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A/N: Hello again. Did you forget about me? Sorry I took so long updating. We started back at school and I had heaps of course work to do, plus panto season has started in the village, so I've been busy acting my nights away. I know that it's not really a good excuse and I'll try and up date sooner in future. Plus I'll be encouraged if I get reviews. Deal? Talking about review, thanks to all who reviewed the last chapter: chocolatechipcookies777, Gabs, AME, tennischickGGEA, Rachel. Special thanks to Dream Writer 4 Life for proofreading this for me. Only one more chapter to go and I've revealed the identity of one of the characters. So please R&R and Enjoy!!! - Bex
Cas' nightmare was coming true; she was turning into her parents. Not only did she look left and right before she crossed a road, but she looked behind as well. She was unsettled and nervous, her senses on full alert. She was being paranoid, but not without good reasons. She was worried about herself and her baby. She was worried about what might happen if the people who were hunting her found her. But she refused to be like her father and let her paranoia push everyone away.
Her whole body ached from exhaustion. She kept reminding herself that she would be in Canada by tonight. She wouldn't be alone when she got there; she'd already had a friend. She would start a new life. Her child would have the life that she had, but lost. They would be a happy family, living a normal life. This last thought reminded her of how her family used to be.
*Flashback*
The snow covered the ground like a thick, white blanket of glistening light. It wasn't the first time that she'd seen it, but her young mind couldn't recall any memory of it before now. It was new and exciting to her, causing her eyes to light up like a child on Christmas Day.
She ignored all the warnings and ran straight outside. She wandered around in the ice-cold wind, taking no notice of the painful chill on her bare arms. Instead she played in the snow, fascinated by it.
A few days later she was in bed, ill. They couldn't help, but point out that they had told her so, although they were sympathetic all the same. They stayed at her side, reading and talking to her, nursing her back to health. Her mother used to sit by her bed and sing her to sleep. It was a sound that she would ache to hear when she was older. But they were together. A perfect family. A memory from some forgotten dream.
She didn't realise that it was all about to end, when they left that night. She didn't know that her life would be shattered and everything would change. She didn't know, as she snuggled asleep, that her perfect family would soon go up in smoke.
*End Flashback*
The car jolted to a holt, causing Cas to wake with a start. Everything was blurry. She groggily wiped the sleep from her eyes.
"Are we here?" She yawned, still lost in a daze.
Emma said nothing. Here eyes were fixed on the steering wheel in front of her.
"Emma?" Cas asked, but she still got no response.
It dawned on Cas that something wasn't right. Cas looked slowly out of the window, which had raindrops trickling down the glass. They were on a small bridge, surrounded by trees, in the middle of nowhere. This wasn't Canada. Alarm bells were blaring inside Cas' head.
"Emma? What's going on?" there was a hint of panic in her voice.
"I'm sorry," Emma apologised, her gaze never leaving the steering wheel, "I never wanted it to be this way. I wish...I don't...I'm so sorry, Cas."
"Emma, you're scaring me now." Cas couldn't keep the panic out of her voice now. "You're sorry for what? What's going on? Where are we?"
"She would have killed me if I didn't hand you over. You know I said that we all had something to hide? Well, people are after me too. She promised that she would give me a new identity and life in exchange..." She hesitated; her voice was ridden with guilt, "In exchange for you."
These words took a second to sink in. Emma had betrayed her. Just like everyone else. Why hadn't she trusted her gut feeling that there wasn't something right about her? She stared at Emma in horror and disgust.
A black car drove down the small, isolated road and parked a few metres behind them. Two men step out into the pouring rain. One of them was the man with the scarred face. The other one was dressed in a dull trench coat and hat, so his identity was hidden from her. She began to struggle, as she was gripped by fear, desperately trying to get out of her seat belt.
"Don't," Emma ordered softly. "It'll do you no good. There is no use struggling, you won't be able to get out."
But Cas struggled none the less. She was determined to escape. Emma turned to face her. Her face was covered with guilt and tears were forming behind her eyes.
"I so sorry, Cas," Her voice broke. "Truly I am."
She leapt up from her seat and exited the car into the cold, wet night.
"Emma! EMMA!" Cas screamed at her Judas, half in anger, half begging her to help.
Cas tried again and again and again to free herself, but it was no good. No matter how much she tugged and pulled at the belt, it remained fastened.
Cas then saw it glimmering in the dim light, like a small ray of hope. A small pocket-knife lay on the floor, on the driver's side. She loosened her seat belt as much as possible and shuffled herself forward. She lay sideways and stretched her arm towards the knife. It ached with the strain, but she kept on stretching. Her fingers brushed past the cold metal, but it was no good, it was out of her reach.
"No," She moaned in frustration.
