"WHAT?" Rose screamed at Finn.

"Shush! We can't talk here. We need to meet somewhere, someplace private."

"It's the one near Wal-Mart. Can I meet you at the beach?"

"Sure, why not? I need to tell my mom where I'm going though."

The two watched as the sun rise higher into the sky. Finn grabbed Rose's hand and the two ran behind a building. Finn stashed the fob under a bush and squeezed Rose's hand.

"Be there in thirty minutes. Don't be late!" Finn told Rose and pressed the button.

-The Beach-

Rose leaned against a large rock. She had been waiting five minutes for Finn and he had told her not to be late. Rose gazed at the beautiful waves reflecting the morning sun's light off of it. No one was at the beach this early in the morning.

It was about 5:35 a.m. Soon the beach would be packed. Rose wondered if Finn was having any troubles. Rose heard the sound of sand being kicked up and into the air. She spun around on her heels.

Finn was sprinting towards Rose. He looked tired and afraid. Rose ran over to meet him.

"What's wrong, Finn? You said not to be late." Rose mocked.

"Maleficent." He barely got the word out he was so exhausted.

"You saw her?"-He nodded. He was too tired for words-"She chased you?"

"Not really." He coughed out.

"What happened?"

Finn finally caught his breath. "I saw her outside Crazy Glaze. Apparently she thought we'd meet up here. I tried to hide but I tripped over a stick and made too much noise. She saw me and sent her pirates at me. They chased me through the park, down the square, and out of an alleyway. I finally lost them when I went pure DHI and ran through the dead end they had trapped me in. However, they know where I ran."

"I'm lost." Rose confessed.

Finn grabbed Rose by the wrist. "We've got to go, now."

Rose followed Finn away from the beach. It suddenly got cold very fast. Finn didn't seem to notice. Rose could see her breath. A chill went through her whole body.

"Finn," Rose whispered. "Didn't you just feel the heat leave your body?"

Finn hesitated for a moment. They turned a corner. "Of course I felt it. You can't fear it, but take note that she's near. She senses fear, but we need to stay calm in order to be 'all clear'."

"Oh," Rose said trying to hold back a worried look. "I'll keep that in mind."

Rose heard more sand being kicked up.

"Don't look back!" Finn ordered.

Rose stole a look over her shoulder anyway. Pirates! Fear overcame her and she started running even faster. She passed up Finn and kept running. Rose's heart pounded in her throat. It was almost as fast as Rose's running.

Finn struggled to keep up with Rose. It went from him in the lead to Finn being dragged around in about seven seconds. Finn wondered how Rose wasn't tired yet. Of course he too wouldn't pay much attention to exhaustion if he were running for his life.

"You looked back didn't you?" Finn mocked.

"How can you joke at a time like this?" Rose questioned.

"You get used to running from danger after a while." He answered.

They ran and ran and ran for about a couple blocks. Rose grew tired and again was being dragged by Finn. The Pirates were lagging behind them. Finn saw this as an opportunity and pulled Rose around a corner and flattened her to a wall. The Pirates ran right past the corner and continued on.

"Need… Water… Now..." Rose coughed.

"The water fountain's in there." Finn pointed towards a gas station.

Rose scurried into the gas station for a drink. Finn leaned against the red bricks of a building. The Pirates would figure out where they were in a minute or sooner. Finn kept checking around the corner for Overtakers.

Rose sipped on the stream of water coming out of the fountain. The door to the gas station opened. Rose looked up from the fountain to see who it was. It was one of the pirates from frontier land. Rose backed away from the water fountain. She hid behind a rack selling candy. She watched as the pirate went over to the front counter. A high school girl sat behind the cash register chomping down on her gum and reading a magazine.

The girl looked up from the 'Ask Sammy' article. "Can I help you?" She asked in an annoyed tone.

"Did a lil' girl happen to pass through this here station?"

"Sorry, sir. I can't help you if you don't buy something."

Rose turned towards the door. Two more pirates came in. Rose scrambled to a different rack, so much for using the door. The two pirates guarded the door. The lady behind the counter noticed them.

The pirate talking to her took out his sword. "What was that, ye landlubber?"

The girl's eyes went huge. She pointed a shaking finger towards the water fountain.

The pirate swaggered over to the fountain to find the water still running. "She couldn't have gotten far."-He turned towards his partners-"Search the aisles. Quickly! " He commanded.

The pirates separated themselves from the door. They went to opposite sides of the room and knocked over the merchandise on the shelves. It fell to the floor with a shatter, crunch, squish, or splat depending on what was being tossed aside.

"Hey!" The cashier yelled. "You can't do that!"

"Watch us, missy!" The pirate leader growled.

Rose squatted farther to the ground as a pirate was coming towards her. She tried to let go of all her fear and thoughts. How could Finn do this so easily? Rose's arms and legs tingled. She grew brighter and brighter. A magical sensation filled her body. She was pure DHI.

Of course, her brightness made her easier to spot.

"Arg!" One of the pirates crowed. "Thar she be!"

Rose dashed through the glass window and out of the store. She heard the scream of the cashier. Had she mistaken her for a ghost or something? Finn waited for her by the wall. He ran over to her. Finn caught Rose as she fell from exhaustion. She was no longer 'all clear'.

"How do you do this every day?" Rose asked Finn. Finn helped Rose up to her feet.

"Like I said before, you get used to it."

"I had to leave someone in there." Rose said.

"Knowing the Overtakers they are either going to run out of there and chase us or hold that person hostage."

"I'm, for once, hoping that they start chasing us." Rose admitted.

