Hey so sorry if the chapter titles are a bit wierd. I'm just trying to come up with ones that are different instead of the usual car chase, siblings, aliens, ect. Thanks to Rihimesama, FirePearl97, and Shannon the chameleon for reviewing on chapter two. I'm glad you guys liek the story. So here's chapter three, enjoy!

Chapter 3

"I'm sorry I dragged you guys into this." I heard Uncle Jack say.

"There is no need to apologize, Jack Bruno. You're not always the one to blame." A voice said. As I started to wake up more I realized it was Sara who had said that.

"But the urgency of our trip has not decreased." I heard Seth state.

"Don't worry. I'll get you to where you need to go. You earned it." Jack reassured them. There was a moment of silence and I figured it was a good time to wake up.

"Uncle Jack?" I yawned and slowly sat up.

"Hey kid. How are you doing?" he asks.

"Good." I say and rub my eyes. I look over at Sara who smiles at me and I smile back.

"Jack can you toss me my bag?" I ask him. He reaches down and throws it back to me. I catch it and shuffle through it before I find my hair brush. I pull my hair out of the hair tie and brush the loose strands back into place. Once I had put my brush away I looked out the window and noticed that we were completely surrounded by desert. I really hope Jack knows how to get back because I do not want to get lost out here.

"We have reached our destination!" Sara exclaimed suddenly. I looked at her like she was crazy and rubbed my eyes again before looking out the window again. As we drove further down the road an old shack came into view.

"That's your destination? It looks like you could blow it over. I mean you can't be serious!" I exclaimed. I mean the things looked like it had been abandoned for years, but the look Seth and Sara gave me told me they weren't joking.

"You're serious, aren't you?" Sara nods and Seth...well…he starts glaring at me again.

"Now if you would excuse us." Seth snapped and got out of the car, slamming the door. I stared after him in disbelief before looking over at Sara.

"Thank you for your help, but we must continue on our own." She says and looks over at the shack.

"Do not worry; we will soon be reunited with our relatives." She finishes and hands all the money to me. I hold it and watch as she disappears into the shack. I hand Uncle Jack the money and he shuffles through it.

"500% tip. That's reasonable." He says and I laugh.

"And you still owe me." I remind him. He reached down and started the car when a loud crash came from inside the shack. We sat there for a minute and all I did was worry about them before I did something.

"When I get back I want that 500%" I said to Jack and climbed out of the car.

"Jess, get back in the car!" He shouted at me, but I just ignored him and continued towards the shack. I heard him get out of the car and follow me. I climbed up the steps of the shack and slowly pushed the door open. It creaked and I slipped through the space. It was dark and dusty inside the place, but the furniture was still there. I heard the door creak again and looked around to see Jack slowly creep inside. I continued through the house trying to remain quiet. A bright flash came from outside and then it became dark again. I turned slowly to my right and suddenly got the feeling we were being watched. I looked back at Jack and I could see he got the feeling too. He reached down and picked up a broken chair leg holding it like a baseball bat.

"Sara? Seth?" I whispered and walked towards the mouth eaten couch and put my back towards it. All the sudden something grabbed my hand and I tried to call for Jack, but another hand covered my mouth. The person pulled me down and my back landed hard against their chest.

"Jessica Bruno, it is us. Please do not be alarmed." I heard Sara's voice in my mind which only freaked me out even more, but I slowly opened my eyes and saw Sara looking at me with concern. The hand slowly let go of my mouth, but I was still pushed up against the person behind me.

"Sara what's going…?" the hand covers my mouth again and Sara held her finger to her lips. I nod and pry Seth's hand off of my mouth. I look over to him and point to Jack who's still walking around with his back to us. I can't believe he hasn't noticed I'm gone. What a great Uncle! Seth slowly stood up and walked around the couch towards Jack. He reached out and grabbed hold of his jacket. Jack freaked out and swung the chair leg right at Seth. The unbelievable happened when the chair leg just phased right through Seth leaving him unharmed and glaring at Jack.

"What just happened?" Jack asked, but Sara motioned for him to stay quit. Seth led him back around the couch and they crouched next to us on the floor. Jack looked at me and I gave him a reassuring smile.

"Why have you risked your lives following us?" Sara asked her voice just below a whisper. I was about to answer her when Seth rudely interrupted me.

"That is not important. What's important is that you return to your vehicle. Your services are no longer required." Seth glared at Jack and I like we we're unwanted vermin which I didn't appreciate.

"Seth they're just trying to help." Sara pleaded with him.

"Sara, someone has already been here looking for it. We simply cannot trust any of them. Just us, Sara." Seth said. They stared at each other for quite some time before Sara hesitantly nodded in agreement.

"We appreciate your efforts to assist us Jack Bruno and Jessica Bruno, but my brother is right. We can involve you no further." I looked at her and shook my head.

