I'm going on a week trip with my band adn i thought you guys might want to read more nad thats a logn time not to write anythign at all so I'm goign to try and get a couple chapters up today so you can read. Originally chapter 4 was part of chapter 3 which would have made chapter 3 about 4000 words so i decided to cut it in half. So i hope you like it!

Chapter 4

"Well I'm glad you're feeling better because you're going to need your strength to explain to me just exactly what happened back there!" Uncle Jack shouted. He pulled over on the road and slammed on the brakes causing us the lurch forward which resulted in me banging my head on the side of Jacks headrest.

"Jeez, Jack!" I shouted as I grabbed my head in order to calm the massive headache. Seth took my hands away and turned my head around to see the bump that was forming.

"Listen, I'm sorry, but here's the deal. The car doesn't move until you're mouths do." I just groaned, due to my new headache and put my head on Seth's shoulder because let's be honest, it's the best headrest around. I was surprised when Seth put his arm around me and passed it off as protective instincts.

"The information you are seeking is not with your grasp of understanding." Seth snapped.

"We are dealing with issues outside the realm of…your world." Sara tried to explain to him, but I knew it wouldn't work. Jack can be a little thick headed when it comes to…well…everything freaky and unnatural.

"Hey I'm a cab driver, ok. I have had plenty of worldly experiences…" Jack trailed off as he gazed out the back off the taxi. I looked at him in confusion and followed his gaze out the back of the taxi to see a blue light slowly approaching.

"Sara, we need to move!" Seth shouted urgently. Sara shot out her hand and the car's engine started up. Uncle Jack grabbed the wheel in confusion, but he ignored it and hit the gas.

"What is it?" Jack asked as we raced down the road. Whatever was behind us fired and the ground next to the car exploded causing the car to swerve, but Jack kept control.

"I'm going to take a wild guess and say that droid dude really wants that remote." I said. Another explosion hit our wheel and Jack twisted the wheel causing us to go off road.

"Hang on!" He yelled. Seth wrapped an arm around my waist to hold me down as we tumbled down a hill and onto another rode.

"Jack, there's a tunnel straight ahead!" I yelled. Jack nodded and drove the car underneath the tunnel and stopped the car.

"We can't let him destroy it Sara!" Seth stated as Sara nodded and reached into her pocket before her widened.

"I don't have it." She said. Both of them started freaking out before I held out my hand.

"You mean this thing?" I asked them. They both let out a sigh of relief and Sara took it from my hands whispering a thanks.

"Who is he? I want real answers this time." Uncle Jack demanded. They both fell silent and I sat there just thinking.

Flashback

"Mary it's a syphon get her out of here. Just like we practiced." Daddy shouted and gave mommy a kiss before she rushed over to me.

"Mommy, what's happening?" I cried as my mother carried me down into the cellar. The house was shaking and loud noises filled my ears.

"I need you to stay here and stay quiet." I nodded and cried as she put me down.

"Why can't I go with you mommy?" She cried and hugged me.

"Don't worry, baby. We'll be together again." I nodded as dad rushed in. He nodded to my mom and she went back upstairs. He came over and pulled me into his arms.

"Promise me you'll be a good girl. Promise me that you'll never forget to be strong and trust your gut?" I smiled through my tears and nodded.

"I promise daddy." He smiled and climbed back up the stairs. I sat there and kept quiet as I heard a crash and then an explosion. It went silent and I saw a shadow come by the stairs. I kept quiet as it came down the steps. The robot thing stopped at the bottom and looked towards my hiding spot. It stared for a few minutes and then headed back up. I let out a sigh of relief. I waited there for a long time until I heard people came in.

"Both Mr. and Mrs. Volgo are dead, Sir." I heard that and my breath stopped. The words sunk into me and I let out a sob.

"Sir, did you here that?" I stopped and looked up as two figures came down the stairs.

"Federal agency. Come out." I crawled out from behind the shelves and stood up. One of the men came over and kneeled down by me.

"What's your name?" I smiled and wiped away my tears.

"Jessica Volgo. My parents called me Jess." The man nodded.

"Why did your parents leave you down here Jess?" I looked down at my feet.

"My mommy said that I needed to stay here and hide. My daddy told me to be a good girl and then they left." The man nodded and stood. He gave me his hand and I took it. He walked us over to the other man.

"What do we say, Sir?" The other man looked down at me and then looked at the man holding my hand.

"We say it was snipers. They didn't swear to secrecy. That's our story." The man nodded and led me upstairs.

Present

I had the feeling like I had just been punched straight in the gut.

"It's a Syphon!" I whispered. Sara looked at me and hesitantly nodded.

"Wait, what did you say?" Jack asked in confusion.

"A Syphon. They were droids created by our military for intergalactic warfare." Seth said. Uncle Jack looked at him and then to Sara. I could tell he had lost Seth at Syphon.

"They are assassins trained to pursue their target until their mission is completed." Sara explained in a more sensible way.

"And his mission is?" Jack asked. A noise came from outside the tunnel and I clutched to Seth and Sara as two blue lights swept towards the car. This whole time questions were running through my head. Why was I having flashbacks? Why did things phase through me? I could always take punches and hard hits with only minor cuts and bruises. A light went off in my head and for a minute I didn't want to believe my conclusion, but it was the only one that made sense.

"Us. Its mission is us." I whispered as my voice shook with fear and anxiety. I watched as the two blue lights came into the tunnel and slowly moved closer towards the car scanning for anything. The closer it got the further I pressed myself into Seth. Both Sara and Seth had on masks of complete terror. They were scared too, but who wouldn't be. The lights were only inches from the car when they vanished. I sat back up, but still kept myself pressed against Seth. Jack started the car and we slowly drove out of the tunnel into the open.

