The Seeker
Chapter 3
A hand reaches to me and shakes me awake.
"Em. We're going to a rest stop. Put on your sunglasses." Jamie in forms me and passes me my sunglasses. I put them on and step out of the car to stretch. It's early morning and there is a motel to my left, and a gas station to my right. The sun is bright so we are good for having sunglasses.
Jack comes back with our keys to our rooms and we head to them. I watch and see that Kyle and Jack have to share a room so I realize it will be me and Jamie's room that I am walking to. I look for him and see he is getting breakfast from the gas station. I put the key in the lock and turn. The door opens and I see one bed and a couch. Oh great, I think to myself. I can either share the bed with my "brother", or I can sleep on the uncomfortable couch... Couch it is!
I walk to it and set my back pack on it. When Jamie enters the room I have unpacked all my stuff and I'm getting ready to take a shower. "I call dibs on the couch! It's too late," I state before he can object to my sleeping place. "You should have made me get breakfast instead ofyou, if you had wanted me to sleep on the bed." I grab my stuff and head for the shower. "Besides, your like what almost 7 feet tall? I highly doubt your going to fit on this little, itty-bitty couch." And I close the door.
"Finally!" I exclaim. "It's my turn to be in the front."
"Yeah well don't get used to it."
"Really, Jamie?" I ask while we drive on the highway. We are almost home! Then I can see Mom and Dad and Jeb. And I'll be rid of the stupid Seekers. I put my arm out the window so I can feel the cool air rush at my face. I sigh and I almost drift off to sleep, when something shiny catches the sunlight. I furrow my eyebrows and look closer at the mirror.
Then I see it. The sunlight catching on a car... a metal car... My eyes widen and my pupils dialate intensely as I realize what car it is. A SEEKER!
I turn to face Jamie who watches the road, unaware of the danger behind us. "Jamie!" I yell over the thrashing wind that slices it's way through my window. It now does not seem joyful and refreshing. Now it feels like the crack of a whip of my face and back. "Seekers! Behind us and they know we're humans!" I start to shake with terror and fear.
Jamie whips his head to turn to me and so does Kyle and Jack. I can see the terror on their faces as well. Kyle's body turns from a relaxed look to a look of a murderer or a hunter. Jack's body only tenses and Jamie's hands tightens around the wheel so bad, his knuckles turn white. Even though nobody tells us to or gives each other a command, we all quickly put on our sunglasses.
"Ok. We need to act natural and if your caught," he pauses."You know what to do."
I swallow the tears about to form in my eyes. nod, and turn to look straight ahead. But we don't get that far. We pass into a tunnel andbehind us the Seeker's sirens start flshing. Then a Seeker in front of us that I had not seen, pulls up in front of the tunnel. Blocking our path to escape.
I can tell there's no escape. I whisper out "no" before a thought comes to my head. They can't take all of us, but they can have me!
"Everyone out! They won't follow us too far into the desert."I command them.
"But we won't make it that far. They'll just block our path." Jack replies.
Not unless I distract them. But they can't know that. Especially not Jamie, I think to myself.
"Then we at least die trying. Remember, nobody gets caught alive." The lie comes out of my mouth tasting sour and vile. But I know it's the only way to save them. Everyone gets out of the truck and starts to sprint. Before I can let them realize I'm not with them, I slide into the driver's seat and race down the highway.
I look in the rearview mirror and see the Seeker cars and motorcycles chasing me. Good, they don't notice the others hiding in the tunnel. I hope they stay hidden and run if they know whats good for them. That's when I crash into the Seeker's car... and I feel pain. What?! I didn't die? I thought that crash would have killed me!
I throw the door open and stumble out into the tunnel. Once my leg touches the ground, pain like fire runs up my leg and burns me. I gasp and try to ignore it, but my leg can't take my full weight. I crumple to the ground and I try to crawl away, but the Seekers are already getting out of their cars.
"Stop! Please! We don't want to hurt you, we want to help." I hear on say behind me.
I shake my head and try to stand. I feel my weight about to be brought down again by gravity, so I put my hand on the wall to steady myself. I take a glanece up and see Seekers in front of me running to me. I glance to look back and it's the same sight. No, they're going to take me! I look at Jamie and the others still hiding in the shadows of the tunnel. Jamie looks at me and we stare at each other for a few moments. Then he frowns, as if he is the one in pain, and nods. Then he looks to something behind me.
I look behind me again, and I see a long peice of glass. I realize, then, what I must do. I quickly grab the peice of glass, lift it and look at Jamie. He nods once again and looks away.
"Goodbye, big brother." I whisper right as I thrust the glass into my stomach, and everything goes dark, as I fall to the ground. Dying.
This is not the end trust me. I have much much more I still need to do. But This is just the best cliffhanger I could find and think of that still went along with the story. Thx so much for reading this far, and yesterday was a snow day so I had a lot of free time. And a special thx to Unexplainable Answers for reviewing my chapters. I hope everyone who reads these chapters will please review. It hels motivate me to free up my schedule.