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Chapter 18
Kris
A few days have passed. Jeb is surprisingly a good listener. I told him everything I knew, from my gory past to the most recent memories I can recall. The only thing I left out was the image of a wolf I keep seeing.
I vented, I cried, and then I laughed. Jeb didn't mind. My side has begun to heal, faster than what I thought was possible. Today over breakfast- which was squirrel meat and blueberries Jeb had found- Jeb asked me a question.
"If you're feeling better, why don't you come with me to scavenge?" Jeb asked.
"Scavenge?"
"Yeah. I occasionally find some old camping material campers in the past have lost or left behind. They sometimes prove to be useful."
"Um, okay."
"You see, I was walking last night, when I found an abandoned Hummer. We could search the old thing and use the materials we find."
"How old is it?"
"Well, I guess you can't call it a Hummer. More like a Humvee. It's rusted up, with roots covering it from hood to tire."
"Oh."
I gnawed on the squirrel meat carefully. Now that I've been well fed, every cell in my body won't shut up for food anymore. Now they were screaming for me to run away from this poor old hermit. I still don't know why he looked so familiar.
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After the raid
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"Whooee!" Jeb whooped, tossing his cap to the ground. He was holding an old rifle he found in the Humvee's trunk and an old lantern. It surprisingly worked, despite how old and wasted the batteries were. I held the miscellanious stuff, like the CDs and radio we took out. The radio wasn't attatched to the dashboard, if that's what you're thinking.
"How's that for a raid?" Jeb laughed, sitting down on his log.
"We made out like bandits," I giggled, breathless from the racing Jeb and I did the last 100 yards away from the tree house. He's amazingly agile, that Jeb.
"We sure did, kiddo," Jeb chuckled, ruffilng my hair. He helped set up the radio. Ooh...
Country music floated into the empty air. It soothed me, bringing me to my happy place.
"You like country music?" I asked Jeb.
"I don't really listen to it often, and after I began living out here, all music sounds the same to me."
Aw.
"Well, this is country. This is heavy metal," I turned the dial to somebody screeching their lungs out. Jeb winced. "This is smooth jazz," Jeb looked calmed and a little shaken from the heavy metal. "And this is pop."
Jeb shook his head at the music that flooded through the tiny speakers now. It was Britney Spears. Ugh.
"Yeah, I don't care for her either. Mostly I listen to rap, rock, and country."
"So much music in one lifetime," Jeb shook his head. "I haven't listened to music for a long time. And now I feel it's time for lunch."
Brady
Everything was a mess. I was confused and disoriented. Jacob was watching me with concern.
"What's wrong with him?" Jacob asked, nodding towards me.
"He's been away from Kris for too long," Seth explained. "He's feeling disoriented. It'll pass when we find her."
"Whuz?" I asked, looking up. Jacob and Seth cringed. Did I look that horrible? Alice, Mai, and Erin were arguing a few meters away.
"-Don't think I didn't try!"
"We're obviously missing something; people just don't disappear off the face of the planet!"
"You guys see the future better than me, don't tell me you can't find her!"
"My abilities are based on the thought patterns of the being!"
"And I don't know why my powers aren't working!"
"Hey, hey," Jasper cautioned.
"SHUT UP!" All of the girls snarled.
"Something's wrong," Erin sobbed, looking hurt. "My abilities are advanced. I can see past everything! Why can't I see past this one barrier-"
"Barrier!" Alice, Bella, and Edward gasped out loud.
"What?" I asked, for the moment coherent.
"Barrier!" Bella repeated. "What can I do?"
"Um, block mental abilities?" I answered.
"Exactly! I'm a mental barrier! But does that stop Alice from seeing my future?"
"No..."
"Or Jasper from controlling my emotions?"
"No..."
"Now, what if there's somebody with a physical barrier? One that can deflect Alice, Erin, and Mai's abilities?"
"She would be invisible to the psychics," Emmett gasped.
"But what about Harry? It's obvious that he's able to get across," Jacob argued.
"Harry dispenses an illusion only. Sure, he can put his arm around you, but it's an illusion. He can't physically touch you when he's in his half form," Erin answered.
"So..."
"So Harry can't push her away from this barrier!" Seth said in a "duh" voice.
"She's the barrier?"
"No."
"She's with someone else."
Everyone around me looked at me in shock.
"What now?" Harry asked.
AN: Waiting... Waiting...
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