Weellll im soooooooo sooooo soooooo sorry! I have not updated in like forever, but I hope this satisfys you! I was writing it on my laptop, and it was 20 pages! 20! And on here, its 9,151 words! unbelievable!

Chapter 3: I Jump Out of Cade's Car

Nicole POV

I said my final goodbye to my coworkers and walked out the front door's of Danny's Bar. It was raining as I hurried across the parking lot to the payphone on the corner to call a cab.

But I didn't make it all the way across, because I heard a honking. I turned to see a black and silver-striped Mustang GT. My boyfriend's to be exact.

I smiled a confused smile, but ran across the road and opened the door to warm AC. I closed the door and leaned across to kiss my boyfriend, Cade.

Four years ago, Cade hit me with his police cruiser and after that, we started dating behind my new foster parents backs. Cade, me, and my friend, Taylor, moved a few hours away from Tranquility after me and Taylor turned nineteen. Taylor and I got jobs at Danny's Bar and Cade got a job as an undercover cop. We all lived in a two bedroom apartment and shared the rent.

Now I know what your thinking. 'How does my best friend end up coming along on our escapade?' Well, Taylor got fired from her job in Tranquility around the time that Cade and I decided to leave Tranquility. Cade and Taylor acted like brother and sister, so we said 'What the heck? Why not just bring you with us and live together?'

So we left Tranquility, leaving bad memories behind to start new ones. And life has been awesome since then. Who new that freedom could be this….this…..enjoyable?

When I pulled back from the kiss, I looked into Cade's dark brown eyes. They seemed tense. I leaned back in my seat and frowned. "Hey, babe. I knew that you were picking me up since we have a date tonight, but I thought you would pick me up after your shift at the apartment."

Cade had pulled out of the parking lot and only then did I notice that his black hair was spiky from the rain.

He glanced at me from the corner of his eye, with a humorous, yet still tense glint in his eyes. "I thought you would be glad I saved you from a cold out in this rain."

I smacked his arm. "You know what I mean." I said, playfully. "But, still, answer the question."

"That wasn't a question."

"Enough cheek from you."

He laughed, but turned serious. "Listen, we'll have to go somewhere else for a while, OK? We'll have to hide-" he stopped. "I mean, we'll go on a road trip, just you and me."

I looked in the back seat, seeing almost all our belongings in the back. I saw that there was two thing's missing.

"Cade, you can't just spring this on me. I mean, where is Taylor? Or Spice?" Yes, I had brought my cat with me.

He kept his eyes on the road, but had a pained look on his face. "Please, don't make this any harder, Nicole."

I was starting to get scared, which is bad. I don't get scared often, unless I know something really bad is going to happen.

"Cade, if something bad has happened, you need to tell me. Like, now, before I have a panic attack and jump out of the car."

He looked at me with a panicked look, and all of a sudden the little push-in locks locked themselves.

I grabbed the lock but it wouldn't come out. 'Great,' I thought, 'now I'm locked in.' I looked out the windows to see that we were on the interstate, headed North.

I turned back to Cade. "Cade, you are seriously freaking me out now. Please, just tell me." I said in a pleading voice.

He sighed, but started to pull over to the side.

When he stopped, he leaned forward and banged his head on the steering wheel. I think I heard him mutter '…the things I do for a fleshie…'.

Then he leaned back and rubbed his face. His hands dropped, and he stared out the windshield at nothing in particular.

All of a sudden he turned to me and wrapped his arms around me and kissed me.

I was shocked, but he was so sweet and warm, with a little tinge of….diesel? I kissed him back, and for a moment, I forgot all about everything. My troubled past, Taylor, the weird way Cade was acting, heck, I even forgot about Spice. Everything was gone, it was just him and me. I felt safe in his arms, and that was all that mattered.

Then as sudden as he started it, he ended the kiss.

Cade leaned back, and stared into my eyes with love and…sadness?

Still floating around from the kiss, I giggled in a girly way. Somewhere in the back of mind, I asked myself, 'Did you just giggle like a girl who just had her first kiss?' Thinking that Taylor would be laughing her ass off, I shoved my conscious deeper into my brain.

I cleared my throat, then smiled. "What did I do to deserve that?"

Cade just smiled a small smile and held my hand in both of his. An alarm popped in my head, saying things about rings and white wedding dresses. My heart skipped a beat and a million thoughts hit me. Churches, bells, honeymoons-

"Nicole, do you trust me?"

At first, I just stared at him. Why was I disappointed?

Sure, I hadn't ever met Cade's parents, or even heard him mention them. But I still trusted him. With my life. Wholly and completely. I was convinced that Cade was my soul mate.

So what did I say? "Absolutely."