"Is there a safer route Jack Bruno?" Sara whispered, but Jack shook his head.

"Not unless you can fly." That comment almost made me laugh…almost. As we moved down the road slowly I looked out Sara's window. I swear I saw something glide across the fog before it disappeared back under.

"Is something wrong Jess?" I looked over towards Seth and gave a hesitant smile.

"I just thought I saw…" The Car lurched forward and we spun around the see the ship right on our tail.

"That! I thought I saw that!" I yelled and gripped Seth as we bounced around. One lucky shot hit right by the driver's side causing Seth's window to shatter. I screamed and buried my head under Seth's arm as glass rained down on us. I felt some of it cut my leg, but they were only small cuts.

"Get into a tunnel!" I shouted at Uncle Jack.

"It's a train tunnel!" H shouted back at me. I glared at the back of his head and bit my cheeks.

"Does it look like I care?" I shouted at him and that must have caused him to get some sense because he drove into it and I thought we were safe until another explosion shook our car. I looked behind us and saw the ship had actually followed us into the tunnel.

"You have got to be kidding me!" I shouted and grabbed onto Sara's hand. Suddenly a light hit my face and made me blink. I looked towards the cause of the light and realized my day couldn't get any more life threatening.

"Uncle Jack!" I screamed. Everyone followed my gaze to see a train coming straight at us.

"GO, GO Faster!" Seth yelled. Jack tried to push the gas down to the floor and I knew we were at maximum speed for cabs.

"Why did we have to be driving a cab?" I shouted to no one in particular.

"Sara!" Seth yelled at his sister. Sara shot her hand forward and I watched as the cars speed began to climb past maximum speed.

"Get down!" Jack yelled. Seth covered my head with his just as we swerved out of the tunnel. Just in time to because the train and the ship collided causing the train to come to a stop. I screamed as some of the trains cars detached and flew over us and into the tunnel. We kept driving into the desert until Jack had to stop and look at the car.

"I never…want to…do that…again." I got out through my hard breathing. I closed my eyes and just tried to find some peace and serenity.

"We can't trust him Sara." Sara whispered.

"I know we can…we must." She said. I opened my eyes and looked at both of them.

"First of all I'm sitting right here and I'm not deaf. Second is that I know we can trust him. He can be a little thick headed, but give him time. He didn't abandon me. He won't abandon you." I said, looking at Seth mostly. He searched my eyes before nodding.

"We know you're frustrated, Jack Bruno." Sara started, but Jack held up his hand and cut her off.

"No. No more Jack Bruno this and Jack Bruno that. I've been asking for answers…" He started.

"You already know the answers Jack Bruno. We are all…" Sara paused and looked over at me.

"..Indeed, not from your planet." Sara finished.

"What do you mean by all of you?" He asked. Everyone looked at him and then all eyes were on me.

"Jessica is indeed not human." Sara said with a smile.

"That's not possible." I whispered.

"Have you ever wondered why you are able to take hits or phase through things, Jessica Bruno? You are different and you have already started to believe." She said. I looked from her to Seth who moved his hand towards me. I watched as it moved towards my face and I felt a tingle spread through me and closed my eyes. When I opened them again Seth was staring at his hand. He slowly looked up at me and smirked.

"I knew it." He whispered. I smiled at him and turned back towards Jack who started laughing uncontrollably.

"So that's it? Mystery solved. You two want me to believe that you're all aliens?" I groaned and rolled my eyes.

"Extremely thick headed." I whispered to Seth.

"It's the truth." Seth tried to convince Jack.

"Really? Well you don't look like aliens." Uncle Jack contradicted.

"Well what do aliens look like?" Sara asked.

"You know what aliens look like. They look like-like little green people with antennas an-and laser guns…take me to your leader earthlings….nawhooo!" He said adding the stupidest sound. I groaned and covered my face as my cheeks started to burn.

"Such an embarrassment." I exclaimed.

"He requires proof. He thinks we're insulting his intelligence." Sara stated.

"Ya think! You just can't drop the! We're aliens! Bomb on someone. Now I know I've seen some pretty weird things today, but you can't expect me to believe that…" Jack trailed off as all the items in the car levitated in the air.

"I am able to move objects with my mind." Sara stated as she held up her palm.

"That's impossible." Jack whispered and looked around at the floating items.

"No it's quite possible. On our planet as well as yours. You don't do it because you haven't learned to use your full brain capacity. Jessica can do it as well because she had been taught at a young age." Sara said looking at me. She flung a CD at me and I felt like my muscles were being pulled tight. When the disk hit me it cracked and fell to the ground. She threw another at me and I felt the tingling spread through me. The disk went right through me like I was made of thin air. Jack watched with wide eyes and slowly I started to see realization shine through them.

"No. I don't do things like that because it's kind of creepy and I would like you to stop." He whispered. Sara relaxed her hand and all the items dropped back into place. Jack sighed and relaxed.

"Jack Bruno!" Sara shouted out of nowhere. I looked ahead and saw to blue lights heading our way. Seriously?! Jack reached down to start the car, but it wouldn't start. I grasped onto Seth's hand and intertwined our fingers as the lights got closer.

"Come on, Come on! Start….Start!" Jack yelled. I buried my face in Seth's chest and waited to be "eliminated", but when a noise rumbled the ground I looked up and saw that the lights were from a semi-truck. I sighed and started laughing because of nerves and of course the car started.