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Chapter 9: A Dream and Some Goons
Kendra was wandering aimlessly in a forest when a door appeared before a giant oak. She went to the door and grabbed the knob. She found herself in Hunter's apartment and Hunter was sitting at the table, waiting for her with a smile.
"Hunter!" Kendra yelled as the door slammed shut behind her causing her to jump.
Hunter stood up and quickly floated out of the room. Kendra followed, wondering where Hunter was going. He stopped just before his bedroom door. He looked at Kendra sadly, as he went through the door.
Kendra stepped up to the door and stretched out a shaking hand. She turned the knob and slowly opened the door. Kendra fell to the floor.
On the bed was Hunter, covered in blood. His face was turned toward her and she could see the death in his green eyes.
Kendra turned around and stopped abruptly when she almost ran into a closed door. She grabbed the knob and turned it, trying to move as quickly as she could to get away from the horrendous sight. It felt as though she was moving through heavy water.
As she passed through the doorway, she fell to her knees and gasped to catch her breath. She heard beeping noises and raised her head to find the source. Just a foot in front of her was a hospital bed.
Kendra rose to her feet and looked down at Hunter, who was hooked up to several machines and had a tube down his throat, which brought tears to her eyes.
"Hunter," Kendra whispered as she grabbed his pale hand, allowing the tears to slide down her cheeks.
Suddenly, the room before Kendra began to spin. Kendra tried to hold on to Hunter, but his hand was pulled out of her own.
The spinning stop and Kendra realized she was in Hunter's apartment in the dining room.
"Hello, Kendra," Hunter said as he walked out of the kitchen.
"Hunter?" Kendra asked, confused and wondering what was going on.
"Come on, Kendra. You know where it is," Healthy Hunter said as he leaned against the counter.
"How am I supposed to know? Did you even want me to find it?" Kendra asked with frustration.
"Don't you know that I trust you with all my heart? I know that you can handle yourself, even though it seems like I want to wrap you up in bubble wrap to protect you," Hospital Hunter said, lying on the hospital bed, surrounded by flowers and balloons.
Kendra crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? Bubble wrap?"
Healthy Hunter had returned and with a grin on his face. His image flashed back to him lying in the hospital bed before he returned as Healthy Hunter standing before her. "Yes. It's just that 'man gene' that tells me to protect the woman that I love. I won't let it interfere."
"Good, you had better not let it. So, where's the other flashdrive?"
Healthy Hunter's grin became a frown as his image changed to him lying on in his bedroom covered in more blood than had been in reality. It was the image of Dead Hunter and it struck a knife deep into Kendra's heart.
Kendra was about to spring forward to stop the bleeding but then Healthy Hunter returned.
"You know where it is. All you have to do is start thinking of me and you'll find it." The images of Hunter began to flicker through Hospital Hunter, Healthy Hunter and Dead Hunter.
Will slowly opened his eyes, taking a few minutes for his brain to wake up and tell him where he was and what he was doing in this place. Finally, his brain told him that he was in a motel because of his brother. His brain then reminded him about his brother's girlfriend who should be in the room.
Will sat up, looked over to his right, saw that Kendra was in the other bed, and saw that she was asleep.
He looked at his phone and saw that he had a message. He flipped open his phone and dialed the voicemail number. He punched in his password and waited to hear the message that had been left.
"Hi, this is Ranger Jimmy Trivette. I'm friends with your brother, Hunter. I was wondering if you had received anything from him lately that might be important or maybe a little strange. Please return my call. Thanks. Bye."
Will saved the voicemail and closed his phone. He tapped his phone on his chin, wondering if he should return Ranger Trivette's call. He was also wondering what he should tell Ranger Trivette.
He turned to Kendra when he heard her whimper. He got out of bed and gently shook her.
Kendra's eyes shot open and her fist flew toward Will. Will stepped back, just as Kendra pulled back her fist.
"Sorry," Kendra said as she sat up and rubbed her temples, trying to get the many images of Hunter out of her mind.