Cade looked relieved. "Then you have to trust me now. There are two different groups of….people, who want to take you away from me. Both sides have different reasons, but all the same, they will take you away from me. I love you, Nicole, and it would break my spar- I mean, heart if I lost you. They've found out that I've been seeing you. Now they're coming after us, and the only solution is to run and hide. Do you understand?"

I just sat there staring at him numbly. So many emotions went through me. Fear of being taken from Cade. Confusion as to why people would care if I saw Cade. Anger to the fact that someone was ruining our almost-perfect little life. But I nodded anyway without a word.

Cade smiled a little. Then he hugged me tight, and I felt tears well up in my eyes. Refusing to let even one spill out, I swallowed and they disappeared.

Before I knew it, Cade had restarted the car and we were driving again.

I leaned back into my seat as a thought occurred to me. "But what does it matter if I see you?"

Cade had a sad look in his eyes. "It doesn't matter that you see me. " he said, softly. "It's you that matters so much."

I nodded slowly. Then I sighed. "I going to take a nap." I mumbled.

I closed my eyes, and I was faintly aware of the seat going back into a laying position. I curled up in the seat, tired and worried.

Soon I was drifting out of consciousness. I felt a hand stroke my head, and I was reminded of my parents when they put me to bed.

"I love you, Nicole." I heard Cade whisper.

"I love you, too, Cade…" I mumbled, finally letting sleep claim me.

I looked around and saw furniture and wooden floors. Looking around some more, I saw my parents.

The air smelled smoky and heavy. The walls had an orangish hue to it. Suddenly I realized where I was.

I was in my old two story house that I used to live in. I was having the nightmare again.

I hadn't had the nightmare in years. In fact, I hadn't had it since I met Cade. (another reason he's the perfect man for me.)

I started breathing hard knowing what would come next.

All of a sudden, the wall closest to us ripped away. My parents pulled me back in a frantic attempt to keep me from falling over the edge to the concrete driveway.

I heard shouting, but like every time, it wasn't coming from my parents. Suddenly, I heard a growling sound and two blood-red eyes appeared in the smoke. But something was different. I felt like the eyes were familiar.

Then a black metal arm reached towards me. I screamed….

And everything went black.

It stayed black for what felt like hours. Then I heard voices. The voices sounded distant, but familiar.

And all of a sudden, it was like someone had flipped a switch and the lights came back on.

I was laying on my back. Turning my head, I saw that the walls were gray. They looked almost like metal.

Next I noticed the symbols. They were weird symbols. Some of them looked almost Chinese and some looked like random scribbles. And the weirdest thing was that they were moving.

Running my hand along the floor, I realized the floor was covered in the same moving symbols. And I was right about it being metal.

When I looked at the ceiling, it was pretty much the same. Next I realized the light was coming from one glowing orb floating in the middle of the ceiling. It was illuminating the whole room.

"Looks like Sleepin' Beauty is finally 'wake."

I jumped and looked around. I heard and felt footsteps. Suddenly, a bald African-American dude leaned over me.

He held his hand out. I took it and he pulled me up.

When I was standing I saw what he looked like.

The dude was tall. I mean tall. He was wearing a short-sleeved gray-almost silver-shirt and dark jeans, with silver tennis shoes. But the weirdest thing was his eyes.

They were an icy blue, almost glowing, but kind and gentle.

At first he just looked me up and down. "You look just like Mikaela…"

I tensed up at my mom's name. "How do you know my mom?"

The dude smiled. "….But with Sam's eyes."

I glared at him suspiciously, but sighed. "Of course you're gonna know. You're part of my dream. All of this comes from my….apparently weird mind." I said, looking around the room.

He laughed. "I'm here to watch over ya for 'while. Name's Jazz." Jazz stuck his hand out.

When I didn't take it, he frowned. "I ain't gonna hurt ya."

I smirked. "That's what everybody says." I said, crossing my arms.

Jazz smiled again. "I thought this was a dream?"

I hesitated, but took his hand. "Touché." Walking over to one of the walls, I slid down it and wrapped my arms around my knees. Jazz shot me a confused look, but came and sat beside me.

I sighed. "But to survive in this world, you have to be cautious. That's one of the reasons I'm where I am now."

Jazz tilted his head. "What 'bout Barri-I mean, Cade?"

"What about him?"

"Well, what made ya trust him?"

I opened my mouth, but I couldn't answer. What had made me trust him? I struggled for an answer.

Frustrated, I turned to Jazz. "What gives you the right to stick your nose in my love life? I love Cade, and he loves me. That's enough for me."

Jazz didn't say anything, but just nodded.

Unnerved, I tried to switch the subject. "So, earlier, what did you mean by you'll be looking out for me?"

