Okay so something I should make known, everything will make sense in time, but for now know this, they defeated the Edison Group almost 4 years ago (when the Reckoning took place) and were living safe and sound and off the radar for three years, Chloe is now 19, Derek is 20, but something has happened (in time, you will know) and they are on the run yet again, but have only been for about 4 weeks (which is where we are now…)

Venting

Chapter Three

I stood there, starring at the little white stick in my hands. Right there, in the result window, were two little pink lines…it can't be…I set the stick down and picked up the box. Two pink lines equals pregnant…my heart began to race and I immediately felt like I was going to throw up again.

I leaned over the sink, my head in my hands. How could this have happened? Well…I know HOW it happened…but now? Seriously? This was only the worst timing EVER for a baby!

"Chloe!" Tori knocked on the door. "We're supposed to be out at the car in ten minutes! Hurry up! There are others who need the bathroom too!"

"Just a minute!" I called back and stuffed the stick back in the box and shoved it into the trashcan. I wadded up some toilet paper and threw it over the box to help cover it up. Hopefully no one will notice…

I took a deep breath, hoping to steady my nerves, and opened the door.

"Finally!" Tori grumbled as she pushed past me with her makeup bag and tooth brush in hand, shutting the door behind her.

"Chloe Hun, how are you feeling?" Aunt Lauren asked. I gave a small smile. "I'm okay."

Aunt Lauren smiled and patted my shoulder, "Good."

"Anything you want me to take to the car?" Derek asked as he walked into the room. I sat down on the bed and watched as Aunt Lauren pointed out the bags ready to go and he loaded them up in his arms and carried them out the door. He turned and gave me one of his rare smiles as he exited the hotel room.

How was I going to tell him? How would he react? Would he be happy? Excited? Or…angry? I shook my head, I can't think about this right now. I'd tell him…soon…

Tori walked out of the bathroom and shoved her bathroom essentials into her bag.

"Tori do you have everything?" Aunt Lauren asked her. She grabbed her stuff and headed for the door. "Yes." She replied as she shut the hotel room door behind her.

Something was gnawing at my conscience, "I think I left something in the bathroom…" I mumbled as Aunt Lauren was headed to the door. "Alright, well we'll meet you down stairs at the car okay?" She asked and I nodded.

My heart jumped into my throat when I peeked into the bathroom. The pregnancy test box was sitting on the bathroom counter…Tori found it…what did she go searching in the trash? I grumbled to myself...great...

I took a deep breath…she didn't say anything…maybe she doesn't know it was positive…it doesn't look like she looked at the actual test…I shoved the box back in the trash, and didn't look back as I exited the hotel room.

"Anyone hungry?" Kit asked from the driver's seat. I could hear Derek's stomach rumble from the mere mention of food. I sat up and brushed my hair back from my face.

"How are you feeling?" Derek asked from beside me, wrapping his arm securely around me. "Hmmm…better…" I mumbled as I tucked my head against his chest.

"Are we stopping soon?" Tori grumbled from the seat in front of us.

"I thought we'd stop at the next exit. Is that okay?" Kit asked.

"Yeah whatever…" Tori grumbled.

"What's your problem Tori?" Simon snapped. "You were fine earlier, well as fine as you can be…but ever since you got in the car you've been a total pain."

"Oh shut UP!" Tori hissed.

"Point made!" Simon laughed.

"You two stop it please." Aunt Lauren spoke up from her seat up by Kit.

When Tori and Simon found out that they were brother and sister, things were rough at first, but before we knew it, they were actually getting along, well as a brother and sister normally do. A few arguments here, a couple sarcastic comments there…but they had been doing a lot better, until today apparently…and I couldn't help but wonder if Tori's foul mood was because of me…and what she found…but why isn't she taking it out on me, if that is the problem?

"Alright, everyone out!" Kit declared as he pulled into a parking spot at I Hop.

I starred at the menu…chocolate chip pancakes…sounded AH-MAY-ZING! My mouth was watering as I looked over my choices…I really wanted those pancakes…but the sausage and biscuits looked really good too…I didn't even bother flipping away from the breakfast section…breakfast was what I was craving, even though it was clearly lunch time…

"Chloe do you know what you want?" Aunt Lauren asked. The waiter was waiting for my response, notepad and pen in hand.

"Can I get the chocolate chip pancakes…and uh a… uh…side of sausage and-d biscuits?" I smiled sheepishly. Everyone at the table looked at me funny.

"You have definitely been spending too much time with Derek." Tori replied, a weird look on her face that I couldn't quite place.

"What? I'm hungry…" I mumbled. "I've been sick all week, remember?" I added as an afterthought.

Beside me, I could practically hear Derek's mind trying to figure out what was going on. He had this look on his face, that to people who didn't know him well, it appeared as if he were frustrated or upset, but really, the wheels in his mind were turning.

