Switching Lanes
Chapter 10
I opened my eyes to find myself laying on the ground. Was this another dream? Because if it was, I wanted to wake up now.
No, wait , I could actually feel my arms this time. Good, that was a good sign. Suddenly memories rushed back to me as I remembered the swerving of the car, Dan slumped over in his seat , and Haley's too pale face.
I sat up, looking around. Where was everyone?
"Hello!" I called out to whoever was out there.
"Haley!"
No, okay.
I heard a banging sound. Somewhere. I wasn't quite sure where.
And then it stopped.
What the hell was going on?
Okay, this was way too weird. Like another dream. I started walking, and I found myself on the highway.
The highway beside the cliff that we'd just been on!
I reached the edge of the cliff, and saw Dan's car.
Could there have been people in that car?
I gasped, leaning backwards. Oh my God. Oh my God. Everyone could have died. My best friends, My boyfriend.
I kept walking backwards. Slower and slower.
And then, I wasn't walking anymore. Okay, that sounded stupid. I was lifted off the ground, by someone else.
I screamed but it was pointless. He was way stronger then I was, and there was no one there to save me, so either way, I was screwed.
This guy must have been really really strong, because pretty soon he was running, with me in his arms, kicking and screaming.
And then he dropped me, and himself on the ground.
I looked up, and relief washed over my face. "Lucas!" I jumped into his arms.
"You couldn't see me?" He was panting and sweating.
"No. I didn't know you were so strong."
He smiled. "Neither did I."
"What happened?"
"We crashed the car into some trees, and you, Haley, and Dan were passed out , so we started looking for help. And then we all just started getting tired one by one, and I guess we all passed out ourselves."
"Where's Keith?"
"I don't know."
"How did I end up in the forest?"
"Once again, I don't know."
"This is so weird."
"Tell me about it."
"Why were you running?"
"What?"
"When you had me in your arms. Why were you running?"
Lucas looked at me, genuinely scared. "I felt someone watching me."
We were both quiet.
I heard footsteps, and I looked up, but relief washed over me as I saw Peyton and Jake.
Lucas and I stood up, and I enveloped Peyton in a hug.
"We think we know what happened." Peyton tells us.
"We think we were drugged." Jake continues.
"What? No way." There's no way we could have been drugged and noticed.
"Right, so all of us, including Dan, just suddenly got tired and collapsed." Goldilocks had a point.
"Okay, well who would do that?"
"I don't know, Brooke. Maybe the person that's been trying to kill us all. Attempted to drown you, and killed Mouth, Theresa, Tim, and Helen." Blondie 2 , Davis 0
"Yeah, so you've got a point." "Does anyone know where Haley is?" Lucas spoke up.
"Nope."
"Damn, this sucks."
"No kidding."
"I know where Haley is." We heard a voice from behind us, and we all turned. "See, here's the thing. I've been killing you off slowly, and your small group has lasted. And that's pissing me off. So, now that we're all here, why don't I explain something to you?"