Jazz had a thoughtful look on his face. "Well, ill be in yer head for 'while. You'll be seein' me again." He smiled.

I smiled back. "You're cool, Jazz. I'd be glad to see you again."

"Yep, since this is ya mind we'll be seein' each other more."

I poked his arm. "Does my mind have a gym? It looks as if you spend more than half your time in there."

Jazz laughed. "Nope, that's just how I am." Suddenly he looked around as if he heard something, then turned to me and smiled. "Look's as if its time to wake up. Now ill be right there with ya if ya need me. Don't tell nobody 'bout this, kay?"

I gave him a weird look, but nodded. " But, cant I spend just a little more time in here? I have enough things on the outside world to deal with."

Jazz chuckled, but shook his head. "Sorry, baby girl, but it's time to rise and shine."

Even as he said these words, I felt my eyes begin to close. Though I was too focused on what he had called me to care.

He had called me baby girl. My dad had called me that. Thinking about how much Jazz acted as a father to me, I closed my eyes wishing I didn't have to leave him.

I sighed deeply and opened my eyes slowly.

At first everything was dark, but soon my eyes began adjust.

I was laying on something soft, and the air was warm. My head was laying against a pillow, I realized, and I was in a bed.

I shot up, wondering where the hell I was.

Looking around, I saw that I was in a small square shaped room. On the right of the bed, there was a door with light coming underneath it, so the must've lead somewhere else. On the wall in front of the bed, there was a dresser with a small TV on it. Next to the TV, there was another door that was open and the lights were also turned off in there. I could faintly see the outline of a sink, and I guessed that was the bathroom. Then, to the left of the bed, there was windows with the curtains drawn over them. On both sides of the bed, there was nightstands with lamps on them and one alarm clock on the one closest to me. Like I said, a small room.

I squinted at the alarm clock. "Holy shit" I muttered, "it's four AM." I had slept for thirteen hours.

I threw the covers off and rolled off the bed. Looking myself up and down, I was happy to find that I still had on my long sleeved hoodie on and my faded jeans. It was a winter time in California, and since we were up north, it was colder than Tranquility.

Combing my fingers through my hair, I walked over to the window. I parted the curtains and looked out.

There was snow everywhere. The sun was barely lighting the sky outside, but I could see clearly outside.

I saw a giant glowing Holiday Inn sign. So I must've been in a Holiday Inn hotel. Looking down, I realized I must have been on the third floor.

Across the street, there was a gas station next to a Burger King. There was two Corvettes, one gold and one silver. Next to them, there was a black Topkick Truck. A few feet away, there was a red with blue flames semi truck.

Four guys were standing close to the vehicles, talking. I was too far away to tell what they looked like. But none of this was interesting, because I had one question on my mind.

Where the hell was Cade?

I didn't see his car out in the parking lot, so he wasn't at the hotel unless he was parked in the back. So had he just ditched me here? Decided that I wasn't worth the trouble, like almost everybody else had?

I tried to push these thoughts away, but they kept coming back.

Thankfully, my phone started buzzing in my pocket and I pulled it out.

I almost leaped for joy. Cade's caller id was on the screen.

I happily flipped it open. "Hey, Cade. Where are you?"

Cade's voice sounded on the other end. "I went to get more gas and something for you to eat. You know that you slept more than twelve hours? Every time I tried to wake you up, you would just mumble."

"I don't talk in my sleep."

"Yeah, you said something like 'jazz'."

Suddenly, I felt a tingling feeling in my head. 'Make up an excuse.' Jazz's voice sounded in my mind.

I thought it was weird, but I did what the voice said. "Ummm, I was dreaming that I was in a jazz bar and an old deaf person asked me what type of bar they were in. Then I had to write it down for them."

Cade sounded unsure. "Oookkkaayy?"

I heard a snort. 'Not good at makin' up excuses, are ya?' said Jazz's voice again.

Annoyed, I said out loud, "Why are you still here?"

"Huh?" I heard Cade on the other end.

"Nothing, uh, I just sneezed."

'Smooth. Real smooth.'

'Oh, just shut up.' I shot back.

Desperate to change the subject, I looked for something to distract Cade with. Looking out the window, I saw the cars and trucks at the gas station.

"Hey, Cade? You know that gas station across the street? In the parking lot there's this really cool semi truck. It's blue with red flames-"

Cade cut me off. "Is there a black truck and two corvettes or a motorbike with it?"

"A black truck and two corvettes, yeah." I said, confused.

Cade said something that sounded like "frag". "Nicole, I want you to shut the curtains and come to the back of the hotel. Try not to look suspicious."

An icy feeling coursed through me. "Are they some of the people following us?"

"Yes. Meet me in the back."

"Wait, where are we?"

"Near the border."

