By KnotgrassKola008. Disclaimer I do not own Nepeta, Chopper, Fluttershy, Gavin Free, Alex (ImmortalHD), Setosorcerer and Martin (bodil40). Nepeta belongs to Andrew Hussie, Chopper belongs to Eiichiro Oda, Fluttershy belongs to Hasbro, Gavin Free works at Rooster Teeth, Alex works at the Creatures and Seto and Martin do YouTube. I do not do this for financial gain.

Chapter 10: Fire and Salt

It had been two days since they left and everyone had been getting constant calls and texts from there friends. Gavin had been getting almost constant texts from Michel who was caps locking his words. Martin had one text and five calls but then they stopped. Alex had been getting many texts from his friends who worked at The Creatures. Nepeta was the one who was getting the most texts and her phone wouldn't stop ringing. Akura didn't have a phone and thought they were useless. Seto had been getting a few calls and texts from two people, he had an older brother and the other person he wouldn't name. Faith also got one call and many texts the same as Chopper. After a while they had to put their phones on silent and turn them off. Of course they knew that charging them would be a problem so they would book a motel and charge them there.

The next problem was the fact they were labelled as criminals. Nobody would have really expected that. It made it harder to get to Scotland. They would have to take short routes, not stay in too many places and try to stay out of sight. This was the problem of the motorway (no lay-bys), so Alex parked somewhere secluded and they would all sleep in the back. Even with everyone still in there it was rather cramped. Martin, Nepeta and Seto would usually sleep quite far away from each other, but woke up to always find then sleeping in the same corner. Akura and Alex would move a lot and keep waking up Gavin. Faith and Chopper both slept normally and didn't really bother anyone. It was troublesome with limited money, hiding from people and trying not to cause trouble, but they some how made through it.

It was now about 9:00 pm at night. Alex had found a secluded road and was driving down it. Gavin was sitting next to him. The Russian had thankfully had found a quiet road which was a short-cut, it was a peaceful road. The sky was cloudy and the though of rain and thunderclouds. The moon glowered softly through the clouds giving a hint of hidden mystery. It was open grass all the way and it blew in the wind. Gavin didn't know how chilly it was but he could already tell from the grass outside. Alex had the head lights on but even added to the chilly atmosphere. Gavin twisted his head towards Alex. The poor guy had bags under his eyes, his fingers twitched constantly and he seemed very irritated. He had been driving non-stop for two days and had rarely gotten any sleep. Other had suggested driving but Alex would snap at them. 'Will Alex fall asleep at the wheel?' Gavin thought, seeing Alex tilt his head slightly. He then twisted his head towards the back. Nepeta was drawing on her notebook with her hand rushing everywhere, Seto was still reading the same book and still wasn't looking up, Martin was softly sleeping with Chopper sprawled all over him, Faith was braiding her own light pink hair while Akura was seen grumbling to herself.

"What time is it?" Gavin yawned as he stretched his arm like a cat

"9:30" Alex muttered not taking his eyes off the road

The car fell silent again as Gavin began to think

"Why break you both legs, if you could just break one?"

Everyone fell silent in the car at Gavin's question.

"Are you fucking retarded?!" Akura answered.

"No but-"

"He means if some one's leg was trapped, and the only way to get them free was to break their leg," Seto added in boredom.

"Not exactly" Gavin muttered under his breath.

"That's claw-ful!" Nepeta whimpered. "It would be a-paw-ling if all your bones were broken!"

Of course, this sparked the sudden argument between everyone. Akura kept cutting off Gavin, who clearly was unhappy with the situation. Nepeta was trying not to think of bones breaking, cringing, but Seto kept saying dark things. Alex gritted his teeth as it got louder and louder.

"Wha..." Yawned Martin, who was woken up by the noise.

"Sorry!" Nepeta said glumly.

"For what?" Martin questioned.

"For waking you up."

"Naw, it wasn't you," Martin replied. He twisted his head towards Alex with a grin.

"Alex I'm hungry!" Martin whined in the highest pitch voice possible. Alex was clearly irritated by that and slowly pulled over and parked. He got out and stared into the distance then grabbed his phone and checked it. He then stared into the distance for a while and finally got back into the car.

"There's a fish and chip shop about about a four minute walk from here," he explained. "I'll park here so that they don't recognise our van."

"How about someone goes, gets the food and comes back here?" Faith suggested as Chopper sleep-climbed onto her lap.

