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Chapter 2

"How you doing back there?" Stephanie asked Kris looking in the visor mirror. Kris looked away from the window and looked at her.

"I'm a little cramped but ok. How long ago did we get off the interstate?"

"Like 2 hours ago. I didn't think that this road was going to take this long." Jay said. "So do you like my boy?" Kris looked at Aiden who was passed out.

"He seems nice. I like his voice, he's British." She said smiling.

"You would like that." Jay said.

"We sort of invited him for you anyways." Stephanie said playing with her eyebrow ring.

"Why?"

"You need to get other shit on your mind. Your head is still in Iraq."

"Plus your sexy, he's sexy, so you two should be sexy together." Jay said smiling.

"Oh shut up Jay!" Stephanie said.

"Ok." Kris started laughing at the two.

"So how come you two got stuck in this car?" Joyce asked Eddie and Dylan.

"Well last time I checked, this is my car." Dylan said in a sarcastic tone.

"Alright listen assholes. I don't like the way you are talking to Joyce so knock it off." Brian said in an angry voice.

"Yeah to bad we don't have a single girl here, so you can go fuck a girl behind Joyce's back." Carlos said from the back of the Jeep.

"How about you go fuck yourself!" Joyce screamed out. Everyone began to scream at each other.

"All of you shut the fuck up. We are pulling into a gas station." Eddie screamed over the noise. Everyone started screaming at each other again as Dylan pulled in behind Jay's truck. They all got out of the cars.

"I'm sorry but I'm fucking switching cars. I can't deal with those fucking assholes." Joyce said walking towards the small group from the truck.

"Sorry we have no room." Stephanie said leaning up against the truck. Joyce turned to Jay.

"Jay come one! I can't take them right now!" Jay turned to Stephanie and she shook her head.

"Sorry no room." He walked over to the gas tanks.

"Whatever." She said walking back towards Brian. Aiden walked over with Kris. Kris stood next to Stephanie.

"I'm going to go inside and find some grub. Would you guys like anything?" Aiden said pointing towards the restaurant.

"What luck a British gentleman." Kris whispered to Stephanie.

"Only the best for you." Stephanie said pushing Kris forward.

"Yeah I'll help you. We got some big eaters with us." Kris said walking towards the building.

"Fine with me." Aiden smiled and followed her in. The building was small and white. It had dirt everywhere and it looked like it was run down. They walked into the door and noticed that everything was on but no one was around.

"Hello?!" Kris yelled over the counter. She didn't hear anything so she went behind the counter to the back. "Hey we are getting gas and some food." No one answered her. She headed more into the back and saw a table. There was a purse on the table and she saw jewelry in it. Kris walked up to the purse and quietly went through it. "This person must really like jewelry." She started to take her hand out when she noticed blood on it. She closed her eyes for a few seconds and opened them again. Her hand was covered in blood. "What the fuck!"

"Hey Kris…"

"Shit!" Kris jumped around and saw Aiden standing in the door way. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She quickly put her hand behind her back.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's cool. I've been like that ever since I got back."

"Oh well there's a sign saying that the person will be back soon. Jay said just take what we want and let's go."

"Ok yeah, I'll be out in a minute. Something dropped off the table, and I should find it."

"Sure, are you ok?"

"Yeah, oh I'm fine. I shouldn't take long." She said smiling. Aiden just looked at her.

"Alright, I'll see you outside then." Kris smiled and watched as he walked away. She turned back to the table.

"Shit, fuck, shit!" She said as she quickly looked around. She spotted a small sink and ran to it. She quickly turned the sink handle and watched the water pour out of the faucet. She stuck her hand under the water and wiped away the blood. When clear water started to go down the drain, she turned the sink off and headed outside.

"Ok, so we are taking the first left off this road. We should be in Cali…" Dylan was saying as he looked at the map.

"Hey guys I think we should head back to the interstate." Kris said wiping her face and then her hands on her pants.

"What?! You wanted to come this way?" Carlos said.

"I know, but I think Joyce is right on this one. If something does happen it can be days that anyone finds us." Aiden looked at her confused. He noticed that she was talking fast and sort of frightened.

"Kris that would put us behind, it's going to take up to 2 hours to go back." Jay said.

"Jay please, I'm really sorry but some…" She took a deep breath. "Please the interstate would be so much safer."

"You have got to be fucking shitting me! Joyce kept saying that we should fucking stay on the interstate, and now that Ms. Princess doesn't want to take this route we should change our course!" Brian yelled at Kris.

"Oi, mate there's no reason to yell at her!" Aiden stepped in between Kris and Brian. "Personally, if she isn't feeling like this is a good idea I think we should head back." Billy came up to the side of Brian and pushed Aiden.

"And who the hell are you to tell us what to do?" Aiden pushed him back.

"Don't bloody focking touch me."

"Look at this fuck thinking he can just push people around." Brian said taking a step towards Aiden. Kris pushed Aiden out of the way and was face to face with Brian.

"Let's go tough guy do something. Just remember I'm trained to kill." Kris just stared at him. Brian looked at Joyce and then backed away. Kris turned to Jay. "Look, it's probably a lot smarter if we go back to the interstate. Seeing that we are two hours away from it, I'm leaving it up to you on what we should do." Jay looked at her and then at everyone else.

"Ok let's vote. Who wants to go back to the interstate?" Kris, Joyce, Aiden, Billy, and Mike all raised their hands. Kris brought her hands to her head and ran them threw her hair. She turned away from the group.