"Wait, the Canadian border?" I shouted, but he had already hung up.

I sighed, but stuck my phone in my pocket and started looking around for my tennis shoes.

'So, Jazz, are you still there?' I thought, thinking that I was crazy for talking to myself.

'Always and forever, Nicole.'

I jumped, startled that I had gotten an answer. 'So you're in my mind now, too?'

'Yep.' said Jazz's ever cheery voice.

'Is this good or bad?'

'Kinda both, seein' as I can hear yer thoughts. But you'll never be alone!'

I snorted out loud. 'Yeah, real nice.'

I finally spotted my tennis shoes by the door leading to the hallway. I walked over and grabbed them.

Bringing them with me, I sat down on the unmade bed. 'Is there a reason for you being in my head? Or am I getting crazier?'

Jazz sighed. 'Here comes th' hard part. See, I can't exactly tell ya.'

'Ok, so I'm getting crazier.'

'Oh, come on, Nicole. Just believe me. Yer not goin' crazy.'

I sighed, mentally. 'Ok, so when are you going to tell me the truth?'

I could practically hear Jazz smile. 'All in good time, baby girl. All in good time.'

Once again, I got that same warm feeling that I had had in my dream. The feeling of being….loved.

Feeling slightly happier, I finished slipping on my shoes and walked back over to the window.

With my hands on the curtains, I looked out one more time at the people who had caused all this disruption in my new, better, happier life.

I couldn't tell what they looked like exactly, but two of them were really tall, and even then one of them was taller than the other. The other two were the exact same height and they stood right next to each other.

Suddenly the one guy who was tall, but not the tallest of the four, looked up. Right at my window.

Me, being me with my pissed off attitude towards them, did the first impulsive thing that came to mind.

I flipped the dude off.

I'm pretty sure that he was surprised by my actions. So I was happy with my self as I put my hands on my hands on my hips and watched the scene unfold before me.

The guy who I had flipped off said something to the tallest guy and pointed to my window. The tall dude and the other two guys looked at me too. Then the tallest guy said something to the others and then all four of them separated, each of them going to a different vehicle.

Only then did I realize my mistake.

Cursing my self out loud, I quickly closed the curtains. I ran to the door that I guessed lead to the hallway and tore out into the light. Blinking to adjust my eyes, I ran to the elevator and punched the down button.

The elevator seemed to take forever, but when it did open, I pushed whatever poor person was in the elevator out and I jumped in. I punched the 1st floor button about ten times, and then the close doors button about 20 times.

Finally, the elevator opened, and I sprinted out into the lobby. I started to run towards the front glass doors, but I saw the guys already walking through.

"Oh, SHIT!" I shouted, thus making them look at me.

Backing up, I ran to the clerk's desk and hid behind it. I'm not sure how this helped me, seeing as they were watching me the whole time.

Frantic, I called for Jazz. 'Jazz? A little help would be handy!'

I heard him sigh. 'Nicole, they ain't goin' to hurt ya.'

'How would you know?' I snapped.

'Cause, I know those guys. They ain't goin' to hurt ya.'

'You know them?'

'Yep.'

I sighed out loud. 'Ok, I'm not going to even ask how. But one more question.'

'What's that?

'Will they take me from Cade?'

Jazz hesitated. 'Probably…' he said, sounding like he regretted it.

'Good enough for me.' I said, preparing to run.

Just at that moment, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I jumped up and hit the person in the shoulder. Hard.

I heard a grunt, and I realized it was the dude who had seen me first. He was bald, and had a gruff look to his face. But what was weird was his eyes.

They were the same glowing blue as Jazz's eyes had been.

Having a sense of deja vei, I dodged around him and started running.

The other three guys were gone, and I assumed that they were surrounding

the other exits. Hopefully they would think I wasn't smart enough to run straight out the front door. Hopefully.

Suddenly I heard pounding and I began wishing that the dude I had hit wasn't a fast runner. But by the sounds of it, the guy was right behind me.

"Wait, Nicole! We're not going to hurt you! We want to protect you!" I heard the guy shout with a deep voice.

Snorting, I shouted back at him, "Yeah right! That's what everybody says, you jackass!"

Feeling like I had made a point, I said to Jazz, 'See, I told you everyone says that!'

I heard him huff. 'You didn't prove a thing. He really isn't goin' to hurt ya.'

I sighed irritably. 'Whatever.'

Just as I thought the guy was going to catch me, I reached the front doors.

I yanked one open and dashed out to freedom…

Right into someone's hard chest.

I fell back onto the ground, my head smacking the concrete. I saw white dots as the pain seared through me and for a moment I thought I might pass out. "What the hell?" I muttered through clenched teeth as I looked at the person I had ran into.

