Fan Fiction - Gone

Burn Baby Burn

Sam didn't know how long he'd been out for, but it had felt like a second or two. It obviously wasn't because someone had moved him. He didn't have to think twice before knowing who... Caine. Sam was so going to kill him the next time they met.

"That bastard!" Sam spat quietly. And he shook his head to remove himself of the dizziness that was starting to come over him. "Uh oh." He groaned. And with that he lost consciousness and hit the ground with a thud.

Rosie, Lucius and Jamie had started to walk away from the place their parents had left them. Rosie was leading them back toward the stream; they didn't want to sit around being bored.

"Are you sure this is the way Rosie?" Jamie asked.

"Jamie, please. This is the eleventh time you have asked that, the answer is still yes!" Rosie sighed, becoming quite annoyed by his persistence.

"Trust her J - man. She's quite capable of finding the stream again. Rosie was the person who found it in the first place." Lucius added helpfully.

Rosie turned and threw him a smile that said 'thanks'. Lucius smiled back and Jamie just groaned dramatically behind them. Rosie stopped suddenly. She'd heard something.

"What is it?" Lucius asked her quietly.

He got no response, instead Rosie bolted ahead suddenly, this left Lucius and Jamie to sprint to catch up with her. They turned the corner so fast Rosie had to hold out her arm, otherwise Jamie would have ran right into the stream.

"Ah... found it!" gasped Jamie. He turned to Rosie, who was smiling proudly. "Okay, okay. I'm sorry I doubted you."

Rosie cleared throat. "And you're the best sister in the world." Jamie added unenthusiastically.

"That's better. Come on. Take off your shoes guys and we'll have a splash around." Rosie suggested.

The boys both instantly started the take off their sock and shoes. Rosie slipped off her pumps, rolled up her sleeves and dipped her toes in the water.

The water was cold, but not too cold, refreshing, but a little muddy. It was perfect. Rosie stepped in fully and turned to face the boys, who were still on the bank. Lucius was helping Jamie, who was struggling with his laces.

Rosie looked out through the trees; the only sound she could hear was the quiet trickling of the stream. She stood there are took every little detail of the forest in. There was a bird's nest in the tallest pine tree, and a couple of squirrels climbing along the branches.

All this lasted for about a minute before a single sounded tore the silence apart. A high-pitched terror filled scream rang through the forest, making the hairs on the back of Rosie's neck stand up on end.

She spun round to see the boys frozen with fear.

"What on Earth was that?" Jamie whispered loudly, his voice overflowing with panic and terror.

"The parents!" Rosie whispered back loudly and she scrambled out of the stream, picked up her pumps and sprinted towards in the direction of the clearing.

Lucius and Jamie got to their feet as fast as they could and followed her. Lucius was a fast runner and caught up with Rosie quickly, Jamie was slower, but not by much.

Rosie skidded to a halt just before the bush.

She turned round. It took a second or two for Lucius to join her, and about another five or so for Jamie.

"Can you hear anything?" Jamie asked in-between gasps.

"Use your own ears, last time I checked, they were working perfectly." Rosie retorted.

This time Lucius took charge. "Okay. I'm going to slip my head of from behind the bush and take a look. You two stay here, and don't make a sound."

Lucius took a look round the side of the bush. Rosie turned to Jamie and he shrugged.

When Lucius peeped out from behind the bush and stared into the clearing, he saw something quite unexpected.

Nothing.

That's right, nothing, and nothing at all. He blinked, just to make sure he wasn't seeing things, and he wasn't. He stepped out into the clearing. Rosie came up behind him.

"Get back here now!" she whispered bossily "They could still be around!"

Lucius faced her. "I don't think they are. My prediction is that my Dad and his two other 'friends' captured my Mum and your parents."

Rosie shook her head. "Why? It doesn't make any sense!" Jamie walked out from behind the bush.

"What doesn't make any sense?"

"Lucius thinks his dad and his friends captured his mum and our Mum and Dad." Rosie stated.

Jamie gave her a blank look. "Sorry. I got lost at dad."

"Which one?" Rosie teased.

"Precisely." Jamie mumbled.

"Oh! Well I'm sorry you're too dim to follow a simply sentence!" argued Rosie. Jamie had obviously set her off.

The anger, worry, terror and stress had been building up in her all day. Rosie couldn't take it any more. She'd blown her top.

Jamie stared at her like she'd just slapped him. He clenched his teeth together and Lucius, before Rosie could blink, was there holding Jamie back while Jamie struggled out of his grasp.

He was so angry it looked like if he got out he'd throttle her. Rosie stepped back nervously. Jamie stopped struggling and stood still, you could still see the anger boiling up inside him.

"I'm not dim! You just think I'm dim 'cause no one ever lets me have my say! That's why you think I can't take charge!" Jamie shouted, his voice full of jealousy, hatred and anger.

Rosie stared at him, what was going on. Her own brother! She couldn't let him win that easily, at least, not before even trying.

