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"Characters Speaking"
Characters Thinking
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~~~Chapter Five~~~


~~~Previous~~~


"That's impossible," Jack whispers, staring at all the floating objects.

"No, it quite possible, on our planet as well as yours. You don't do it because you haven't learned to use your full brain capacity." Sara points out.

"No, I don't do it because it's kind of creepy, and I would like you to stop," Jack whispers, freaking out. Sara drops her hand, and everything fell back into their original places. Jack lets out a sigh and relaxes.

"Jack Bruno!" Sara shouts. We look in front of us to see two blue lights zooming towards us. Jack reaches down to start the car, but it wouldn't turn on. Seth's arm tightens around my waist and I tighten my hold on Teddy.

"Come on. Come on! Start…start!" Jack mutters angrily as the lights got closer.

HOOOOOOOONNNNNNNKKKKKKKKK!

All of us sigh and relaxed, as the semi-truck rolled past. And of course, this time the car starts. I settle back down at Seth's neck and close my eyes, quickly falling asleep.


~~~Present~~~


I wake up in the exact same position as before. "Iris Potter-Black, we are here," Sara says, shaking me awake.

"Iris," I correct her, but I know that it probably won't make much a difference. I gently get off Seth's lap and stretch my arms over my head. I look to see that we were at some sort of repair shop.

"Hello?" Jack calls out, looking for another person that could help us with the cab, which looks really bad. It looks like it has been hit by a bulldozer. "Anyone here?"

"We're closed," A voice calls out. Jack and I look behind us, finding the owner of the voice, a greasy man sitting behind a dusty, crowded desk. He looked half asleep and was irritated by being woken up.

"Yes, we know, but we've experienced a little bit of car trouble and we were hoping you could-" Jack says before being cut off.

"Well, we're still closed," He replies. "You should experience your car trouble when we're open."

Really? Is he being serious right now? Sara?

"Well, I'll work on that next time," Jack says, losing his patience. "This time, I really need you too-."

"Jack Bruno," Sara interrupts. "The only thing that will convince Eddie Cortez to reopen for business will be a significant amount of money."

Eddie gets off his chair and walked towards us, suspicion on his face. "Hey, wait a minute. Do I know you?" He asks looking at Sara strangely.

"No, no, absolutely not," Jack stammers, moving to step out in front of the three of us. "You don't know them from anywhere," Jack says before changing the subject. "I'll pay you double your rate." Eddie looks at Jack surprised and sarcastically asks for triple. Jack shoves the wad of bills into Eddie's hands. "Done."

Eddie moved to the cab and looked it up and down. "What'd you do, get in a fight with a rhinoceros?" He asks incredulously. "Poor rhino." Jack burst out laughing and so do the twins, though it sounded a bit forced. I pat Seth's arm to get his attention and this causes them to stop laughing. Eddie whistled. "Man, I don't even know where to start with this baby."

"You can start by replacing the front shocks and the tirades, patch up the radiator, fix the exhaust and of course, tires if you have them," I said, gaining surprised looks from everyone in the shop. "What? Pa had mechanical knowledge."

"You've got one hour," Jack adds before turning to the three of us. "Who's hungry?"

The only place that was opened was Ray's, a little restaurant. There were loads of people in western attire on the dance floor while the band was playing a country song that I don't recognize. We weaved through the crowd to find an empty table. I watched as the twins watch the dancing with interest.

Once we got a table and quickly sit down, Sara next to Jack and me next to Seth. My free hand was resting on my knee and to my surprise, Seth places his hand on top of mine. Sara turns to look at Jack. "I hope you do not act upon your thoughts of making a fast break for the back door, taking Iris and Teddy and escaping Stony Creek, never to look back at us again."

I glare at him. "Jack!" Seth's hand tightening on mine, also glaring.

"H-How do you know that?" Jack asks, looking at Sara and Seth. Seth leans forward slightly but doesn't let go of my hand.