"Listen and listen good. I don't know what you two are whether you're fugitives or…whatever you are. All I know is that I've almost died in a car chase because of you and I still want answers. Plus you might need another ride." I told them and looked over to Seth to make sure he got my point. He just stared at me before turning his attention to his weird blue beeping device.

"I've got it!" He exclaimed and took off. We followed him over to the fridge and I watched as he attached his device to the door of it. There was a beep and a thud before the fridge moved from the wall. Behind it was a secret tunnel that leads down and out of sight. Seth and Sara didn't hesitate to move into the tunnel and follow it unlike Jack and I who hesitated quite a bit.

"Don't go into the pimped out fridge, Jack." Uncle Jack whispered to himself which made me laugh.

"Well you can just stay here and wait until I get back." I said with a smile his way before I headed after the two siblings. I met up with them at the bottom of the tunnel and not surprisingly Uncle Jack appeared right behind me. Once again Seth attached his blue device to the cellar wall. It moved too and what it revealed was unlike anything I had ever seen. In front of me was a huge underground forest full of glowing plants. Some were round and hung from the ceiling while other looked like exotic leaves you'd find in Hawaii. Sara and Seth disappeared through the leaves while I slowly stepped in.

"Why do I feel like I've been here before?" I whispered to myself as I looked at one of the hanging orbs.

Flash back

"Mommy, what's that plant?" I asked pointing to the orb. She can over and picked me up setting me on her hip.

"It's a Plant that grows on our home planet." She told me with a smile.

"Can I touch it?" I ask her. She nods and holds me up high. I reach my hand out and graze my fingertips over its bumpy surface.

"Why are all these plants here?" I ask and my mother laughs.

"We need to see if they can survive in this atmosphere." I look around and give her a hug.

"It's working!" I exclaimed. She nodded and put me back down onto the ground.

"Jessica, come over here and help daddy." My father calls and holds his hand out. I run over and take hold of his hand as he leads me to another part of the small forest.

Present

I shook my head to clear the flashback and kept moving. Soon enough I came to a clearing and smiled as I stared at one of the glowing orbs.

"Amazing, isn't it?" I turned as eth stepped into the clearing. I smiled at him and nodded before turning back to the orb.

"Sara it's here!" he called out. Sara and Jack entered the clearing only moments later. Sara came and stood next to me as she removed her necklace and placed it in the center of the plant. Her necklace turned blue and she slowly reached her hand inside the plant. I gaged a bit as the plant absorbed her hand with a disgusting squishy sound. After a minute of searching she pulled her hand back and held up a device that looked similar to Seth's.

"What's that?" I asked and she smiled at me.

"This is what we came here for." I almost laughed, but felt as though it wasn't the right time. That's seriously what they came here for?

"Is it valuable?" I ask because if it's not I'll be just a tad bit mad.

"Yes, it's very important in our mission." She said. I nodded and then thought of a good question.

"So what was that thing about someone already being here?" I asked hesitantly. Both Sara and Seth looked at each other before they answered.

"We have reason to believe that someone had come here to search for it before us." Seth stated. My eyes went wide as I looked over at him.

"Do you have reason to believe that person is still looking for it?" Uncle Jack asked.

"Yes." Seth said. Just then a twig snapped not too far away. It became eerily silent as we looked around. There was another twig snap and Uncle Jack grabbed hold of my hand and put his hand on Sara's back leading us out of the clearing. I looked back to make sure Seth was following us and he was. As we crept through the forest something flew past my head and the tree next to me burst into flames. I let out a scream and suddenly we were not so quiet.

"Run, Run!" Jack yelled at us. We all took off only we took off in different directions. I ran through the jungle and looked around. Everything looked the same to me and it didn't look like I was near any exit.

"Sara, Go!" I heard Seth yell. The walls above me glowed orange and blue as the small fire began to spread.

"Jessica Bruno!" Seth yelled and it didn't sound like it was far from where I was.

"Seth!" I called back and started to jog toward his voice when the ground next to me exploded and sent me airborne. I screamed and landed pretty hard on my back. I felt the air rush out from my lungs and I laid there for a few seconds trying to catch my breath. When I went to sit up pain shot through my back, but I fought it and stood.

"Seth, where are you!" I yelled and began slowly jogging again. I looked around frantically and suddenly I was pulled back. I turned and saw Seth looking back down at me. I was about to say something when I heard heavy footsteps come our way. Seth's eyes widened and he pushed me up against a tree. His body left me no room to breathe as he pushed us up against the tree. All I did was close my eyes and lean against him in hopes that whatever it was didn't see us. We waited like that for a few minutes before the footsteps changed directions and headed away from us. Seth slowly backed away from the tree and I was able to let out a shaky breath. He grabbed hold of my hand and we looked around before I followed him back to Sara. We crouched by her I saw Uncle Jack roll under a bush just as this…thing came out. It was covered in black armor from head to toe and just its presence sent a chill down my spine. We remained silent as it stopped only a few feet away from us and right next to Jack. I watched in confusion as it raised its arm up in the air and then realized it was pointed straight at us.

