Chapter ten
They jumped from the back of the van and it exploded as they ran. Sarah, John, and Alan were all blown over from the blast. They stumbled up and kept running out of the parking lot, past Joseph (who yelled something at them), and down the road, until Alan's watched beeped again. The man appeared in hologram form and Alan spat at him.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Alan yelled.
"Of course not, Alan," the man said, "We don't want you dead."
"Then WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Alan screamed.
"Us," Sarah's necklace glowed as she stepped forward. She put her hand on Alan's wrist.
"But mostly you," she added, "Not dead though. He'd be happy to kill anyone else to get to you though. He's been after you for your entire life. I should no, I've been there! It wasn't a pleasant experience."
"Thanks Ms. Parks," Alan said sarcastically, "That was so helpful."
"Do you know his name?" Sarah Parks taunted.
"No," Alan said.
"He only knows me as X," the man in the hologram said, "And I'd like to keep it that way."
"Yeah?" Sarah said, "Well I wouldn't! His name is Alec."
"Well," Alan said, "Stop hunting me, Alec!"
"No thank you," Alec said, "it's to much fun!"
The hologram flickered away.
"Knowing his name wasn't exactly helpful, Ms. Parks," Alan said.
"It's better than 'X', which is the lamest thing I've ever heard," Sarah said.
"That's all I had to call him," Alan said.
"You came up with it?" Sarah laughed, "It's lame, Smith."
"Don't call me by my last name," Alan marched down the street.
"That was interesting," Charlie said.
"Told you I'd turn again," Sarah slapped John on the back of the head, "Didn't she?"
"Yeah," John rubbed his head.
"Glad I didn't turn then, you'd have been thrown through the hotel wall if I had," Sarah followed Alan.
"Cheerful," John said sarcastically.