"It's ok. You didn't hit me," Will said as he sat down on his bed. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. Just a weird dream." Kendra stood up and shook her head.
"Ah. I was going to ask if you slept well, but I guess that would be a pointless question at this point." Will stood up and grabbed a clean shirt from his suitcase. "Well, we have to figure out what we are going to do today."
Kendra's eyebrow rose questioningly in Will's direction. She knew that he was hiding something. She decided to not worry about that right now and turned her attention back to her dream.
Will went into the bathroom, not noticing the look that Kendra had just given him. After a few minutes, Will returned to the room, placing his dirty shirt in a plastic bag.
"I know where it is," Kendra said as she realized what Hunter had been trying to tell her.
Will turned around and looked at Kendra. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the flashdrive. I know where it is."
"How? Where?" Will asked, hoping that Kendra was right.
"Hunter told me where and we can go there right now," Kendra said as she headed toward the door.
Will threw his hands into the air. "Wait, how could Hunter tell you when he's in the hospital and he's unconscious?"
Kendra turned and looked at Will with fiery blue eyes. "Just, trust me. Okay?"
Before Will could answer, someone pounded on the door.
"Who knows you're here?" Kendra whispered, recognizing the feeling that had appeared in her gut.
"Just you," Will replied as a bad feeling filled him.
The pounding returned but before Will and Kendra could do anything, the door swung open. Will and Kendra stared at the seven-foot man who looked as though he could be a sumo wrestler.
"Uh, are you housekeeping?" Will asked trying to think of a way to get Kendra out of there.
The man grinned and brought his hands together. The man began to crack his knuckles which caused Kendra and Will to both wince, understanding the message.
Kendra and Will heard someone behind Knuckles cough. Knuckles moved inside and stepped aside. Two men, wearing black gloves and suits stepped into the room. Knuckles shut the door and the man on the left pulled out a gun.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" The man in the middle said. He looked as though he would be more comfortable in a pair of ratty jeans and a flannel shirt than the suit he was wearing. His dark wheat colored hair needed a good comb or perhaps an expert barber.
Kendra and Will didn't respond to the man's question. They both wondered who these men were and what they were doing there, but they believed that probably had something to do with Hunter's secret case.
"Perhaps this is some sort of romantic rendezvous?" The man asked, carefully studying Kendra from head to toe.
"Who the hell are you and what do you want?" Kendra asked her voice sounding as though it could shatter a diamond.
The leader of the goons looked startled for a moment at the tone in Kendra's voice but he quickly regained his composure. His face darkened as he took a step closer to Kendra. "I know that you have something that we want."
"Oh, really. What would that be?" Will said as he took a step closer to Kendra, hoping that she wouldn't do anything reckless.
The leader turned his head to look at Will. "You know what I am here for."
"A lesson," Kendra said as she jumped toward the man with the gun and knocked it out of his hand.
The lead goon was about to attack Kendra, when Will punched him, breaking the man's jaw. The lead goon howled in pain. Will saw the man reach into his coat pocket and knew that the goon was going for a gun. Will threw a couple more punches before the lead goon had been knocked out.
While Will had been fighting the lead goon, Kendra had been throwing punches and kicks at Knuckles. Kendra had managed to avoid any of the big goon's punches, in which she was thankful.
Kendra, getting tired of dodging the goon's punches, decided it was time to take him down. Kendra pulled back her arm to strengthen the blow. She hit the large man right on chin, causing his blocky head to snap back.
Kendra, noticing that the big goon was unsteady on his feet, swept his feet out from under him.
Will looked at Kendra with surprise in his eyes. "Let's get out of here."
Kendra agreed with a nod of her head and ran out the door. Will grabbed his laptop and followed behind her.
"They know that we have the evidence or they think we do," Will said as he came to stand next to Kendra who was opening the door to the driver's seat of her car.
"Gee, Will, ya think? Get in the car," Kendra ordered as she was about to sit down.
