What you can't see

Can't hurt you

Chapter four. Runaway

She ran through the woods, trying to get to the safe point, always looking back to see if they where close. See stopped at a fork in the road, trying to remember which way to go. As she heard something behind her, she quickly turned right and went up a winding pathway. Her hair was sticking to her face and neck, the sweat dampening it and shaping her ginger curls. She clutched a set of papers to her chest, the moon was shining down on her, pleading her to sleep, but she couldn't give in. She took a sharp right and fell down, twisting her ankle. She couldn't go on, not with them behind her.

And if you can't get there, you MUSTN'T let them have the papers

Sitting up, she looked around. It didn't matter if she got there or not, it didn't matter if the papers got there or not. All that mattered now, was that they where destroyed. She saw a pile of mud in a wet ditch of the side of the path. She scrambled over, pulling herself along with one hand, and dunked the paper into the small stream. The papers dampened, but the ink wasn't running fast enough. Hearing them coming, her dangerously wide eyes looked from the path, back to the ditch. She tore them apart, making small sounds as she did so, and buried them in the river. Even if they did find them, they couldn't read them. She tried to stand, but couldn't. Something was wrapped round her foot, pulling her down. In a panic, she started crying for help, pleading for help, though she knew no one would hear her. She tried to detach it from her, but darkness slowly engulfed her foot, shrouding her whole leg in darkness. She screamed out, her pleas getting louder and stronger. She lay there, crying silently, up to her head in the awful nightmare, tightening and putting off her breathing and circulation. She stopped as she saw a figure come closer to her, hoping it wasn't whom she thought it was.

"You know what I want," came the voice, dark and raspy. "Now, can you give it to me, and I'll give you your life." She swallowed.

"Y-you won't g-g-g-give me…anything." She managed her voice croaky and weak from lack of oxygen. He laughed cruelly, as he stroked the short hair out her flustered face.

"How right you are child. How right you are."

Zeo sprang up, screaming and dripping in sweat. He clutched the covers to himself, panting loudly. He looked round the room, his eyes so wide they might jump out his eye-sockets. He looked around, shaking viciously, making sure that it had all been a dream. The room was dark and the moon shone through the open curtains so when he looked in the mirror he was silhouetted. He shuddered, reaching for the light at his bedside, wincing slightly as the blinding light surrounded the inside of his room. He heard the door slam open, Takao running in, worry and concern written all over his usually happy features. A smile of relief forming on his face as he was the younger Japanese boy sitting up in his bed. He walked over and sat at the bottom of the bed making it move slightly.

"Can I get you anything?" He asked, Zeo thought for a moment, wondering if his voice would work.

"A towel and a wet flannel would be nice." He said, voice dry and rasped. He winced at the sound. Takao laughed a bit.

"A drink by the sounds of it as well," Zeo smiled slightly. Takao left the room, leaving Zeo to think for a while. He couldn't shake the dream, it had been so real…the lady…and the man…and the…thing. He looked up at the moon. He knew something was going to happen, and he was going to get one step ahead of it if it killed him. Takao came back into the room, holding a tray with a glass and a few cloths on. Zeo took the glass with a 'thank you', and Takao put the flannel to his head. "Why where you screaming?" Takao asked, Zeo thought about whether he should tell Takao or not.

"Because the person in my dream did. I can't really remember it all that well." Zeo lied, though Ana had taught him how to lie pretty well, so Takao shook it off.

"Ok then, if you do remember, you can tell me, ok?" Takao said, Zeo nodded and Takao left the room, leaving the glass of water with him. Zeo had a good idea of how to find out what the thing was, and he knew just where to go to get it.

Zzz

Zeo looked round the crowd of bikers, trying to find the flaming redhead. He saw a group of people, one of them he recognized, but it wasn't Tala. He walked over and tapped the person on the back. Crimson burned into his eyes questionably after dismissing the group he was talking to. Zeo smiled up at the person, knowingly, he dragged Zeo of to a more private area.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I wanted to know what the thing is, what else would I want?" Kai groaned.

"Tala was right, we do have another Ana," He said. "Look, it's not your-"

"A girl with red-hair was trying to get some papers somewhere…I could tell you more…but then again, there's no point if I should have anything to do with it," Kai started down at Zeo, mouth a gar. "There's mosquito's round here you know, we don't want you swallowing one." Kai shut his mouth and ran a hand through his hair.

"How do I know you won't run off to your magazine and tell them?"

"'Cause I'm not doing this for them…I'm doing it for Ana," Kai stood there, looking doubtful. "All I want to know is what killed her, then I'll leave it."

"She spent all her time protecting you from it especially, none of us will let her work go to waste."

"What about the girl?" Zeo said, crossing his arms. "I want to know what attacked her." Kai suddenly looked interested.

"Something attacked her?" Zeo nodded.

"And if you tell me what happened to Ana, I'll tell you what happened to her…exactly what happened to her."

