Chapter 3: A Long Day Journey.

She stretched her hand inside the window slowly and quietly hoping not to disturb the sleeping man. She smiled at the picture he represented while asleep, his mouth was slightly open, forehead smooth; no sign of frowning. A small noise escaped him; a snore filled the car. Her hand reached the steering wheel and pressed hard and fast on the horn, making the once asleep man jump in his seat, head hitting the low ceiling of their stolen car.

She laughed a real chuckle at the sight. He glared and glowered at her and man if looks can kill she would be six-feet under.

"This is so not cool" he grumbled in annoyance at her.

"Here, I am sure this will make it better" she handed him a small plastic bag and he opened it. He inhaled loudly and sighed in pleasure.

He turned toward her "I think I love you"

"Now don't go overboard. We still have one hour until we reach Seattle, I am sure you'll find a way to make it up to me." Her tone teasing as she put the car in gear and drove off.

Meanwhile, At Joshua's house:

Max turned the TV on since she wandered into the house and found no one. A Channel Three reporter was standing next to some guys.

REPORTER: I'm standing with the young man who phoned the police. Tell us what happened.

GUY: We chased it out of our neighborhood last night. We caught up with it again this morning. The thing attacked us for no reason.

REPORTER: The police aren't confirming this, but we've heard rumors about a girl.

GUY: Annie. She's from our neighborhood. It took her down to the sewer.

REPORTER: I'm sorry, are you saying the creature abducted a girl from your neighborhood?

GUY: Yeah. It took her down to the sewer. We tried to stop it, but...

REPORTER: And there you have it. The creature kidnapped a young woman--

THIRD GUY: Blind, too.

REPORTER: Correction, a young blind woman.

With that Max ran off the house her main thought was to Joshua and get him out of the jam he was stuck in.

One hour later:

"What the hell is going on?" Biggs questioned as they stumbled across quite the crowd.

"Beats me. But whatever it is, it ain`t good." She said as she cranked her head out of the window to get a better look.

"Hey Officer Darren" she said after she read his nametag "What seems to be the problem here?" she asked a formally dressed cop who walked by their car.

His attention focused on the crowd he answered her "Some freak kidnapped a young blind woman and took her down to the sewers. The police is searching every god-damn tunnel to find them."

"A freak?" asked Biggs joining the conversation.

"Yeah, a freak. Like the one that attacked the sector cops not long ago, but this one seemed more like a dog-man. So stay away from here unless you want to watch."

"Thanks." They both said as the officer left.

She turned to face Biggs "This has disaster written all over it"

He rolled his shoulders "Yeah, what do we do now?"