt fragile, but she kept moving, fearing seeming weak. Sara glanced back every few seconds, checking on her, studying her. Nobody said anything for a while, then Jack stopped.

"There's the door." he pointed to where they had come in, it was about 10 yards in front of them. Jack stopped and made sure all three kids were walking, them began to follow them. They were almost there, but a loud whistling noise made them stop and cover their ears.

"What is that?" Jack looked around, then he saw it. But it was too late. The bullet hit the door and a large explosion sent them to the ground.

"Run, run, run!" he pushed the kids and Sara grabbed ahold of Luci's hand, dragging her along behind Seth. Her legs threating to collapse under her, but she kept going. She would not be weak. She promised. She promised him.

Jack stayed behind and tryed to destract whatever it was that fired at them. He stood looking around with his fists held up ready to fight, but nothing was there. He turned in circles, searching for their attacker, without much success.

"Uf!" Something whacked him hard in the back and he hit the dirt, rolling into a bush and keeping as still as possible. He could see Seth, Sara, and Luci not far away. They looked paniced and unsure. He searched to see if he could find what had attacked him, but no such luck. Another explosion sounded right next to the kids and they fell backwards, but were soon up and running again.

"Jack Bruno!" Sara called out.

"Kids!" he answered back, trying to reach them, but they all ducked under more fire. Seth followed his sister towards the door, Luci behind him. The strange plants were starting to melt, it seemed and the residue was like lava hitting the ground. Jack backed away and listend for the kids.

"Go, go, go, Sara!" he heard Seth and started after them, but a fresh wave of fire blocked him.

"Jack Bruno!" Sara exclaimed again. She searched for him through the the flames, but she stopped when the remote they had recovered was knocked out of her hand. She looked around for it, but it was no where to be found. "Seth!"

"Where is it?" him and Luci were looking for it as well.

There! Luci pointed, but Seth and Sara just looked around confused. She dived for it, gripping the device and holding on to it tightly.

"Luci!" Seth kneeled down and sheilded her body with his. She screamed and her eyes closed shut, both of them waiting for the fire that was sure to come. But nothing happened. Seth opened his eyes and looked around. There was evidence of fire in a perfect circle around them, but they were perfectly safe. Well, so to speak.

"How did you-"

"We gotta go!" Jack cut him off and pushed them up towards the passageway and down the hall. When they reached the door, another fireball came right next to them, knocking them all around the tiny room. Luci was forced to the wall, and her breath caught, winded, she fell to her knees and something heavy from the top of the shelves above her smashed on her head. She fell with a deep thud on the brown dirt.

"Luci!" Sara exclaimed. Jack ran and picked the unconcious girl up in a fireman carry. She fell limp in his arms.

Go! Keep moving, keep moving!" Seth and Sara looked shocked and confused, but when Jack went ahead up the stairs, they followed him without hesitation. They all made it, not taking a glance back, but they didn't have to.

Boom.

The old house exploded with whatever it was that attacked them still in it. Maybe they had a chance that they could continue without any distractions. But they didn't have time to think about it, they needed away from here as soon as possible. Seth ran ahead of them and opened the back door of the cab and crawled in.

"Here!" Jacked handed Luci to him and closed the beat up door, waisting no time in running around to the driver's side. Sara jumped in the front passenger seat and buckled herself in. Seth did the same, holding tight the unconsioius girl.

"Hang on to her!" Jack ordered.

None of them looked back as the old shack burned to the ground, and hopfully the syphon with it. Now all they had was the empty, desert, Navada road, and for the kids, alot of explaining to do.

Tell me what 'cha think! Just no flames! :]