Chapter 7

Riker POV

"Riker? Are you ready to keep moving yet?"

I sighed. Her shoulder was pretty comfortable.

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Ok. Let's go."

Alex pulled me up, and started leading me through the woods.

"Riker! Do you hear that!?"

"No. What!?"

"Cars! We're getting close!"

"Oh, I hear it now!"

Within a few minutes, we had made our way out of the woods, and back into the parking lot with my car. We were both exhausted. I'm pretty sure we both just wanted this night to be over and done with, and try to erase it from our minds forever.

We both got in my car. I locked us in, and just sat there for a minute. My hands were shaking harder now, but I didn't know why. We were out of the woods. We were safe.

"Riker? Are you ok?"

"I guess I'm just… still shaken up…"

"I know. But, can we just get out of here? I don't care if you go park at a gas station, and wait until you calm down a little more. I just want to get away from this place."

"So do I."

I put the key in, and twisted it, but nothing happened. My car wouldn't start!

"What's going on?"

"My car won't start!"

"Riker, what the heck is this place? Where are we?"

"It's called All Hallows Woods."

"You took me to All Hallows Woods!?"

"Yeah…?"

"Riker! There have been so many people that have gone missing in these woods! They're supposedly haunted!"

"I didn't know!"

"And now your car won't start."

"Ok, well I'll agree, that is kind of creepy."

"That's it. I'm calling my parents to come get us."

"Alex you can't! They'll bust us, and then you won't be able to see me anymore! Call one of my siblings instead."

"Wait. I don't have a phone!"

"Oh... Right."

"Riker. This is really freaky. We need to get out of here. Right now."

"Why?"

"I just have a really bad feeling about this. We need to get out of here. Now. Let's go."

As soon as I was out of the car, I took off following Alex down the road, and out of the park. Wow, she can run fast! But I could tell she was serious when she said she had a bad feeling about being here. I felt it too. Luckily, I still had my backpack on, so the only thing I really left was my car. But it didn't really matter anyway. After I got in an accident about a month ago, my car was completely smashed, so my parents bought me this used car that I didn't really like.

"Riker! Come on! Hurry!"

"I'm coming!" I shouted, running faster.

If there was a level above sprinting, I think that's what we were doing.

We finally got to the main road, and Alex decided to go left. It was a good choice, because we came upon a gas station that had a phone outside.

"Riker, I'm calling my parents to come pick us up. They said they went out in town tonight, so they're closer than your siblings."

"Can't we just wait for Rocky or Ross to come get us? It wouldn't be that much longer."

"Riker, it's not safe. We're still pretty close to those woods, and I really just want to go home."

"You're ruining this for us."

"What?"

"We won't ever be able to be together if you do this."

"Don't you want to get to safety!?"

"Fine. Call your stupid parents."

"Excuse me!?"

"Just call them already! It's over! You obviously never wanted to be with me in the first place, and you don't want to be with me now either," I said, shaking my head.