Everyone quite rightly thought the idea was good. But who was to go?

Alex was irritated and snappy right now. Martin was still in a sleepy daze. Nepeta would be too excited. Chopper was asleep. Faith would have been to shy. Seto might scare them off but would be able to avoid detection. Akura might... No would get violent. Gavin would mess up. Stupidly enough, Gavin was chosen. Of course, when not being a prick or a troll, he could be friendly and social.

"So, what does everyone want?" Gavin asked cheerily.

"Fish!" Squeed Nepeta.

"Chips, extra large," Martin spoke.

"Can I share with you Martin?" Seto asked, Martin nodded happily.

"Sausage and chips, small," grumbled Alex.

"Chips please," Faith shyly spoke, fiddling with her hair.

"Sausage!" Akura grinned.

Gavin nodded happily. He got out of the car and began walking down the dusty path. In a couple of minutes he was enveloped into the darkness. Everyone waited.

It felt ominous.

0o0o0

Five minutes had passed and everyone was still waiting. They were all hungry and fear stared to peek into their minds. Did Gavin get recognised? Did he fatally injury himself? Was he run over?Everyone was quite tense, which did exactly help. Finally it was Akura who had enough.

"I'm gonna get him" Akura grumbled, quite miffed.

She slammed the back van door open and jumped into the night. A chilly breeze washed over everyone making them shiver. Akura didn't even flinch. They watched as she marched off angrily into the night. They could hear her feet slamming onto the dusty floor as she marched off, though it faded away quickly.

"Gavin, I wish you could at least try not to test my patience..." Akura muttered loudly to herself.

It was then in the distance that she finally spotted the shop. It gave off a brilliant light and shone like a star. Akura gave a smirk and began to run towards, it but as she did something felt wrong. The more she ran closer, the more that feeling grew. She then froze in the sudden realisation. The shop had been consumed by an all mighty fire. The fire had already surrounded the shop and gave such an intense heat. Bellows of black smoke rose in the air, though it was nighttime and people would rarely able to see it. Akura couldn't move, her body was stuck to the ground in fear. Fire. A dangerous weapon of mass destruction. Akura felt herself began to shake. She bit her lip and tried to gulp down all the fear. It was no use. The memories came rushing back.

0000

"Mom?" Asked a quiet little girl. A lady of tall stature, tanned skin, black hair, brown eyes, pale skin, sullen eyes and shaking wrists looked down at her daughter. A young girl about an age of seven with worried eyes, stared at her daughter. A girl of normal coloured skin, brown eyes, messy brown hair reaching her waist, a yellow dress, black socks and framed glasses stared at her. They would also notice braces in the girl, her hair was wild and untamed with knots and she had cute freckles covering her face.

"Mom you don't look good" the child whimpered. The lady smiled and picked up her daughter by the waist. She plopped her onto her own lap.

"I'm fine, Lizzy..." the mother whispered, petting her daughters head.

"But you don't look well!" Lizzy whimpered.

"I'll be fine, dear," the mother whispered back soothingly.

"I don't like this house" Lizzy whined, the mother was caught by surprise by this comment.

"Why? I don't see a problem," Mother, questioned looking quite confused.

"It makes too much noise, and sometimes it shakes in the wind!" Lizzy moaned.

"I'm sorry dear but we don't have the money to move and sometimes it's better not to change," Mother spoke. Lizzy's thoughts of house soon disappeared as her mother spoke those words. Lizzy loved her mother. She was so elegant and wise, even if she was ill. Lizzy looked up to her mother so much.

000

Lizzy gave another cough. Then another and another. After lunch she and her mother were taking their afternoon nap. Of course, Mother went to her own room to sleep as did Lizzy. It was also a rather nice day so she had opened her window to let the sunlight in. 'Some pollen must have come in' Lizzy thought. She gently opened her eyes but instead of her took everything was rather black and cloudy.

"Huh!" Lizzy yelled. She pushed herself up and found that most of her room of covered in a thick, choking, black smoke. Thankfully, most of the smoke was leaving through the window. There was so much. Lizzy tried her best not to breath in too much, but found it still went through her lungs. She rushed to the window. Crash! A loud crash from above suddenly closed the window, slamming it shut. Lizzy tried her. Best to open the window but found that it was stuck. She pounded on the glass but it didn't work. Lizzy rushed towards her bedroom door.