Her small ray of hope was quickly snuffed out. Instead she was forced to watch her fate unroll. She couldn't hear what 'Emma' and the men were saying, but she could lip read. It was one of her many hidden talents.
"You're late," Scar-Face stated.
"Sorry. Heavy traffic," 'Emma' snapped.
"Where is she?" The other man asked.
'Emma' nodded towards the car.
"What's...what's going to happed to her?" 'Emma' asked concerned.
"What's it to you, Anna?" Scar-Face laughed.
Anna looked down at the floor.
"Don't worry. She'll be in good hands. Nothing bad will happen to her," The other man promised. "I have to admit that I was worried for a while that you weren't going to keep your end of the bargain. I thought that maybe she'd worked out that you were talking to me on the phone and not your 'brother'."
Anna shook her head.
"I was worried that she wasn't going to trust me after your oaf attacked her," She snapped.
"I didn't attack her. Anyway, I wouldn't have been sent to collect her if the boss didn't think that you were going to let her go. You got to emotionally attached to her. It wasn't smart. It clouded your judgement and makes you want to do the morale thing," Scar-face snapped back.
"At least it was better then trying to strangle her," Anna spat. "What part of 'bring her back alive' didn't you understand?"
"I was only was going to do until she passed out."
"Oh really. And it didn't occur to your thick head that it might have caused her serious damage, not to mention the baby!"
The other man raised his hands before the bickering could progress any further.
"Well, Miss Espinosa, your job here is done. Or should I say Miss Elizabeth Knight."
He handed Anna a passport, cash and some other documents. She snatched them and got in the car.
"Take Miss Knight to the airport," He ordered Scar-Face.
Scar-Face nodded and got into the car. The other man watched the car speed away and then slowly turned to face Cas' car and began to head towards it.
Cas began to panic more. She desperately tried again to get out. Tears forming in her eyes from the frustration.
'Come one. Come on. Come on,' She silently begged.
But the belt remained fastened, trapping her in the car. She watched in despair, as the man reached the car. He slowly opened the door and slid in next to her. He removed his hat, revealing soaked blond hair. She stared in shock at the face that she knew all too well.
"Uncle Liam?"
A/N: Dun, dun, da!! So they you have it, Emma's true identity. Congrats to all who guess correctly. Now the big question is left: Who is Cas? I've also decided to throw in 'Uncle Liam', any guesses who it is? All will be revealed in the next chapter, so please review, cos it's the only way your getting it!
A/N: Hello again. Did you forget about me? Sorry I took so long updating. We started back at school and I had heaps of course work to do, plus panto season has started in the village, so I've been busy acting my nights away. I know that it's not really a good excuse and I'll try and up date sooner in future. Plus I'll be encouraged if I get reviews. Deal? Talking about review, thanks to all who reviewed the last chapter: chocolatechipcookies777, Gabs, AME, tennischickGGEA, Rachel. Special thanks to Dream Writer 4 Life for proofreading this for me. Only one more chapter to go and I've revealed the identity of one of the characters. So please R&R and Enjoy!!! - Bex
Cas' nightmare was coming true; she was turning into her parents. Not only did she look left and right before she crossed a road, but she looked behind as well. She was unsettled and nervous, her senses on full alert. She was being paranoid, but not without good reasons. She was worried about herself and her baby. She was worried about what might happen if the people who were hunting her found her. But she refused to be like her father and let her paranoia push everyone away.
Her whole body ached from exhaustion. She kept reminding herself that she would be in Canada by tonight. She wouldn't be alone when she got there; she'd already had a friend. She would start a new life. Her child would have the life that she had, but lost. They would be a happy family, living a normal life. This last thought reminded her of how her family used to be.
*Flashback*
The snow covered the ground like a thick, white blanket of glistening light. It wasn't the first time that she'd seen it, but her young mind couldn't recall any memory of it before now. It was new and exciting to her, causing her eyes to light up like a child on Christmas Day.
She ignored all the warnings and ran straight outside. She wandered around in the ice-cold wind, taking no notice of the painful chill on her bare arms. Instead she played in the snow, fascinated by it.
A few days later she was in bed, ill. They couldn't help, but point out that they had told her so, although they were sympathetic all the same. They stayed at her side, reading and talking to her, nursing her back to health. Her mother used to sit by her bed and sing her to sleep. It was a sound that she would ache to hear when she was older. But they were together. A perfect family. A memory from some forgotten dream.
She didn't realise that it was all about to end, when they left that night. She didn't know that her life would be shattered and everything would change. She didn't know, as she snuggled asleep, that her perfect family would soon go up in smoke.
*End Flashback*
The car jolted to a holt, causing Cas to wake with a start. Everything was blurry. She groggily wiped the sleep from her eyes.
"Are we here?" She yawned, still lost in a daze.
