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A/N-Sorry I haven't updated in a while...the Document Manager wasn't cooperating with me! Ggrr...But it's okay now. :-)
Chapter 6-Along for the Ride
Rachel Keller awoke to the sound of screeching tires. She jerked her head up and saw that the truck driver had stopped to let a deer run across the road. He looked over and saw that she had awoken. "Hello ma'am. My name is Eric," he said, smiling. Rachel couldn't help noticing that he had a beautiful smile, and wasn't that bad looking of a man. "I didn't get a chance to ask you before," he continued. "Because you fell asleep and all, but, what's your name and where do you want to go?"
"My name's Rachel Keller," Rachel groaned, shifting in her chair to better hold Aiden. "And I'll go where ever you're going....umm, where ARE you going?"
"Well, I'm going a long way, Mrs. Keller-"
"Ms. Keller, actually...and you can call me Rachel," she said, flirtingly.
"Okay, Rachel it is. I'm going all the way to Little Rock, Arkansas. I'm delivering some new furniture to a family."
"Speaking of family, do you have any kids or a spouse, Eric?"
"Not yet, Rachel. Never had a good chance to start a family, unfortunately."
Rachel nodded. 'So, he's single and pretty attractive,' she thought, brushing the hair off of Aiden's face. 'I wonder if I should-"
"Rachel, could you turn up the radio, please?" asked Eric, interrupting her thoughts.
"Oh, sure, Eric," she replied, smiling. She reached for the knob and turned up the volume. She quickly closed her eyes, expecting the worst, but was only met with a dead silence.
"I think you need to change the stations. Sorry, this truck is a real piece of shit. Most of them are."
Rachel stiffed a laugh and switched the station. She first heard silence, then a soft sound of rushing water. "That's pretty soothing," she said, to no one in particular. Suddenly, the rushing water disappeared, and was replaced with an eerie thumping, like a beating heart. Rachel's eyes widened, and she reached for the SEEK button, but was too late. The beating was replaced with a voice.
"Rachel." Rachel and Eric exchanged confused glances. Rachel wasn't confused because the voice said her name, as Eric was; she was confused because the voice did not belong to Samara. The voice was an older girl. "Rachel," it said again.
"Oh my God," Rachel gasped. It was Katie. Rachel leaned towards the radio. "Katie, is that you?" she whispered.
"Rachel, what the hell's going on?" demanded Eric.
Rachel silenced him with a look, and leaned back towards the radio. "Yes, Rachel. It's me. You have to be careful. Samara almost got Aiden. Believe me; you don't want to be here. I can hear all of the screams, feel all of the pain, and see what she does when she kills someone. You have to keep Aiden away from her."
"But, Katie, I don't understand....why was Aiden acting that way at the valley?"
"Samara was controlling his mind to get you to come with him, so that she could kill you too. She doesn't just want Aiden, Rachel. She wants you dead. You're the one who's keeping Aiden away from her, and she doesn't like that."
Rachel squeezed her eyes shut, letting tears flow from them. "I don't like that, Rachel." Rachel's head snapped up. "Aiden is mine, and soon, you will be too," said Samara, who had replaced Katie's voice. In the distance, she heard Katie scream, then a thump, from something falling.
"Katie's been bad," Samara continued. "She tried to help you, so I had to do something. Now, she's past being dead. She's nothing."
"Rachel, what's going on?!" demanded Eric, grabbing her shoulder. "Tell me now!"
"I can't!" screamed Rachel. "You won't believe me!"
"Yes I will! Tell me what's happening! Who the hell is Samara?!"
Rachel opened her mouth to answer, but was cut off by Samara's voice. "Goodbye, Rachel, I'll see you soon. Of course, no one else will." Silence.
Rachel let out a sob, and collapsed back into her seat, embracing Aiden. "Okay Eric, I'll tell you. Samara is this girl who kills people a week after they watch this tape. Now, she wants my son to help her kill those people. And now she wants me dead."
She looked at Eric; his eyes were fixed on the road. "Okay, you were right. I don't believe you, but I do think that there is something strange about that radio."
Rachel sighed, and laid her head on the dashboard. "Rachel," whispered a voice. "It's me, Noah. I think I can find a way for him to believe you, because I can tell you're going to need help."
