Chapter 11

Before either of them can run old hairy legs grabs Eliza into a tight hold trying desperately to get her into the van. Debbie lunges at him trying to kick him. "Debbie help me!" Eliza cries out as hairy legs drags her as close to the van as he can. Debbie kicks at him and she narrowly escapes the other guy coming after her.

Back in the hotel room Donnie senses something wrong with his sisters. He tries running outside the room but is stopped by Nigel, "What are you doing Donnie? Did you want to go with Eliza and Debbie?" he says softly as Donnie tries to get him to understand. Donnie runs around more trying to get him to follow but Nigel still doesn't get it and so he pulls Donnie back into the room. Donnie then rushes to the deck and looks down from four stories and sees that they are both in serious trouble. He grabs Marianne's hand and tries pulling her towards the deck as she seems to understand a bit more. "Nigel something is up he never does this," she says as she walks up the deck with Donnie literally jumping up and down. She peers over the edge and see's Debbie fighting off some crazy guys but doesn't see Eliza anywhere."Oh No!" she yells as Nigel comes running. "What's wrong?" he says trying to get her to speak. She can't so she points to where her daughter is losing a fight. "Come on," Marianne starts once she can speak again. "No! You stay here Donnie and I will take care of those guys and save the girls," he says. "But why?" she tries to protest as they head out the door ignoring her. She races back to the deck and watches helplessly as her daughter tries defending herself. She wants ever so badly to be down there and beat the crap out of those guys while protecting her kids but she can't and she knows it. She can only pray that Debbie can hold out long enough for Nigel and Donnie to get to her.

Debbie is now fighting against three men at least since one disappeared in to the truck with Eliza. She hasn't heard anything from either of them and is terrified at what might have happened to her sister. Debbie knocks one guy into the ground while the other two try grabbing her but she quickly knees them and then steps on their feet crippling them for a few more seconds. She is starting to get really tired and doesn't know how much longer she can keep up this pace. She takes a breather before the three can come back at her. Just as they start at her again she hears a loud commotion coming from behind her and she spins around just in time to see her brother and father come racing to her rescue. "Dad, Donnie how did you know we were here?" she says as the three guys gang up on her. "No time to explain," Nigel says as Donnie jumps on the guy about the attack her and so he spins the guy around and jumps on him smashing his whole body into the ground.

Nigel has the other guy in a type of hold where he is practically pinned to the ground. He is also holding the third guy at bay while every third kick is where it hurts a guy most. Finally the cops arrive after what seems like hours and drags them away. They search in the van for the fourth but he is nowhere to be found. They find Eliza curled up in a tight ball at the back of the van. A cop carries her out trying to be very careful not to hurt her. When she comes too she seems so afraid but the police check her out and conclude that she is ok. She has some bruises and a couple of cuts on her arms and legs from the rough treatment but she seems alright. After the cops leave Debbie collapses into her father's arms and starts crying. "Dad thank you so much for saving us I couldn't have kept up much longer," she says crying and still in his arms. He carries her back up to their room while Eliza looks a bit dazed and scared. "Dad, what happened?" Eliza says as she sits down on her bed trying to figure out what had happened these past few minutes. "You were in those bad guys van," Debbie says once she calms down. "We ran into them at the airport," Debbie adds not sure why those guys wanted them so badly. "What did they want with us?" Eliza asks starting to tremble. "I don't know but it had something to do with the airport situation," Marianne says as she helps Eliza recover from her ordeal. Darwin comes around trying to comfort her as well.

Eliza has a major headache and everything seems so weird but yet everyone looks so familiar but she can't place where from. She sits outside after awhile watching the sunset. "Wow Darwin that was a close call even though I can't really remember what happened," she says as her best friend sits on the deck with her. "I wish I was there with you to protect you," he says with sorrow in his voice. "It's ok," she whispers to him as she holds him tight and they watch the sunset.

That night Eliza has the same dream but it is more vivid this time and they are on a planet that is made up of roses and sunflowers. The creatures on this planet look half horse half penguin and they all frolic around like there is no tomorrow. Eliza's parents are out taping these strange creatures like they are zebra's. Debbie is actually talking to them like long lost friends. She is so amazed by them and so she goes to talk to them but gets interrupted by a shaking feeling. "Huh?" she says half asleep and misses the first part. "Were leaving," Marianne says waking up Eliza. "But why?" she asks a bit startled to be waken up in the middle of the night. ""We just need to go home now," he mother says like something just isn't right. "What's wrong mom?" Eliza says as they get a taxi at 1 am. "Are we going to die?" she says as she tries to understand what is going on. "Let's just say it's not safe because something is going on," Nigel says trying not to scare Eliza but she does need to know what is going on. "Well about 2 hours ago we got word that there is some fighting going on down south about 30 miles away so it's not safe here right now and so we need to leave pronto," Nigel says as Eliza tries to understand. "It's like a war zone not just an evening fight at a bar," Debbie adds as they get to the airport an hour later. "Oh," she says not believing that their vacation has turned into a nightmare only a week after arriving. They get on the next flight home and decide to take a ride to their next assignment that will begin in two weeks.

On their way to china early one morning Eliza has a splitting headache that just won't go away. "Mom my head hurts so bad why won't it go away?" she whines to her mother who is just beyond exhaustion from everything. "I don't know just go talk to your father," Marianne says suddenly sick of travelling. "But mom…" she says again not sure what her dad can do about it if he can do anything. "Just go!" Marianne shouts unable to control her frequent mood swings. That shuts up Eliza real quick and she runs back to her room in tears. "Why does she have to act like that?" Eliza cries softly as Darwin follows. "I don't know I guess she has no patience," Darwin says sitting next to his best friend on her bed. "This headache won't go away! Why won't it go away?" she says crying to her friend scared.

Back upstairs Debbie is listening to her music as they are driving along on a bumpy road in China. Donnie suddenly jumps up on her acting like a nutcase. He rips her magazine away from her and shreds it to pieces. "Donnie!" she yells at him and he gives chase loving her attention. He runs downstairs and tries to hide in the closet but Debbie grabs him and is about to smash him into the ground when Nigel comes down and grabs him from her. "I'll take it from here Debbie," Nigel says as he sits Donnie down with him making sure he can't ruin anymore of Debbie's things. Suddenly Eliza yells something but Debbie can't make it out as Eliza rushes past here and to her parents. "What is it?" Debbie says catching the end of what she said. "I can remember everything!" Eliza says gleaming at everyone.

To be continued