I know this is long overdue, but here it is: Chapter three! This is basically a filler chapter, which was why it was taking me so long to write. That and the fact that my dear sister hasn't looked over it even though I emailed it to her over a week ago to check. I want to thank everyone who reviewed. You know who you are. Anyways, I hope this was worth the wait. Rate. Review. Comment. Criticize. Suggest. Guess what? I do not own anything. Shocker, right? Lol. I'm eating pretzels. They are good. Sorry. Random. Got to stop doing that. Anyways. Thank you,
DeadlyRedAlice
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"I'm going after her." It was as simple as that. It might be stupid and brash. . . Actually it probably was, but I had Liz with me. Liz, when she had been living, was a Volo Half-demon. Now she was, well, a poltergeist, something that was very helpful to have.
"Derek and Simon are going with you, right?" Grrrrrrrr. Couldn't she have just agreed to come and left it at that? I shook my head, which caused a frown to appear on her soft, translucent face. She opened her mouth to say something but I cut her off, causing her to clamp it shut, before she convinced me to chicken out.
"Are you saying I can't do this alone?" She opened her mouth but I continued. "And, anyways, I got you." She sighed, surrendering.
"When do we leave?"
"As soon as we can."
"You know, when Derek finds you, he's going to kill you," Liz stated, a matter-of-fact tone to her lilting voice. I didn't respond, though I knew she was correct. I was surprised we even got out of the hotel. Then again, the guys haven't slept for practically a week, staying guard at our little "stops" (yes, all three decided to be macho men together), while Tori, Aunt Lauren and I slept. They all have an excuse of not waking up except for Aunt Lauren, but I wasn't too worried about her. We walked along the side of the road, my backpack slung over my shoulder. It was actually a very stupid choice, in case anyone saw us, well me, but at the moment, when it was three something in the morning, I just didn't care enough to go stumbling through the woods that just happened to surround us, because that's exactly what I'd be doing: Stumbling. I know from experience, me plus dark woods equals lots of tripping. "I mean, sure, he'll feel guilty about it later, but not until he's completely torn you into shreds," Liz continued, oblivious to my annoyance on the subject. "He'll be -"
"I get it Liz!" I yelled finally cracking.
"Well, sorry for telling the truth," she muttered. I sighed. I was so screwed it wasn't even funny. Sure, I had Liz but there was only so much she could do. "How long do you think it will be before they realize we're gone?" she asked, as if I hadn't just screamed at her.
"I don't know," I answered tired. Just talking to her was wearing me down. There was no way I'd be able to do this. "Do you think I'm being dumb?" I asked. When Liz didn't respond I looked over at her. She was biting her lip, twirling a strand of her blonde hair around her finger. She was looking up at the sky, avoiding meeting my eyes. "Liz!" She jumped a little and hesitantly glanced over at me.
"It's not that your being dumb," She paused, searching for words. "Well, no, you are being dumb, but it's not your fault. No, wait-" she tried, realizing her mistake, but I was already yelling.
"You tell me now that I'm being dumb? Now that we are already away from hotel?" I was half-yelling, half-whispering. I don't know how but I was. Liz looked away embarrassed. I sighed frustrated. Now that we were finally on our way, I was going crazy with nervousness. Could I have been any stupider? Liz continued on once again as if I hadn't just scolded her.
"Tori will probably yell at you too, if we," Liz paused, biting her lip again. "When we find her." I just nodded, remembering what the note had said. She had specifically told me not to come looking for her. And what was I doing? Looking for her. Great another person who'll kill me once they find me. The list goes on and on. "We can always turn back," Liz offered half-heartedly. I truly did contemplate going back, but Tori needed me. She might not know it, but she did. And Liz wouldn't be really happy until Tori was safe. I could, however, go back and try to get them to actually be concerned and help . . . But, no, they didn't care. At least not at this hour of the day. And if we waited any longer, who knows what could happen to her. Every second we all were in danger, but at least when we were together, we had each other to depend on and watch our backs. Tori, on her own, didn't have much of a chance. So, for her sake, I had to keep going.
"No, we can't," I said firmly, continuing down the vacant road. Liz followed dutifully. Wind rustled fallen leaves, making the now silent walk eerie. I was almost tempted to ask Liz to keep talking, but decided against it and kept my mouth shut, in fear of her convincing me that I was even more of an idiot then I believed.
"I hope Tori is okay," Liz murmured. I turned and looked at her. She was staring at her purple and orange socks, her hands hanging worthlessly at her sides.
"I'm sure she's fine. She is really strong, she can take care of herself," I said, not sure who I was trying to convince. That's why you're out here looking for her. Oh, shut up you! I held back a groan for Liz's sake.
"Can we stop at the next hotel?" she asked, staring intently at me. I gave her a weird look.
"Why would you want to stop at a hotel?" I asked stupidly. It wasn't like she slept or anything. Not to be mean, but she was sort of dead. Well, not sort of. She was dead.
"Because you look tired," she noted. I smiled at her kindness and nodded.
"Yes, we can most definitely stop, because I don't just look tired. I am tired," I granted, now struggling to hold back a yawn. I hadn't noticed how tired I truly was until Liz mentioned it. Suddenly it was like a wave of exhaustion hit me. I pinched myself stupidly, trying to make me more alert. Unless my ulterior motive was to hurt myself, it didn't work. I was about to ask Liz to scout ahead and see if she could find a hotel, or even a building anywhere near here, when I heard rustling in the forest off to my right. Crap . . .
Hope you enjoyed. Again I am so sorry it has been so long. Blame GuardianRoseHathaway. If she had looked over this chapter sooner, or at all, I probably would have posted it sooner. Rate. Review. Comment. Criticize. Suggest.
-DRA
