Chapter 4-Chasing a Chaser
We arrived at our makeshift camp to find the man standing over two helpless girls. Suddenly Tyler ran forward and tackled the guy.
"Get away from my girlfriend!" Tyler yelled angrily. The guy turned and punched Tyler in the face and while Tyler was stunned he wiggled out of his grasp and managed to make a run for it back into the forest.
"Tyler, are you okay?" DJ asked as he helped him up.
"Yeah, but he got away," Tyler muttered angrily.
"Don't worry we'll catch him," The older man explained to the boys.
"Where are the other girls?" Duncan asked.
"They must of ran off when he showed up," Trent reasoned.
"Katie, Bridgette you two wait here with those two," The older man instructed nodding to Lindsay and Beth who were laying on the ground unconscious unaware of everything going on around them.
"We'll wait with them," Noah and Geoff offered.
"Us too," Cody and Tyler said.
"Fine, none of you leave unless it is an absolute emergency," The older man said firmly. He and the others all soon left and Bridgette and I hurried over to Lindsay and Beth.
"What happened to them?" Cody demanded as he and Tyler joined us.
"When the plane crashed they hit their heads pretty hard. They were in and out of consciousness when we had left, doesn't seem like its any better," Bridgette explained. After a few moments Bridgette, Geoff, Noah, and I left Tyler and Cody alone with Lindsay and Beth. The four of us and went and sat around what used to be our makeshift fire, but now was just dying embers.
"I can't believe you're still alive," Geoff said as he put his arm around Bridgette.
"We couldn't at first either," Bridgette replied.
"So what exactly happened?" Tyler asked as he and Cody wandered over.
"Well, I mean at first none of us really noticed anything was wrong, the plane took off and we were flying. We did find it a bit strange that all eleven of us were on the same plane though," I explained.
"We only realized something was wrong when the pilot, which would be that crazy guy trying to kill everyone, came and actually told us he had hijacked the plane and was literally going to ram it into the ground," Bridgette described.
"He did not!" Tyler exclaimed.
"He did and then we were all screaming bloody murder as he just let the plane crash right into the trees," I added.
"We looked for him, but after the plane had crashed there was no sign of him at all," Bridgette said.
"We just assumed he had ran or was dead," I finished.
"Well obviously he's not dead and he's bent on killing all of you?" Noah asked.
"Don't forget that he was trying to kill us in the first place, so when he found out that we weren't dead, he was bound to come back to try again," I pointed out.
"Why try to kill you guys though? Is it for revenge? Pleasure?" Cody asked.
"We don't know, none of us know this guy except that his name is like Alexander Franklin Wood or something," Bridgette explained.
"I hope the others catch him quick," I whispered.
"Guys," Suddenly one of the older men that had been with the guys crashed into the camp.
"Johnathan you okay?" Geoff asked looking up.
"Peter wants us to call off the search instead of running around. He sent me back here to get you all and to tell you we're meeting him and the others back at the trucks," Johnathan said.
"Is it safe to move Beth and Lindsay?" Cody asked.
"Even if it isn't we can't risk staying out here any longer," Johnathan said impatiently.
"Okay," Tyler replied. He and Cody went over and picked both Lindsay and Beth up bridal style and walked back over to us.
"Come on," Johnathan said marching us across the camp and out into the forest. We kept a hurried pace all along the path and I was surprised that Johnathan remembered the exact path, but I guessed that he must have a strong memory or something. Finally we reached the slope and had to help Tyler and Cody up while trying to not to drop Beth and Lindsay. When we reached the cars we found that none of the others were there. "Well...they were pretty deep in the forest and I did run back to you guys, they'll probably be here soon," Johnathan said quickly.
"Can we get Lindsay and Beth out of the rain?" Tyler asked. Johnathan nodded and took out a pair of keys and unlocked one of the trucks and Tyler and Cody laid Lindsay and Beth inside. We all waited at least ten minutes, but there was still no sign of the others. We were about to say something to Johnathan when finally someone came charging up the slope.
"It's about time you got here," Johnathan said angrily going over and helping the person over the silver thing. Suddenly Bridgette screamed and at a close look it was Alexander. I let out a scream too and clung to Noah in fright.
"It's good to see you again and without that stupid Finch guy breathing down your neck," Alexander replied shaking hands with Johnathan.
"Y-y-you know each other?" I stuttered.
"Of course we do," Johnathan snapped.
"You mean all this time you've been working with him?" Geoff said angrily.
"Yes, families have to stick together right?" Alexander replied.
"Families? You mean you're related?" Noah said angrily.
"Ladies and Gentleman let me introduce my older brother Johnathan Wood."