Disclaimer: I do not own I am Number Four or Lorien Legacies. They belong to Pittacus Lore who wrote the book series and D. J. Caruso who directed the 2011 film.

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Chapter Twenty: Rescuing Henri.

"So these Mogadorians are here to kill you then take over my world?" Sam asked after listening to John and Avalon explain to him what was going on; he was still trying to wrap his head around the fact that they were aliens. He had been looking for things like this his entire life and it was what he had been teased about in High School and it was something that he had once shared with his father. John and Avalon nodded their heads, they were sure that they would find Henri before things could take a turn for the worst; Avalon's vision made her uneasy about all of this.

"So my dad was right," Sam exclaimed smiling, he was so relieved to know that his father hadn't been crazy and it gave him hope that they would one day find him again. John looked at Avalon, who shrugged her shoulders not entirely sure what Sam meant; she had known him longer but she was unsure about what was going on.

Sam grinned, he couldn't believe that his father had been right the whole time about this sort of things and that he was sitting in a truck with two of them right now. It wasn't long before they found Henri's truck and Avalon couldn't stop the sinking feeling that she got; she doubted that this was going to end and she feared what John might do.

Sam pulled the truck to the side before they all climbed out and headed towards the truck that was parked in the dark street; it was dark now and Avalon got the feeling like they were being watched. Avalon placed a hand upon the truck before a rush of memories and images assaulted her; she snapped her eyes open and looked at John sadly, her vision certainly hadn't changed.

"He's here," Avalon replied not wanting to tell him what she had seen, it had only confirmed her previous visions about what would happen and she didn't want to have to break his heart with the news.

It was easy for John and Avalon to gain entry into the house and the couple walked quietly through the dark halls trying to find where Henri was being held; they didn't want to find themselves captured as well.

"The basement," Avalon suggested making John nodded before slowly opening the door allowing the pair to slip down the stairs where they found Henri tied to a chair; his face was all cut and bruised from being beaten. John sighed in relief before moving to untie Henri while Avalon stood back and watched a nervous look on her face; she didn't like being here and she could sense that something dangerous lingered in the house.

Henri opened his eyes weakly, his eyes finding John and he knew now that he should have listened to Avalon; he had brought death to them and there was no avoiding that now.

"You shouldn't have come," Henri whispered, his eyes moving to look at Avalon wanting her and John to leave; it had been a trap and he had brought them right into it. John shook his head before he finished untying Henri and carefully helped him to his feet; they had to get moving and they didn't have time to waste. The three jumped in surprise as Sam hurried down the stairs making John open his mouth to scold him, however he stopped when they heard someone walking on the floor above them.

Avalon held her breath as she slowly moved away from the stairs, she felt her heart pound in her chest at the fact that this was actually happening and they were trapped in the basement. The group stood quietly before a man holding Sam's shotgun appeared, he was actually surprised that this had worked and there was no way that he was going to screw this up when there was so much at stake.

"They said you'd come," the man said making Avalon carefully continue to back away from him, she didn't have to guess just who he was talking about when everything was clear as day. John glared at the man before them, he couldn't believe that Henri had been so stupid to come here when it was a trap; he didn't know what Henri had been thinking he would achieve by coming here.

The group were now trapped in the basement away from the door; there was only one way that they would get away from this now. John closed his eyes and took a deep breath as his instincts cried for him to protect Avalon; they all put screamed at him to get her away from this since there was no way that he could lose her again.

Sam glanced at the three Lorics, before turning to face the man who had taken them hostage; he knew that they needed to try something to talk him out of this before it was too late.

"They're lying to you," Sam said making the man turn his attention to him a frown set on his face, he wanted to be some help to his friends; he wanted nothing more than to help them out of the situation that they had landed in. Henri quickly moved forward knocking the gun from the man's hands and punching him in the jaw; it was his fault that they were here and they had to act quickly to escape with their lives.

John stepped forward before he pinned the man to the ceiling with his telekinesis, he wasn't going to let him do something that he was going to regret.

"Sam get Avalon out of here," John ordered remaining focused on the man, he wasn't about to risk the brunette for anything in the world; they had been through enough in the past few months. Sam nodded eagerly before taking her by the hand and leading her out of the basement without any complaints until they reached the garden.

"Get down," Avalon hissed pulling Sam to the ground so that they couldn't be seen; she swallowed staring at the Mogadorian that passed them, her visions were slowly starting to come true. As soon as the Mogadorian was out of sight, the two were quickly on their feet and hurrying towards the truck so that they could get it started; they wouldn't have much time and they needed to act fast.

"This can't be happening," Avalon muttered after the fifth attempt to start the truck, she quickly glanced into the rear-view mirror where she could see John and Henri racing towards them. Her heart was pounding in her chest and Avalon wished that there was something that she could do; the truck still wasn't starting and she had no idea what would come next.

"This isn't going to end well," Avalon whispered making Sam look at her worried before John yanked the door open and climbed in before Henri followed after him. They didn't have much time and the Mogadorians were only going to stay in the house for a few more minutes before they realised that the Garde were escaping.

"Why didn't you start the truck?" Henri asked angrily looking behind them where the leader of the Mogadorians walked towards them; he seemed amused that his prey were sitting in a parked truck panicking. Avalon felt sick and again while Sam tried to start the truck there was nothing, they didn't have time for the truck to pull such a crappy stunt on them now.

"It won't start," Sam said panicking while Avalon started to bite her nails nervously, making John look at her curiously; he didn't know what it was but he knew that she had seen something about what was going to happen. The truck refused to turn over and the longer that it took the closer the Mogadorian commander seemed to get to them.

"John start the truck," Henri ordered glancing at the Mogadorian, he didn't want to sit here like a sitting duck when they had John and Avalon in the truck; both would die quickly if the Mogadorians had their way. John looked at him confused, he didn't know how his Cêpan thought he could start the truck while Sam was sat in the driver's seat and he didn't know much about car engines.

"Start the truck with your telekinesis," Henri snapped spotting the look that Avalon gave him; her prediction was slowly starting to come true and that they needed to get out of there fast. John tried to start the truck using his telekinesis, the first few tries amounted to nothing until he felt Avalon take his hand giving him some comfort before the truck roared to life.

Just as the truck roared to life the Mogadorian leapt onto the front of the truck and slammed its blade through the windshield towards John determined to knock another Garde off the list so they could continue with their plans. After that everything seemed to slow down for the trucks occupants, Henri pushed his body in front of John's and was stabbed protecting him like he had always done.

Sam slammed his foot into the accelerator which lurked the truck forward throwing the Mogadorian from the truck as Avalon used her own telekinesis to push the Mogadorian and its blade from the vehicle. John quickly started to apply pressure to Henri's wound while Avalon told Sam where to go before turning to help with saving Henri.

She stared for a moment at the blood that seemed to be leaking through John's hand and Avalon knew that this was it; she hadn't wanted it to come to this and now they were going to be on their own.

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