Hey, guys, Freed here, and I'm telling you that the upcoming chapters might
not exactly be acceptable by you younger readers, but this is how my mind
works, like it or not. So, here I go. I gotta do what I gotta do. And
right now that is to break free from this suppression that I'm feeling.
On with the fic.
It was five months later, and still no sign of Dustin. Blake had finally come back after a little "soul searching". There wasn't a whole lot new with the rest of us. And Sara, well, Sara had grown a bit, almost as if she had a basketball under her shirt, but no matter how bad she felt, she never complained.
When I woke the next morning, I heard her calling out for Dustin again, and it hurt me knowing how much she missed him, so I went up to my room where she slept, and I gently woke her up.
When she jumped awake, I said, "Easy, girl, don't want to deliver early, do you?"
"But he...I.."
"Shh, you want something?"
"Just some water, please," she said.
I nodded and went to get her the water.
When I came back, she thanked me and took a sip.
"I felt him here," she told me.
"Who?" I asked.
"Dustin," she replied, placing a hand over where the baby was. "He was here, I felt his hand on my..."
"It was just a dream," I told her.
"No," she said, "I was awake; I saw him and he..." then she placed a hand to her lips.
"Okay," I said as she took another drink. "How's the baby?"
"Fine, I think," she replied.
I nodded.
"Hello?" someone said from the front room.
"In here!" I shouted.
"Hey, bro," the familiar voice said.
"Hey, Blake."
"Whoa, who knocked her up?"
"He's not around," I told him, "but he's a friend, her boyfriend."
"Oh. Hey, yeah, there's a new guy trying for the head-mechanic's job down at Storm Chargers."
"Really?" I asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, and what's weird about him is that he looks like Dustin."
"No way," I said and went to my closet, and grabbed some clothes and quickly changed.
"You want to come?" I asked Sara.
She nodded and I tossed her a pair of overalls that she and Tori had gotten and a pale yellow shirt. Then Blake and I left the room, and, after she was dressed and came out, we headed out to Storm Chargers.
We saw four people talking with Kelly, two girls and two guys, the dark haired guy with the gold tints looked pretty chummy with a white-blond girl with light blue and silver streaks. Then there was a guy with the same profile as Dustin, and another girl with short curly red hair.
"Hey, Hunter, Blake, meet your new fellow employee," Kelly said as the four turned around.
"Hi," the Dustin-look alike said, "I'm Glenn, and this," he pointed to the dark haired dude, "is Spike. Now, the girl with him, the one with the three shades of hair, that's Lilli, don't let the name fool you. Then there's Paige, or Charm as we like to call her, cause of the character..."
"Uh, yeah," I said, "I'm Hunter, my sister, Sara, and my bro, Blake."
"Cool," Glenn replied.
"So," I continued, "You're the new worker, right?"
"Yeah."
"You do any biking or anything?"
"Yeah, I do a little moto every now and then, play a little sax, and do a little free-style, though I'm no good."
I nodded and Blake asked, "D' you want to hang or something?"
"Maybe not today," he replied after seeing Spike shake his head.
"Oh, okay," and they left.
"Hmm," I said to Blake, "Did that seem a little evil us flaky?"
"Yeah," he said. "Lothor?"
"Lothor."
"Who?" Kelly asked.
"Some jerk that harassed Sara, Blake and me."
"Oh," she said, and she seemed to be all right with that answer.
Blake, Sara and I then went home, ad I left Blake with Sara and headed to Ninja Opts.
When I got there, I saw Cam at the computer scanning for Dustin.
"Any luck?" I asked.
Cam jumped and turned around. Once he found some non-violent words, he said, "Not yet, but I'm still looking."
"Sara says that he's still alive somewhere."
"And I hope she's right," Cam replied.
But I still had a problem; more of a personal than a.......yeah, and I debated whether or not Cam could help.
"Can..."
"Don't," he said, spinning around in his chair to face me. "I already know.
I gave him a confused look.
"Dustin obviously knew this would happen, so he told me because, somehow, he knew you'd come to either Blake or me next."
I just stared dumbly; then Cam snapped his fingers in my face and sat down beside me on the table.
"Look, I don't know how I can help you, but...."
I leaned in and kissed him. When I broke, I said, "Okay, that was....blech."
Cam cocked an eyebrow (if he does that!) "Blech?"
"I'm not dissin' your kissing, it's just .....I don't know, I guess......"
And he did the exact same thing to me, to help me make sure I wasn't......yeah.
I pushed him off the table and practically gagged.
"Well," Cam said, from the floor with a face that said I can't believe I just did that.
