I know it's been a long time since I updated...this story has been typed and ready for about 2 weeks but I didn't like how I wrote it. .I kept going over the chapter and editing everything... I finally have it done I'm not sure how good it is but I guess that's you're job to judge..so please comment
also I got a computer at my house too.. once I get it hooked up for internet I can finally update more often at home... I wont have to wait till I go to my dads...YAY!
The back end of the car skidded on the icy pavement, not able to stop it rammed full force into a little yellow Volkswagen in front of it.
"Ahh," screamed Debb and Karen as their car did a total 180 over the other vehicle.
Meanwhile…
Nathan ran full speed through the woods looking for his friends. Haley and Peyton treaded after him as fast as they could.
"Brooke," shouted Peyton.
"Lucas," yelled Nathan.
The snow had only stopped falling for about a half in hour but now it was making up time and falling harder then ever. The hardest part was trying to track through the already fallen snow that nearly came to their knees.
Haley frantically checked the time as they ran, they were only given 15 minutes to find their friends and make it back to Adam's truck before he took off without them. If they were left behind they wouldn't only have to worry about freezing or staving to death they would have the added problem of a breaking damn.
Nathan stopped running and let the girls catch up to him. He wasn't even sure where he was let alone where he was going. The woods went on for miles in every direction, how in the hell was he suppose to know which direction his friends had went?
"Why did you stop?" asked Haley catching up. "Do you see something?"
"I don't know if were going the right way," he worried out loud. "Do we even know the way back to the truck?"
"I don't know," replied Haley now worrying as well.
All three of them had stopped and tried retracing their steps.
"Hey wait up," a distant voice was heard in the woods.
"Who was that?" asked Peyton worried.
"Maybe it was Lucas," hoped Nathan. "Lucas!"
Both girls looked at each other in curiosity.
"Lucas," Nathan yelled again.
"Out of all the stupid things I could be doing," Everyone jumped at the voice. They all turned around and came face to face with a young complaining teenage boy about their age.
"Who are you?" Nathan asked suspiciously placing himself in front of the girls. "Where did you come from?"
"My dad sent me after you idiots," answered the annoyed boy, his arms remained folded around his torso and his face was in a deep pout.
The three were left in a deep thought, still not realizing his identity.
"Oh you're Adam's kid aren't you?" Peyton said remembering the man had a son. No one recognized him because he failed to show his face previously.
"Unfortunately," he snapped.
"Why did you follow us?" Nathan asked still leery of the new visitor.
"Believe me I didn't want to, my dad said I might be able to help more considering I know the basic area." answered Joey. "I was forced to."
"Well thanks for the help," smiled Haley.
"Look I didn't come to make friends so lets trash the small talk and find you're damn friends," snapped Joey. "Have you guys even attempted to search yet?"
"Yes smartass we have," yelled Nathan on the defensive side. "Unlike you we don't live here in the middle of no where so we don't know which way were going or which way they went for that matter."
Joey ignored Nathan and began talking to the girls instead. "Did you guys look for tracks at all?"
"Snow's falling too hard to see the tracks," whined Haley.
"Well it may be our only hope so let's look anyways we might find a small lead," ordered Joey.
Nathan didn't particularly like being bossed around but he bit his tongue on behalf of Lucas and Brooke. Finding them was more important at the moment.
Meanwhile…
Lucas lay propped up and freezing against a tree. Each exhale formed a cloud of smoke around his mouth. The exhales were worse though, those brought the burning sensation to his chest.
Besides his evident pain he wasn't crying for himself. The tears being shed occasionally weren't for him but for the girl he sent off. The girl that he hoped he'd see again. He knew there was a large chance he wouldn't though. He knew when he sent Brooke off it might be the last time they talked. He was feeling weaker and weaker by the moments.
Finding some good in the bad situation at least she wouldn't have to see him that way. If he were to die she wouldn't be scarred by his last withering moments. He just prayed she made it back safely. He tried focusing on something else though.
A numb stiffness had now made its way up Luke's legs; an ugly shade of purple was joining it. His back stiffened up as he bent forward and tried moving his legs.
He rolled up his left pant leg, at first sight of the disgusting looking color made him cringe. He refused to roll up his pants any further once he had seen what he did. He just leaned back against the truck of the tree again and tried relaxing. In the corner of his eye he spotted something dash through the woods. Hiding itself behind the trees Lucas was unable to place the outsider.
He now became scared, he prayed it was nothing too scary, he couldn't take any more bad occurrences. He was barley making it through his current one. Darkness was approaching soon too, which would definitely complicate everything!
