I ran a hand through my hair, frowning. Something had to be done, but what? I wasn't about to turn the kids into the police having just learned everything that they told me.

"Uh, Quinn?" It was Oliver. I turned to him and nodded for him to continue. He looked down at the ground and scuffed his shoe against it, stirring up a small cloud of dust. Then he looked back up at me. "We'd like to apologize to everyone who has fallen victim to our evil intentions. Especially the lady at the restaurant, Brenda."

I was amazed by it. The fact that they wanted to apologize showed that they obviously felt even a tiny bit of guilt for the way that they had been acting. "Alright." I conceded. "Hop in my car and we'll go over there."

"Quinn?" This time it was KARR, and he sounded urgent. "Can I talk to you for a moment?" The word alone was unspoken, but I could clearly detect it. I went around and hopped inside.

"What is it, KARR?" I asked.

"Are you sure it's... safe... to bring them inside the car? After all, they were trying to destroy me earlier." His valid point made me cringe.

"It will be fine. After all, they don't want to mess with me. As besides, they want to apologize." I said, hoping that it didn't sound like I was trying to defend them. KARR had every right to be suspicious.

"Suuuure." The word was drug out slowly, as if to emphasis that they couldn't be trusted. I opened the door and started to get out.

"I promise," I patted the roof, "I won't let anything happen to you."

"How can you be so sure?" He questioned, and I shrugged as I made my way towards the kids.

"I just know!" I said, and then I turned to the other three. "Alright, hop in."

Aiden and Kyle climbed in, Aiden more eager than he should have been. But Oliver remained, hesitant. I looked at him, curious. "Is it okay with KARR if we ride in him? Ya know, we did try to wreck him." Oliver looked at me and then at KARR.

"He said it was fine, but why don't you ask him?" I motioned to the Trans Am and he nodded, making his way cautiously to KARR.

"Um... KARR? Is it okay if we ride in you? I mean, we understand if you don't want us to, since we tried to wreck you." Oliver asked, scratching his head. Kyle looked mad, while Aiden looked horrified. Why should they lose the chance to ride in a car?

Deep down, the AI was pleased. Very happy, in fact, that at least one of the boys who was to be riding in him, was civilized. "Of course it's fine." He grudgingly admitted, and a ghost of a smile flickered across Oliver's face before he got in. The smile did not go unnoticed by Quinn, who quickly made her way to the driver door and pulled it open. I really had assumed that they were all evil. But now it was clear... It wasn't their fault. It was Eric's. After all, I knew firsthand how manipulative and evil he was.

"Where are we going?" Kyle asked, assuming that they were going to the restaurant, but wanting to make sure.

I gave control to KARR, and then I twisted around in my seat so I could face them. "Well, I decided we'd go back to Brenda's. That way, you all can apologize to her." Then, out of the blue, a question occurred to me. "When Anthony was shooting at you guys, did he shoot at Eric?"

Aiden looked at me and asked, "What makes you assume that Eric was with us when we found James?"

I shrugged, but before I could answer, Kyle replied. "Eric was with us. But now that I think about it..." He hesitated, stroking his chin. "Anthony didn't shoot at Eric. Only us."

"Ohhhh noooo." I groaned, then I cursed. "Eric and Anthony are working together."

"That is extremely bad. Eric alone is dangerous, and Anthony alone is dangerous, but the two of them..." Oliver trailed off and didn't continue, so I did.

"They could be a unstoppable, extremely dangerous, evil force. A reign of terror." I muttered. We pulled in and parked at Brenda's. I hopped out, and so did the three teens. "Alright, let's clear things up with Brenda, or otherwise she's not going to take to kindly to having you three here again."

I reached for the door, but the sound of the safety of a gun being clicked off froze me in my tracks.

"Don't move."

Sorry for not updating sooner. I'm working on a list of songs for this story, a song for each chapter. I'll be done soon, and then I'll post that on here too. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a comment, it's really appreciated and reading them keeps me going.