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"This isn't working. Were getting no where."
Wallace was sitting in the passenger seat with the map open and a pencil in his mouth. We've been driving down every road on the map from off of exit 52, and so far no luck. There's been no cabins, and no Logan. I was starting to get frustrated.
"We still have this road. We'll find it. It's not like you to give up so easily." Wallace helps calm me.
I let out my breath. "Your right. it's just that were so close."
"STOP THE CAR!" Mac yells out from the back seat.
I slam both my feet down on the brake and keep the car from swerving. The car behind me slammed on their brakes and laid on the horn. The flipped me the bird as they drove around. I didn't pay too much attention because I was trying to hard to breathe. "What! What'd we hit?"
"Nothing. There's a dirt road you just passed. That could lead to the cabins in the woods." Mac answers calmly.
Slowly getting my bearings back together, I back up the car and make my way down the dirt road. It's slow going because it's all rocks and mud.
Ten minutes later, the woods opened up, and I could see some buildings aligning on both sides of the dirt road.
"Is this what she means by cabins? It looks more like a town." Weevil breaks the silence from behind me.
I pull the car over to the side of the road and stop the car.
"Man. I feel like I've gone back in time to when cowboys ruled the world." Wallace comments.
"I think we should split up." I get out of the car and everyone follows suit. They gather around me. "Weevil and I will check the buildings we've already passed. You too check the ones we haven't seen yet, and we'll all meet back here ASAP. And whatever you do, don't make yourselves obvious. You need to be discreet. And if you find him, call me immediately. Your dealing with the Fitzpatrick's, so this will be dangerous"
"We know the drill Mars. We'll see you back here." Wallace says as he and Mac take off.
Weevil and I start searching immediately. He gets one side of the road, and I get the other. I stay behind the buildings and peak into the windows. When I know no one's inside, I make my way in and search top to bottom.
When there were no more buildings to search, Weevil and I meet up in the middle of the road.
"No luck? We say at the same time." We shake our heads no at the same time.
Trying not to give up hope, we make our way back to the car hoping Wallace and Mac had better luck than we did. But knowing they don't because my phone hasn't rung yet.
We make it back to the car just as the other two do, and I can feel my eyes start to swell up. Wallace notices and puts his arm around my shoulder. "Don't worry Veronica. We can still find him. Mac n I noticed that the road kept on going when the buildings stopped. I say we continue to follow it. "
"Yea. I mean cabins are in the woods." Mac chimes in.
My reaction was to sniffle and wipe my eyes. "I'm not upset. Some dirt just got into my eyes. It's everywhere." I open the door. "Well what are you waiting for? We still have more road to follow." I notice everyone else look around and then roll there eyes. Then finally, they all get back into the car.
Once again, I drove slowly along the road, and was thankful that the woods came back.
"Look. I see something." Wallace announces just as I slow down more. Up ahead, there are a half dozen cabins lined up on one side of the road, and at the last one, it looks to be like there are cars there. I drive the car behind the back of the first cabin and stop behind the cabin that is three houses away and turn off the car.
At first we just sitting there and digesting what is happening.
"I can't believe it. It's finally happening." Mac echo's what everyone is thinking.
"We need a plan." weevil adds to the conversation.
"You guys wait here and I'll go get Logan. The less people, the better. I need someone to drive the car so when we can make a quick escape."
"Oh no you don't. You aren't pulling that solo routine again. I'm coming with you." And to prove his point, Weevil opens the door.
"Ok fine. Weevil and I will get Logan. Wallace, as soon as we have Logan, I'll call you, and then I want you too drive up to us so we can jump in and make our escape." Wallace nods his head in understanding. I reach over him and open my glove compartment and with draw my taser. Wallace nods in agreement. "Smart thinking."
I put the top down, then Weevil and I made our way to the back of the Cabin Logan's in. We peak around the corner, and notice two cars. One black escalade, and one red Porsche. We make our way towards the back again, and peak our heads in through the window. I look around and the first thing I notice is in front of me all the way in the front of the cabin, it Liam Fitzpatrick, Danny Boyd, Dr. Griffith, and last but most surprisingly, Hannah Griffith.
They were all sitting around a table with paper work scattered about. Seems like they were mostly arguing.
To the right closer to the window we were looking through, was a little living room. With a TV, coffee table, and a couch. And on that couch, was Logan. I let out a breath in relief. He looked battered, but he was still alive and breathing. Now the question was, how to get his attention without alerting everyone else of our presence. I duck back down and turn to Weevil who was doing the same thing I was.
"We need a distraction." I whisper.
"What do you have in mind?" Weevil whispers back.
I think about this for a minute. "Ok I got it. I'll sneak up front and slash the tires. Then, I'll throw rocks through the window to get their attention. While I do that, you sneak in through the back and get Logan. We make our way back to the car."
"Good plan, but theirs only one problem with it. How do we know the back doors open, or that they'll all go out front?"
"I'll look back into the window and tell you when to test the back door, and it's there car. Of course they'll want to know what's going on.
"Fine. But what if they have the car alarms on?"
"Were in the middle of no where. Why would they possibly have their car alarms on?"
"Good point."
I sneak a peak through the window again, and this time, Logan's staring straight back at me. My heart jumps into my throat, and I let out a little gasp before I duck back down.
"What is it? Were you spotted?" Weevil asks in surprise. I think my reaction scared him.
"Sort of. It was Logan. He surprised me that's all."