It was a dude with brown hair. He was saying sorry repeatedly as another person stepped out of the shadows. The new guy looked exactly the one I had ran into, except for his blonde hair. So they were twins. And guess what? They both had the same glowing blue eyes.

I held the back of my head as I tried to sit up and run. Just as I was on my feet, I swayed, and the twin with blonde hair grabbed my arm. "Sorry about that-" he was cut off as I heard the door behind me slam.

Suddenly, I was grabbed around my waist, and lifted up. This just made me more dizzy. I realized that the bald guy had grabbed me and lifted me up on his shoulder.

"Let go of me, you idiot!" I shouted at him, banging my fist on his back.

"Not a chance." he said laughing.

He started carrying me across the parking lot. At that moment, I thought in my mind, 'I'll never see Cade again.'

A surge of fear and determination went through me, and I vowed to myself that I would fight with all my might to see Cade again.

Then I started kicking my legs and hitting my fists on the bald guy's back, screaming at the top of my lungs.

He seemed to slow down, and I took the opportunity to try wriggling in his grasp. He started shouting at the others for help, and I froze, wishing I was anywhere but there. Heck, I wouldn't have even cared if it was only ten feet away-

Suddenly, a chill went down my spine, my vision went black, and it was like I was weightless. Then a millisecond later I was dropped on the hard coldasphalt.

I immediately I jumped up, ready to run, but as I looked around I realized that I was still in the parking lot, only the guys who were after me were gone.

Spinning around, I realized that the guys were about ten feet away, looking around. 'Damn,' I thought, 'how the hell did I get over here?'

I heard the bald guy mutter, "Did she just teleport..?"

Then, the blonde twin spotted me. "Hey, she's right there!"

All three of them took off towards me, which triggered my reaction to run.

At first I stumbled, because I had this sudden drop in energy, but then I gained my pace again and took off like my life depended on it. Which, in a way, it did.

I heard the brunette twin shout, "We aren't going to hurt you! Stop running!"

I looked back at them but continued running down the street. "Why does everybody say that?"

Then a weird blank look came onto the bald dude's face and he stopped running. The twins went right past him, but stopped a few feet in front of him, looking at him in confusion.

I slowed down slightly as the bald guy smirked at me and just crossed his arms.

I was so confused that I stopped running completely. Which was a bad move on my part.

Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around me and I screamed.

"Nicole, calm down!" I heard a deep voice say. It was slightly familiar, and I almost did calm down.

But survival instincts kicked in, and I started kicking while the other three guys started walking towards me and my attacker.

Thinking back to the parking lot incident, I willed my self to be at least fifty feet away from these guys.

A chill went down my spine, and my vision went black. I suddenly became weightless. Then a millisecond later I hit hard ground.

I opened my eyes to see that I was back in the hotel parking lot.

I stood up, and looked back at the direction where the guys had went to see them all standing around bewildered. Taking advantage of this, I sprinted around the back of the hotel (slipping from ice and snow), hoping that Cade would be there with his Mustang running.

Sure enough, as I rounded the corner, there was Cade's Mustang GT. I almost shouted for joy, but calmed myself and jumped in the car.

I quickly pulled my door shut, but then I realized that Cade wasn't in the car.

I started panicking, and looked out the window back towards the hotel. I started to get out my phone when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I jumped.

It was Cade.

I let out a breath of relief and glared at him. "Don't scare me like that! Where did you come from? You weren't in the car a second ago!"

Cade frowned. "Yes I was."

"No, you weren't. Ugh, never mind. It's a relief to see you though." I said, leaning across to hug him.

He wrapped his arms around me tight and ran his hand through my hair. "I missed you too." He said softly. "But why'd you take so long? I was getting worried-" He stopped in mid sentence and pulled back looking confused.

He was staring at his hand, and I grabbed it and looked at it.

There was a bright red substance on it. Blood.

Cade looked at me worried. "Nicole, are you bleeding?"

I felt the back of my head. It was wet with blood. I had hit my head harder than I thought.

"Umm, those guys…. Were chasing me? I hit the concrete really hard when one of the guys-" I started but Cade just held his hand up motioning for me to stop.

"I don't want the details. But I have one question." he said, reaching in the back of the car. "How did they notice you?"

I hesitated. "I flipped one of them off by impulsive instincts." I said meekly.

Cade pulled back with a white cloth. He smiled a little and shook his head. "Of course." He held the cloth out to me. "Put this on your head. Try to stop the bleeding. Now, where are the guys?"

I took the cloth and held it to my head. "Oh, just down the road." I said trying not to freak him out.

The second the words left my mouth, we shot forward and around the corner.

"Cade!" I shouted, "What the heck?"

Cade had an angry look on his face. "Why didn't you tell me this earlier, Nicole? Frag, I thought you were smarter than this!'

