DPOV

Chloe wouldn't sit still and it was irritating me. She needed to sleep or else she wouldn't be able to run tonight. I couldn't carry her the whole time no matter how much both she and I wished I could.

"Chloe, lie down and sleep." I whispered because both the suddenly nice Tori and Simon were asleep. She continued to pace up and down irritating me even more. "Chloe." I growled at her.

She sighed biting her lip. "Fine." She said wrinkling her nose at me before lying down by my side. I felt her shift and close her eyes, trying to make her breathing steady and even. I knew she wasn't asleep.

"Chloe, come on go to sleep. Please?" I begged her wrapping my arm around her waist. She stiffened at my touch but slowly relaxed again. But still she wouldn't sleep. "There's something wrong?" I whispered in her ear quietly.

"No, I'm just not tired." She whispered quietly back. I saw straight through her lie, she could never, not tell the truth but I decided not to push. She moved my arm and got up slowly staring ahead with no expression as she did. Chloe got up and walked to the bathroom, barley glancing in my direction and all I could think was What the Hell?

She wasn't possessed, or at least it didn't look like she was. But maybe I was wrong, maybe she was possessed. But a small nagging part of my brain asked What if she doesn't love me anymore? I shook my head. She loves me she does, she has to.

When she finally came out of the bathroom she paced back and forth for two hours her eyes always focused straight ahead until I told her to help me wake up Tori and Simon.

CPOV

We woke them up hurriedly. "Come on." Tori I pleaded shaking her really hard. Simon was up his backpack hoisted on his back while Derek packed everything from the bathroom toothbrushes to the groceries he had bought earlier that day. "Tori!" I yelled pushing her a little too hard to where she rolled off the bed.

She hit the floor with a thud and a long line of bad words. I bit my lip and climbed over to the edge and looked down at her. "A are you okay y?"

Simon burst into hysterics and Derek laughed from the bathroom which I could here him going through everything. "What the Hell did you do that for?" Tori demanded pulling on the bed to hoist herself up.

"It was an accident!" I pleaded. "You wouldn't wake up; I pushed you a little too hard, I'm sorry." She glared at me and walked over to her already packed bag before slipping her tennis shoes on.

My shoes were on and I folded my legs under me. "So how exactly are we getting out and paying? What if they see Chloe? I swear I saw a picture of her in the lobby. She still looks like herself." Tori asked peering out the window letting the slight glow left from the setting sun.

Derek walked out of the bathroom his arms full of supplies which he dumped in his bag. "The jump isn't too bad I think we could make it." Simon and Tori looked at him there mouth's slack.

"Bro, it's at least 250 feet. Only you would survive that jump." Simon said rushing over to the window by Tori and looking down to the ground gulping slightly.

"I was kidding." Derek said gruffly winking at me and I grinned stupidly back at him. "Anyway we'll leave about two hundred dollars on the bed and then sneak out through the back door and head out into the woods again."

Simon walked back over a look of relief on his face. "Okay, sounds good. What time are we leaving?"

"Once its pitch black we don't want to take a chance with Chloe getting seen." I turned my head so he wouldn't see my expression which I'm sure was a mix of embarrassment and sadness. I never liked thinking about my Dad; I tried keeping my thoughts as far away from anyone I lost including my mom, Rae, and Aunt Lauren. There was a part of me that knew Aunt Lauren was dead too maybe I was too weak to admit it, but I didn't have a clue.

I felt someone sit on the bed next to me and hug me whispering reassurances in my ear and telling me it was okay if I cried. But I didn't cry, Derek saw me cry too many times, I had to be strong no matter where my thoughts took me. I would just roll with the punches even when it felt like I was suffocating under all the weight; I'd keep going no matter how hard it was.

I looked up at Derek and smiled. "I'm fine." I assured him even though I was far from fine, and almost as far from okay as I was from fine. He looked at me hesitantly. "Really I'm okay, just lost in thoughts."

He still looked uncertain. I kissed him lightly. "Honestly." The sun set and it became so dark that you could barley see your hand in front of your face.

Quietly Derek closed the door behind us after we had stepped into the dimly lit hallway. "Where's the nearest exit?" Simon asked not even bothering to keep his voice low.

Tori hit him in the stomach to which he doubled over and she said. "Are you an idiot? Someone could see us and see Chloe, and then we'd have the cops and the Edison Group on our asses. Is that what you want?" She demanded crossing her arms over her chest and looking disgustedly at him probably wondering what she ever saw in him.

"Okay, okay I'm sorry." He whispered still bent over and huffing trying to catch his breath.

I helped him stand normally. "I didn't hit you that hard." Tori whisper yelled.

Derek chuckled and walked up next to me taking my hand. "Come on let's go."

We walked quietly out the door, not daring to make any noise at all until we got into the woods and completely out of sight. Derek swung out hands back and forth slowly making circles with his thumb on my knuckle.

When we got into the woods it had to be about eight. Derek and Simon flicked on their flashlights and scanned everywhere before we walked. Slowly we progressed getting further and further into the woods.