I lift my head back up and look back at Logan. He was looking back at the table to make sure no one spotted what was going on. He turns back to me, and then looks down. I follow his eyes and notice that he was already working on getting the duct tape off of his wrists. He had the beginning part stuck to the couch and he was winding his wrists around so that the tape was coming off. When he finished with that, he stayed in his position. Which was being slouched on the couch with his head down. I look back at the table and see Dr. Griffith look over at Logan, and then went back to what he was doing. I glance over at Logan and notice that he swung his legs up at what looked to be like a painful position so he could take the tape off without being obvious.
I duck back down and look over at Weevil, so looked over and smirked at me. "Looks like we don't have to worry about the door. Your boy got that covered." I can hear a hint of approval in Weevil's voice.
I smile then look through the window again. Logan still has the tape over his mouth, and he's leaning his head back against the couch but still looking at me. I see can the relief in his eyes the strongest.
This time I held up a finger and pointed at myself, and then past his head to the front of the cabin. Then I held up my hands and turned them like I turning the wheel of the car. Logan gives a slight nod in understanding. I crouch back down to the ground and call Wallace. I tell him my plan with the cars and how Weevil's going to grab Logan. So he better have the car ready for us. He said he already turned the car around so he can back up to get us and then make the quick getaway.
I hang up the phone and make my way to the front. I practically crawl my way over to the tires. I slash the first tire, and luckily no alarm went off. I make quick work of all the tires on both cars, and hide myself behind the house again. I peak through the window next to me, and noticed that no one saw anything. Letting out the air I was holding, I look around me for some rocks to throw. While I was slashing the tires, I noticed they left the front door and windows open. So they'll be able to hear me when I start breaking shit.
Taking the biggest rocks I could find, start hurling them at the cars. I can hear there surprised voices, and then the front door open.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" I can hear Liam yell from the door.
"WHAT IS IT?" I can hear someone yell from inside the house and then the chairs scraping. I poke my head around the corner and notice all of them standing outside staring at their busted car windows.
Now is my chance to leave. As I walk by the window, I look through it and see that Logan is at the back door and flinging it open. Weevil is there to grab him and help his towards my car.
"HEY!" I feel strong arms grab me from behind and twirl me around. It's Liam. "It's you! Oh your going to pay for this bitch!"
Before he can do anything else, I wrench my arm free and grab for my taser. I'm able to get him in the groin area, and he falls to the ground like a sack of potatoes, screaming and cursing. I turn around and run like hell before anyone else can catch up to me.
I turn the corner of the house and I notice that Wallace drove the car halfway, and weevil and Logan were a few steps away. I pick up the speed as I can start to hear them coming after me. Weevil helps Logan in my car and then hops in after him. They turn around to face me. I see Wallace start to back up more so I could get to him faster. Just when I'm about five feet from the car, I can feel something pierce through my shoulder. The force throws me off balance, and I stumble. My right knee is the first to hit the ground. My body jolts from the impact and my face slams into the ground, causing my world to fade to black.
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Weevil tugs me harder forcing me to pick up the pace. My legs are numb from being tied up for so long, that I can't seem to catch my balance. I see the car getting closer and closer, and with each step, I thank god for having someone like Veronica, and even Weevil, in my life. Weevil practically throws me in the car and hops in after me. I look around the car and notice Veronica's friends, but not Veronica herself. I notice everyone is looking behind me, so I turn around and see her running full speed towards the car. I think we all notice Dr. Griffith at the same time as he rounds the corner. I open my mouth to yell out to her, when my body is thrown backwards. Mac catches me and pushes me forward. Turns out Wallace was backing the car up to meet her half way.
That's when I notice Dr. Griffith withdraw his gun. I open my mouth to shout out the her, but she stumbles and falls forwards. My whole world slows down as I watch her fall in slow motion. When her body finally hit's the ground with a sick thud, my body reacts by standing up and jumping out of the car. My numb legs carry me over to her body as I numbly pick her up and stumble and fall inside the car. Wallace peels out as my numb mind registers the sound of bullets whizzing by the car.
The rest of the world fades away as I cradle her in my arms. I press one hand against her wounded shoulder, and rock her back in forth as I kiss her all over her face. It feels go good having her here with me, that the feeling starts to return to my body.
What feels like hours later, I feel the car stop. I look up in time to see Wallace hop out of the car and run inside a building.
Shocked that we weren't at a hospital, I open my mouth. "What's he doin?" Mac turn around in shock because my words came out too fast slamming into each other, and I think I was shouting. I follow Wallace with my eyes, and will him to hurry it up with whatever he was doing so we could get to the hospital.
Centuries later, the building Wallace disappeared in opened, and he walked out with someone close on his heels. "HOPSITAL!" Is all I could manage to get out through my lips that seemed to go numb again.
I jump in shock as I hear a groan come from my lap. As I feel the car start up and start driving again, Veronica moves her head from one side to the other. She's still again, so I pick her up more and cradle her against my chest.
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I must have had my eyes closed, because I could feel someone tugging on me.
I snap my eyes open and realize that their trying to pry Veronica out of my arms.
"NO!" And I grip her harder.
"Logan let go. Were at the hospital. We need to get her inside." Hearing a foreign voice I look up and in utter shock, realize there's someone here.
"Mr. Mars? When did you get here?" My words were still smashing into each other.
"I followed you here. Now let's get my daughter inside and we can talk later." Keith starts tugging again.
His words are coming towards me as if through a tunnel. Taking a while to sink in. Finally, I let go, and they whisk her away from me. I go to stand up with every intention of following her, but as soon as my feet hit the ground, my world starts to spin. Losing balance, I start to fall, and that's the last think I remember.
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LoVeshipper4ever: Thank you so much for enjoying this story! I don't know how long it'll be, but it seems to be coming to an end. I hope not cuz I enjoy writing.
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