A/N: One of my new records! Wow I haven't finished a book that fast since the 6th Harry Potter book came out……………alright im lying. I could NOT get past the 3rd chapter. Thank God for sparknotes. lol finished my essay and now I have more time to write! Yay. lol
Chapter 6: On the Road Again…
"Is that the last one Tai?" Bobby strained as he put the last of my heavy luggage into the car.
"Yeah. I think that's it."
"Alright. Let's go." Bobby faced the other guys and motioned them to get into the car. I stared at all of them, confused.
"Whoa whoa whoa. You're ALL going? I thought Bobby was just gonna drop me off...-" I was interrupted as they all started howling like freakin' idiots.
"You think that we're actually gonna let you go just the two of you? In this car? That has bullet holes that go back 5 years?" Angel laughed.
"Hey it's better than the car we had before." I remarked.
Flashback, First Car
"So what are you planning on doing?" Mom asked Bobby, Angel, and I.
"Well…the guys and I decided to pool our money together and buy a car." I explained, eating a bit of my left-over birthday cake. "You know, since I am the last licensed driver in the family." I said proudly.
"Yeah. Jerry and Jack are out getting it right now." Angel said, helping Mom put away the groceries.
"Is that so? I'm proud of you five. How much money did you pool together?" Mom inquired, putting milk in the fridge.
I cleared my throat and looked at my two brothers. We all seemed a bit hesitant to answer her. Thankfully Bobby did.
"Ahem…um…$500."
"$500? What kind of car do you plan on owning for $500?" she questioned. Before any of us could answer, we heard some honking in the driveway.
"Looks like we're about to find out!" Angel exclaimed. Mom, Bobby, and I followed him out and could not believe what we saw.
We all started coughing on the exhaust fuming out of the tailpipe. The tailpipe that was attached to some metal thing that I think, I think, was our car. Jerry was driving. "Jerry!" I choked out.
"Jerry, turn that shit off!" Bobby coughed out, earning a slap from Mom.
Jack and Jerry pulled over and got out of the car proudly.
"Well?" Jack asked. "What do you think?"
"What in the hell…is this?" Angel asked, staring the car up and down.
"It's our new car!"
"...No…it's not." I commented, circling it. "This is a lawsuit waiting to happen!"
"This is not a car." Angel repeated.
"You spent our money on this piece of crap?" Bobby yelled.
"Nope. This car only cost us $300." Jack claimed, as if it were a good thing.
"It's not a car." Angel said again, arms crossed.
"We spent the last $200 to get it fixed up a bit." Jerry said, patting the car proudly. Angel, Mom, Bobby, and I stayed quiet wondering what the hell was in front of us.
"………IT'S NOT A CAR!" Angel yelled again.
"Oh the fumes are giving me a headache. I'm going back inside." Mom said slowly walking back in the house. Bobby watched her walk away and close the door before he really let it out.
"Great job morons! Where the FUCK did you get this piece of shit?"
"From that Johnson dude who runs that basement. He said this car is perfectly safe." Jack said.
"Jackie…this is NOT a car." I emphasized one more time.
"It's a bunch of metal looking for some place to die." Angel said, examining the inside. "...Yo, is that a chalk outline in there?"
"You think it's safe to drive this? It looks like it's gonna catch fire once you drive it off the driveway." Bobby giving it another look. "We're getting our money back."
"How? Johnson said it was final sale." Jack said.
"Oh I'm very persuasive." Bobby replied.
End Flashback
"Whatever happened to Johnson?" Jerry asked.
"I dunno." Bobby answered casually, entering the driver's seat.
"Yeah. Neither do the police." Angel laughed, entering the backseat with me and Jack.
"Jer, get your black ass in here so we can go!" Bobby yelled. Jerry was saying goodbye to Camille and then entered the front seat.
"University of Michigan, here we come." Bobby mumbled as he started the car.
We drove for a while. It was nightfall and I was resting on Jack's shoulder, a bit groggy, as Angel slept on mines. Jerry was asleep in the front seat, and Bobby was starting to nod off. There were no other cars on the road. At least, that's what we thought.
Someone ramming us from behind broke the sleepy silence. "What the fuck?" Bobby exclaimed. He looked at his rear-view mirror. "Bobby what is it?" I asked. I looked behind us. It was a rusty truck with blacked out windows.
"SHIT…" Bobby murmured. As the truck reared us again. We were starting to lose control.
"Who the fuck are these assholes, man?" Angel shouted looking back. The whole car was awake now and alarmed.
"Jackie!" Bobby called as he tried to gain control of the car. "Jackie, I need you to get the gats under Jerry's seat. You too Angel! Under mine!" The truck started speeding up and switching to the lane beside us. "HURRY!" Bobby urged as we felt around for the guns.
Jack was having some trouble while Angel already had loaded 2 guns. One for Jack, and one for himself. I couldn't do anything since I was sitting in the middle.
"Tai! Stay down and put on your fucking seat belt!" Bobby ordered.
"I'm gonna take these motherfuckers out!" Angel yelled as he hung out the window and started shooting. I took Bobby's orders and stayed down. The people in the truck started shooting back. I felt Jack stir beside me, trying to grip his gun.
"Yo cracker! I could use a little help!" Angel bellowed, still shooting.
"Jack what the hell are you doin back there!" Bobby asked.
"I…I-…"
"AH!" Angel let out a sudden yell. He was about to fall off until Jack and I pulled him back in.
"Holy shit." Jack whispered, panicked. "Shit Bobby, stop the car!"
"What's going on back there?" Bobby tried to ditch the bullets as they were aimed towards him.
