Kit looked around, "What's going on?"

"The Edison guys who survived from the facility came to retaliate," Simon said as he pulled to the side of the road.

"I know," Kit said. "I mean what's going on here. Where's Derek?"

"At Tess'," I said.

Kit sat up straighter, "What?! We are going back for him now."

"We can't," Tori joined the conversation. "Matt told Chloe that there's too many Edison people. He was trying to save as many of us as he could."

"We are going back," Kit demanded.

"Derek will be fine, he knows how to hold his own," Simon said. "We'll hear from him soon I bet. He'll find Tess' cell phone and call you."

Kit did not like the situation or the fact his son was taking charge over him.

"He has Matt and Elijah," I said. "He's not alone."

I was pretty sure they both had cell phones too. It was only a matter of time before we heard from them. They were skilled fighters, there was no way they would lose. I closed my eyes and pulled on Liz and Kyle and while others continued talking. After a moment, they appeared in the seat beside me.

"You guys look like crap," Kyle looked at us. "What happened?"

I didn't care about the others overhearing me or looking weird talking to an empty seat.

"Can you two go back to the house?" I asked. "We need to know what's going on there."

Liz nodded, "Let me go there and Kyle stay here. I can find my way back easier looking for him."

I nodded. She disappeared. I should have asked her how long it was going to take to go there and back.

"Liz?" Simon asked.

"Yeah," I nodded. "She can go back and check on the situation for us."

Kit seemed a little more relaxed by this, he hated not knowing. The others started discussing what we needed to do now and I looked over Tess and Jeremy. Tess had taken a blow to the head that had knocked her out but I think she will be okay. I couldn't make out any other serious injuries like broken bones. She mainly had bruises from defending herself against her attacker.

Jeremy was awake but not participating in the conversation. He looked like his main focus right now was trying not to throw up. I moved closer to him and put my hand against his forehead, he was warm but not quite feverish.

"You just had to pick now to be sick, didn't you?" I grinned at him.

Jeremy chuckled, "You know me, got to be the center of attention."

I looked him over for any wounds and he just shook his head.

"I didn't fight at all; I just hid in the basement."

"Well you're in no condition to fight," I pointed out. I didn't want him to feel useless or like a burden.

Jeremy glanced to make sure the others were focused on their own conversation not ours before he asked a question. Kyle was listening to us but that didn't matter. He already knew, not that Jeremy knew about me telling them.

"How long is this going to last?" He asked. "I feel like I'm dying."

I brushed sweaty hair from his eyes, "You've only been sick for what two days? Give it a week-ish and you will be fine."

"Thanks," he said. "And thanks for coming back for me. For all of us."

"Of course," I smiled.

"Hey," Simon pulled us back into the main conversation. "The plan is to lay low at the park up the road until we hear from them or Liz. There's a motel nearby if we need to stay the night but I doubt it'll take that long for one of them to get back to us."

"What are we going to do if they've been taken?" I asked worried.

Kit shook his head, "I doubt that they would do that if they were here for retaliation. There's no point in taking hostages when you know that we are coming for them. They've taken you kids how many times? I'm sure they've learned their lesson."

"You better pray that you're right," Tori mumbled under her breath.

Simon drove us up the road to the park. There were not a lot of people here, just a few families. We stayed in the car for a while until Tess stirred and then went to the bathrooms to get cleaned up. It would be stupid to be walking around here bloody. Once we were walking to the bathrooms, I noticed that Tori had a small backpack with her that she was keeping very close. I wondered if she managed to grab her spell book before chaos erupted.

Simon and I were the first to step out of the bathrooms. Except for Kyle who waited outside them. I could tell Simon wanted to say something but didn't know how.

"Out with it," I said.

Simon sighed, "You haven't questioned how I was able to use a big spell on you back at the house."

"Oh," I laughed nervously. "I guess it didn't cross my mind."

Simon shook his head, "No. Liz told you what was going on, didn't she?"

I tried to give him a look of confusion in response. Simon shook his head; he wasn't buying it.

"Fine," I sighed. "Yeah, she did. I wasn't going to say anything though. Didn't seem like it was my business."

Simon's lips curled into a small smile; he was happy that I wasn't jumping down his throat for what they did.

"Thanks," he said.

I nodded, "No problem."

I glanced around looking for Liz, Kyle was doing his best to stay close to me so she could make it back easy. I wanted to summon her back but worried that maybe she hadn't gotten there yet and I'd be inconveniencing her and making it take longer.

Correct me if I'm wrong, it can be easy to forget/miss characters when you've got so many.

At the house we have: Derek, Matt, Elijah, Lauren, Liz

At the park/car we have: Chloe, Tori, Simon, Kit, Jeremy, Tess, Kyle