Meanwhile…
With careful searching Nathan had found a slight lead in the snow. A thin layer had formed over someone's tracks.
"We have 10 more minutes," worried Haley.
Peyton gave Haley an uneasy stare; they had to really start speeding up.
"Hey over her," yelled Nathan. "Found some tracks."
The girls and Joey jogged up to Nathan.
"How do you know those belong to Lucas and Brooke?" whined Haley.
"They look big," commented Joey.
"Their probably Luke's then, he has some big ass feet," joked Nathan.
Peyton and Haley chuckled softly.
"So lets follow them then," bossed Joey.
Peyton glared at Joey's arrogance. She checked out his appearance, he wasn't gorgeous but he was far from ugly. He wore a thick black leather coat; it was unzipped revealing a loose black turtleneck. He wore dark denim jeans matched with a pair of black Sketchers and had these big blue eyes. He had to have the longest eyelashes she had ever seen.
"You like what you see?" Haley whispered into Peyton's ear noticing her friend's sudden interest.
"No," Peyton snapped.
"Worry about him later," Haley mentioned quietly before starting to follow the tracks.
"I wasn't worrying about him at all," Peyton mumbled to herself quietly.
"We have to run not walk if we intend on getting anywhere," snapped Joey running past her.
"You two would be nice together, you're both moody," whispered Haley as she ran with Peyton. Nathan was too busy keeping up with Joey to pay any attention to the girls little chat.
Meanwhile…
Fire had engulfed the turned over car. The car that had been hit by Larry was turned on its side. It had a minimal amount of damage compared to Larry's car. All three parents were still inside the lit vehicle.
So far the car had only been on fire slightly, the already lit flames hadn't made it to the gas tank yet. Hopefully that would leave some time for everyone to escape.
A large group of policemen that had been stopping the traffic from going over the bridge had now circled around the accident trying to find ways to help. They had sent for a fire truck but the police were aware that the car would blow from the gas tank in mere minutes.
Meanwhile…
A violent coughing attack had Luke pain stricken. He felt like he was coughing up a lung. It hurt so much with each gag that tears were now forming in his eyes and blurring his vision. He wouldn't let them fall again though; he was a man and had to be strong!
It was hard keeping an eye out though when he couldn't even bear to breathe . He could have sworn a fire had lit in his throat and it was burning from the inside out.
He hadn't spotted anymore moving objects in the woods so he wrote his previous scare off as a hallucination. His mind must have been playing tricks on his because he was sick.
The sun was slowly fading now and the night was no more than an hour away. He prayed that Brooke had made it back
Slowly closing his eyes, he thought about her short brown hair, the little dimple that formed in her cheek when she smiled, he finally felt somewhat comfortable. It was her that made him feel safe in the worst of times, and no matter how much he tried pushing her away he would always feel something for the short lovable brunette.
Slowly he dozed off, trying to stay warm, he wrapped his arms around his chest tightly. The snow still fell around him, and covered his resting body. His chest still heaved with each wheezing breath. Most of all darkness still approached bringing all that comes in the night with it.
Meanwhile…
Nathan stopped running when the tracks seemed to fade. Everyone including Mr. Know-it-all Joey were having a hard time finding more tracks. The snow was really falling hard.
"Nathan, we're never going to find them in time," worried Haley. Tears came to her eyes as she pleaded with Nathan to give her some magical solution to their problem.
Nathan turned and grabbed her by the shoulders. "We'll find them I promise you Haley,"
"What if it's too late and they are already dead or what if Adam leaves and what if…." Haley was cut off in mid sentence by Nathan.
"Stop giving me the what if's ," asked Nathan. "I won't leave without Lucas Haley."
"Time is running out though," Haley worried still. "Adam's going to leave."
"Ok, Ok, I'll make you guys a deal," proposed Joey. "My dad wont leave without me so I won't go back yet if Blondie over here gives me a kiss." He smiled hoping to get something out of helping them.
Everyone turned and glared at him.
"My name is Peyton not Blondie," she snapped. "And I wouldn't kiss you if you paid me you little worm. How can you use that over someone in a life and death situation?"
"He won't go back anyways so you don't have to kiss him Peyton," added Nathan.
"What makes you think that?" implored Joey.
Nathan walked up to Joey and grabbed him tight around the arm. "Because I won't let you that's why. Would you like to press the matter further?" he squeezed Joeys' arm tight to ensure his point.
"Ok let me go now I get the point," he growled.