"Ok, I won't tell you much, just what it was, got that?" Zeo nodded. "A demon got into Ana's bike and crashed it, making it look like Ana lost control. Now, what happened to the girl?"

"A what?" Kai glared. "Ok, ok, I'll tell you, she was running through the wood and this black…thing got her, she managed to destroy the papers in the river and then a man came and threatened her. She didn't say anything, so he killed her." Kai looked away.

"How do you know so much?" Zeo looked at the sky.

"I just repeated my dream to you." Kai looked at him with shock.

"You WHAT?" Zeo shrugged. Kai looked now even more worried. "But…either you're lying or…damn." Kai got out a phone.

"Damn what?" Zeo asked, but Kai speaking to someone in Russian on the phone drowned him out. He waited patiently till the conversation was over. "Well?" He said, tapping his foot. Kai sighed.

"You can leave, or you can follow me, but if you do, no talking, asking questions, or any sound, at all, just, silence. Got it?" Zeo nodded and followed Kai out of the crowd and down to the road where a familiar panther drove up. Kai looked back at him. "And most importantly, no arguing, what so ever." Kai finished, opening the back seat door for Zeo before getting in himself. The driver turned to look at Zeo.

"What's he doing here? I thought I told him to stay out of it." Kai sighed.

"Long story."

"Well cut it short."

"He knows exactly what happened to Yume, now drive." Kai snapped making Tala turn round and start the engine.

"Still don't think he should be here, how do we know he was telling the truth? She COULD still be alive."

"I know she's definitely not, she got killed by the man, I know this cause of my dream, and because us reporters get told things before you do, so I have two ways of knowing, you'll know when a news crew go down to investigate." Zeo said making Tala growl.

"Stupid reporter." He said making both Zeo and Kai smirk. If one thing was amusing about this, it was the way Tala got angry.

Zzz

Zeo shifted nervously in his seat. When they'd got to where they were meant to be Kai and Tala went to talk to some other people, they'd taken him to an office and told him to stay there till they came back with someone. So now, he was waiting on the chair, trying to decide whether or not it was a good idea to come with Kai and Tala, or whether he should have gone back home to clean up Takao's room. He looked round the smart room, it was nicely decorated, but he could tell the person wasn't the most agreeable person on the planet. He looked to the door as Tala came back in and sat on the office chair behind the desk and leaned back, murmuring something in Russian.

"What's going on?" Zeo asked, Tala shut his eyes tight.

"Is that ALL you ever do, ask 'what's going on?' cause it's annoying." He said opening an eye to look at Zeo.

"No, I could ask other things like, 'why am I here?' but I put the important question first." Tala shook his head and sat up properly, looking Zeo in the eye. There was a moment of silence.

"Your face is going red," Tala started, still looking at the younger. Zeo puffed his cheeks out and went slightly redder. "You are here because of that dream, and I am here because somebody needed to be in here with you."

"So why did you come, I thought you hated me?" Zeo said looking out the window. Tala sat back again, making the chair move a little.

"Because…because ok?" He said. Zeo could tell he was lying.

"You're not a very good liar you know." Zeo said, shifting his eyes to look at Tala.

""I don't know why I came out here, ok? I just did," Zeo blinked. "I can't hate you…you're just so…innocent." Zeo smiled slightly as Tala blushed.

"No look who's going red." Zeo taunted making Tala spin the chair round so his back was facing Zeo.

"Go away." Tala said, Zeo laughed.

"That your best come back?" there was silence until the door opened again. Kai walked in with a lilac haired boy and a blue haired girl.

"Good to see everything's still in one piece," Kai stated receiving a glare off both occupants. "This is Bryan and Miriam, they want to know more about what you saw in your dream." Kai said to Zeo who nodded.

"Ok then, I'll tell you as much as I remember." Zeo said.

Zzz

"That looks nasty." Takao said standing next to Max. They were in the wood with Zeo, looking at a corpse in the ditch. Zeo and Tala were standing by them, but a bit closer to the girl. Zeo looked up at Tala smugly.

"Told you so." He said quietly so Max and Takao couldn't hear. Tala hned and crossed his arms.

"So Tala, you knew her?" Max ask, moving up beside them. Tala nodded and started at her. "Who was she?"

"Her name was Yume, I didn't know her well, we'd met a couple of times," Tala replied coolly. Max nodded and went over to where Takao was calling him. "Now do you realize why I told you to mind your own business?"

"Hey, like you said, I'm another Ana. Stubborn and curious." Zeo said winking. Tala smiled slightly.

"Well your curiosity is going to get you killed," He said, remembering the motorbike incident. "Is your Honda ok?" Zeo nodded.

"Yea, nothing seems to be wrong with it, I hope it doesn't do that again." They looked behind them as they heard Max call them.

"Zeo! Tala! Come look at what Takao found!"

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Kitty: O.o what did Takao find? Why am I suddenly using his Japanese name? –shrugs- oh well, another chapter finished, another person dead, isn't this fic just a bundle of laughs have to go now, buh bye

Caoi .

Kitty-cat