"That's our cue kiddies!" Jason shouted his eyes were wide as he ran over to Olivia and Eva. "Girls stay behind me. The rest of you lot," he said rushing past us and down the hall, Eva and O on his heels, "stay close and follow me!"
We all scrambled after him. There was no need to question him and his newly self appointed raise to leadership. We were far too lost for what was happening to really care. Suddenly a loud crack came from above on the second story. "What's going on?" Tori screamed as she ran after Jason. Her question went unanswered. Everything was happening so fast. The noise from outside was getting worse and Jason's frightened face wasn't helping.
Derek's hand was on my back pushing me forward, keeping me moving. Jason's hand flew up stopping us in our tracks. His head tilted, listening. A bloodcurdling scream erupted from the yard behind us…a woman's scream….Leslie….The twins' head whipped around at the same time as Jason's. The girls' eyes started to fill with tears. But Jason's face was downright terrified. "Damn it!" He cursed. Simon stopped Eva from running back.
"Hold up!"
Our attention turned to the strange man in front of us. A gun held tight in his hand, and pointed directly at us. Wearing a heavily padded, bulletproof vest. "Hold up now. Hand's in the air!" Simon grabbed Olivia who was standing in front with Jason and pushed her behind him. Jason's hand flew up and stopped him from moving too far. "Now now now, stop! Put your hands up and no one gets hurt, that means you blondie!" He said nudging his loaded gun at Simon's face.
Derek growled. I grabbed his arm and tugged. "Don't you dare!" I hissed. He might be a werewolf, but that didn't make him bullet proof.
"Allright, allright!" Jason sighed slowly raising his hands into the air, knocking Simon in the head in the narrow space of the hall. Simon glared at him and he glared back. A silent conversation flowing between them. "I can tell when I'm beat. Hands up everyone. No need to get hurt, just like the nice gentleman said."
Tori's wide eyes looked at me; I could tell what she was trying to tell me. I stared back and slowly raised my hands. Her, Simon and everyone else slowly followed after.
"Now that's right. Give me your names." He pointed the gun at Jason.
"Nick Carraway." Jason shrugged. "It's a pleasure to meet you." All of a sudden a bright light erupted between Jason, Simon and the armed man. The armed man was thrown backwards across the hallway slamming into the staircase. Jason and Simon rushed forward and as Simon checked his pulse Jason grabbed the gun, and with surprising speed disassembled it. "Apparently the feeling isn't mutual. Sweet dreams chum."
"This way!" Simon waved over to the front door. "All clear."
"Good. We need to make it to the van without anyone seeing." Jason paused listening. "Sounds like Andrew's making a diversion on the other side of the house. " He looked over at Eva and Olivia who looked lost. "Eva. Olivia. We have to go, your mom's one tough broad, trust me. She can take care of herself. " Olivia looked up at him a tear slowly making its way down her face. She nodded and grabbed Eva's arm who was still starring off into space.
"That a Girl." Jason smiled. "Derek get all the girls into the van. Simon your lookout. On the count of three. One…..Two…------." All of a sudden something exploded on the second floor. "THREE." Jason shouted shoving me and Tori out the door.
Shouts began to erupt all around us. Apparently we weren't in the clear as Simon had thought. We ignored them and put all our focus on Jason's black van. Tori stumbled, I caught her hand and pulled her up straight. After that, she never let go of my hand. Derek was behind us ushering Eva and Olivia after us.
I tried to slow down as we got to the van, but of course that didn't work. I slammed right into it, Tori included. We both fumbled with the handles and only got the doors opened as Derek and the twins' caught up to us. It was a huge van, with two font seats and two rows of back seats. Me and Derek had just got Eva, Olivia and Tori in when Jason and Simon made their way to the front. I paused as they fumbled into their seats.
"What about Andrew? And the others?"
"No Time!" Derek shouted grabbing me and literally picking me up and putting me in the van. He shoved into the seat next to me. We were spinning out of the drive way before he had time to slam the door. I turned in my seat to stare out the back tinted window, and so did everyone else. The farther away the house got the more silent it became. The only sound coming from our racing heartbeats.
"What the hell….Was that?" Tori finally said breaking the silence.
Jason sighed. "Honeymoon's over I guess. They found us faster than we thought." Jason paused as he concentrated on the cars in front of him. His driving suggested that he was trying to get as far away and as fast away as possible. I silently prayed that all the police men in the area where on their donut break.
"The Edison Group?" Olivia asked from the back seat.
"Mmmhmm." Jason hummed. "Damn, those fellows must really have a lot planned for you lot." He joked half heartedly. "Ah, but I bet dads glad I insisted I was here now huh?"
"What now?" Simon asked from the front seat.
"Well…." Jason started and then never finished.
"You don't know do you!?!" Tori shouted next to me.
"Well, you see, we didn't get to that part in the plan. All I know is that if something happened it was my job to get you kids out of here and as far away from danger as possible." He sighed. "And that's exactly what I'm doing."
"And where exactly are we going?" Tori scuffed.
"No clue." Jason laughed turning the radio on and turning up a Journey's song. Simon reached over and turned it off.