"My sister also has the girl of telepathy; she can read the thoughts of those nearest to her." Seth points out.

"Really? Well, you can tell your sister that here on Earth, reading minds, very rude. Don't do that." Jack says. I couldn't help rolling my eyes. Not like she can control it.

A waitress walks over, handing out menus and waters before reaching for straws in her apron. "Hey, guys. Welcome to Ray's! My name's Tina and I'm going to be your server." Her gaze moved over the three of us, studying us with curiosity. "Wow, look at the three of you."

"Uh, w-what do you mean 'look at the three of them?' I mean, uh, t-they look like three innocent, all-American kids," Jack stammers.

She holds up her hand. "Well they look like they just rolled around in a pig pen right before dinner, is all."

"Evening, Tina!" An older policeman says, nodding in her direction.

She smiles."Evening Sheriff Anthony, your table's waiting for you." Tina motions to a large booth in the back. The six policemen walked over there, passing our table in the process. "I'm gonna send you a round of Frito fries," She adds once they sat. The Sheriff nods. "Sounds good. Now," She turns back to look at us. "Why don't you three come with me and I can get ya'll cleaned up. Yeah?"

I nod and stand with Sara and Seth following. "Hurry back," Jack warns as we walk away.

After getting cleaned up we walked back over to the table, where Jack was just hanging up on a phone call. He places his elbows on the table and leans forward with a sigh. "You know, I think it would be-"

"-best for everyone is Seth and I found another ride?" Sara asks, cutting Jack off.

"Seriously, you gotta stop doing that," Jack says annoyed.

"Jack Bruno, it is understandable that you are scared and confused considering all that's occurred today-." Sara starts.

"I'm not scared," Jack interrupts. "J-just a little confused," He stutters, seeing me raise an eyebrow. "But the bottom line is, you guys n-need someone fro-from NASA or the Air Force, not me."

"If you abandon us now, our mission will be in serious jeopardy," Sara admits desperately causing guilt to fill Jack's eyes. "Hey look, I'm just trying to be honest here, okay? I'm the wrong guy."

"A wise human once said 'you are what you think you are,'" Sara quoted, carefully studying Jack actions.

Jack frowns. "Yeah, well why don't you find that guy and ask him?"

"It was the Buddha. He is unavailable." Seth says.

"How is it that beings on your planet can be so large in form, yet feel so small inside?" Sara places her hand on Jack's. "Maybe you need help too, Jack Bruno."

Tina arrives and placed down our food. "All right, Ray's deluxe burgers, a side of fries, and a couple of cokes, the best this side of Stony Creek. Eat up, kids!" Jack didn't eat, he didn't even look at his food. I dug in and Sara and Seth soon followed.

Jack glances around the restaurant, just before his phone rings. He put it to his ear. "Dominic, I told you already-" He stops mid-sentence, surprised. He stands from the table after gesturing towards the window. "Who is this?" We sit there and watch as Jack peered through the shades on the windows, still talking into his phone while occasionally glancing back at us.

"They're here for us, aren't they?" Sara asks as she stands as Jack get closer to the table. Seth pulls me to my feet at the same time. Jack looks as if he was going to lie to us, but he sighs and agrees. He turns around and walks over to the policemen's table.

"I knew it," Seth says, pulling me closer to his side as Jack tapped on the Sheriff's arm. "We have to run," He tugged on my arm, but I stayed where I was along with Sara watching Jack. After a few seconds, he turns and gestures us to his side. I immediately walk over with Sara, Seth following behind us.

"Come on. Come on."

We mix into the crowd of people, watching the entrance warily as several men in black suits wailed into the restaurant, gaining everyone's attention. Jack pulls us further to the front exit, trying to leave without gaining their attention.

The band music came to a halt at the same time everyone freezes in place when they realize the Stony Creek's policemen were holding guns at the other men. "This is not good," Jack mutters, turning us back around only to see Tina, who was standing right behind us.


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