I just stared at him shocked. He had never been this angry with me. And he sure as hell hadn't ever insulted me. And what was frag?

"I-I was just worried about y-you so much, I forgot." I said in a small voice.

Cade literally growled. "What the Pit were you thinking? I have given up so much for you-"

I cut him off by slapping him.

He stopped the car in the middle of the parking lot. Slowly, he turned to me and for one moment I was afraid that he might hit me. Then I mentally slapped myself for thinking that. Cade would never hurt me.

Cade just stared at me for a moment, then rubbed his hands across his face.

Looking back at me, he said, "I needed that."

I crossed my arms. "Hell, yeah! You deserved it! Don't you think I know how much you sacrificed to protect me? You left your job early, which probably got you fired. You drove all this way, without any rest. You rented a freakin' hotel room for me! And another thing. People make mistakes. Hear that, Cade? MISTAKES! You make them too. You just did by calling me stupid! Did you even think that maybe I missed you? I was more relieved to see that you weren't kidnapped by those idiots or hadn't left me, deciding that I wasn't worth it, than I was worried about them coming after us. I love you, Cade. I love you enough to worry about you more than myself. Don't you understand that?" I finished softly.

Cade looked guilty. "I'm sorry. I get so worried that something might happen to you. I don't know what I'd do without you. I'm glad that you worry about me, but I can take care of myself. What I get so mad about is when you put others before yourself. I can only take care of you as much as you let me, and right now your making that hard. You don't care about yourself as much as you should-" I stopped him by grabbing his hand.

"Cade, I'm telling you this 'cause I love you. Shut UP!" He just stared at me with a crooked smile.

I continued. "I've never told anyone this, so don't repeat it. But when I woke up to find that I was still alive in the hospital, I wasn't glad. I was hoping to die, Cade. I wanted to see my mom and dad. I was disappointed that I somehow had survived. But then you came, Cade. When I met you, you gave me a reason to live. Losing you would be like separating my heart from my body and stabbing it. So you see why I'm afraid of losing you. You're my lifeline. My soul mate."

Cade sat there, looking a bit terrified. Probably since I had just admitted to wanting to die.

Sighing, I leaned back into my seat. "Just drive." I looked out the window. "Holy shit! Go! Go! Go! Drive! They're right there!" I shouted, pointing across the parking lot where the four guys were running towards us.

Cade pressed the gas and we shot off.

I rolled the window down and stuck my head out as we sped out of the driveway.

We went right past the guys and time seemed to slow down as I looked at the tallest guy who was closest.

The guy had blackish-gray hair and a kind face. He looked like a guy who was a grandfather and not a kidnapper or murderer. Oh, and guess what? He had glowing blue eyes. What a surprise. Maybe they all had special contact lenses that showed them as part of the gang or mafia or whatever gangsters were doing these days…

My thoughts were interrupted as something in my mind snapped.

The man. I knew who he was. He was….

I leaned further out the window. "ORION PAX?"

The man simply smiled and nodded, stopping. As we got farther away, the other guys stopped. Orion Pax said something to the others and they all nodded.

Then they did something that made me blink to see if the loss of blood was affecting my brain.

The vanished.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared. Just like….poof. If I had blinked, I would've missed it.

"Holy shit…"I muttered. "They just…poofed."

Then what happened next surprised me even more. The black Topkick and two Corvettes pulled out of the gas station, with the flaming semi truck in lead.

Slowly, I leaned back into the car. Pressing myself into the seat, I whispered to Cade, "Have you ever seen someone randomly disappear?"

Cade glanced at me worriedly. "Are you okay? Why'd you shout 'Orion Pax'? Your not supposed to know his name-"

I cut him off. "He was a witness to my parents' house blowing up. He explained the whole thing to me." I said softly, looking at the cars headed towards us.

Cade looked disturbed and….guilty, along with sympathy.

I sighed. For all I knew, Orion Pax had bombed my house and set it up as an accident.

'Now, you know that ain't true.' I heard Jazz.

"I don't know what is true anymore!" I shouted out loud, angry.

Cade glanced at me worriedly, then sped up a bit more. I looked at the speedometer. We were going 98 mph.

"Don't we need to go faster?" I asked.

Cade smirked. "If I'm right, then those wretched Autobots will follow the human laws for the speed limit."

I looked at him. "Your talking weird today."

"Well, its been a weird day."

"True." It seemed weird to be talking about things so normally, as if we weren't being chased by couple of dudes who wore weird contact lenses.

I looked back and cursed. "Cade, they look like they're closer than before."

Cade looked back, too, and said that weird word again. Frag.

He pressed the gas until we were going 120 mph. "Do you see a road we can turn on?" he asked.