"No clue huh?" Simon glared.
"Hey! I'm working on it! Okay? Anyway, just count yourself lucky that you've got my wheels and not out there running the streets." He turned the radio back on but kept it low. "Andrew will get a hold of me soon. Until then, we need put some distance between us and that so called "safe" house. That's the plan. Get it. Got it. Love it."
Derek sighed. He put his head in his hands. I swear I heard him say something like, "what a moron." I rubbed his shoulder. He looked up slightly at me, I smiled.
"Fine I guess." Simon sighed in front of us.
I looked out the window and the sun started to vanish from the horizon. "Ya'll better get some shut eye. We're going to be on the road for a while." Jason said tapping his fingers on the steering wheel to the newest song on the radio. I looked at him worried. From what I could see of his face he was smiling, but I could tell how off his eyes where that his mood didn't reflect the grin. He probably was more panicked then all of us. He just had a strange way a showing it.
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Simon's POV
It was pitch black out now, and they had probably been on the road for more than three hours. I looked over at Jason. The Wise Ass had lost his fake smile long ago as everyone in the van had fallen asleep except them. His eyes were just as wide as they had been when the chaos had started.
Something was telling me to feel sorry for him. I guess a part of me did. He had left his dad back there along with some of his close friends. The lines and bags under his eyes made him look like he was in his early thirties not the young nineteen that he was.
My eyes caught a very detailed tattoo on his right arm. I wasn't sure what the hell it was. Something like a black hole or night sky that was surrounding a shadowed man. The armed man flashed before my eyes. I could remember how Jason had elbowed me in the head. How I had realized what spell he wanted me to do and when to do it. I have to say, for no matter how much the guy was a smart ass, he was one amazing Sorcerer.
I sighed. Stretching, I looked behind me at the rest of the gang. Eva and Olivia had decided to fold the seat back and lay down in the larger space. Tori's mouth was wide open and her face was resting on the window. I held back a snort of laughter. At least she wasn't snoring.
Chloe was using Derek's shoulder as a pillow. He was resting his head in his hand, but I could tell he was asleep. He barely had slept for the past three or so weeks. My eyes were stuck, however, on Chloe. Her face was so peaceful. Her tiny hands were holding onto Derek's arm so gentle.
Derek and Chloe, huh?
I wasn't blind. I could see it happening long before they had. Of course I tried to work around it, thinking Chloe might fall for me before she had noticed the connection too….Guess I was too slow. Chloe was an amazing person. She was so nice, kind, smart, and self sacrificing. A lot of things I'm not.
….But Derek was.
I felt some part of me wanting to laugh and the other wanting me shout. I guess me and Chloe weren't right for each other…. At least Derek would be happy now. He was my bother after all, and I had been with girls before where as he never had. He deserved something for all the pain and trouble he was forced to go through. His reward just happened to be the girl I liked. The perfect girl for him.
I closed my eyes and slowly looked away back to the road in front of me.
"Love hurts doesn't it?" Jason sighed.
I looked over at him. "What do you mean?"
"You had the hots for lil miss ghost whisperer right?" Jason made an attempt to return to his normal joking self. His face was completely off though. "And now it seems she likes Wolf-Man. Am I right?"
"So what." I glared. "Chloe and Derek have more in common I guess. It doesn't matter."
"Oh you're telling yourself that now." Jason chuckled. "But you won't be thinking that when they start going out. Leaving you behind…."
"What do you know about it?" I asked him.
He looked over at me for a moment. "Her name was Reilly." He said driving with his right hand and using his left one to pull his shirt collar down so I could see a beautifully scripted name written on his chest.
"Sorry dude. Did she dump you for one of your friends?"
"No….She just disappeared. Her folks told me she ran off with some guy to Las Vegas." He shook his head. "But I'm not sure that's what really happened."
"Why?"
"'Cause, Reilly would never do that to me." He smiled. "It hurt for the first few days though, when I actually believed she would do such a horrible thing. Just run off with some guy without even telling me…. But when I finally realized, when I got past the lies and crap her parents told me, I knew that something was wrong. "
"Well, What happened to her?"
"No clue." He sighed I stared at him, confused, I was about to ask him when he answered my question. "I'm still looking, I've never stopped looking. I know she's alive….I'll find her. I'm a fricken Sorcerer dude, if magic can't find her, than nothing ever will." He smiled at me. "Reilly is what I want. She's the only person I can ever image growing old an ugly with. Watching her hair turned grey and mine all falling out. Arguing over breakfast about the bills and complaining about the weather. And, of course, all the stuff before and after that. It may sound whipped of me but…she's my girl."
"Yeah. That sounds great and all but, I don't think me and you have the same problem." I sighed.
He paused before looking at me. "Chloe's a nice girl and all, but is she your girl?"
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DO NOT OWN DARKEST POWERS!!!!
Hey there! This was more of a Simon chapter well at least more near the end atleast.
So the Mystery gang are in their black mystery machine on their way to…some mystery location?
Did anyone catch the literary reference I made in this chapter? Nick Carraway? No? Am I just a nerd or what?
Ah whatever, I'm really tired. So I'll keep this short:
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