"Ah!" She screamed. The door handle was blazing hot and burnt her hand enough for a blister to develop on it. Lizzy's scream in pain also made her gasp for air. She collapsed to her knees. Tears stung her eyes.

She was gonna die.

Smash!

The door smashed open wide, banging off the wall. Lizzy gave a choked gasp to see her father standing there. A short man with buzz cut brown hair, narrow blue eyes, glasses, a muscular figure, indigo button shirt, black pants and shoes. He scooped Lizzy in his arms and rushed out the door. Lizzy had her eyes closed and she clung onto her father. Tears rushed down her face as the heat felt more intense. Her father must have been jumping over and kicking things away from how he moved. Finally Lizzy couldn't feel the intense heat burn her skin and she opened her eyes. There were outside. The house they just bought was out in the countryside and on a sloping green hill. Her father rushed to another hill close by and put her down.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Her father. Lizzy almost felt sick. Her father had many burns and blisters covering his body. Many looked very painful and some had burnt some of his skin off. Lizzy showed her blistered hand and her father nodded. He twisted his head back to the burning house and without another word, he ran back towards it. Lizzy watched in fear as her father entered the house. She gulped down most of her fear and clutched onto her dress. Crash! Lizzy watched in horror as the entire building collapsed. The house slowly collapsed onto itself, the roof smashed through and brought everything tumbling down. Lizzy had no words but began to tremble. Tears filled her eyes and slowly dripped down her face. The fire was still burning but not as brightly as before.

"W-Why..." Lizzy whimpered, though she always thought the house might collapse. No, the house have collapsed at any moment. Her mother said they had to stay. If only they changed there minds and moved. If only...

"I need to change." Lizzy whimpered to herself.

"That's why they died." Lizzy whispered, her voice almost breaking.

"I'll be Akura...not Lizzy anymore..."

000

Akura snapped out of her thoughts. Her eyes were filled with tears.

"GAVIN!" Akura screamed. She clenched her fists, 'He's not in there! He's not in there!' She thought repeatedly.

"A-A-Akura..." Whimpered the British voice softly.

The blue haired girl rushed towards him. She violently shoved him into a hug and almost crushed him. She felt tears sting her eyes, though that was only from the fire in the background.

"A-Akura!" He gasped. "Can't... Breath!"

She let go and wiped away the water from her eyes.

"You alright?" Akura asked checking him for injuries. Gavin nodded and pointed towards the boxes next to him. "I got the food!"

"What happened?" Akura questioned, resisting the urge to facepalm.

Gavin gave a gulp.

"Well I went in, and they didn't recognise me," he explained. "One guy went out on a break and the other stayed here. The guy took to long and the girl who stayed here went to check on him. I waited and then I heard a thump. I rushed through the door she entered and found her unconscious. The guy came back with our orders. He dropped the boxes into my arms and checked on the girl. He dragged her outside and heard a boom from inside, I think that sine oil must of caught fire in the kitchen and it had already took most of the shop. The guy took the girl to his car and drove off into the night."

Akura found the story rather easy to understand and it seemed quite plausible. But serious, that's bad luck taken to the max.

"We can't do anything about this now," Akura said. "I guess we'll just have to leave. Everyone is worried about you by the way."

Akura picked up some of the boxes. As did Gavin.

"Sorry..." Gavin whimpered.

"For what?" she snorted.

"I feel like it's my fault..." he whimpered, looking like a lost child.

Akura gave a huff and walked over to him, putting the boxes in one hand. Standing on her tippy toes, she ruffled his hair.

"Look, some bad chain events happened," Akura explained. "You were just very unlucky and tried to stop it. Don't apologise." After a moment, Akura regained her composure. "But this won't help with your bad luck!" She grumbled. She twisted her head back to the road and marched on.

Gavin smirked and followed after.

I would now like to reply to some reviewers and thank them for reviewing. Jfrijendjfk, all the guests, AXELsashes, May, CHOPPEROMFGYES, A person, HeyBOI and animalanime666 Thank you for the reviews

Also Seto while filming accidentally talked about a brand and copyright music was playing in the background. He only noticed this after uploading the video.

Akura last it very sad. Her actual name was Lizzy but then changed it Akura after the events. She also dyed her hair, it wearing coloured contact lenses and other stuff.

It is Nepeta (human version) from homestuck and Faith is actually fluttershy from MLP.

See you next chapter. :)