"I think I should drive," Will said as he grabbed onto the car door.
"Just get in the damn car!" Kendra yelled.
Just as Will was going to protest, the goons came running out of the motel room each holding a gun in his hand.
"I'm driving," Kendra said as she got into the driver's seat.
Will ran around the front of the car. Kendra had already buckled her seat belt and had started the car before Will got into the passenger seat. He placed the laptop at his feet.
"Buckle up," Kendra ordered as she put the car in drive and hit the gas.
Will quickly buckled his seatbelt and braced himself as the forces threw him around. "Kendra, slow down!"
Kendra looked in the mirror and saw that a dark sedan had pulled into view about six car lengths behind. "If I slow down, we're dead! Just hold on."
Will was about to comment that he was indeed holding on, when Kendra made several sharp turns. Kendra didn't seem to hear the horns blaring at her or the sound of screeching tires as other drivers hit their brakes to avoided hitting other vehicles.
"Why did you have to have a motel that was just outside of Dallas?" Kendra asked as she headed out into the country.
"Many reasons. One reason was I didn't want people to know I was in town."
"It's a city, not a town," Kendra said as she turned down a few more roads and checked the rearview mirror to see if the dark sedan was still following them.
Will was about to comment when Kendra spoke. "Well, I don't think they'll be able to follow us now."
Will breathed a sigh of relief and looked in the side mirror. "I think you spoke a little too soon."
Kendra looked in her mirror and swore underneath her breath. "I'm going to try to lose them. Just don't complain about my driving."
Will decided that since Kendra was currently at the wheel trying to get away from three goons with guns, that it was definitely a good idea not to complain about Kendra's driving.
Kendra had made several turns and had ended up on a dirt road. Will wondered if Kendra knew where she was going because it seemed as though she was taking them further from the city and further away from any assistance from any law enforcement.
"Have you ever seen the 'Dukes of Hazzard' and how they get out of being chased?" Kendra asked.
"Uh, yeah. Why?" Will asked, confused as he held on as Kendra turned sharply onto a dirt road and headed into the woods.
"You'll see," Kendra said as she gave Will a mischievous grin.
Will was about to ask Kendra when she took a sharp turn around a bunch of trees and came to a sudden stop. He was about to ask Kendra what she thought she was doing when she pointed out her window.
He looked out to his left and saw that someone or a group of people had made a ramp of dirt that would send someone flying over a large ditch. From where he and Kendra were parked, it was easily recognizable as a jumping ramp, but if you were flying down the road and not paying close enough attention…well…you wouldn't know what you were headed for.
Will heard the car coming down the dirt before he saw it drive past were they were hidden.
The dark sedan went flying into the air over the manmade jumping ditch. A few seconds later, Will heard the sound of a car landing none too gently. He waited for the sound of guns going off but he didn't hear it but he did hear a sound like a car crashing into a tree.
"I told them to get rid of those trees," Kendra said with a sigh.
Will turned to Kendra, glad that the goons were currently out of commission but was still shocked at what had occurred. "What was that?"
"Kids use it as a dirt biking jump," Kendra replied calmly.
"How do you know about it?" Will asked but Kendra just raised an eyebrow.
Will sighed. "Never mind. What's the plan, now?"
"We get the flashdrive," Kendra replied as though they hadn't just had guns pointed at them and had been in a car chase.
"Right. You know where it is?" Will asked, still wondering how Kendra figured it out.
"Yeah, all I had to do was think about Hunter."
"Ok," Will said skeptically.
Kendra shot Will a look before she backed the car around and headed down the narrow dirt road. Will began to wonder what his brother saw in Kendra, but he had a feeling that he was going to find out.
guardianM3: I know, you all probably think the car jump was lame, but I found it amusing. Anyway, I hope the dream sequence wasn't boring; I was trying to make it interesting. By the way, I wrote a majority of this chapter while I was sick, so that will account for some of the weirdness. I hope the length of the chapter makes up for the time that it has taken to update.