I looked to the sides of the road, and there it was, a dirt road turning to the right. "There." I said, pointing.

We made a sharp turn that almost made me fall into Cade's lap. For a second, the tires spun on the dirt and snow, but we gained some ground and tore down the road.

I looked out the open window to see a snow covered pasture. A crazy idea came to me, and it might not work-no, it wouldn't work-, but it was all I had.

"Cade do you trust me?" I asked, gripping the door handle tight.

He looked at me in confusion, but nodded. "Of course. Why-?"

'Good enough for me' I thought.

I heard Jazz. 'Now, don't do anythin' rash, Nicole-'

"TOO LATE!" I shouted as I pulled the door handle and jumped out the now open door.

I heard Cade yell as I landed (painfully, too, if I might add) and rolled in the freezing snow and slush.

I groaned as I heaved myself up. The snow was going right through my clothes and was freakin' cold. The sensation was like someone was sticking me with knives.

I heard tires squeal and I knew that if I didn't get up right then, that Cade would catch me.

I propped myself up on one knee and pushed the rest of me up. I felt a pain in my side and I was sure that it was where I had broken ribs. The rest of my injuries were hopefully just bruises and cuts.

I went as fast as I could with out causing my side pain, which was a brisk walk.

I walked to the barbed wire fence and slid through the gap, cutting up any skin that had remained untouched. Clenching my teeth I set off at a jog across the pasture.

If those guys wanted me so badly, then they can abandon they're pretty little cars and chase me on foot. In the forest surrounding the pasture I might be able to hide-

I was halfway across the pasture when I heard an engine and then a crashing sound.

I looked over to see Cade's Mustang GT tear through an old gate that I had failed to notice. Crap.

Cade barreled towards me, with what looked like an angry look on his face. Great, he was mad again.

I jogged slightly faster, but Cade stopped right in front of me and got out. "What the Pit were you thinking? At the speed that I was going, you could've been killed! Just what did you think you'd accomplish by doing that?"

I was getting annoyed by his anger issues, and a little afraid even.

"Cade." I said in a dangerously quiet voice." I'm going to run and hide in the woods. Don't try to stop me. No matter how invincible you think you are, your still a human being. I can take care of myself. I have a…. hunch about something, something that could help me." I said thinking back to the incident where I kept appearing in another spot.

Cade didn't look reassured. "Nicole, if you don't get in the car right now, I will personally throw you in there-"

He was interrupted as the semi, Topkick, and two Corvettes burst through the now opened gate and into the pasture towards us.

Cade stared at the approaching vehicles for a few seconds, then looked back to me. "Go." he whispered, almost like the words hurt him. "Hide."

I just gave him a worried look. The whole reason for me coming to this pasture alone was so that the guys would forget Cade and focus on me. Now here I was, injured with him telling me to go while he faced the guys. Some plan this turned out to be.

'Listen to 'im. The mech knows what he's doin'. Go.' I heard Jazz. I regarded what he said. I didn't like it. And what was a mech?

Regretfully, I started running as fast as my ribs would allow it.

Before I knew it, I was in the protection of the trees. I turned around and crouched in the foliage around me to watch. If Cade needed help, I'd know.

He had his back turned to me now, and the four vehicles had stopped about thirty feet away.

And then, just like that, he vanished. Just like the guys when they were on the sidewalk.

I shivered, and continued watching. Then a certain voice popped in my head.

'I think it would be best if ya ran an' hid, like he said. Otherwise yer in for a big surprise that I don't think ya want.'

I sighed out loud, but then winced when I felt a sting in my side. 'Forget it, Jazz. I'm staying right here to see if Cade's going to need help.'

'An' just what will ya do?'

'I don't know. Do what I did in the hotel parking lot.'

'You don't even know what that was.'

I growled out loud and forced him out of my mind. I needed to focus on what was before me.

After the whole disappearing act, Cade's car just sat there revving its engine. Which was weird, since no one was in the car.

Then all of a sudden, I heard a loud high-pitched whirring, almost a whining sound. One second after the sound started, the metal plating on the Mustang started sliding around, while gears moved and changed shape.

I watched in shock as the car took the shape of a standing man. It had a head, arms, legs, fingers, even a mouth and nose. But the most chilling thing was it's eyes.

They were a bright blood red.

I almost screamed, but something in my mind stopped me. They eyes were somehow familiar, but they were also like the ones in my dream.

Suddenly the four other vehicles permitted the same whirring sound, and in a few seconds time, they were four standing figures. The black Topkick was short, and had a gruff look to it. The two Corvettes had turned into two golden and silver twins. But the semi truck was the tallest, and he had an air of power around him. I was guessing that this was the leader. They shared a red face, almost like an insignia.