Eventually we stopped long enough for Derek to get out the map that was folded neatly in his pocket and show us what was going on. "Okay, we started here." He said pointing to a spot along a small road that looked like it may belong in the country. "We need to get here." Derek dragged his finger through the wooded area. "We should end up right by the safe house."

I looked up at him incredously. "You mean w we're going back?" I whispered slightly petrified.

"Don't worry." He whispered smiling down at me. "I'll protect you." I couldn't restrain myself from smiling back.

"When do you'll think we'll make it there?" Simon asked ruining our bliss.

Derek snapped back into reality and pulled his gaze from mine. "No more than two days if we travel all day." He looked at Tori.

"Don't look at me! I'll do anything for a hot shower and a soft bed whether that means traveling all day or not."

I laughed and shook my head. "Well where are we going to sleep?"

Derek shrugged. "Just like we did before, sleep on the ground with blankets." Internally I groaned but I smiled.

"Okay."

We started walking trying to find a decent spot to sleep, but sleep had evaded me completely. I'm pretty sure I was slap happy or just awake because we were on the run again normally I'd be asleep within seconds. I still hadn't recovered from my sleepless nights.

Finally we found a spot that was tiny and clear of everything but weeds and grass, but it wasn't big enough to be called a clearing. Derek and Simon covered the small area with blankets. We all stretched out on one. It went Derek on the right, than me, Tori, and then Simon. Even though we were out alone in the middle of the night with no shelter, I felt safe.

Everyone fell asleep, Simon's and Tori's snores filled the night air that was still brisk and extremely cold when the wind blew. It had to be in the mid forty's. Maybe it was because I hadn't thought about him. But my thoughts strayed to Taylor. I had never felt such hatred for a person than I did for him. He had betrayed us all at our most vulnerable time. I was having an inner conflict it went something like this:

Voice one- He doesn't deserve to live! Taylor betrayed us all when we needed people to trust!

Voice two- He made a mistake like Rae did .It not like they deserve to die for their mistakes. We make mistakes all the time and no one wants to kill us for them.

Voice one- I don't care if it's not fair! It wasn't fair what he did to us was it? NO! It's not fair!

Voice two- Even if it's not fair he doesn't deserve to die for it! If you make a stupid mistake would you like us to get shot? Thought so.

Voice one- That's not fair!

Voice two- Neither is being killed because you made a mistake!

The two voices in my head kept going back and forth erasing and thought of sleep I had begun to have. Then I heard the rustling of leaves even though the wind wasn't blowing. I sat up on my elbows and looked around peering through the darkness. "Is anyone there?" I whispered continuing to look around me.

No one answered me but I still pushed myself up into a sitting position. I got up and slipped my shoes on before quietly grabbing a flash light and shining it through the trees that surrounded us, coming up empty.

I took a breath before turning my light off, and then I saw a bit of pink. Stepping forward I no longer was afraid. It was Jamie, with the perfectly curled blonde hair, fair skin, and bright blue eyes. "Jamie?" I whispered coming forward.

"Hey Chloe!" She said jumping out of a bush making me jump slightly.

"God Jamie don't do that to me!"

"Sorry." She said a smile plastered to her rosy cheeks while she kicked at the ground. Before I could say anything further she was bouncing around me. "Guess what! Guess what! Guess what!!"

"What?" I asked looking at her jump around me.

"I'm just like you!"

I stared at her for a second. "W what d do you mean n?"

"This lady told me I'm a demi-demon! Isn't it so cool?"

Finally two and two clicked together. "Jamie, were you the one possessing us?" I asked shifting my weight on the uneven ground.

"No, it was Neva. What's wrong? You look all white?"

I stared at her my breath catching in my throat. "Jamie, never speak to Neva again okay? She's not good." I said as gently as I could to her.

"NO!" She bellowed. "Neva told me you'd say that! She said you wouldn't understand! You're not like us, you're wrong!" She disappeared leaving me standing in the dark with my sleeping friends behind me, who didn't have any idea what just happened.

I walked backwards falling over a root and landing on my butt. Oh. My. God. This is not good. I crawled to my blanket and kicked off my shoes, crawling under the other blanket. I rocked myself back to sleep until I finally fell asleep.

"You betrayed us Lauren. You know what that means don't you?" I recognized the voice is was Dr. Davidoff.

"Fine." I heard my aunt's voice. "You can kill me but you'll never get to Chloe and her friends!"

Davidoff laughed. "Lauren you're so naïve. If you don't think we can't find them, and then you haven't worked with us long enough have you?"

"I've worked with you long enough to know that you ruined any of these kids a chance of normalcy. If anyone should die it should be you." I looked at my Aunt her hair in her face speaking to Dr. Davidoff already knowing that he was going to kill her and I couldn't do anything to save her.

Author's Note

Hey everyone it's been a while hasn't it?:) Here's the chapter where you find out who was possessing them and you're getting closer to figure out what Chloe's new power is. So I'm setting up a guessing game. The first one who guesses right about Chloe's new power will get an e-mail saying they won and to ask me whatever and how many ever questions about the story they want to. I know not a great prize but it's the best I can do. I hope you liked the chapter and the whole Jamie demi-demon thing was spur of the moment do sorry if you didn't like it.:( Remember to R&R because it makes me smile.:)

Love always,

Hope:)