The rain stopped about two hours after and what was left was a shin sheet of mist that clung to our already drenched clothing. But we couldn't stay at the party house for much longer as someone would most likely come across us. Brooke was paler than usual but she insisted that she was fine and that she was able to walk on her own. I had looked at her skeptically but she smiled at my offer and walked ahead of me showing me that she was more than capable of holding her own.
We jumped over small streams and ducked or crawled over fallen logs. The mist had lifted only a few minutes after and the sun finally peaked behind the trees. A bit of warmth spread through my body as the sun hit me directly and I sighed. I pushed a few vines away and continued moving forward trying to keep up to Brooke who was a good few feet away. I could tell when she was in pain from her shoulder as she would have to use her other hand to lift her over enormous rocks while her other arm just dangled uselessly at her side.
I managed to catch up to her and we both climbed the steep hill and then cautiously peeked over the top. Below us was what looked like a recreational park, cars were parked in the lot, kids were playing on the swing set and parents were watching from picnic tables and benches. Pets were milling around the pet area curiously sniffing each other and barking loudly when a human approached.
"What now?" I asked.
"We have to take a car," Brooke replied as if it were obvious.
I looked as if she was nuts.
"Come on."
Before I could get a word out Brooke was already slowly moving down the hill on what looked like steps. The steps were made out of wood so they were moldy, cracked and some were even broken right off. I followed her and kept whispering to Brooke to slow down which of course she ignored. I stepped on a rotten step and my foot broke through the rest of the wood making a loud crack that echoed through the trees. Brooke whipped around to see me frozen. She ducked her head to see that no one took notice of me and gave me the thumbs up. I continued on.
Once at the bottom we stayed crouched and moved along the front of all the vehicles. Brooke wanted to looked for a slightly older model as they were the easiest to hotwire or even better, one that still had the engine running. We were in luck as we found a Ford truck that still had the engine running and a bonus of the key still jammed into the ignition. Brooke looked around her to see no one and then got into the driver's side while I got into the passenger's side. Just then was when the people in the park realized that something wasn't right and when they turned they saw a blue Ford truck pull out. I turned to see a man running directly at us yelling profanity. I turned to Brooke and told her to step on it. She obliged. We drove right out of there and onto the highway in record speed.
On the highway we were on the lookout for cops or any sign of authority. We came across a cop car at a gas station but the police officer was in the bathroom at the time. We continued to drive towards Utah with the news on. There were no news of the others and nothing of any witnesses. I became drowsy and tired and Brooke encouraged me to sleep but I shook my head saying that I was okay.
Agent Mahone examined the fake passports before him. Beside Jason's picture was a fake birth date and name and the other passport was the same. He had one of his fellow agents get a hit on the girl that was spotted with Jason. At first everyone except Mahone thought that she was a hostage but when they found out that she was related to David Apolskis, everything changed for the worst.
"We'll catch her," an agent promised Mahone but Mahone didn't listen or even care to listen. Mahone thought that the people he worked with were equal or more than incompetent and pestering him constantly for attention. Sometimes he wished that he could have just done this on his own instead of with a team of idiots. Or placed with more intelligent beings. Mahone took out an unlabelled bottle, shook two pills into his hand and then popped them back. If his Superior had found out that he was doing illegal medication he was most-likely to be fired but Mahone was careful to cover his tracks and make sure that nothing like that happened.
Out of the eight, only one was taken down in the past two weeks. One escaped again from a hospital and the others were possibly scattered somewhere across America. He knew that the Michael and Lincoln were together obviously but as for the others - he knew that it was going to be a little more difficult. His training however allowed him to narrow down possible places.