I got a request to update, a really long time ago actually.

So I've got a rough story idea no so I thought why not.

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Jackie's POV

We'd separated into separate corners of the truck. I was closest to the door while Layla was on the corner across from me, Searette across from her. I hugged my knees and rested my chin on top of them, picking at my gloves and watching Layla's mouth move.

"I can't believe they found us." She whispered in a tired voice. "We've been gone for a whole year. How did they find us?"

"An anonymous tip from a gold medal citizen?" Searette guessed in a bored tone. Layla had been going on about the hows and what's for twenty minutes and counting. I'd stopped listening after two. I don't know how Searette could stand to listen to her bantering for such a long time and still manage to give sarcastic answers.

"I'm serious, what if it was one of us? Maybe we're being cheated by someone we thought we could trust." She started to sniffle and I groaned, burying my face in my knees.

"Layla, shut up!" I snapped, but I'm sure my voice just came out as a loud muffle. She did suck back and tears that had threatened to fall though. We sat in silence, thinking about what Layla had said, or trying to forget it in my case, when Searette spoke up again.

"Do you really think it was one of us?" He mumbled and I looked up, now slightly worried. He was rubbing a piece of his blond hair between his fingers as he fidgeted and it was making me uneasy. "I mean, we've know each other for more than a year. How can you lie for that long?"

"You've been lying to yourself since age four." I wanted to snap at him, but I kept my mouth shut. It wasn't his fault his brother messed him up so bad. "Yeah, but we haven't known Devin for that long." I said instead. A grim look suddenly came over Searette's face as Layla paled, looking like she was going to be sick.

"What has it been?" Searette asked his voice a little shaky. "Three months?"

"Two." I corrected and went silent again. The more w thought about it, the more I wouldn't be able to let it go.

Layla sniffed again and sat up straighter. "We should take a pledge," She announced. "To promise each other that we've never lied to each other and that we never will." She put her right hand over her heart and started to speak. "Repeat after me. I solemnly swear that I will never ever..."

"I solemnly swear that I will never ever." I saw Searette repeating and groaned again.

"You aren't seriously pledging to a delusion, are you?" I asked but he gave me a somber look.

"It comforting knowing that there's the slightest chance you can trust someone." He said sadly, making me wince. I scowled hard at him but put my hand over my heart to make them happy. "I solemnly swear that I will never ever..." I repeated and Layla smiled as we continued to repeat.

"Tell a lie to any members of this truck. Any past lies we have told will be confessed and forgiven. I will always stand up for the members of this truck. I will never abandon them, and I will always protect them and keep them safe. This is where my loyalties lie. It is my duty as a friend to complete these tasks. And if I fail, may god's lightning strike me down and send me to hell."

"To hell?" Searette asked cynically as Layla dropped her hand, nodding.

"Yes, so we never go back on our word." She said seriously as I rolled my eyes.

"Layla," I interrupted her happy moment. "We are three, winged, and orphaned freaks. If earth doesn't have a place for us, I highly doubt that perfect little Heaven does."

Layla smiled at me. "Don't be stupid, Jackie. God has a place for all good people, especially kids who pledge on his lightning."

"I thought Zeus was the one with the lightning." Searette intervened with a slight frown. He looked beside him and his frown deepened. "No Luxmi, Zeus is a Greek god."

I looked from him to Layla who gave me a weak smile as we watched Searette talking to himself. I shrugged it off though. You couldn't change something like that without messing him up even more. I knew we promised not to lie to each other, but I figured we could let this one slide.

I shut my eyes and buried my head in my knees again, hoping for some peace and quiet before we got to hell on earth. Hell down under would've been better than Death Valley. They probably even had scented bathroom soaps.

"They know about you. They're coming."

"What?" My head shot up at the sound of a little girl's voice. Searette glanced at me from the corner of his eye while Layla didn't even stir, falling asleep across from him.

"Is something wrong Jackie?" He asked me but I shook my head and lowered my head again, wondering where the voice came from.

"They're coming. You have to run. Run now!"

"Shut up." I growled into my knees. I didn't think either of the others had heard me, but the small girl's voice didn't feel like being quiet and it just added to my anxiety.

"Jackie?" It was Searette again, but I kept my head down and slowed my breathing to make it look like I was sleeping.

He knows what you did. He'll hurt you. Protect yourself before he hurt you.

It was an older woman's voice this time, but I couldn't see her anywhere. She often spoke to me, and told me plenty of awful things. "He wouldn't. He wouldn't ever, we took a pledge." I muttered into my knees.

He's lying and he'll hurt you. Hurt him before he hurts you. Stupid, kill him before he kills you.

"Jackie!" My head shot up to look at Searette, but he wasn't watching me. His pale green eyes were shifting back and forth as if he were looking for something. "Did you hear something?"

He knows!

"No." I lied, but he didn't stop to look at me. Something was wrong with him. "Why, what's wro-"

"I hear a girl." He cut me off, not making eye contact. He looked incredibly shaken. "It's telling us to run. She's says they're coming. She won't stop talking to me!"

He knows! He's after you!

"No he's not!" I snapped and Searette finally looked at me, a worried look on his face.

"Jackie, the only one after you are the Eraser's. And they're coming to open the back now."The little girl interrupted my thoughts. "You aren't crazy. My name is Angel, and you have to trust me, but that's not important now. You need to get out of there and run."

"Angel?" I mumbled but across the room, Searette had sunken into himself, looking hunted. He didn't know how to deal with this like I did. With all the voices. I tried to push the woman's warnings to the back of my mind and stood. Searette gave me a glance and I almost tried to move towards him, but I crossed over to Layla and kicked her gently to wake her up. My hands were still tied, what else was I supposed to do?

"Layla, Searette. We have to go, the Eraser's are opening the truck and we have to move fast."

"So you do hear it too?" Searette asked me. I nodded slowly before listening to the footsteps outside, walking towards the back of the truck. I motioned for them to stand as the lock clacked.

"On three." I whispered and unfurled my wings a bit. "One." The door started to open and I readied my feet. "Two." The door swung open wide and immediately an Eraser charged inside. "Three!" I ran at the Eraser and jumped over it, planting a kick in its face on my way out. The second my upper body was out of the truck, I shot out my wings and flapped up as far as I could before turning around. Searette was right behind me, having trouble flying with his hands behind his back, but Layla was down on the ground, an Eraser holding onto her feet.

She was flapping furiously as I watched in horror while the Eraser dragged her down and threw her to the ground. It had its claws out and jaws open, ready to pounce. I took in a breath to scream as the Eraser pounced, but mid way, it just dropped to the ground, gravel flying everywhere. When it didn't move, I didn't spare a second more.

"Searette, stay here." I ordered and flew down quickly beside Layla. "What happened?" I demanded and she stood, shaking slightly as she looked at the Eraser.

"I don't know, it just suddenly stopped moving." She said and moved closer to it, looking at the body. I moved beside her, a mark on its neck glaring up at us. "What is that?" She asked, looking down at it. I kneeled to get a closer look. It looked like a barcode with a date underneath it.

"I don't know." I admitted and stood, shaking my knees to get rid of the pebbles that had dug into my skin from the dirt road.

"Jackie, Layla!" I turned to where Searette was yelling at us from the sky. "Look out!" We motioned above us and I looked up to see a dark object falling through the sky towards us. And by the time I realized what it was, it was less than 10 feet away.

"Run!" I screamed to Layla and made a sprint for the trees on the edge of the road. We barely made it past the road before the truck exploded from the falling bomb.