"What are you getting?" I asked him, attempting to pull him from his thoughts.

"A T-bone steak and eggs, with a side of pancakes…" He rumbled softly beside me. I smiled…he was eating his usual amount…

"Your orders should be out soon." The waiter said when he finished taking all of our orders, and walked back off towards the kitchen.

"So, Dad, how far until we reach your contacts in Georgia?" Simon asked.

"Well, if we keep on our time schedule, drive until about nine, stop at a hotel again tonight, we should reach them by tomorrow night, if we're up bright and early tomorrow morning, that is…" Kit replied.

"So who are these contacts exactly?" Tori asked.

"Well, Candice was the one who contacted me when she heard about the Cabal's search for all of the experiments from Project Genesis and Phoenix who had escaped, meaning you four, plus however many are still out there…" Kit sighed, "So when we reach her location, she'll fill us in on what she has discovered, and we'll go from there…"

Our food arrived and we all smiled and thanked our waiter, digging into our food.

I took a bite, swallowed and asked Kit the question I've been wondering for some time. "Why did the Cabal choose now to find us?"

Tori, Simon and Derek all turned their eyes on Kit. Aunt Lauren was looking at him as well, but I could tell she already knew the answer to the question.

"We believe that when we destroyed the Edison Group's lab, we set them back quite a bit, like I had originally told you guys. I knew that one day the Cabal would sort through everything and begin to rebuild, and I knew that one day, they would want you all back, and that breathing room I talked about? Well the time is up. Plain and simple." Kit shook his head and took another bite of his sandwich.

"Any idea if Candice has a plan to take them down?" Simon asked.

"Yeah, I hope this is going to go a little smoother than last time…I would really like to get back to my life." Tori muttered.

Aunt Lauren, who was sitting beside Tori, put her arm around Tori's shoulders and gave her a little hug. "Hopefully everything will run smoother now that we have a head start, and we're all together. " She smiled comfortingly at us all.

Kit and Aunt Lauren exchanged a look and both turned back to their food. I wasn't the only one who noticed it. Derek and I glanced at each other, both wondering what that look had been about. Was there something they weren't telling us? I was going to press the subject, but our waiter had returned with our check.

I looked at my plate...I had finished every bite...how did that happen? I thought

Derek looked at me quizzically, and he let out a small grunt of a laugh, shaking his head.

"Where did you put it all?" Simon laughed as he noticed that my plates were empty. I just shrugged. "I honestly have no idea..."

That night, we hit another crappy motel, and the next morning we were up around four a.m. on the road...again. The worst thing about being on the run is being up before the sun. We had been on the road for a good four hours before Tori announced she had to pee.

"Dad. Please stop soon…" Tori mumbled. Kit sighed. "Tori, I told you to use the bathroom before we left! We're out in the middle of nowhere!"

Tori grumbled, "I didn't have to go then!"

"What are you five now?" Simon groaned in his seat, and Tori rolled her eyes.

I yawned and buried myself against Derek's side. I just wanted to sleep.

"Dad come on! There has to be a toilet somewhere!" Tori continued her complaints, and began dancing around in her seat.

"Geese Tori, can't you hold it?" Simon retorted.

"Simon I swear, one more word, and I am going to hex you." Tori hissed.

"Both of you shut up!" I grumbled and kicked my foot forward against Tori's seat. She turned around and glared at me, "Did you just kick my seat?"

Derek absentmindedly pulled me a little tighter towards him.

"Yeah I did, what are you going to do about it?" I taunted. Now I was getting angry. I was exhausted, I was hungry and grouchy, not to mention my boobs hurt and I had a pounding head ache. All I wanted was for them to shut up so I could try and sleep.

Tori glared, "Do you really want me to tell everyone in this car what I know?" she whispered, but as soon as the words left her mouth she regretted them, I could tell by the look that crossed her face.

"Tori…please…" I begged quietly.

"I…I didn't mean that Chloe…I won't tell." She whispered.

I nodded. She was just mad and grouchy, just like the rest of us.

"Tell what?" Derek asked from beside me. I should have known that even though Tori and I had that whole conversation as quietly as possible, Derek would hear it. His dang wolf senses… I shook my head. "It's nothing-g…" I stuttered. Derek's eyebrow disappeared under his dark shaggy hair. "Nothing?" He asked, disbelieving.

"Don't worry about it right now okay?" I whispered and kissed his cheek.

Why was I stalling with telling him? Because, I was scared how he would react. I was scared about how everyone was going to react. Hell, I didn't even fully know what my feelings about the situation were… Especially with the Cabal trying to round all of us up…all they needed was to find out that their prize necromancer and werewolf had created life…what life would this baby have if we were all caught? Or a better question…what life would this poor baby NOT have?