CPOV
I looked at Derek who had an amused look on his face and grinned something good had obviously just happened. Tori and Simon came barreling through the door an old and dusty book in hand. "We found the spell!" Simon said bouncing on his toes like a cheerleader I couldn't help but laugh.
Tori started flipping through the pages to a page that had been dog eared. Dust flew up in the air making me start sneezing uncontrollably. No one paid attention to me but instead looked at the book curiously. Derek was examining it as I finally stopped sneezing, I leaned forward. "What's it say?" I asked sniffling.
Derek shook his head, a troubled look on his face. "It's not in English, French, Italian, Spanish, or German. I can't figure out what it says." I looked at him incredulously.
"You know five different languages?"
He nodded. "I had a lot of downtime."
Simon muttered something to low for me to hear but Derek shot him a warning look. "I can read it." Tori said looking at the page.
We all looked at her. "It's Latin I took it for a couple of years. It's not that hard."
"Can you teach it to me, so I can help?" Simon asked looking at her. She shook her head.
"Simon it'll take you a year to learn everything in here, and it's only a one person spell. "
"Okay." Simon said a bit reluctantly. Derek's head shot up after a moment of silence. "What?" Simon asked looking to where his head had turned, which was my window.
"We need to leave, now." His voice had turned rock hard and anger glinted in his eyes. Something was wrong.
We had all dispersed quickly throwing everything that wasn't too heavy in our bags and trying to find anything that could possibly be useful. In five minutes we were all downstairs and heading out the back door quickly. Derek hadn't explained to us what was going on, but we all knew that with him it was do what he said and ask questions later.
He broke out into a run, which we all did to. But we had our backpacks so we were all slower then any of us would've liked but we trucked on ahead. We barley got to the cover of trees when the sounds of slamming car doors and talking drifted to us.
Derek moved faster and we went as fast as we could but it still seemed like we were turtles or slugs, whichever. I didn't hear anything but Derek dove for cover yelling at us to do the same, we quickly complied. I dove into the first bush I saw which was prickly and hurt. I hit the ground on my stomach which knocked the wind out of me but I didn't move, I didn't even whimper because when I fell I'd twisted my ankle. I held my breath.
I crawled army style out of the bush and hid behind it scanning the ground for anyone, only seeing Derek. He looked over at me his eyes filled with concern and motioned for me to crawl quietly over to him. .
I slowly crawled over cursing the pain the came every time I moved. Why did I have to be weak and get hurt every time something like this happened? It was really starting to piss me off. He started rummaging through his backpack and taking a few items out, ones that seemed they would prove useful and were light that were easy to carry. I did the same only finding a small flash light and my switch blade. Good enough.
"Leave your pack here." He whispered zipping his up and tossing it to the side, I followed suit. "This is going to be just like last time," he whispered. "We're going to do the same drill, but make sure you get to the road. It's a couple miles away; I'm going to whistle twice when I see that it's alright to go, okay?"
I merely nodded scared for all of us. "Tori and Simon have already split up and are hopefully wreaking havoc on whoever happens upon them. Please be careful." His eyes were filled with love and concern that made my heart hurt.
The sun had long ago set, and it was so dark that you could barley see your hand in front of your face. But his eyes shined so brightly my heart not only hurt but thumped loudly in my chest. I nodded, and put the flashlight in my pocket the switch blade heavy in my hand.
We laid there on our stomachs staring into each other's eyes for what could have only been a minute but felt like an eternity. Derek put his forehead against mine and I could smell his earthy scent. I inhaled deeply and did my best to smile at him. He put his lips to mine gently at first then it turned hungrily. I was in a state of bliss that I knew couldn't last long. When we finally parted our breathing had turned ragged. He kissed me gently again and got up in a crouch. I could barley see the white of his t-shirt that hugged his muscles and made him look impossibly sexy.
Eventually I lost all sight of him, so I turned my attention to my surroundings. Only I could hardly see them because of the darkness. I heard the sharp crack of a tree branch breaking underneath someone's weight and immediately I flattened myself even further into the ground. I could breathe in the scent of the earth.
