A/N: Sorry for the delay! Here is chapter four and I am now working on chapter five so it should be out sometime this week.
At seven o'clock, when darkness was just setting in, Bullet, Zero, and Ralph got out of the truck and looked around. They left Fixit and Bugler at home.
"This is certainly an enchanting place." Ralph remarked as she looked at the crumbling motel.
"Who cares? We're only looking for people." Zero said. "The building means nothing."
Bullet and Ralph began walked through the door, not even noticing Zero walk to the side.
"Z - hey, where is he?" Bullet asked.
"I don't know." Ralph said, looking around the dingy lobby. "Maybe he's outside."
"Okay, I'm gonna chat up the bellhop." Bullet said. "You look for Zero."
"Okay." Ralph said and went outside. She looked down the street then saw Zero at the corner of the building talking to a woman in skimpy clothing. She rolled her eyes and walked over.
"David!"
"Huh?" Zero asked, looking up. "Oooh, busted."
"Damn right you're busted!" Ralph said, walking over to him and grabbing him by the ear and leading him inside.
"Whipped." They heard the woman mutter.
Once they were back inside the lobby, Ralph smacked him upside the head.
"Why do you always do that?" Zero asked.
"Why were you so chatty with that hooker?" Ralph snapped.
"I was just trying to help the economy." Zero defended.
"Give me a break." Ralph muttered.
"You guys!" Bullet called.
Ralph and Zero walked over to him in silence.
"You mad at him again?" Bullet asked Ralph. Ralph just nodded stiffly. "Okay... anyway, I got us access to the floors, so find someone who seems to be in only for the night."
"Drifters?" Zero asked.
"Yeah." Bullet asked. "Okay, let's go."
They each went separate ways. Bullet took the first floor, Ralph took the second, and Zero took the third.
Ralph walked along the hall, stopping at each door to listen. She stopped at room twenty-five and listened in. A man was talking to someone and Ralph decided to listen in.
"Logan, it's Zane. Pick up the phone." Ralph heard him say. "When you say call at five, I do, and you don't pick up the phone. Great. Well, I couldn't find them. They either aren't in Canada anymore or they are really good at the laying low stuff. I gotta blaze. I'll look for them some more, but I doubt I'll find them. Later."
Ralph heard a cellphone turn off then she heard footsteps. Ralph quickly moved from the door just as it opened.
"Can I help you?" The dark haired, dark eyed man asked.
"Uh... no." Ralph said.
The man gave her a once-over, then walked down the hall in the direction of the lobby. Ralph looked after him. She had gotten some kind of feeling about him, but she couldn't place it.
Bullet was having better luck. He had found a woman willing to make the call... for a price. Bullet found Ralph and they went to the third floor to find Zero, but they couldn't find him.
"Great." Ralph said and leaned against a door with her arms crossed. "I bet he's helping the economy."
"Oh well, it doesn't matter." Bullet said then turned toward the woman and handed her a piece of paper. "We've written down what you have to say. You can have the twenty when you've finished the call."
"Where's the money?" The woman asked. Bullet showed her the bill then they walked to the pay phones in the lobby.
The woman picked up the phone and dialed the number Bullet gave her.
"Now, you're going to get a machine, so just say it naturally into the machine." Bullet instructed. The woman nodded and looked at the paper.
"Hello," The woman said on the phone. "Ms. Smith, this is Billy's aunt. I'm calling to let you know that it is perfectly all right for Billy to be enrolled in the advanced classes. I would love to meet you, but unfortunately I simply have no time. Maybe in the future I can meet you, but I sincerely doubt it. Anyway, I just wanted to call you and let you know that Billy can be enrolled in the classes and I have no questions and I am sure Billy will ask you if he has any. Thank you. Bye."
The woman hung up the phone and turned to Bullet and put out her hand. Bullet handed her the twenty and the woman walked back to her room.
"If Zero doesn't show up soon, we're leaving without him." Ralph said.
"Why do you get so mad at him?" Bullet asked.
"I have no idea. I guess it's the whole 'sibling getting on my nerves' thing." Ralph shrugged and leaned against the wall.
A few minutes later, Zero came barreling into the lobby, being chased by a big beefy man.
"Run! Now!" Zero yelled to Bullet and Ralph as he ran out the door. Bullet and Ralph took his suggestion.
"Do you mind telling us what happened back there?" Ralph asked as they climbed into the truck and Zero hurriedly started the engine.
"Sold him a watch he didn't like." Zero said and looked back. The man came from the building and took out a gun.
"Go!" Bullet exclaimed as the man shot at the car.