Peyton rolled her eyes at him one more time. So much for attraction huh? Men were such pigs!
"PEYTON!" screamed Brooke running out the woods. She was running as fast as she could towards her friends, limping slightly.
"BROOKE," Peyton shouted back running the remainder of the way to her best friend.
Nathan and Haley ran up to Brooke as well. They were all so happy to see their friend. Joey just walked up to her, he had no reason to run up to someone he didn't know.
Peyton engulfed her friend into a tight hug. "Oh my god we never thought we'd find you guys."
Brooke just leaned against her friend, happy she wasn't alone anymore.
Nathan and Haley joined into the hug from behind.
"Hey tigger," laughed Haley.
"Hey tutor girl," Brooke laughed back.
"I'm sorry I was such a jerk to you Brooke," apologized Nathan.
"Forget about it Nate, it's not important anymore," Brooke said accepting his apology and enjoying the love from her friends.
"I'm not trying to end the love fest but can we head back now?" nagged Joey. "You guys can hug on the truck."
"No wait, where is Lucas?" noticed Nathan.
Brooke released her two friends and grew sad again. "I didn't want to leave him." Brooke said choking on her tears and breaking down. I tried standing him up but he couldn't walk, he insisted I headed back."
"Whoa, what do you mean he couldn't walk?" worried Nathan. "What happened?"
"We don't know, he tried leaning on me but kept falling," told Brooke. "If we don't find his fast he'll freeze out there. He doesn't even have socks on like me." She turned and looked at Joey surprised. When she left it was just the five of them in the cabin. "Where did he come from?"
"Long story," answered Nathan. "We'll fill you in later but we need to get Lucas now."
"I left him leaning against a tree, he was turning purple Nathan." cried Brooke. "I think he's dying."
"Where?" asked Nathan.
"I came from that way," Brooke said pointing out the direction.
"Let's go then," yelled Joey.
"No wait," jumped in Nathan. "You guys go back, I'll get him. Joey I need you to lead the girls back to your dad."
"Are you crazy Nathan?" yelled Haley.
"Bring Brooke back to Adam's truck." ordered Nathan. "She's tired and cold and no offence but you'll just slow us down. Anyways if Adam leaves I want to make sure you girls are with him when he does."
"No I promised Luke I'd come back for him," cried Brooke. "I have to go with you."
"Brooke I'll find him and if I know him he'll love me for sending you back because he wants you to be safe," insured Nathan.
"If he can't walk you can't carry him back all alone," assumed Joey.
"I have before, Luke's not what you call heavy anyways," said Nathan.
"I'll go with you, you'll need help," insisted Joey.
"I wont ask you to do that it's not you're problem," stated Nathan.
"You didn't ask me though, I want to go," he said. "My mind is made up so you're not going to change it."
Nathan smiled happy for the help then turned to his wife again.
"I won't leave you Nathan," Haley said grabbing his arm.
"You have to go back," insisted Nate. "You have to help Peyton guide Brooke home. Anyways I wont be able to think straight if I know there is a possibility you're not safe. I promise I'll come back to you."
"WITH LUCAS!" yelled Brooke.
"With Lucas," agreed Nathan.
"I love you," cried Haley.
"I love you too," he said kissing her quickly. "Now go."
Peyton smiled at Joey, she was impressed at his impulse to help Nathan. She thought it was somewhat nice. Standing behind him she grabbed his arm and he turned around. Once he met her eyes she planted a short but sweet kiss on his lips.
"What was that for?" he asked surprised. "I thought you didn't kiss worms?"
"Thanks for helping Nathan," she smiled and walked over to Brooke.
Brooke and Haley smiled at Peyton as she walked over.
"I knew you liked him," laughed Haley.
"Shut up," Peyton laughed back.
"You better fill me in later P. Sawyer," ordered Brooke.
"Go now," insisted Nathan as he walked over to Joey.
Peyton nodded at Nathan and then smiled at Joey. She sent him a wink before grabbing Brooke's arm.
He couldn't help but blush, revealing a cute little dimple in his tanned cheek. He now had something to look forward to when he went back.
When the girls were out of seeing distance Nathan and Joey had taken off the way Brooke had told them. They followed her fresh tracks back to Lucas.
"Don't think I didn't see that," Nate commented to Joey.
"She's hot!" laughed Joey keeping up with Nathan.
They were tracking through the heavy snow as fast as they could.
"She's like a sister to me," so no screwing around with her," threatened Nathan.
