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I watched as the sun rose over a nearby mountain range, knowing that soon Hal and Ben would be woken up by the light. I had left our small camp in the middle of the night to go get some alone time. I knew it wasn't smart, leaving camp alone, let alone at night. I had to though, I needed to get away from it all and clear my head. What was I thinking? Making a trade with the enemy? What would they even be willing to trade? What do I have that they want?

I heard the sound of a roaring engine and I looked in the distance to see an alien space craft fly over me. I ducked down to make sure I wouldn't be seen and that's when I was reminded of the new alien species. I felt overwhelmed with thoughts, and new ideas rushed in one side of my brain, swirled around and then left through the other side. But one idea stuck around long enough for me to grasp it, I knew what I had to do.

I ran back towards where I'd left Ben and Hal but only Ben remained sleeping peacefully on a bed of grass. "Shit." I thought to myself. I'd lost Hal. I'd lost the one thing in my life that was worth keeping. How the hell would I find him? What if he was running away to the over lords? His "new masters." What if he got him self killed? What if I never saw him again? It would all be my fault. It was my stupid way of showing I could do things on my own, showing my bravery that I wasn't just a green mother/junky, I could do more with my life, Hal was my 2nd chance. Hal was my way of proving everyone wrong, and I wasn't about to let that go. I'd find him, no matter what it took. I was about to wake up Ben and explain to him our situation when I heard a twig snap behind me.

Hal.

"What the hell Hal? Where did you run off too? You kinda had me freaked!" I warned him.

"Oh sorry... I guess I just wanted to take a walk get some fresh air. I don't remember much, all I can really grasp is that we're not in Charleston anymore." Hal whispered, looking around, appearing very dazed and confused.

What was I going to tell him? "I busted you out after you choked out Lourdes and shot General Bressler. The soldiers if Bressler threatened to kill you so I had to pull some strings (a.k.a. Hold a gun to your head) to get you out alive.

"Weaver.. he uhh assigned me on a mission and told me I could bring who I wanted so I chose you and Ben!" I quickly replied, glad I came up with a cover so fast. Hal looked at me puzzled, I wasn't sure if he was going to buy it.

"A mission of only 3 people? And Tom, err... My dad let me and Ben go? Where are we headed?" Hal questioned.

"We were ordered to find the location of the new aliens, report back as much information as possible. Their plans, weapons, camp sites, ships, anything that could help us destroy them, you seemed to know a lot some how back at Charleston so I figured you'd be great to bring along" Hal took a long time to process this. "Please believe me" I kept repeating inside of my head.

"So you people believe me now? Took you long enough, taking out those aliens is the first step, we need to wake up Ben, and then you will both have to stay right behind me, I can track the aliens through those woods, I'm pretty sure they've gone through there." Hal pointed at a near by patch of dense forestry.

I didn't even want to know what kind of sick alien perk let Hal track this new species, all I knew was that if it helped me get the guy i loved back sooner, if it helped me get my life in the right direction, if it helped Me have my 2nd chance, I would do whatever it took to get that.

Okay so there it is. I'm sorry it wa so short! I wanted to make this one longer but I was having writers block and I kept getting side tracked away from it, so im sorry I didn't post for such a long time! I really meant to! Thanks for all the great reviews, follows, and favorites means a lot! love reading them and hearing what you guys have to say. Also thanks to all the guest readers and to the one that asked if I was still posting: Of course I am! Unless you see something of mine that says im nor posting anymore I will continue to post even if it takes a week to update. So im sorry, I've been busy I'll try to update more frequently and maybe get 3 or 2 chapters up by the end of the weekend. That's my goal. It is really short I just wanted to updated fast so you guys would know im still working on it, sorry, wish it was longer.