"Angel's shot! His arm!" I yelled back.
"I don't think I can control the car any longer!"
"Bobby, just PLEASE! Stop the GODAMN CAR!" Jack repeated.
"SHUT UP JACK!"
Angel was breathing short painful breaths. Jack was in the middle of a break-down and Jerry was trying not to get thrown through the windshield in result of Bobby's driving.
"Fuck this." I muttered. I looked for the gun Jack dropped. I picked it up and climbed over Jack.
"Uh…Bobby?" Jack warned, watching me.
"Not now Jack! Angel! Speak to me man!"
I hung off the window and steadied the shotgun. The shooters seemed to be too busy aiming for Bobby to notice me. This gave me time to make my own aim perfect. I aimed for the back tires. It was complicated since Bobby was trying hard to dodge the bullets. The windshield had already been hit twice. I couldn't do it.
I peered inside for a second. "Keep the car steady for a second!" I shouted.
"TAI! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND? GET BACK IN HERE!" He bellowed.
"KEEP THE CAR STRAIGHT!" I repeated, trying to take aim. I felt someone's arm, probably Bobby's, pulling on my leg to drag me back in.
"Just listen to her, man!" Jerry argued.
The shooters soon caught sight of me. When they were about to shoot, however, it seemed like they needed to reload.
Finally, Bobby complied and kept the car steady. I quickly took aim and shot at the two back tires. The truck swerved. Bobby quickly veered out of the way, giving me the chance to blow out the front tires. As I did, the truck rolled over twice before stopping and catching on fire.
I slid back in as Bobby drove as fast as he can out of the scene. Jack was tending to Angel, using a sleeve from his flannel to put pressure on the wound.
"Is the bullet out?" I asked.
"Yeah it's out." Jack replied.
"We gotta stop, Bobby." Jerry urged.
"Not here. There could be more of them."
So we drove for about another 10 minutes until we found a parking lot of a sleazy motel. Jerry jumped out of the car and went to the trunk with Bobby. Jack and I were still trying to put pressure on Angel's wound, but we needed bandages, not a wife-beater.
"Hold it Jackie." I said. "I'm gonna go outside."
"You guys we need to check into a room. We can't stay out here to help Angel, what if someone sees?"
"Tai's right. Jerry, go get us a room. Give them a fake name. ANYTHING but 'Mercer'. Tai, help me out here."
Jerry left as I looked at what Bobby had in the trunk. It was the usual. Two gas tanks (I don't think it was for the car) and more than enough weapons to last us.
"You plannin' on goin' to war Bobby?" I asked as I picked up a polished .25 caliber.
He looked at the gun in my hand and took it. "We are at war Tai." He replied, replacing the .25 caliber with a shotgun. "I think you proved that you're good at using it. Be careful little sister; it's loaded."
A/N: Hopefully this made up for me not writing for a day. lol wow I got really into it. Haha to my faithful reviewers:
dieselrodriguez: glad to have a new reader! Im happy u like it! Cant wait to hear more from you!
Pumpkinhead0402: thanks! yeah I know that was a little short. Haha I just wanted to leave off somewhere before I took that day off. lol
The Collision of Your Kiss: I think Bobby's a pyro. That's the only explanation. But then again he did say something like: "The only thing that scares people more than getting burned to death is people getting eaten alive." Burning things is sort of his last resort right? Haha and don't worry, I'm always out of it.
SuperCaptain: haha thanks! This is kind of how my brothers treat me…freakin keeping secrets and stuff. lol
angel 871: haha I completely forgot about where I got 'Billy Butterworth'…haha I think I was thinking about pancakes. Mm…pancakes…
LovebuggyCHOCOLATE COATED GARRETT HEDLUND! YUM! Lol that whole thing got me laughing! Linger around the middle hell yah! Ah…let me just think about that for a while……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………oh what was I doing again? Oh yeah. Lol SURE you can borrow Tatyana! That'd be cool. Lol if it helps, I sort of pictured her as looking like Anna (Daniella Alonso) from "One Tree Hill". Haha, hey they got the white guys, the black guys…what about a filippina? Tell me if you ever do start that story! I'd love to read it!
Zoe: My brother and cousins and I act like that too. Lol im practically the only girl among them (my girl cousins are about 10 and under) so they always pick fights with me. haha dude, when I was reading the book…I think im slowly becoming a Mercer. hahacuz I was like 'screw this.' and went online to sparknotes then went to to write my essay. and it looks like I actually read the book. Haha I don't usually do that, but it was summer! Who wants to read something educational during summer?
Nighttime Writer: it's cool! My comp sometimes doesn't let me review neither. You're grounded? Join the club. I've been on lockdown since forever! But I deserved it. I took the car out without having a license or permit. Haha I swear my brother made me do it. At least that's what I told my mom. And that's why im grounded. Haha. Homework stresses me out too…NOT looking forward to school starting (Thurs. for me)
Tanith Lilitu: aw thanks. haha jack…damn I cannot get over how freakin hot he is. Haha he's my wallpaper right now
ZELINA: oh god I know how you feel! Last year, I was running all over the place. My first period would be at one end and then second period would be at the other. And I always have to stop by my locker all the time. It was the only exercise I had all year so that was good. haha
Darkdestiney2000: congrats for scoring! I tried joining soccer once…then quit. Then I tried joining basketball. I went to practices for a week and quit that. Then there was waterpolo and dance…yeah quit all those too. Haha
Sorry for not mentioning everyone. It's all late and my fingers are numb…but thanks to you all! Reviews are like votes…EACH ONE COUNTS! Lol