"Hey, Cam," a Spanish-accented voice came from the entrance. "Can you help me?"
Cam quickly got up and he practically ran to Ash's side and kissed her. It looked like a frenchie, but I didn't see for long.
"Hello to you too," she said after a while.
"Hey, Ash," I said, "I was just about to leave."
"Bye, Hunter," she replied, and I ran up the stairs. I was happy I wasn't frenched. I shuddered at the thought, and headed back to Storm Chargers.
"Hey, Kel," I said, "sorry to leave like that. Had to.."
"No problem," Kelly replied, "She does need a lot of care."
I nodded and headed to the back to do the stock inventory, not one of my favorite jobs, when I heard a call of, "Can anybody hear me? Help!"
It sounded a lot like Dustin; I ran up to the front, but no one was there. There were two notes on the cash register, one from Kelly, in ink, telling me to lock up, and another one.......in blood. It read, "Help me."
I was beginning to freak out a bit, because normally no one gets notes written in blood.
I went outside to see if someone was out there. Then I heard a noise from inside.
When I went back in, there was another note in the same writing in blood.
It said, "I'm in an old cabin. Please hurry!"
"Who's there?" I said out loud. "Is this some kind of a joke?"
I felt a breeze blow past my face and I heard a whisper of, "No joke, help me, dude."
"Dustin?" I whispered, and I turned around. There was another note. This time it said, "Tell S I love her."
"Where are you?" I asked, but received no answer.
'Tell S?' I thought. 'Sara!' I grabbed the blood written notes and ninja streaked to Ninja Opts.
"Cam!" I shouted, "I have...."
"Don't shout, Hunter," Sensei Watanabi instructed.
"Sorry. I had an encounter of the paranormal variety."
"What?" Cam asked.
"Check these out," and I showed him the notes. Cam looked shocked at them "And," I continued, "I heard him talking through the wind. And I was inside, and the doors and windows were closed.
"Who?" Cam asked, impatiently.
"Dustin! It was weird."
"I bet," he replied, taking the notes. "Did he say where he was?"
"No, not really, he said abandoned cabin, but that was it."
"You've got leaves in your hair," Cam noted.
I reached up and pulled one out, and as I was going to put it on the table, I saw the word "forest".
The next one said "abandoned", and another said "cabin" and one final said "Sam".
"Oh, no," I whispered.
"What?" Cam asked.
I showed him the leaves, but he just shrugged.
"I have a feeling that I know where Dustin is," I said, "And Sam."
On with the fic.
It was five months later, and still no sign of Dustin. Blake had finally come back after a little "soul searching". There wasn't a whole lot new with the rest of us. And Sara, well, Sara had grown a bit, almost as if she had a basketball under her shirt, but no matter how bad she felt, she never complained.
When I woke the next morning, I heard her calling out for Dustin again, and it hurt me knowing how much she missed him, so I went up to my room where she slept, and I gently woke her up.
When she jumped awake, I said, "Easy, girl, don't want to deliver early, do you?"
"But he...I.."
"Shh, you want something?"
"Just some water, please," she said.
I nodded and went to get her the water.
When I came back, she thanked me and took a sip.
"I felt him here," she told me.
"Who?" I asked.
"Dustin," she replied, placing a hand over where the baby was. "He was here, I felt his hand on my..."
"It was just a dream," I told her.
"No," she said, "I was awake; I saw him and he..." then she placed a hand to her lips.
"Okay," I said as she took another drink. "How's the baby?"
"Fine, I think," she replied.
I nodded.
"Hello?" someone said from the front room.
"In here!" I shouted.
"Hey, bro," the familiar voice said.
"Hey, Blake."
"Whoa, who knocked her up?"
"He's not around," I told him, "but he's a friend, her boyfriend."
"Oh. Hey, yeah, there's a new guy trying for the head-mechanic's job down at Storm Chargers."
"Really?" I asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, and what's weird about him is that he looks like Dustin."
"No way," I said and went to my closet, and grabbed some clothes and quickly changed.
"You want to come?" I asked Sara.
She nodded and I tossed her a pair of overalls that she and Tori had gotten and a pale yellow shirt. Then Blake and I left the room, and, after she was dressed and came out, we headed out to Storm Chargers.
We saw four people talking with Kelly, two girls and two guys, the dark haired guy with the gold tints looked pretty chummy with a white-blond girl with light blue and silver streaks. Then there was a guy with the same profile as Dustin, and another girl with short curly red hair.
"Hey, Hunter, Blake, meet your new fellow employee," Kelly said as the four turned around.