"Fuck." She said in a whisper.

"Ok, so we keep going this way." Jay said folding up the map and getting into the truck.

"Fuck that, I'm driving with you fuckers." Eddie said jumping into the cab of the truck. Kris turned to face everyone and shook her head. She got back in the truck and Stephanie and Aiden soon followed. Within seconds both cars were on the road again. The traveled down the road for about 15 minutes and they made their first left on to a dirt road. Kris kept looking out the window.

'Come on Kris. Nothing is going to happen out here. This is home, not Iraq.' She calmed herself down and relaxed her body. She rested her head on the seat and was about to dose off when Jay lost control over the truck.

"What the fuck?!" The truck started to swerve when a huge rock came into view. "FUCKING HOLD ON!!" He yelled out when they slammed into the rock. Everyone flew forward and then fell back into their seats. Stephanie banged her head up against her window cracking the glass a little bit.

"Fuck dude! I try to get away from fucking drama and you crash the truck!" Eddie yelled at his brother. Jay turned to face everyone. His eyes got wide when he looked out the back window.

"Oh fuck." Was all he said when the Jeep turned sideways and crashed into the back of the truck. Once again everyone was jerked forward and then back into their seats with a heavy force. When everything was still, Kris and Stephanie opened their doors. They got out with a struggle and fell to their knees when they hit the ground. Aiden soon followed but stood on his feet. He walked towards Kris.

"Are you alright?" Kris looked up at him.

"Yeah, I just got knocked around a little." He grabbed her arm and placed his other arm around her waist. He slowly picked her up and placed her on her feet. "Thank you."

"Are you sure you're ok?" She nodded and quickly went to Stephanie. She helped her up to her feet.

"I hit my head pretty hard. Can you check to see if I'm bleeding?" Stephanie said moving some hair. Kris hesitated at first but then saw some blood.

"Yeah I got some bandages in my bag." She headed to the back of the truck. She quickly wiped at her face and wiped her hands on her pants. The people that were in the Jeep, started to slowly get out. Kris found her bag and quickly took out some peroxide and a bandage. She walked over to Stephanie and started to clean the blood off. She soon put the bandage on her head.

"It wasn't that huge of a wound, so in a few hours I think you'll be fine."

"Thanks Kris." Stephanie said with a smile.

"Kris, I think there's something wrong with Mike! He isn't moving and there is blood everywhere!" Joyce screamed out. Kris ran over to the Jeep and noticed that Mike was on the side of impact.

"Fuck." She jumped into the car and started to move towards Mike. "Hey Mike are you ok?" He just stayed in his position and wouldn't talk. Kris moved more into the car and put her fingers on his neck. She couldn't feel a pulse. She slowly moved back out of the car.

"Where is he? Is he ok?" Joyce said walking up to her. Everyone stood around them. Kris looked up and shook her head.

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?!" Joyce screamed out.

"What the fuck do you think it means?" Stephanie said walking up to Kris and hugging her. Joyce looked at Kris.

"Are you serious? Well come on Ms. Navy Seal who can save us all from our deaths. He trusted you to save him!" Joyce yelled at her.

"Shut up." Kris whispered.

"Not only did you sit and watch Amanda die, but you allowed her husband to die!" Kris quickly turned and decked Joyce in the face. Joyce fell to the ground. She slowly went to her side and felt her face. Blood was falling from her nose. Kris wiped at her face and then wiped her hands.

"You fucking bitch!" Brian pushed Kris.

"Oi, knock it off!" Aiden screamed out going towards them.

"Leave her the fuck alone you fucking vampire!" Jay yelled out following Aiden.

"Who the fuck do you think you are?" Brian pushed Kris again a little harder. She tripped over a rock and fell to the ground.

"Oi, mate!" Aiden grabbed Brian's shoulder and swung him around. When Brian faced Aiden, Aiden decked him in the face. "You don't focking touch a woman like that you bloody arsehole." Brian fell to the ground.

"Oh man all we are missing is popcorn!" Eddie said to Dylan.

"Let's go! In one corner we can get a catfight and in the other corner we got the Brit fighting the Vampire!" Dylan said holding an invisible microphone to his mouth.

"100 bucks on Kris and Aiden." Carlos said handing money out.

"Why the fuck did I come one this stupid fucking trip?" Brian said getting up from the ground but Jay decked him in the face. He fell back down with a thud.

"That's because you think you're tough shit." He walked over to Stephanie. "He didn't touch you did he?"

"Ha-ha no Jay." She said laughing. "Don't worry; I would have punched him if he did." Aiden helped Kris stand up.

"You alright?"

"You're asking me that a lot today." She said smiling. He started to chuckle.

"Well it's been a rough day."

"Yeah it has. I'm fine thank you." She said wiping her hands on her pants.

"So what the hell do we do about Mike?" Carlos asked. Everyone looked around.

"We burn the Jeep." Billy spoke up. Everyone looked at him. "He always wanted to be cremated. We push the jeep to a place where we won't get hurt and light it on fire."

"Ok, everyone get your shit out of my car." Dylan said walking towards the Jeep. Everyone who was in the Jeep took their bags out of the car. Then they started to push the car more down the dirt road. When they were far away from the truck area, they started to take the tires off. The girls rolled them back towards the 'camp'. Billy lit his lighter and placed in on one of the seats of the car.

"See ya Bud." He shut the door and watched the seat with Mike on it catch fire. The guys headed back to where the girls were.

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