A radio buzzed. "Alpha team to beta team, do you copy?"
"Yes, alpha team. Find them yet?"
It buzzed back. "No, we're still looking, have you found the Souza boy yet or the Saunders girl?"
"No, but you better by sunrise or else we all get to hear the shit from Davidoff."
"Yeah, I know. Beta team out."
I held my breath and tried to noiselessly move myself closer to the cover of the tree Derek had dove behind. A stick cracked underneath me and instantly I froze and it felt as though my heart stopped beating. I couldn't see the person who sounded like a male considering their voice was deep and there was someone next to him, but they didn't speak.
The footsteps stopped. "Did you hear that?" The man asked.
A woman answered. "It was just an animal, but come on we don't have time to screw around with animals tonight." The footsteps started again and headed in the direction Derek had gone. My heart fluttered slightly but he would hear, smell, and see them before they could even move a muscle so I pushed it away. I wouldn't do any good to Derek dead, so making sure he was okay would only piss him off. I didn't want to deal with him pissed off, especially not now.
Once the footsteps faded away completely I crouched up and grabbed the minnie flashlight and my bag. I grabbed the dark blue hoodie I had also grabbed from the bag and slid it on carefully. I didn't want to be risked being seen. I pushed myself to my feet. Alright, now we just wait for his whistle. Easier said then done.
I waited jumping at every sound I heard, even the wind. Again and again I chided myself for such childish behavior, but I couldn't risk getting caught not now. He whistled like he did last time, louder then necessary. I rolled my eyes and started off the way he directed me hiding every spot I could and scoping out the places I would plan to walk. I couldn't risk being stupid either.
I worried about going in circles, because that would've been just my luck to, so when I couldn't take it any longer I picked up the pace almost sprinting. I stopped behind a tree and knelt down to catch my breath, a flash of movement caught my eye and I stood bolt right up. I looked at the tree and checked any place I could climb; I'd done it before why not again? There was nothing.
My blood pumped in my ears and my heart went in overdrive. I looked for a place, any place that wouldn't leave me standing in the open. Turning around frantically I was tackled to the ground with an "ooof". I didn't think I didn't even wait to be able to breathe; I started flailing trying to get out from under the weight. "Chloe, calm down it's me." Simon whispered in my ear. My heart started to slow.
He rolled off of me and stood up offering his hand which I gladly took and let him pull me to my feet. "Next time," I huffed. "Don't tackle me."
I swear I saw a smile on his face. "Sorry, but I couldn't risk you screaming."
I narrowed my eyes and suddenly felt like Tori. "So you tackle me?" Wait where's Tori? I didn't let him answer the question. "What happened to Tori?"
I saw him shrug. "We got split up but don't worry she's probably fine. Where's Derek?"
"You know throwing himself into danger for everyone else's sake. The usual." I think I was so tired and slap-happy that I found this funny. "So he's probably around and about, up and down, around the corner, over and under, or along the way."
"Chloe?" Simon asked coming up to me and putting his hand gently to my forehead. "Are you feeling okay?"
I ducked away from under his hand. "Yes, I'm fine. Someone needs to go find Tori." I told him changing the subject.
We looked at each other until I won the mental argument. "Fine, I'll go find her." He huffed and started off at a slow jog.
"Be safe." I called quietly after him. Was it selfish that I hadn't wanted him to come along with me? He'd just have ended up slowing me down. I owed it to Derek for all of us not to get killed; Simon being with me would probably get us both killed. Tori could protect him better then I could.
I set off again into the deep, dark, unknown.
Authors note
Alright, so hear is one of the last chapters. There won't be any more then four left. I had gotten far with this chapter and you would've gotten it a lot faster had I not scrapped my first idea. But this is much better then the other and hopefully you guys will enjoy it as much as I did writing it. The book I'm writing is coming along really well and I've been writing that a lot, reading a few new series that I am in love with, doing stuff for school, picking out my classes for next year, and tons of soccer. Those are my excuses for not having written in a while. R&R:)
-Hope-