Rose and Finn hid behind a dumpster in an alleyway. It had a view of the opening to the gas station but it was just far enough to get a head start on running away.

The pirates didn't come out of the building.

"They're playing captor today." Finn said.

"No, really?" Rose said sarcastically. She jumped up from where Finn and she were hiding. "We need to get her out of there."

"I totally agree," Finn concurred. "You'll distract them by the door. I can go around the building and you'll send me a signal when I need to pass through. Okay?"

Rose hesitated a moment thinking this over. "Actually, I think I should save the girl because I know her better."

Finn was surprised that Rose had rejected his plan. The DHIs always went with Finn's plans. He was used to it. "What do you mean you knew her? You were only in there for two minutes!"

"Well, I know what kind of person she is, happy?"

"Fine." Finn said reluctantly.

Rose rounded the small, square building. She waited for Finn's so called 'signal'. Nothing happened for the next five minutes. Rose had spotted a can and started kicking it around. She was unprepared for any signal, if there was one.

A piercing scream could be heard in the gas station. Rose instinctively ran into the wall hoping to pass through it. She collided with it and fell to the filthy ground. She dusted herself off and got on her hands and knees. Losing all thought and emotions she crawled through the wall.

Rose appeared inside the store behind the counter. She ducked behind it and cautiously peaked over the counter top. The pirates were turned around. Their attention was elsewhere. Rose crawled through the counter. She looked down. Sprawled on the floor lay the cashier. A trail of blood streamed from a gash in her head.

She looked dead.

Fear entered Rose and she was 100% human again. She took a step back half expecting to go right through the counter. She felt dizzy looking at the lifeless body.

Rose let out a scream so sharp it broke a wineglass behind her. The pirates spun around. Rose clamped her hand over her mouth. She could see Finn near the cooler selling sodas and beer. He was looking away from Rose. Rose tried not to look at him but failed. Her eyes went from him to the pirate to the dead girl on the floor.

The pirate looked over where Finn was. "Show your self!" He yelled.

Finn, facing the inevitable, stood up slowly and hung his head. He raised his hands above his head the way you would if the cops were about to arrest you or if someone was robbing a store, sort of like now. Except, the pirates were kidnapping Finn and Rose.

"Front and center!" The same pirate barked. Finn moved cautiously to the center of the room. He hid his face from view of the pirates. He stood before Rose who was on her knees.

Rose looked over at Finn and whispered in his direction. "Finn? What are you doing?"

He didn't speak.

"Finn?"

"Quiet! No talking!" Another pirate ordered.

All of a sudden something burst through the window. No glass was shattered that tipped Rose off instantly. It wasn't a thing but a person. The person kicked down the leader pirate and stole his sword. The person held the sword to the pirate's neck. His colleagues stepped forward.

"Back off or the pirate gets it!" The person threatened. The person turned back towards the leader pirate. "What did you do to the girl?"

"She passed out when she hit her head on a metal pipe." The pirate explained.

"Excuse me?"

"Okay," The pirate said. "We knocked her out with the pipe and she got a gash in her head."

"You make me sick!" The person said. "Get out of here and take your friends with you!"

The pirates scrambled out the door. Rose stood up and walked over to the person.

"Jolly good show, Finn." Rose said.

"How'd you know?" Finn said sarcastically.

"Who was?" Rose began asking looking for the other Finn. He wasn't there. "Never mind. Should I call the ambulance?"

"Rather you than me."

Rose searched for the phone while Finn watched for Overtakers. When Rose was done she hung up and rushed to Finn's side.

"We better get out of here." Rose said.

"We can exit out the back, in fact we can exit anywhere." Finn said referring to their ability to walk through walls.

Finn and Rose heard sirens in the distance. "Let's go up. The cops might find us in the alley if we exit through a door." Rose said.

They passed through the door with no effort and headed onto the roof. An ambulance and a cop car were parked outside the gas station. Rose looked over at Finn.

Do you think they'll come up here? She thought.

Finn just nodded. He looked to his right where another building stood. We might be able to jump that.

Rose went wide-eyed at the thought as she looked at the building. The distance seemed to get farther and farther apart. She turned back to Finn. You really think that we can clear that?

Don't know until we try.

Finn took a step back, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. He was getting ready to jump. He opened his eyes and sprinted across the small rooftop. He leaped up and landed on the other roof with a silent thud. He signaled for Rose's turn.

Rose took a step back as Finn did and closed her eyes. She tried to not think about falling. How far down was it? She didn't dare look. She took in a deep breath and ran heavy heartedly across the concrete roof slowing when she came to the edge. She took a step on the edge and without looking down pushed off. She went flying. Finn got ready to catch her.

When the time came for gravity to kick back in Finn grabbed her by the arm. He held her steady as she finally opened her eyes.

"I did it!" She exclaimed. Finn cupped his hand over her mouth and shushed her. He didn't want anyone to know that they were there.

When the she finally stopped freaking about the jump Rose asked silently. "What do we do now?"

Finn looked over at her. "Maleficent will find us. The pirates will report back to her any minute now. We'll stay here and wait from above."

Rose nodded agreeing with Finn. She squatted in her spot and waited for Maleficent to come by. Finn kneeled with one hand on his leg and the other flat on the ground.

Something rattled in a bush. The teens heard it and spun around to face the noise. Something crawled out of the bush on all fours. It seemed human-like but not exactly. Rose noticed him immediately.

"Oh my gosh..." Rose whispered.

"What? Who is it?" Finn asked with anticipation.

"It's Mickey!"