"I don't think you can't take charge! Dad has always said I'm most like Mum. And you know what? I think he's right. I am most like Mum; I'm the clever one. You just stand there while I devise a plan; I'm the one who knows where to go…. It's me, me, and me! I'm only a kid! I can't have all these problems dumped on my shoulders!"

Rosie was shouting, tears were forming in her eyes. She was so angry, yet so upset and scared at the same time.

She always had to act brave, for everyone else. This time, she broke down. Rosie slumped down onto the grass and put her head in her hands and cried.

"I don't want to do this anymore! I want my old life back!" she whined through her tears.

Lucius and Jamie just stared at her, partly in shock, but also in astonishment and fear. Jamie still looked angry after what she'd said, but Lucius just felt sorry for her.

"You can't guilt me into this Rosie. You can't complain about anything! You're a selfish, annoying sister and I wish I were an only child! I can't believe what you said! It...It's not true! None of it!"

Jamie was tense, his small body rigid with anger. He looked scared, but most of all, he looked scary. His eyes looked like they could burn right through something.

Rosie sat there amidst her tears, for a moment that was the only sound she could hear. Herself, gasping through her tears, her tears hitting the grass on the ground.

Lucius had actually started to edge away from Jamie because he was freaking him out. Jamie was starting to shake because he was so rigid, so full on anger.

Suddenly a deafening sound erupted from behind Rosie. She got up straight away and scrambled to her feet. She then ran and stood by the boys.

Flames had exploded from a spot behind where she was sitting a couple of seconds before. There was now a raging fire.

Rosie was gasping from the shock and Lucius placed his hand on her shoulder to steady her.

Jamie jumped back into life, his rigidness disappeared and his eyes returned to their normal state. He stared at the fire in astonishment, as if he'd only just noticed it.

"W what? What is… t that!" He asked turning to Lucius.

"A fire." Lucius replied simply.

"Oh." Jamie voice came out small "How?"

"You. I think." Lucius replied after a brief moment of hesitation "Come on. Let's go and find a safer place to be."

Jamie looked confused, but decided not to ask questions at this time. Instead he suggested, "Maybe we should try and put out the fire, you know. Then it won't spread."

Lucius nodded. "Let's just call the fire brigade, it's easier."

"Are you serious?" Rosie asked. The boys jumped because they were actually starting forget she was there. "They'll ask us how it started, and we don't know that! Well, at least I don't think we do. And anyway, they'll probably take us back to our parents, and then we'll have to explain that they're missing!"

Jamie rolled his eyes. "Is that all, 'cause we've got a fire to put out here!"

Rosie mentally hit herself. They were already in a bad situation; they didn't need a lecture too. She nodded. "Okay, let's put out this baby!"

All three of them ran as fast as they could towards the stream and skidded to a halt before they fell in.

"What do we use to move the water?" Jamie asked.

This question had taken Rosie by surprise. What will they use? She hadn't thought of this. They were busted. Soon enough some one would notice the fire and come running.

"Oh! I don't know!" Rosie threw here hands up in anger. "We're only kids! URGH!"

Just then the stream exploded and water was blast into the air with great force.

"Well… that was weird." Jamie muttered, only just loud enough for Lucius to hear him.

Lucius stared at Rosie, his face full of thought. Rosie couldn't read his expression; she had no idea what he was thinking.

"Do that again?" he asked, still working things out in his head.

"Do what?" Rosie asked, confused.

"The thing where you throw your hands up in the air." Lucius answered as if it were obvious.

Rosie scrunched her eyebrows together. Why did she have to repeat that gesture? "Ok."

Rosie threw her arms up just like she did before. The stream exploded and once again they were showed with water. Rosie was shocked. What had she just done? What does this mean?

"That was coincidental." She blurted out, far too quickly.

Lucius shook his head slowly and thoughtfully. "No, nothing is ever a coincidence."

Rosie folded her arms across her chest. "Are you saying its fate?" She was slightly amused by his comment.

"No. But do you think it was just a coincidence that our families both met on that aeroplane? Was it a coincidence that we both ended up at the same hotel?"

Rosie thought about this. He was right. It couldn't have been a coincidence. But if it wasn't, then what was it? She didn't believe in fate, she never has. Maybe this situation was a little more complex than the parents had told them.

Come to think of it, they hadn't told them anything, well… not really.

It was time to figure out what was going on.

Rosie lifted her hands up as if she were telling people to stand. To her surprise the water from the stream moved with them. Rising up with the movement of her hands.

She then gestured in the direction of the fire. The water moved along with her as she led it to the flames. Rosie then let her hands drop down by her side and the water plummeted down.

It put out the fire instantly. She turned to the boys. They wore faces of astonishment, excitement and amazement. Rosie had only just realized what she'd done. She's moved water, without touching it.

She was right; the situation was a lot more complex than the adults had told them. They were keeping secrets; she didn't like secrets. But they had their own problems at the moment.

Rosie had found out that she was a lot more special then she'd known she was. And she wasn't quite sure whether it was a good thing or bad one….