Suddenly, there was a flash of light about 20 feet in front of the truck, and Eric let out a yell of surprise, and swerved. "What is going on here?" he gasped, as he parked the truck on the side of the road. He jumped out of the truck and began walking toward where the flash had been. Rachel laid Aiden on the seat and jumped out of the truck as well.
She looked at the street and saw Eric kneeling over something black. She slowly walked over to him and kneeled down beside him. "What is it?" she asked.
"What did you say this SAMARA does to people?" he asked, shakily.
"Well, she kills them. I've never seen her do it, but they always end up deformed, their jaw open and slumped to one side, and an empty look in their eyes. Why?"
"Rachel, I-I believe you," he sighed, standing back up.
"What made you change your mind?"
"Look," he said, rolling the black shape over. Rachel let out a scream, and flung herself at Eric, who embraced her protectively. The black shape was Katie, only Katie wasn't just deformed, she was soaked and flies were covering her entire body.
"C'mon, let's go back to the truck and find somewhere your son will be safe," said Eric, picking up Rachel, who had gone into shock.
He carried her back to the truck and set her down beside Aiden, who was still unconscious, but the bleeding had stopped.
Eric started the truck, but did not begin to drive. He glanced over at Rachel, who was still gaping at the figure on the road. He scooted over next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Look, we won't let you or your son end up like that. We'll find somewhere for you to go....and I'll stay with you the entire time."
"W-what about your job?" stammered Rachel, who was beginning to calm down.
"Screw my job....I think making sure someone doesn't get killed or taken for evil is a little more important than delivering some furniture."
Rachel smiled and looked at him. "Thanks." She turned her head back to the road and looked out for a second, before she felt lips upon her cheek.
As they left, she glanced over at Eric, who was blushing. "Sorry, Rachel. I hope that wasn't, umm, perverted or anything, since we just met and all."
"No, it's alright," replied Rachel, blushing as deeply as Eric. "Maybe we should go."
Eric nodded, and started the truck. As they drove in silence, Katie's body had disappeared, leaving only the flies on the road....
To be continued......
A/N-sorry about the "romance" in this chapter. I just think that it would help the further chapters (and keep Eric from leaving them). Hey, at least I'm not doing NC-17 hardcore stuff, right? Anyways, just review! Thanks all!!!
A/N-Sorry I haven't updated in a while...the Document Manager wasn't cooperating with me! Ggrr...But it's okay now. :-)
Chapter 6-Along for the Ride
Rachel Keller awoke to the sound of screeching tires. She jerked her head up and saw that the truck driver had stopped to let a deer run across the road. He looked over and saw that she had awoken. "Hello ma'am. My name is Eric," he said, smiling. Rachel couldn't help noticing that he had a beautiful smile, and wasn't that bad looking of a man. "I didn't get a chance to ask you before," he continued. "Because you fell asleep and all, but, what's your name and where do you want to go?"
"My name's Rachel Keller," Rachel groaned, shifting in her chair to better hold Aiden. "And I'll go where ever you're going....umm, where ARE you going?"
"Well, I'm going a long way, Mrs. Keller-"
"Ms. Keller, actually...and you can call me Rachel," she said, flirtingly.
"Okay, Rachel it is. I'm going all the way to Little Rock, Arkansas. I'm delivering some new furniture to a family."
"Speaking of family, do you have any kids or a spouse, Eric?"
"Not yet, Rachel. Never had a good chance to start a family, unfortunately."
Rachel nodded. 'So, he's single and pretty attractive,' she thought, brushing the hair off of Aiden's face. 'I wonder if I should-"
"Rachel, could you turn up the radio, please?" asked Eric, interrupting her thoughts.
"Oh, sure, Eric," she replied, smiling. She reached for the knob and turned up the volume. She quickly closed her eyes, expecting the worst, but was only met with a dead silence.
"I think you need to change the stations. Sorry, this truck is a real piece of shit. Most of them are."
Rachel stiffed a laugh and switched the station. She first heard silence, then a soft sound of rushing water. "That's pretty soothing," she said, to no one in particular. Suddenly, the rushing water disappeared, and was replaced with an eerie thumping, like a beating heart. Rachel's eyes widened, and she reached for the SEEK button, but was too late. The beating was replaced with a voice.
"Rachel." Rachel and Eric exchanged confused glances. Rachel wasn't confused because the voice said her name, as Eric was; she was confused because the voice did not belong to Samara. The voice was an older girl. "Rachel," it said again.
