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Chapter 3

Jared POV

As we pulled out of the car wash, I felt safer for two reasons: one, the car was now clean since souls don't keep things dirty often; and two, because it changes the appearance of the Sedan. Under all the dirt and grime, the Sedan had a bit of a tan look but clean, you could tell it was white.

The last stop had gone smoothly as always, thanks to Wanda, but now I suddenly had a gut feeling something was wrong. Normally, I would trust every instinct I have but what could have gone wrong? There weren't any humans up here for miles. I sighed and tried to push the feeling back.

"What's wrong, Jared?" Mel asked. Her voice was so beautiful but the underlying worried tone made me nervous. I didn't want to spook her if my feeling was wrong.

"What's wrong is having to listen to Taylor Swift, that's his problem, and mine." Jamie said from the back.

"It's nothing, Mel," I assured her and then smiled at her when that didn't seem to be enough. Her eyes narrowed.

"It doesn't look like it's nothing. You have that look on your face again." I couldn't help but laugh; she always knew how to read me even though no one else could. The look in her eyes told me she'd either let me tell her or she would beat it out of me.

Giving up, I told her. Her eyes widened a little.

"Do you think anyone's following us?" she asked. I shook my head.

"I don't think so, everything went smoothly. Plus, with both cars washed, the van and the Sedan don't look like they did up in Payson. So I can't think of how anything would have gone wrong." I paused, thinking again. "Maybe I'm just jumpy because this is the home stretch and I don't want anything to happen." Her hand started rubbing my shoulder in comfort.

"It'll be okay. Everything's gonna be fine." She kissed me on the cheek, sending shock waves all the way down to my toes. God, I loved her. As she started kissing down my neck I laughed.

"I won't be able to drive if you keep this up, Mel."

"Yeah, and when you do, do it in the other room!" Jamie piped in. We laughed at that. Man, the kid was something else.

Suddenly my cell went off. Before I could grab it, Jamie ripped it off the holder it was in on my belt.

"Hello? Hey, Wanda!" Jamie instantly smiled. "Huh? Yeah, I'll ask Jared. Jared?"

"Yeah?"

"Wanda says they need to stop for gas. She says there's a gas station up ahead." He put the phone back to his ear again, listening. "She says it's pretty out there since we're far enough from Nephi now." Good, the farther out, the less souls to notice.

"Sure, we'll follow." Jamie relayed that to Wanda and shut the phone. He handed it back to me and then started playing with his thumbs, looking really bored.

"Yo Jamie, you should be looking outside. We don't go out much and you don't go out that much in the first place." We were currently in the middle of Utah, having done Yellowstone last week and the Great Salt Lake a few days ago. He should be able to see this world, all of it, and it made me sad that he couldn't.

With the souls all over the place we were limited on travel and had to be really careful. But that didn't mean he couldn't see what was available.

"Nah, Jared. The cave is my world and the places outside this car are not. It's theirs and may not be ours again. I don't want to tempt myself with something I won't be able to experience freely.' He wouldn't look at me or Mel when he said and Mel started to shake her head as if she didn't want to cry.

This isn't right; he should look at the world he was born in. I started to say something when he cut me off.

"No, forget it, Jared. Anyways, I'm going to bed." He flopped down on the seat and threw the blanket over his head. Sighing, I let it go. Mel let it go too, but I saw her eyes water a little. She rubbed them quickly.

Soon after, I saw Ian turn off the freeway and I followed. After a ways, he turned into a gas station. It was right next to the woods.

The gas station itself looked cabinish, it had a nice flare to it. I parked next to blue Ford truck so we wouldn't look suspicious.

There weren't many cars here, only the Ford, us and a small moving truck that just pulled in. The driver got out and went inside the building.

I watched as Ian got out and went to the pump. Wanda came around and stood next to him. She really looked small in comparison to him. She pointed at the pump and Ian showed her how to use it, no doubt she wanted to be helpful.

"She doesn't give up, does she?" Mel whispered in my ear.

"No, she doesn't," I whispered back not taking my eyes off them.

A Mercedes Benz came up and went to the pump next to Ian and Wanda's. Suddenly, the wrong feeling came back in full force. I checked to see if Ian had his glasses on. He did. I tried to relax but I couldn't.

"Jared, why are you all tense?" Mel asked.

"It's nothing, it's nothing…" I was so confused. Why was my instinct on overdrive?

"Something wrong with Jared?" Jamie asked groggily.

"No, no, it's fine…" then I got it. I whipped my head back to the Benz. They were the ones making me nervous.

A brown haired guy in a tan carhart jacket got out of the drivers' side and a blonde haired guy with a black jacket got out on the other.

Holy crap, they looked freaking identical!

The brown haired one went over to his pump. His kept eyeing the small moving truck and the building.

Pieces clicked into place, oh… shit.

"Mel, Jamie! Get down!" I yelled at them and they went down instantly. The next moment the back of the moving truck burst open as two more guys came out. Damn it, they were seekers!

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