"Move!" I shouted and pushed Sara and Seth out of the way just as the bush we were hiding behind burst into flames. I helped them up and we took off running.

"Uncle Jack!" I called.

"Kids!" I looked back and saw him run towards us. He looked pretty bruised up.

"What happened?" I asked he reached us and pushed us forward.

"Just keep moving!" He yelled. I listened and we took off. The fire was spreading quicker this time and I had to urge my legs forward to keep myself ahead of it. All of us started breathing hard as the smoke began to fill our lungs.

"GO, GO Sara!" Seth yelled as Sara ran ahead of us. Another fire ball exploded next to us and we all went flying to the ground where Seth landed right on my stomach. He rolled off of my and I noticed he was limping a bit, but he still helped me up and took the lead. We stopped at another clearing and looked around for Uncle Jack who we had lost in the explosion. Out of nowhere the droid came out of nowhere and knocked the device from Sara's hands and sent her flying to the ground.

"Seth!" She screamed. Seth looked at his sister before landing a good punch at the droid. It turned and swung at him, but his arm phased right through Seth.

"Seth the remote." Sara yelled to him. For a minute he was distracted and the droid landed a hit sending Seth into a nearby tree.

"No, Seth!" I yelled as he hit a tree and landed on the ground. The…droid turned towards me and was about to fire when Uncle Jack came flying from the brush and tackled it to the ground. The droid had no problem getting Jack off, but when it stood I took the chance to dive between its legs and grab the device. It turned towards me and came barging my way. I heard Seth shout for me and I covered my face with my arms. I waited for something to knock me, but the attack never came. I removed my arms and looked around to see the droid had run right through me. It ran at me again and I felt a tingling sensation before it passed through me without even so much as a scratch. I looked at Sara who had gotten herself up and watched as she shot her arm out. As she moved her arm a burning orb detached itself from its vine and plowed right into the droid sending it flying backwards. I took the chance to run over to Seth and help him up off the ground. Sara went over to get Jack and we took off. The tunnel was straight ahead and we pretty much dove into it. I was the last one in so I grabbed the door and pulled as hard as I could. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the droid raise its gun at me and it only made me pull harder. Right as the door closed I heard Seth shout my name and I felt him push me out of the way just as a fire ball hit the door and sent him flying into the wall. I yelped as the impact pushed Sara and I back against the ground and I hit my head on the wall. I ignored the pain and ran over to Seth who was lying on the floor motionless.

"Seth?! Come on don't faint on me now!" I yelled at him and softly slapped his cheeks a few times, but his head just rolled to the side.

"I've got him!" I heard Uncle Jack yell at us. He slung Seth over his shoulder and pushed me and Sara ahead of him.

"GO, GO, GO!" He yelled at Sara and me as we ran through the fridge into the kitchen. I closed the fridge door and we ran to the door. By now the fire was starting to come through the wooden floor and I knew we had to get out of there. Uncle Jack kicked the shack door down and tossed me the keys for the taxi. I ran out ahead of them and unlocked the taxi pulling the doors open. The sky above had turned red and ash fell as the ground began to shake and…explode. Sara yelped and fell backwards when a flame shot up right in front of her. I ran over to her and helped her up and literally pushed her into the car. I closed her door and ran to the other side sliding into the middle seat. I helped Uncle Jack get Seth in and got his seatbelt on.

"Drive!" I yelled. Uncle Jack hit the gas and we were off, just as the entire shack exploded. I let out a breath and laid my head back on the seat only to feel a shock of pain run through me. I sat up and reached my hand behind to find the source of pain. When my fingers grazed my scalp another rush of pain washed over me and I brought my fingers around to find the tips of them dotted with blood.

"Jess, are you alright?" Sara asked me with worry. I looked over at her and nodded slowly.

"It's just a small cut." I told her as I ran my fingers over the forming bump. It probably happened when my head hit that concrete floor.

"How's Seth?" Uncle Jack asks looking into the review mirror. I looked at Seth to see if he's gotten better, but he's still unconscious.

"Do not worry about my brother. His system has the power to…." Sara trailed off when Seth's eyes fluttered open and he slowly sat up.

"I will be fine, but we must put as much distance between us and our recent location." He said. I almost laughed at how normal he sounded and he looked at me funny. I just rolled my eyes and grabbed his hand. He looked down at our intertwined hands and for a second I could have sworn I saw his cheeks become a shade of rosy pink.