"Who do you think I am?" he said grinning. "You can't tell me if you weren't with that one girl that you wouldn't consider Peyton."
"Actually I dated Peyton," added Nathan.
"Oh this is awkward then," Joey realized."
"Not really," said Nathan. "It's not me you have to worry about anyways."
"Who should I be worrying about?" he questioned.
"Lucas," mumbled Nathan taking a sharp turn as he followed the tracks.
"I thought he's with that Brooke girl," said Joey clearly confused.
"He is, and he loves Brooke," said Nathan. "But there something between Lucas and Peyton, anyone can tell you that including Brooke."
"So another words I don't have a chance then?" asked Joey.
"No you do but I doubt she'll ever feel for you like she does Luke, it's just a weird situation," said Nathan. "Peyton is kinda sketchy anyways she rarely knows what she wants!"
Joey looked at Nathan and let out a soft groan.
"Good luck," laughed Nathan.
"Yeah," mumbled Joey loosening up.
"I owe you." thanked Nathan.
Meanwhile…
Larry woke up to intense heat. He felt like he was boiling alive. That's when he remembered hitting the other car.
He looked over to Debb and Karen who were both unconscious. Debb had fallen next to Karen in the front seat. It was probably from the big impact of the cars hitting.
When he looked to the side he realized the car was on fire and that he had to get out fast!
He groaned loudly as he tried pulling himself through the broken window, his left leg appeared to be broken by the pain. He used the window as his exit and pulled himself out the tiny hole. He had the help of a few restless officers as he escaped. If felt so nice to be sitting on the nice cold snow compared to the scorching hot car. There was no time to relax though he had to try and get the girls out.
"NO sir don't go back in the car is going to ignite," ordered the officer.
Larry didn't think twice though. He slid onto his stomach and into he car. He grabbed onto one of the mothers and with all his might he pulled her out. Seconds after he got her out the car the flames had hit the gas tanks and the car blew up sending fire shooting in all directions.
"NOOOO!" screamed Larry unable to get the other woman inside his car.
Meanwhile…
Peyton and Haley hobbled with Brooke as fast as they could. They all wished the guys were with them, mostly for protection. The night was nothing to take casually. It was coming quickly too and soon they would be finding their way back in complete darkness.
"Lucas promised me he'd quit the team," Brooke said leaning on her two friends as they all walked quickly to the truck.
"What?" asked Haley stunned. She tried to persuade him for months but there was no convincing him.
"How did you manage that?" Peyton asked also surprised.
"Well I told him I wouldn't leave him there and get help unless he did," answered Brooke.
"Nice one," laughed Peyton. "At least we don't have to worry about him collapsing during one of the stupid games. It's too dangerous for him to play with his heart the way it is anyways."
"I'm surprised he let in so easy," Haley said a little jealous.
"Me too," agreed Peyton. "Especially since he's so angry wit you lately. You're not his favorite person in the world so I'm surprised he even talked to you. He can be really stubborn at times."
"I just told him I wanted him to be around for his kid and if he keeps playing there is a chance he wont be," revealed Brooke for the first time. She did hope it was Lucas's baby she was carrying.
Haley and Peyton stopped and looked at Brooke confused.
"Wait," Peyton said starting to catch on to Brooke's hint."
"What do you mean for his kid?" asked Haley.
Meanwhile….
Nathan followed Brooke's tracks right along side Joey. Without the girls they were able to track faster.
"I hope he's ok," Nathan told himself. After his little I hope you die statement he had been feeling nothing but guilty. As much as he fought with his older brother, Lucas still meant a great deal to him!
"Stop!" Joey said standing in front of Nathan with his hand out.
Nathan stopped. "What is it?" he questioned.
"Is you're brother a dark blonde?" Joey asked.
"Yeah," replied Nate.
"Is he wearing jeans and a thin black jacket?" Joey questioned.
"Yeah," Nathan answered getting excited and ready to run up to his brother. Nathan went to run past Joey but his arms stopped him.
"What are you doing I gotta go get him," exclaimed Nathan. "Let me go."
"Don't move," ordered Joey. "Look next to you're brother."
Next to Lucas stood about a 500-pound black bear clenching its teeth ready for a feast. Lucas however was sound asleep not aware of what might eat him alive.
dun..dun…dun…. cliffhangers……he.. he.. he.. will Lucas get attacked? Do more troubles lie ahead for the troubled group of teens? Did Larry pull out Debb or Karen? he he he …who's baby is Brooke having? How long will that damn hold before water gushes out everywhere?
