And nothing happened! Jenny looked like a rabbit in headlights. She just stood and stared. The expression on the preadtors face looked grim. It looked as though its thin, grey cheeks were pulled up and its eyeless face was bright.
It looked as though it was smiling!
"Shit!" Nick said, from the car, and he climbed out, quiickly, completely forgetting the sobbing teenager who was sat beside him.
He could see Jenny shaking as she frantically tried to make the gun work. He had watched this happen before, last time it had been Stephen with a Raptor, this time it was Jenny with a future Predator. It seemed so much worse this time.
"Becker hand me a gun!" Nick called through Beckers widow, and Jenny glanced backwards.
"No, Jenny!" Nick said, grabbing the gun Becker offered as the predator raced towards Jenny with a new burst of speed.
Jenny turned as the creature lunged and Nick pulled his trigger as quick as a flash. Jenny screamed, crouched and threw her hands over her head. Then she heard the shot and a thump.
She glanced up, whimpered and then stood up. She pulled her dress back into place and fought to compose herself.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Nick said, as she turned to face him. His voice was surprisingly soft. She had expected a bolocking!
"I..I couldn't...Couldn't leave her!" Jenny stuttered, motioning towards the car. She could clearly see the girl sobbing her heart out through the untinted windows.
"Who is she?" Nick asked and Jenny looked at him, increludously.
"Well, how the hell am i supposed to know?" She snapped and he looked taken aback and released her from his arms.
"Jenny..."
"Nick, leave me alone for a few minutes, its not your fualt, im over reacting because im stressed!"
"Well, theres still the little reason that we only have eight seats in the car!" He pointed out, and Jenny had to give it to him, it was true. She glanced wildly around and ran over to the nearest car. It was a ford coupe cabriolet in sky blue. She had to admit, even thought she was a woman, if she was obsessed with cars, she'd be obsessed with this one!
She slammed the end of the gun through the only unbroken window and opened the door. The keys were not in the ignition, but Jenny didnt care. She got to her knees and began to twidly with the wires.
She sighed and turned back to Nick.
"Shut your eyes!" She said, slowly.
"What? Why?" He asked, looking wary and she sighed again.
"Because I need to lie on my back to do this and I'm going to have to put my legs up and..." The end of the sentence trailed off as Jenny realised she was being laughed at.
"What?" She demanded, her voice shaking. She was stilll incredibly shook up from the incident.
"I dont know, OK, i'll shut my eyes!" He said, still chuckling as he turned around, though Jenny didn't think any of them were currently in a very funy situaition at the moment!
Jenny shook her head as she lay on her back beaneath the car. She took out her nail scissors and hacked at the wires.
A second later, Nicjk turned around in amament. The car was making a healthy humming noise.
"You're brilliant!" He said, and she blushed heavily. She opened the car door and climbed in. Then she hung her head out of the window and called to him. She had to click her fingers, because his eyes were stuck on the spot where Jennys leg had just vanished.
"Day dreaming, professor?" Jenny teased as he snapped out of his stupor. He smiled at her.
"Go get the girl, get Abby and Connor too!" She added, as though as an after thought.
Nick walked over to the car, slowly, and went to the passanger side. He nocked on the window and the girl opened her eyes. They were bright green. She looked up at him and Nick's heart went out to her, the fear in her eyes was nothing like the fear he felt, it was deep, complete, and Nick could tell what it took her to try and open the door.
Eventually, when all strength seemed to elude her, Connor reached over and opened it for her. It had been locked from the inside.
"You have to come with me," Nick began, "To that car!" The girl looked as though the walk would kill her, and when she stood up, her knees buckled under her. Nick reached and grabbed her before she hit the floor.
"Come, on!" He said, and he nocked her long legs from beneath her and caught her.
"Come on, you two!" He called to Connor and Abby, and they raced to the car.
"Shotgun!" Nick heard Connor call, as he reached the car and Abby glared at him.
"Actually..." Jenny began, as she started to climb out of the car, but then she spotted the teenage girl in Nicks arms. She looked into his face, smiled, and then stepped aside.
"Sorry, Abs, he called it!" She said, going to open the backseat door for Nick.
She watched as Nick lifted the girl into the back seat and then stepped back. Jenny looked at him and he smiled down at her. She stood on her toes and kissed his cheek.
"Thanks for saving me!" She said, happily, and she climbed into the car after the teenage girl, avoiding Nicks gaze.
Nick smiled at Connor, who raised his eyes brows.
"Oooh!" He said, jokingly, and Nick slapped him across the back of the head before going to sit in the drivers seat and switching on the engine.
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Stephanie x