Emma said nothing. Here eyes were fixed on the steering wheel in front of her.
"Emma?" Cas asked, but she still got no response.
It dawned on Cas that something wasn't right. Cas looked slowly out of the window, which had raindrops trickling down the glass. They were on a small bridge, surrounded by trees, in the middle of nowhere. This wasn't Canada. Alarm bells were blaring inside Cas' head.
"Emma? What's going on?" there was a hint of panic in her voice.
"I'm sorry," Emma apologised, her gaze never leaving the steering wheel, "I never wanted it to be this way. I wish...I don't...I'm so sorry, Cas."
"Emma, you're scaring me now." Cas couldn't keep the panic out of her voice now. "You're sorry for what? What's going on? Where are we?"
"She would have killed me if I didn't hand you over. You know I said that we all had something to hide? Well, people are after me too. She promised that she would give me a new identity and life in exchange..." She hesitated; her voice was ridden with guilt, "In exchange for you."
These words took a second to sink in. Emma had betrayed her. Just like everyone else. Why hadn't she trusted her gut feeling that there wasn't something right about her? She stared at Emma in horror and disgust.
A black car drove down the small, isolated road and parked a few metres behind them. Two men step out into the pouring rain. One of them was the man with the scarred face. The other one was dressed in a dull trench coat and hat, so his identity was hidden from her. She began to struggle, as she was gripped by fear, desperately trying to get out of her seat belt.
"Don't," Emma ordered softly. "It'll do you no good. There is no use struggling, you won't be able to get out."
But Cas struggled none the less. She was determined to escape. Emma turned to face her. Her face was covered with guilt and tears were forming behind her eyes.
"I so sorry, Cas," Her voice broke. "Truly I am."
She leapt up from her seat and exited the car into the cold, wet night.
"Emma! EMMA!" Cas screamed at her Judas, half in anger, half begging her to help.
Cas tried again and again and again to free herself, but it was no good. No matter how much she tugged and pulled at the belt, it remained fastened.
Cas then saw it glimmering in the dim light, like a small ray of hope. A small pocket-knife lay on the floor, on the driver's side. She loosened her seat belt as much as possible and shuffled herself forward. She lay sideways and stretched her arm towards the knife. It ached with the strain, but she kept on stretching. Her fingers brushed past the cold metal, but it was no good, it was out of her reach.
"No," She moaned in frustration.
Her small ray of hope was quickly snuffed out. Instead she was forced to watch her fate unroll. She couldn't hear what 'Emma' and the men were saying, but she could lip read. It was one of her many hidden talents.
"You're late," Scar-Face stated.
"Sorry. Heavy traffic," 'Emma' snapped.
"Where is she?" The other man asked.
'Emma' nodded towards the car.
"What's...what's going to happed to her?" 'Emma' asked concerned.
"What's it to you, Anna?" Scar-Face laughed.
Anna looked down at the floor.
"Don't worry. She'll be in good hands. Nothing bad will happen to her," The other man promised. "I have to admit that I was worried for a while that you weren't going to keep your end of the bargain. I thought that maybe she'd worked out that you were talking to me on the phone and not your 'brother'."
Anna shook her head.
"I was worried that she wasn't going to trust me after your oaf attacked her," She snapped.
"I didn't attack her. Anyway, I wouldn't have been sent to collect her if the boss didn't think that you were going to let her go. You got to emotionally attached to her. It wasn't smart. It clouded your judgement and makes you want to do the morale thing," Scar-face snapped back.
"At least it was better then trying to strangle her," Anna spat. "What part of 'bring her back alive' didn't you understand?"
"I was only was going to do until she passed out."
"Oh really. And it didn't occur to your thick head that it might have caused her serious damage, not to mention the baby!"
The other man raised his hands before the bickering could progress any further.
"Well, Miss Espinosa, your job here is done. Or should I say Miss Elizabeth Knight."
He handed Anna a passport, cash and some other documents. She snatched them and got in the car.
"Take Miss Knight to the airport," He ordered Scar-Face.
Scar-Face nodded and got into the car. The other man watched the car speed away and then slowly turned to face Cas' car and began to head towards it.
Cas began to panic more. She desperately tried again to get out. Tears forming in her eyes from the frustration.
'Come one. Come on. Come on,' She silently begged.
But the belt remained fastened, trapping her in the car. She watched in despair, as the man reached the car. He slowly opened the door and slid in next to her. He removed his hat, revealing soaked blond hair. She stared in shock at the face that she knew all too well.
"Uncle Liam?"
A/N: Dun, dun, da!! So they you have it, Emma's true identity. Congrats to all who guess correctly. Now the big question is left: Who is Cas? I've also decided to throw in 'Uncle Liam', any guesses who it is? All will be revealed in the next chapter, so please review, cos it's the only way your getting it!