Chapter 10

"So I booked two joining rooms at the Hilton both with a pull out bed and two queen sized beds. We can sleep a little then eat then go kick some Chase butt." Lilly said as we made our way down the steps onto China soil.

As we stood in line for customs Jessica felt her eyelids grow heavier and she rubbed her arms trying to get warm. "Here," Tyler said as he pulled his jacket off and put it around her shoulders then he pulled her close. Jessica leaned her head on him.

"Much better, thanks," she said.

"Look." Lilly whispered to Reid a few feet back.

"Baby boy got some moves," he said. Lilly pulled out her camera and took a picture. "I want a copy."

A few spaces from Lilly and Reid were Pogue and Caleb.

"Dude what's up?" Pogue asked. Caleb didn't look like him self. He was more worried than normal.

"That picture, it was so real, like she was there."

"It was just a drawing."

"Yeah, but it was exactly right." Caleb looked over to Jessica who was under Tyler's arm. "Something doesn't seem quite right. I mean she has seen the most in depth about Chase, doesn't that say something?"

"Well she said they had a fight." Pogue replied looking over at Jessica as well.

"Yeah but I don't think that was all that happened, I think that something else did and she isn't talking about it." just then they were up to the counter.

"Business or pleasure?" the police officer asked.

"Pleasure that happens to be business." Jessica replied with a devilish smile and Caleb looked at her suspiciously.

… …. …… … … … … … …

"Damn this is the shit." Pogue said walking into one of the rooms.

"My mom pulled some strings." Lilly said walking through the door between the two rooms

"She knows we're here?" Jessica whispered to Lilly.

"So does your mom." Jessica thought for a second.

"Oh, right," she whispered back.

"So, who is sleeping where?" Caleb asked sitting down on one of the beds. Everyone looked at each other waiting for someone to say something.

"Well the hotel didn't give us a pull out sofa in the other room so I just thought that Jessica and I would share a bed and you all could have your own," Lilly replied.

"I want to be in their room," Reid cried. He had a happy face just like a little kid on Christmas.

"Whatever," Jessica said grabbing the bed that was not being sat on and crawled under the covers. She curled up in a ball and was fast asleep.

"Looks like someone was tired." Pogue replied turning off the lamp light. "Caleb and I will take the other room." They both got up turned off the lights.

Lilly climbed into bed next to Jessica, "Night,"

"Night," Reid and Tyler said.

… … … … … Caleb's Dream… … …. …

"Caleb help me!" Sarah called. Caleb ran and ran but the faster he ran the less he could hear Sarah's voice. "Caleb!"

"You'll never find her," Chase said. "Witchy, you'll never find her."

"Caleb!"

…. … … … … End … … … …

Caleb woke up in a sweat breathing hard. He looked over at Pogue who was fast asleep in the bed next to him. He looked through the door at Jessica, she was scrumming and yelling.

… … … …. … … Jessica's Dream … … … … …

"Come on Jessica. You don't belong there. Come with me."

"No, no. I belong here, with them. No!"

"You've never belonged there. You are too great for that. Come with me."

"No!!"

… … … …. End … … …

"NO!!" Jessica sat up in bed and looked around, everyone was looking at her like she was crazy and maybe she was. "Sorry, was I talking in my sleep?"

"Talking? You were yelling," Reid said.

"I'm sorry, I guess… I had I bad dream." That was an under statement Jessica thought. Everyone looked at her. "What?"

"What was the dream?" Lilly asked.

"I don't remember." Jessica said pulling her hair into a ponytail then letting it fall back down. "I don't remember, I think I'm going to go for a walk." Jessica hopped out of bed and out of the room.

"Something's wrong with her," Lilly replied when the door shut behind her.

"You know what it is?" Caleb asked.

"No I don't know what. She hasn't really talked to me since Chase redisappeared."

The room was silent, Caleb thought back to his dream, did he have Sarah as well or was he just worried that he might take her again was that even Sarah's voice. He looked over at where Jessica had been sleeping and stared at it. Something was going on with her, and he wanted to know what. Then he looked over at Tyler, his eyes were still filled with sleep. He hadn't seen Tyler with anyone for a while but he didn't think Tyler saw the strangeness that Jessica had.

A few hours later the six of them were at the hotel's restaurant for dinner. Caleb was facing Jessica, staring at her but she remained oblivious to it. She was sitting next to Tyler and his warmth was all she cared about and it was the only thing that would keep her mind off what was to come.

"I love Chinese food." Lilly said as she looked over the menu. She looked over at Jessica too, Lilly knew that something was up with her best friend and she was worried why she wasn't talking to her about it.

The table was silent and tense. Jessica could feel Caleb's eyes on her and she felt a little self-aware. She didn't mean to yell in her sleep but the thing that she left behind was coming back and she was determined to put that away forever. On her walk Jessica was able to think about tonight and how this would be the end, she could hardly hold in what she was feeling.

"So we know the plan?" Jessica asked as she took a bite of rice.

"Yeah, you and I will disable the cameras," Lilly said.

"Then Reid and I will sit in one of the guard towers to keep watch and wait for the signal to take Jason away," Tyler said.

"Pogue and I will take Chase on." Caleb replied staring directly at Jessica.

"And after Lilly and I take down the cameras we'll get Jason away from you guys just in case the fight gets big." Jessica said looking from Caleb to Pogue.

"Ready for check?" the waitress asked.

"We're more than ready," Caleb said increasing his stare.