dont own RTWM or the characters only Kelly and Zack

Chapter 14

Zack

Okay so here I am walking down the side of the highway with my thumb out and my duffel bag slung over my shoulder. My calves and thighs are burning and shouting in protest and the zipper to my bags digging into my collarbone. My feet hurt and I'm soaked, oh did I mention the rains pummeling down on my back. Put all this together with the fact that my little sister's been kidnapped by a group of whacked up psychos, and today's looking to be a really crappy day.

That jerk! I think replaying the scene over in my head again.

The fires crackling in the background and I'm sitting legs crossed on the ground, long stick in my hand, and sausage on the end of that. Waiting for it to cook / burn depending on which comes first.

I got Jana, my girlfriend, sitting curled up on my chest and my mates on the log to my right, mucking round with the tent pegs.

My leg starts to ring and vibrate so I shift around so I can pull my phone outta my pocket. "Hello", I say into the mouthpiece. "Zack is that you"? I hear my mother's teary voice say on the other end. I sit up straighter, instantly alert.

"What's wrong? Is it Dad? Is everything okay"!

There's a slight hesitation on the other end before I hear mum start to sob and I hear the phone crackle as its passed to a different pair of hands. "Zack, son you still there?" Dad's strong voice asks. "Yeah still here" I say, worry starts to take over, as I shift Jana off my lap and stand up, moving a few meters away ignoring Jana's question whether I'm alright

"Dad what's going on"? I ask.

He doesn't waste any time, and replies straight away. "It's your sister" he says a slight catch in his voice when he says the last word. Kelly!

"What's wrong with Kelly? Is she okay?" I gasp out. My heart starting to pound faster and faster. Not Kelly!

I knew about her sneaking out to go to parties, what if some idiot had too much to drink?

Dad finally replied. "It's bad son. It's real bad. It's the same men who hurt.. my 'Cab Passengers'." I felt a shiver run up my spine, I knew all about dad's 'Cab Passengers', knew the code word, knew the story. Knew everything.

" is she?.." I break off unable to finish the sentence.

"No, we don't think so. We hope not. All we know is that they took her and that she's at 'destination hostile'." Dad's voice said using the code word for Witch Mountain. The shiver down my spine turned into a full tremble. That place is evil, and Kelly is there!

"I'm coming home"! I said. I could hear dad's sigh of relief from the other end.

" That's good son, your mum really needs you at the moment. And out of all of us. You've got the best aim". Despite all the bad things that had just been said, I managed a half smile at dads compliment slash statement.

"We're not going to move in to hostile camp until midnight tomorrow". I heard the gruffness in his voice and knew he was struggling not to give into his fear.

" Alright dad, ill be home by noon". Then I hung up.

Not even pausing to take in this information I turned to Michael the guy who'd driven us here. "Oi bro I need to get home, now!" I said already starting towards my tent to pack my duffel. I'd already stuffed half the contents in before I heard his reply.

"No!" I turned sharply. He had stood up and was a few steps behind me. "I'm not taking you home, it'll take all night to drive home. Then I have to drive back. And I'm planning on having some fun tonight. No I'm staying right here, so, so are you!"

Fury boiled up in my chest. "Man this is serious! I need to get home," I said struggling to keep my cool.

He shrugged and sat back down. I shoved the other stuff into my bag and slung it onto my shoulder. "Dude I'm not joking I need to be home" I said a final time, leaving he words hanging in the air.

Jana stood up. "Zack, baby. Have a little fun. Don't worry about what's going on at home. You're here, I'm here, there's no parents, we have a big tent all to ourselves. Just forget everything else" She said sliding her hands around my waist.

I grabbed her hands and removed them from around me.

"for one, that wouldn't be happening! And two, I'm going home I've made up my mind and that's final. You want to stay here that's fine, stay. But I'm leaving" I looked purposely at Michael, waiting for him to get up.

But he remained seated and just shook his head, "then your walking home mat. Cause I'm not taking you".

I glared at him. Then at Jana who was trying desperately to stand on her tip- toes and kiss me, obviously trying to change my mind about the whole big tent to ourselves thing.

I pushed her away from me holding her at arms length. "Fine"

I walked away from them ignoring the yells from the guys and the wines from Jana.

A few meters away from the camp as I'm just getting onto the highway, I reach into the front pocket of my duffel, and pull out my hunting knife, sheathing it in the side of my boot concealed beneath my trousers, ready for whatever's going to happen from now on.

I'm brought out of my memory, by a car horn. I stand back as the car swerves to the side of the road. I sigh with relief happy to finally be out of this rain.

The passenger door swings open and a man hangs out. "Need a ride"?

"Yeah thanks man, you have no idea how grateful I am. This rain sorta screws up a good morning" I hop into the back seat gratefully, reveling in the plush leather that seems to shift to suit my needs.

I look down into my duffel as the car start to move down the road.

"So where you headed Zack"? The driver asks

I look up for just a second, "ah umm, just head towards Vegas, and ill tell you when to turns off".

I shift a few pieces of clothing around going to grab a chocolate bar at the bottom of my bag, when it hits me. "Wait how do you know my name"! But before I can do anything , something hits the back of my bent head and I slump forward into the back of the front seat.

Kelly

I watch cautiously as the man called Henry paces in front of me talking on his phone. Suddenly he smiles an evil sort of grin. And turns to me hanging up and pinning me with this sort of evil smile. A few minutes later, another person with a needle approaches me. I struggle to move away but I'm strapped securely to the table.

When I wake up, I'm in another room. With another person strapped to the bed opposite me, a bag covering their head. Henry turns, as I mutter, where am I?

"Oh so she wakes up, at last. I told you I was going to get revenge. And now I have double the revenge to take out on your father. Jack Bruno". He whips the bag off the still figures head.

"Zack?"

Okay what do you think i updated quickly, and i tried to make it a little longer. I hope you liked it, it only took me about 2-3 hours to write cause i got really into it. but yeah anyway at the end of the day, its your vote that counts. :) Mikki out