THE ONLY EASY DAY IS YESTERDAY

"The Journey of Jeremy Keller"

by OldScout



Part 27

The pain of re-awakening surged through Richie's body. He

gasped for air then sat up clutching the now phantom wound in his

abdomen. The next thing he felt was the presence of another immortal.

Richie struggled to his feet and looked around. He was in an

abandoned garage or something. The closed, pull down vehicle doors

and the debris on the floor told him that much. As his eyes adjusted to

the light, he saw his motorcycle parked near by with his sword in its

place.

The buzz from the other immortal grew stronger then a door into

the garage opened. The man who had stopped the woman from killing

him came in. He wore a brown T-shirt, jeans and black boots.

"Good, your awake." the man said and approached holding out

his hand. "I'm Jeremy Keller, I must apologize for the behavior of my

companion, she's had a rough couple of days."

Richie pretend he was still too weak to move much and waited

for Keller to approach. As soon as he was within reach, Richie pulled

his sword and held it to the other immortal's neck. "I don't know who

you people are," he growled "but I don't like being ambushed and killed,

it makes for a very bad day."

Suddenly Richie was laying on the floor with the wind knocked

out of him, Keller had punched him in the stomach so fast Richie never

saw it coming. The man caught Richie's sword, placed it back on the

bike, then held out a hand to help him back up. "Sorry about that," he

said as he pulled Richie to his feet "it was just a reflex."

Still trying to catch his breath Richie stood up and said, "Oh,

man, I've never seen anybody move that fast before." Richie leaned on

his bike "What's with you two, why'd she attack me?"

Keller got a strange look on his face. "Well, I guess you were in

the wrong place at the wrong time. You see, she was attacked by a

group of bikers a few days ago, they killed her family and tortured her."

Jeremy paced around a bit. "I guess when she saw and felt you on the

highway something just snapped."

"Whoa, wait a minute." Richie said holding up his hands "is she

accusing me of being one of her attackers?"

Jeremy shook his head "No, I guess the bike and all made you a

symbol of them, or something. Besides, if she really thought you were

one of them, I wouldn't have been able to stop her," then he got a very

sick look on his face "and she wouldn't have gone for your head so

quickly."

The buzz of another immortal signaled Mandy's arrival. She

looked at Richie then turned to Jeremy. "He's awake now and can take

care of himself, lets get going."

"Wait a minute." Jeremy said to the woman then turned to Richie

"Where are you headed? Perhaps you'd like to ride with us for a while?"

Richie looked at the woman Keller had called Mandy and who

had introduced herself as Ophelia. "I don't know if that would be wise."

"Don't worry, son." Mandy replied "You don't have to worry

about me, there's just one left that I'm after, and your not him."

"You didn't seem to think so earlier."

"I've promised Jeremy, No Hunting and I'll stick to it."

"That just fills me with confidence."

"Lets go, Kid" Mandy said getting impatient "and get a new

shirt, that one's a rag."

"This is a new.." Richie started then looked down at himself, his

front was covered with blood and his shirt was ripped from the wounds

and had a large piece cut from the side. "Oh, damn," he said loudly "look

at this mess."

Richie rolled his bike out to join the other two. He still didn't

trust them, but figured it was easier to keep an eye on them this way.

"How far are you guys headed?"

"Seattle." Jeremy replied "We have it on good authority that the

man we're looking for is meeting someone there." he got on his bike and

pulled on his helmet "Besides, I was told a friend of a friend lives there

and he may be able to help me get out of the country."

Richie sighed, he didn't like the sound of this "Why do you need

to get out of the country?"

It was obvious that Jeremy didn't want to involve this stranger

with his problems. "Lets just say that amongst other things, the people

who attacked Mandy were after me. I thought I had convinced them to

leave me alone, but they didn't take the hint."

"And now there's one left." Richie said putting all the pieces

together.

"And the friend he's meeting is an immortal." Mandy said then

fired up her bike.

The roar of the Harely effectively ended the conversation. Richie

pulled on his helmet and followed the strangers back to the highway.

to be continued..................