Chapter 4

The Following takes place between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM.

Events occur in real time.

7:00 AM

Michelle had just gotten through the ticket line and was now talking to the clerk.

"I need an immediate 1 way flight to Toronto, Canada." She stated. The clerk looked at her computer.

"Theres some seats open to a flight to Toronto, that leaves at 9:00AM" The clerk looked up to see if that would work.

"Perfect! How much?" Michelle asked.

"500" She answered. Michelle sighed slightly, pulling out her credit card to charge it on there.

"Thank You Ma'am" The clerk printed out the boarding tickets and everything for her. She then moved to the main floor of the airport, looking for the terminal she needed to get too. She then thought about Tony, she should call him.

7:10 AM

"Tony?" Tony answered his phone it was Michelle. He had been walking on the road for a few minutes now, and was out of sight of even the vehicle now, that he glanced back he couldnt even see it anymore. He was a half jogging, trying to keep good pace.

"Yea Michelle?" He asked slightly in a hurried voice.

"I just wanted to call you, Im heading to Toronto now to meet up with Chloe" She answered. Why is she meeting up with chloe? Tony wondered.

"Why?" He asked.

"She called me just a half an hour ago, someone tried to kill her, Im going to go help her out" Michelle explained.

"So everyones had some visitors..." Tony mumbled quietly. "Has anyone come after you yet?" He asked.

"No...you?" She asked with a concerned voice.

"Yes, they burnt down Jacks' house and took his new wife and son, we are heading to Los Angeles now..." He explained.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yea, okay I cant really talk any longer, Call me when you get to Toronto" Tony said then hung up the phone, he had just managed to flag someone down. The truck had just pulled over infront of him, he ran up to the side as the window was pulled down.

7:15 AM

"Where you heading there buddy?" The man asked.

"To the nearest town, there was an accident a mile back" Tony said.

"O that car looked abandoned" The man said, he had remembered passing the car.

"Theres 2 people still in there, I need to get help quickly" Tony stated quickly.

"Here let me radio for some medics" He grabbed his radio. Tony watched him as he called for medics.

"They should be there in 10 minutes" The driver said.

"Thanks man" Tony smiled, then he started to sprint back to the scene.

7:20 AM

Chloe had now successfully made it out of the house, she realized the men must have left her. She ran straight grabbed the keys and ran straight to the car. She did this all one handedly as her other one was bleeding immensely, she wrapped a towel around it and secured it. She then headed off towards a hostipal to have it looked at.

7:30 AM

"Dad, That Tony Person told me to make sure you stay awake!" Jay was prodding at Jack for the last few minutes, his eyes had closed, and remained closed. This was starting to frighten Jay alot.

"Come On!" Jay squeeled nearly tapping his shoulder, no response though. Jay then jerked his head to see outside the car hearing sirens. Tony must have gotten help, he smiled and got out of the car to meet the medics. They had an ambulence and a few squad cars with them. The medics approached Jay.

"Are you hurt?" They asked.

"No...but my dad hes in there! Hes stuck..." He said with a slightly hysterical voice.

"Its okay, we will get him out" The medic patted Jay on the head, then moved to the car to check it out, another medic moved to Jay and moved him to the ambulence so he could be checked out.

7:40 AM

Tony had just made it back to the site, at a lose for breathe. He stood there for a second to catch his breathe and scanned the area. They had just gotten Jack out of the car now, which was good. They were settling him down on a gurney now, having a breathing mask placed over his mouth and nose. Tony walked over to them, as they rolled him onto the ambulence where Jay was. Jay was sitting on one of the benchs in there when they loaded Jack up.

"Can I catch a ride with you guys?" He asked.

"Sure" One of them said after they got the stretcher secured. Tony jumped in and sat down with Jay as they sped off. He looked at Jack, he unconcious now.

"How bad is he?" Tony asked.

"A few broken ribs, some broken fingers, possibly a broken leg by the way it was pinned, if not fractured, and one bad concussion" The medic rambled off the list. Tony sighed heavily, rubbing the back of his neck.

7:50 AM

Michelle had just threw away her empty coffee cup and walked into the bathroom. She used one of the stalls and then finished, and went to wash her hands. She put her hands under the cold running water, not even looking in the mirror, just down at her hands.

She then felt hands wrap around her neck and put pressure on it. Her eyes went wide with shock instantly putting her wet hands around the foreign hands. She gasped for air as she tried to release herself from the hold, she glanced in the mirror to see a person dressed in all back behind her. She winced in pain as she pushed backwards slamming the man into the wall, making him let go. She quickly sprinted out of the bathroom. She ran to one of the officals quickly.

"Someone just tried to kill me in the bathroom!" She said catching her breathe, slightly rubbing her neck from the tight grip. She pointed to the bathroom, no one came out.

"Okay, Ill check it out" The offical said, heading into the bathroom. Michelle joined her with some distance behind her. The offical entered the bathroom, to find nothing.

"Are you messing with me Miss?" The offical asked looking at Michelle. Michelle scanned the area, the man in black was just there! She could have swore to it. And now he was gone.

8:00 AM