"Oh my God," Rachel gasped. It was Katie. Rachel leaned towards the radio. "Katie, is that you?" she whispered.
"Rachel, what the hell's going on?" demanded Eric.
Rachel silenced him with a look, and leaned back towards the radio. "Yes, Rachel. It's me. You have to be careful. Samara almost got Aiden. Believe me; you don't want to be here. I can hear all of the screams, feel all of the pain, and see what she does when she kills someone. You have to keep Aiden away from her."
"But, Katie, I don't understand....why was Aiden acting that way at the valley?"
"Samara was controlling his mind to get you to come with him, so that she could kill you too. She doesn't just want Aiden, Rachel. She wants you dead. You're the one who's keeping Aiden away from her, and she doesn't like that."
Rachel squeezed her eyes shut, letting tears flow from them. "I don't like that, Rachel." Rachel's head snapped up. "Aiden is mine, and soon, you will be too," said Samara, who had replaced Katie's voice. In the distance, she heard Katie scream, then a thump, from something falling.
"Katie's been bad," Samara continued. "She tried to help you, so I had to do something. Now, she's past being dead. She's nothing."
"Rachel, what's going on?!" demanded Eric, grabbing her shoulder. "Tell me now!"
"I can't!" screamed Rachel. "You won't believe me!"
"Yes I will! Tell me what's happening! Who the hell is Samara?!"
Rachel opened her mouth to answer, but was cut off by Samara's voice. "Goodbye, Rachel, I'll see you soon. Of course, no one else will." Silence.
Rachel let out a sob, and collapsed back into her seat, embracing Aiden. "Okay Eric, I'll tell you. Samara is this girl who kills people a week after they watch this tape. Now, she wants my son to help her kill those people. And now she wants me dead."
She looked at Eric; his eyes were fixed on the road. "Okay, you were right. I don't believe you, but I do think that there is something strange about that radio."
Rachel sighed, and laid her head on the dashboard. "Rachel," whispered a voice. "It's me, Noah. I think I can find a way for him to believe you, because I can tell you're going to need help."
Suddenly, there was a flash of light about 20 feet in front of the truck, and Eric let out a yell of surprise, and swerved. "What is going on here?" he gasped, as he parked the truck on the side of the road. He jumped out of the truck and began walking toward where the flash had been. Rachel laid Aiden on the seat and jumped out of the truck as well.
She looked at the street and saw Eric kneeling over something black. She slowly walked over to him and kneeled down beside him. "What is it?" she asked.
"What did you say this SAMARA does to people?" he asked, shakily.
"Well, she kills them. I've never seen her do it, but they always end up deformed, their jaw open and slumped to one side, and an empty look in their eyes. Why?"
"Rachel, I-I believe you," he sighed, standing back up.
"What made you change your mind?"
"Look," he said, rolling the black shape over. Rachel let out a scream, and flung herself at Eric, who embraced her protectively. The black shape was Katie, only Katie wasn't just deformed, she was soaked and flies were covering her entire body.
"C'mon, let's go back to the truck and find somewhere your son will be safe," said Eric, picking up Rachel, who had gone into shock.
He carried her back to the truck and set her down beside Aiden, who was still unconscious, but the bleeding had stopped.
Eric started the truck, but did not begin to drive. He glanced over at Rachel, who was still gaping at the figure on the road. He scooted over next to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Look, we won't let you or your son end up like that. We'll find somewhere for you to go....and I'll stay with you the entire time."
"W-what about your job?" stammered Rachel, who was beginning to calm down.
"Screw my job....I think making sure someone doesn't get killed or taken for evil is a little more important than delivering some furniture."
Rachel smiled and looked at him. "Thanks." She turned her head back to the road and looked out for a second, before she felt lips upon her cheek.
As they left, she glanced over at Eric, who was blushing. "Sorry, Rachel. I hope that wasn't, umm, perverted or anything, since we just met and all."
"No, it's alright," replied Rachel, blushing as deeply as Eric. "Maybe we should go."
Eric nodded, and started the truck. As they drove in silence, Katie's body had disappeared, leaving only the flies on the road....
To be continued......
A/N-sorry about the "romance" in this chapter. I just think that it would help the further chapters (and keep Eric from leaving them). Hey, at least I'm not doing NC-17 hardcore stuff, right? Anyways, just review! Thanks all!!!