Chapter 7

We hit the ground and bounced like the world was a trampoline. The car settled on the ground undamaged and the three us bounced around a bit before stopping. The ground was once again solid. I dared not move for fear of falling over. Finn was trying to stand up but his legs were jelly. Thilo was already up and walking around. "If the kindly ones said they were here to help then why would they do this?" he asked. I stood up and tried to remain steady. Thilo turned to me, They're your dads guards. Do you have any idea whats going on?" I shook my head. If my dad was trying to stop me then we were in for some difficulties. Finn stood up and then face planted. Thilo and I ignored him. "We still have an hour to get to the airport" Thilo said. He looked at me, "Can you drive?" he asked. I knew how, I'd only tried once. I guess that counts. I nodded. We climbed into the VW bug. The keys were in the ignition and it seemed to run just fine. I made sure the car was in gear and I stepped on the gas. We found the road and soon were on our way to the airport.

The Bug was hard to handle. The brakes were old and the steering was off. The tires were low on air and our gas tank was almost empty. To make things better, we got pulled over.

Finn was franticly trying to find the cars papers. There were none. I was panicing, I had no license or registration. The police officer came up to my window and tapped. I rolled it down slowly and looked up at the officer. "Do you know why I pulled you over?" he asked. I shook my head. "Sorry sir" Finn said next to me. "My sister can't talk, her vocal chords got damaged in a fire when she was a baby" The police officer looked from Finn to me then to Thilo in the back then back at me. "Can I see your license?" he asked. I smiled the cutest smile I could muster. The officer was patient. Oh come on dad! Help me out. I thought. I felt my pocket grow heavy. Out of curiosity I reached in and found a wallet. I opened it and found a debit card that had my name on it. About $500 cash and a drivers license with my picture on it. I pulled out the license and gave it to the officer. He looked at it. "Who's car is this?" he asked. Finn started to talk, "I asked the lady" he said. "It's okay, I know sign language" The bad part was, I didn't. I grabbed a pad of paper from my bag and a pen. 'It's mine. I got it on my birthday.' The officer read the note. "Have you got the papers?" he asked. I nodded at Finn to check the glove box again. He opened it and found the cars papers. He handed them to me and I handed the papers to the officer. The officer looked over the papers and nodded. He gave the papers back but not my license. "I think I recognize you" he said. The man pulled off his glasses and looked at me. I recognized him instantly. "You're Darrin's step kid!" he said. "You can't drive!" The officer started to pull at the car door but slammed my foot on the gas. Right as we were pulling away I reached out my hand and grabbed my new fake license. We raced down the road into the airport parking garage. The officer had been Keith, Darrins brother. I was shocked he hadn't recognized me sooner. We all ran out of the car, bags in hand and ran at the airport. Once we got in, we headed to the check in counter. Our tickets were processed and we went to security. Supprizingly, we came out clean. Considering all the weapons we had shoved in our bags. I looked back at the airport. Goodbye New York.

The flight was long and boring. I hated flying. And now it was more stressful knowing that I had a cranky uncle as the god of the skies. Thilo seemed equily unconfortable. His mom was goddes of agriculture after all. The earth was where those things grew. Finn, on the other hand, was having a great time. His dad was god of traveling and flying on winged sandals and stuff. Zeus made turbulance the worst. On our landing approach it got so bad the breath masked popped out. I held my breath and white knuckled the arm rests. I sat in between the two brothers. Out the window you could see the ocean. We landed at got off the plane as soon as we could.