Okay this must be a record. Four chapters in one night! Epic-Ninja-Legendary-ness!
"We can't let him destroy it Seth." Sara whispered. I exhaled shakily and Jack hit the steering wheel angrily.
"Who is he? And this time we need real answers." He snapped, making all three of us jump, before I nodded in agreement.
"It's a Siphon." Sara replied finally, gripping my fingers.
"It's an assassin trained to pursue his target until his mission is completed." Seth said as my other hand found his.
"Well, what's his mission?" I asked. Sara squeezed my hand tightly when I froze, slowly lifting my hand tangled with Seth's, to point ahead. Search lights scanned the tracks, sweeping back and forth, and I exhaled shakily.
"Us." Sara replied, her face an expression of complete and utter terror. I clamped down on her hand and she looked at me, her eyes shimmering with tears, and I shakily smiled at her before resting my forehead on Seth's shoulder.
"It'll be fine." I whispered, my voice jerky and scratchy. "He'll stop maybe an inch away and then leave. He has to do that. We won't die, we won't die." I whispered over and over again until Seth softly covered my mouth with his free hand. The lights got closer and so did Jack's hand towards the keys. Seth gulped and Sara buried her head in my shoulder, shaking like a leaf, as the lights slowly paused about an inch from the car. No one breathed until they shot back and disappeared. I let out a massive breath, gulping in lungfuls of clean oxygen, and rested my head on my knees.
"I so fucking told you so." I whispered as Jack turned the engine on, the noise sounding incredibly loud. I swallowed and sat back up, suddenly feeling the need to burst into tears. Sara rubbed my back gently and I squeezed my eyes shut, feeling two tears fall onto my cheek. I angrily wiped them away with the heel of my hand as the cab crawled along the tracks.
"Is there a safer route Jack Bruno?" Sara broke the silence as we drove along. Jack looked out the window.
"Not unless you know how to fly." He replied. A strangled sob escaped me as I looked out, seeing something disappear into the fog, and Sara hushed me. Suddenly, lights flashed in the window and it fired, hitting the back of the cab. I screamed as we rebounded off a post and my head snapped back, hitting the back of the seat. I gasped, holding my head and Seth pushed me down until I was nearly lying across the siblings. We shot across the bridge and into a tunnel, the ship managing the fit behind us, the wings scraping aginst the wall.
"Jack!" I screamed, turning around. Seth forced me back down and I buried my face in his chest. Then, the one thing I absolutely did not want to hear. A train horn blared form in front of us and I whimpered, biting down on my knuckles.
"Faster! Faster!" Seth shouted as the lights from both the train and the ship got brighter.
"It's a cab Seth! It won't go faster!" I shouted, rocking around.
"Sara!" Seth screamed and she flung her hand forward. The car sped up, the speedometer creeping up to one hundred and thirty. I started to hyperventilate as the train and the end of the tunnel got closer and Jack jerked the steering wheel.
"Hold on!" He shouted and I latched onto Seth and Sara, bracing myself with my foot against the back of Jack's seat. The cab swung off the tracks, the train shot past, and the ship exploded.
"Watch out!" Jack shouted, throwing his hands up as the train cars flew over the top of the cab. I ducked down and the cab drove away from the fiery explosion.
I kicked a pebble, sending dust up, and I punched my hand into my palm.
"I'm fucking losing my mind." I muttered, shooting the two teenagers in the car a glare. Jack was working under the hood and I was about five feet away, pulling at my hair. "Seth can go through things and Sara's got freaky crap going on with her mind." I sank to my knees, angrily wiping away any tears that fell, but I think I was entitled to a little breakdown. I sniffed and jumped as Jack slammed the hood down.
"C'mon Ken." He called, getting into the driver's seat. I sniffed, wiping away the last tears, and slowly stood up, pushing my sleeves past my elbow again before making my way to the passenger seat. I climbed in and drew my legs up, wrapping my hands around my knees, and leaned my head against the window as Jack sighed.
"We know you're frustrated Jack Bruno-" Sara started.
"No, no more 'Jack Bruno this' and 'Jack Bruno that'." He said, waving his hand. "I've been asking for answers."
"You already know the answers." She replied. "My brother and I are indeed, not from your planet." She said. I blinked, raised my head, and hit it against the door, making everyone jump. Jack started laughing.
"Wha-That's it? Mystery solved?" He asked, turning around. "You want me and Ken to believe you're actually aliens?" He asked in disbelief.
"It is the truth." Seth said and Jack scoffed. I turned around, pinning the boy with a stare. He didn't flinch and only nodded.
"Well, you don't look like aliens." Jack said, pulling Seth from his silent battle against me, and they both frowned.
"Well, what does an alien look like Jack Bruno?" Sara asked in confusion.
"You know, little green people with antennas and laser guns going 'Take me to your leader Earthlings'." Jack said, gesturing wildly with his hands. I face-palmed and turned around, wiping the last tear off my first.
"Well I think it's the only logical explanation." I said quietly, leaning my head against the window. "It sure as fuck explains their freaky mind control and phase thing they got going on."
"You require some sort of proof?" Sara asked Jack. "Kennedy believes us, to some extent, but he thinks we're insulting his intelligence."
"Ya think?" Jack asked. "You can't just drop the 'we're aliens' bomb on somebody like that. Now I've seen some pretty weird things…" Jack trailed off and I turned around, meeting a floating CD right in front of my eyes.
"I've been looking for that." I remarked, pushing it with my finger and it floated away, straight into Jack's face, and I sniggered.
"I have the ability to move objects with my mind." Sara said.
"That's impossible." Jack breathed and I glared at him. Does he not see the floating disks and coins and stuff?
"No it's quite possible." She replied. "On our planet as well as yours. You don't, you haven't learned to use your full brain capacity." I blinked and Jack shook his head.
"No I don't do it because it's kind of creepy and I would really like for you to stop." Jack said and Sara lowered her hand understandingly. The CD's and coins dropped and I turned back before my eyes widened in horror.
"Jack!" I said at the same time as Sara, though she used his full name. Headlights flew towards us at a rapid rate and Jack fumbled with his keys, turning them on. I dove into the back, frantically pulling my seatbelt over me and clipping it in, as Jack tried again and again to turn the engine on.
"C'mon, c'mon! Start, start, start!" Jack yelled, twisting the keys. The lights grew closer until they thundered past, accompanied by the horn of a lorry. I exhaled heavily, starting to hyperventilate, and Sara looked at me in concern.
"Jack, freaking out, really bad. Jack, Jack." I muttered, plucking at his sleeve, and he hushed me gently. Sara pulled me into her arms, stroking my hair, and I gave up. "I'm not fine at all. I'm absolutely terrified, scared out of my fucking mind and I just want to go home!" I ended up shouted and punched the passenger seat angrily before sinking back and closing my eyes. Jack started the car and pulled onto the road as the sibling aliens looked at me, frightened.