"Hi," the Dustin-look alike said, "I'm Glenn, and this," he pointed to the dark haired dude, "is Spike. Now, the girl with him, the one with the three shades of hair, that's Lilli, don't let the name fool you. Then there's Paige, or Charm as we like to call her, cause of the character..."
"Uh, yeah," I said, "I'm Hunter, my sister, Sara, and my bro, Blake."
"Cool," Glenn replied.
"So," I continued, "You're the new worker, right?"
"Yeah."
"You do any biking or anything?"
"Yeah, I do a little moto every now and then, play a little sax, and do a little free-style, though I'm no good."
I nodded and Blake asked, "D' you want to hang or something?"
"Maybe not today," he replied after seeing Spike shake his head.
"Oh, okay," and they left.
"Hmm," I said to Blake, "Did that seem a little evil us flaky?"
"Yeah," he said. "Lothor?"
"Lothor."
"Who?" Kelly asked.
"Some jerk that harassed Sara, Blake and me."
"Oh," she said, and she seemed to be all right with that answer.
Blake, Sara and I then went home, ad I left Blake with Sara and headed to Ninja Opts.
When I got there, I saw Cam at the computer scanning for Dustin.
"Any luck?" I asked.
Cam jumped and turned around. Once he found some non-violent words, he said, "Not yet, but I'm still looking."
"Sara says that he's still alive somewhere."
"And I hope she's right," Cam replied.
But I still had a problem; more of a personal than a.......yeah, and I debated whether or not Cam could help.
"Can..."
"Don't," he said, spinning around in his chair to face me. "I already know.
I gave him a confused look.
"Dustin obviously knew this would happen, so he told me because, somehow, he knew you'd come to either Blake or me next."
I just stared dumbly; then Cam snapped his fingers in my face and sat down beside me on the table.
"Look, I don't know how I can help you, but...."
I leaned in and kissed him. When I broke, I said, "Okay, that was....blech."
Cam cocked an eyebrow (if he does that!) "Blech?"
"I'm not dissin' your kissing, it's just .....I don't know, I guess......"
And he did the exact same thing to me, to help me make sure I wasn't......yeah.
I pushed him off the table and practically gagged.
"Well," Cam said, from the floor with a face that said I can't believe I just did that.
"Hey, Cam," a Spanish-accented voice came from the entrance. "Can you help me?"
Cam quickly got up and he practically ran to Ash's side and kissed her. It looked like a frenchie, but I didn't see for long.
"Hello to you too," she said after a while.
"Hey, Ash," I said, "I was just about to leave."
"Bye, Hunter," she replied, and I ran up the stairs. I was happy I wasn't frenched. I shuddered at the thought, and headed back to Storm Chargers.
"Hey, Kel," I said, "sorry to leave like that. Had to.."
"No problem," Kelly replied, "She does need a lot of care."
I nodded and headed to the back to do the stock inventory, not one of my favorite jobs, when I heard a call of, "Can anybody hear me? Help!"
It sounded a lot like Dustin; I ran up to the front, but no one was there. There were two notes on the cash register, one from Kelly, in ink, telling me to lock up, and another one.......in blood. It read, "Help me."
I was beginning to freak out a bit, because normally no one gets notes written in blood.
I went outside to see if someone was out there. Then I heard a noise from inside.
When I went back in, there was another note in the same writing in blood.
It said, "I'm in an old cabin. Please hurry!"
"Who's there?" I said out loud. "Is this some kind of a joke?"
I felt a breeze blow past my face and I heard a whisper of, "No joke, help me, dude."
"Dustin?" I whispered, and I turned around. There was another note. This time it said, "Tell S I love her."
"Where are you?" I asked, but received no answer.
'Tell S?' I thought. 'Sara!' I grabbed the blood written notes and ninja streaked to Ninja Opts.
"Cam!" I shouted, "I have...."
"Don't shout, Hunter," Sensei Watanabi instructed.
"Sorry. I had an encounter of the paranormal variety."
"What?" Cam asked.
"Check these out," and I showed him the notes. Cam looked shocked at them "And," I continued, "I heard him talking through the wind. And I was inside, and the doors and windows were closed.
"Who?" Cam asked, impatiently.
"Dustin! It was weird."
"I bet," he replied, taking the notes. "Did he say where he was?"
"No, not really, he said abandoned cabin, but that was it."
"You've got leaves in your hair," Cam noted.
I reached up and pulled one out, and as I was going to put it on the table, I saw the word "forest".
The next one said "abandoned", and another said "cabin" and one final said "Sam".
"Oh, no," I whispered.
"What?" Cam asked.
I showed him the leaves, but he just shrugged.
"I have a feeling that I know where Dustin is," I said, "And Sam."