"I am being totally serious," the man said as he put her down in front of a yellow beetle.

"I believe that but I am unsure as to why," she paused as she eyed the man in front of her then looking around the area they were located then asked, "where are we?"

"At a warehouse," the man said as he finally got to take a good look at her. She stood tall at 5' 6', she was wearing a black and purple long sleeve t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and black tennis shoes. She had long raven black hair that reached her mid-back, stunning sapphire blue eyes, and a pale complexion that only seemed to add to stunning beauty.

Lynn sighed and then said, "I can see that but where in the world are we? The last thing I remember before waking up in that cage a couple of hours ago was I was in Dublin I was on my way to meet my father for dinner."

"I was wondering why you had such a strong Irish accent," Monroe paused as he looked back towards the warehouse as he heard a faint scream of pain then said, "You are in Portland, OR."

Lynn's already pale completion paled even more and she seemed to scan the area around her and began to watch Monroe for a chance to pull a disappearing act before the other man appeared and making it impossible to get away.

Monroe didn't notice her demeanor change when he answered her question so when he looked back to check on her and she wasn't there he stared in shock as he realized that she had disappeared from behind him and was about 500 yards away and getting further away with every passing second.

"Hey! Get back here!" Monroe called after her as he began to run after her only to have her come to a complete stop a few seconds later. He heard her yelp as someone stepped out in front of her then grabbed her arm and began to drag her back towards him and his trusty yellow beetle.

"Monroe, I leave you alone for less than five minutes and you let her run?" Nick said in an annoyed tone.

"Dude! She's quieter and faster than you are, she was there one second then gone another! And sense when did you come from behind?" Monroe asked.

"Sense I heard her heartbeat speed up when you told her she we are in Portland," Nick said as he tightened his hold on the young woman as she tried to break his hold and make another run for it.

"Lynn, stop fighting you will only hurt yourself. We need to leave here it is not safe here," Nick said as he turned to face her.

"How do you even my name?" Lynn asked as she tried to get her arm back.

"I will explain everything…just not here," Nick said as he opened the passenger door of the beetle and waited as Monroe pushed the seat back then pushed her into the back of the beetle then got in himself and sat next to her in the back seat.

"Why will you not just let me go?" she asked.

"Because now that I found you I'm not letting go that easy," Nick said.

"You were looking for me? Why?" she asked as she looked at him.

"I will explain once we get somewhere safe," he said.

"Fine," she said as she crossed her arms over her chest and looked out the window intent on ignoring the two men in the car until they decide to tell her what was going on.

"Where to?" Monroe asked when they pulled into a gas station to fill up.

"My jeep, I'm going to take her to the trailer then move it...that is where I'm going to keep her for now," Nick said.

"What? You can't keep her there!" Monroe said.

"Where else do you propose I keep her?" Nick asked.

"Maybe with you or with us...you know in a house where there is a bathroom and a shower," Monroe said.

"Look reapers already found her, I don't want to take that chance again...and I do not want Juliette to know about her right now...she really wouldn't be safe anywhere else," Nick said.

"She could run and you wouldn't know," Monroe said.

Nick shook his head then said, "I've taken some time off...I'm going to stay out there with her."

"Seriously? What are we going to do if something goes wrong?" Monroe asked.

"You will be able to find us," Nick said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"What about in an emergency?" Monroe asked.

"I will have my phone on me," Nick said.

"Will there be service?" Monroe asked.

"There should be...but please don't call unless it is an emergency," Nick said as Monroe put the pump away and then walked over to the driver's side of the beetle.

"Promise," he said as they both got into the yellow beetle and drove off.

'Who are these two and why do they think that they can keep me here? Better yet why am I staying here?' Lynn asked herself as she was sitting in the back of the beetle with her eyes closed fuming at the two men now in the front of the beetle for keeping her there with them against her will. Even though she knew that she was in some kind of danger, because her father had always warned her that it was very dangerous for her in Portland, OR and advised her from ever going there. But he never said what she should do if she ever brought there against her will. She had a feeling that she was not going to see her father or her home again any time in the near future.

"We just need to stop at a store to pick up a few things then I will be able to explain everything...please just care with me a little longer," he pleaded.

"Can I at least know your name?" she asked as she met his gaze.

"I'm sorry totally forgot my manners...and so did Monroe...Well that was Monroe he is my best friend, and my name is Nick Burckhardt," Nick said with a smile and a hand out in front of him.

"Lynn Emerous, but you already know that," she paused with a small smile as she shook his hand then she asked, "where are we going?"

"The simplest explanation is camping," he answered.

"Camping?" she asked.

"Yes, but I have a trailer that we will be sleeping in...and most likely spending most of the time in...the only drawback is that it does not have a bathroom," Nick said.

"And how long are we going to be camping for?" she asked.

"At least a week, maybe longer if I can get more time off," Nick said as he unlocked the passenger do and opened it for her.

"I'm only slightly going to be agreeing to this because you got me away from that disturbing man with the scythe," she said as she got into the car.

"I will explain everything, but the store that we are stopping at is not too far away and the discussion is not one that either of us will want to stop once we get there," he said then closed the door and walked around his jeep then got in and began the drive to the store.

Lynn sighed as she walked along the fresh produce area and picking up the things that he had told her to, she was tired, annoyed, but she also curious to who this man was and why that man thought he would come for her she had never met him before in her life. This was by far the farthest she had ever been from home, and before that she had only been to Dublin a couple of times. Though she knew this time was different because her father let her met him there, she began to wonder if he knew that she would be taken and then rescued by this man. If so then her father must know him and trust him with her safety but what is the connection? How did he know this man? He has never trusted anyone else with her safety as far back as she could remember.

"Is there anything else that we are going to need?" she asked as she found him in the bread isle with a half a basket full of items.

"Just getting the bread…then we can head to the cashier," he said as he put two loaves of bread into the cart after she put in the produce that she got.