Zero sped off down the street.
At seven o'clock, when darkness was just setting in, Bullet, Zero, and Ralph got out of the truck and looked around. They left Fixit and Bugler at home.
"This is certainly an enchanting place." Ralph remarked as she looked at the crumbling motel.
"Who cares? We're only looking for people." Zero said. "The building means nothing."
Bullet and Ralph began walked through the door, not even noticing Zero walk to the side.
"Z - hey, where is he?" Bullet asked.
"I don't know." Ralph said, looking around the dingy lobby. "Maybe he's outside."
"Okay, I'm gonna chat up the bellhop." Bullet said. "You look for Zero."
"Okay." Ralph said and went outside. She looked down the street then saw Zero at the corner of the building talking to a woman in skimpy clothing. She rolled her eyes and walked over.
"David!"
"Huh?" Zero asked, looking up. "Oooh, busted."
"Damn right you're busted!" Ralph said, walking over to him and grabbing him by the ear and leading him inside.
"Whipped." They heard the woman mutter.
Once they were back inside the lobby, Ralph smacked him upside the head.
"Why do you always do that?" Zero asked.
"Why were you so chatty with that hooker?" Ralph snapped.
"I was just trying to help the economy." Zero defended.
"Give me a break." Ralph muttered.
"You guys!" Bullet called.
Ralph and Zero walked over to him in silence.
"You mad at him again?" Bullet asked Ralph. Ralph just nodded stiffly. "Okay... anyway, I got us access to the floors, so find someone who seems to be in only for the night."
"Drifters?" Zero asked.
"Yeah." Bullet asked. "Okay, let's go."
They each went separate ways. Bullet took the first floor, Ralph took the second, and Zero took the third.
Ralph walked along the hall, stopping at each door to listen. She stopped at room twenty-five and listened in. A man was talking to someone and Ralph decided to listen in.
"Logan, it's Zane. Pick up the phone." Ralph heard him say. "When you say call at five, I do, and you don't pick up the phone. Great. Well, I couldn't find them. They either aren't in Canada anymore or they are really good at the laying low stuff. I gotta blaze. I'll look for them some more, but I doubt I'll find them. Later."
Ralph heard a cellphone turn off then she heard footsteps. Ralph quickly moved from the door just as it opened.
"Can I help you?" The dark haired, dark eyed man asked.
"Uh... no." Ralph said.
The man gave her a once-over, then walked down the hall in the direction of the lobby. Ralph looked after him. She had gotten some kind of feeling about him, but she couldn't place it.
Bullet was having better luck. He had found a woman willing to make the call... for a price. Bullet found Ralph and they went to the third floor to find Zero, but they couldn't find him.
"Great." Ralph said and leaned against a door with her arms crossed. "I bet he's helping the economy."
"Oh well, it doesn't matter." Bullet said then turned toward the woman and handed her a piece of paper. "We've written down what you have to say. You can have the twenty when you've finished the call."
"Where's the money?" The woman asked. Bullet showed her the bill then they walked to the pay phones in the lobby.
The woman picked up the phone and dialed the number Bullet gave her.
"Now, you're going to get a machine, so just say it naturally into the machine." Bullet instructed. The woman nodded and looked at the paper.
"Hello," The woman said on the phone. "Ms. Smith, this is Billy's aunt. I'm calling to let you know that it is perfectly all right for Billy to be enrolled in the advanced classes. I would love to meet you, but unfortunately I simply have no time. Maybe in the future I can meet you, but I sincerely doubt it. Anyway, I just wanted to call you and let you know that Billy can be enrolled in the classes and I have no questions and I am sure Billy will ask you if he has any. Thank you. Bye."
The woman hung up the phone and turned to Bullet and put out her hand. Bullet handed her the twenty and the woman walked back to her room.
"If Zero doesn't show up soon, we're leaving without him." Ralph said.
"Why do you get so mad at him?" Bullet asked.
"I have no idea. I guess it's the whole 'sibling getting on my nerves' thing." Ralph shrugged and leaned against the wall.
A few minutes later, Zero came barreling into the lobby, being chased by a big beefy man.
"Run! Now!" Zero yelled to Bullet and Ralph as he ran out the door. Bullet and Ralph took his suggestion.
"Do you mind telling us what happened back there?" Ralph asked as they climbed into the truck and Zero hurriedly started the engine.
"Sold him a watch he didn't like." Zero said and looked back. The man came from the building and took out a gun.
"Go!" Bullet exclaimed as the man shot at the car.
Zero sped off down the street.