And they all had the same glowing blue eyes.

There was something larger here at work than I knew about. Much, much larger.

I was shook from my awed state by the semi truck speaking. Speaking.

"Where is she, Barricade?" It said in a deep voice that would belong to a man.

Barricade?

The robot that had been Cade's Mustang GT growled. "Who? You Autobot scums must've finally overloaded your processors."

I sat there frozen like a statue.

That voice… was a deeper version of Cade's voice.

So quick that I didn't notice it until it was over, the Topkick robot had lunged at the robot that originally had been a Mustang, the one I assumed was Barricade.

"You know who we're talking about, you glitch! You've probably handed her off to your Decepticon buddies by now! If she's harmed in anyway-" he started in a gruff, deep voice of a man.

He was cut off by the sound of what I thought was a plane. I leaned out just in time to see three jets swoop over us in a triangle formation.

They flew out of my view, but they came turning around in a few seconds. Then I heard a hollow clanking sound, and they were blurs as they fell towards the field.

When they landed, there was a small earthquake that shook the ground. As they stood up, I saw them clearly.

The one in front was silver and black, and had a triangular shape to his frame, with what I guessed was wings on his back the completed the triangle shape.

The one behind him to the right was a bigger blue one, and the one beside him was purple and black, a bit smaller than the silver and black one, too.

They all shared the same triangular shape, a purple insignia that was similar but more evil-looking than the one on the other robots, and the same blazing red optics.

Something in my head tinged, like a clock turning midnight. I was confused, and started to ask Jazz if he had heard it, when my vision went white.

I fell back onto my back as pain erupted through my head.

I couldn't see squat since my eyes were shut from the pain. It hurt so much that I couldn't scream, and I just writhed on the ground in silent pain.

And just like that, it was gone.

I took in deep breaths, while my vision began to clear. I saw flickering at the corner of my eye, but when I focused on it danced away.

Then I heard the whispers. They were quiet at first, but they were becoming louder and faster.

I stood shakily, and leaned against a tree next to me. I had no idea what was going on in the field, but I didn't care at the moment. I was more focused on the whispers and things I saw at the edge of my vision.

'Jazz? Did you hear or feel that?'

Jazz sounded concerned and worried. 'Sorry bout that, Nicole. It was the only way ta get ya at 'member.'

I felt angry, and a little more than afraid. 'You-you caused that?' I was hesitant about it since…well, if Jazz could make it happen again…I didn't want to feel that pain again. You get the idea.

Jazz must've felt my fear. 'Oh, come on, baby girl, you know I wouldn't do that to ya. Besides, I didn't even do that. That was the Primes, makin' sure ya got what you'll need in the future. Ya needed to 'member the All Spark's information.'

'All Spark?' I asked as I watched the flickering become more flickering.

'I'll explain that later. Just watch out for the Cons-'

'No!' I shouted at him. 'I want answers and I want them now! I'm sick and tired of waiting. I bruised, cut, and have broken ribs! And for what? I don't even know! You better start talking-' I stopped as something passed in front of my eyes.

I started to ask Jazz what it was when it was there again. And again. I focused on one of the things as if went past.

It was a symbol of some sort, and it looked familiar. After staring at it for a second I knew what it meant.

It meant Prime.

I was confused as more symbols flooded my vision, until I couldn't see anything. I clutched my head as I felt a massive headache erupt in my head.

'Jazz? I can't see anything-'

'Dodge, Nicole!' I heard Jazz shout.

'What-'

Suddenly I felt a rush of air beside me, and I dodged to the side as something fell on the spot where I had just been.

I looked at it, which was really pointless, but I managed to get a glimpse of black and purple. I realized what it was and screamed. It was the purple and black robot with red eyes.

I jumped up and took off running, blind as to where I was going. Anywhere besides there at the moment would have been good.

I willed myself to be somewhere else, like I had in the parking lot, but nothing happened. So I kept running, and I could feel bushes tripping me and tree branches hitting my face, all while I heard and felt a pounding behind me. The robot must've been chasing me.

I felt the air rush beside me, and I jumped to the side. I felt an impact beside me, along with a frustrated growl. What was the thing doing, teleporting-

I gasped as the ground beneath me fell away, and I tumbled down a cliff side.

Then I hit the bottom, and I couldn't see what I had landed on, but what ever it was, it was cold and slick. Then I realized what it must've been.

It was ice. 'I must either be on an ice-covered road-

Suddenly, I heard a cracking noise. The ice beneath me broke, and I tumbled into water.

-or I'm on a frozen river.' I finished my thought.

And then I faced a chilling fact that made me freeze as the water flooded around me. And it wasn't the ice cold temperature of the water.

It was fear. Of drowning.

Because I can't swim.

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