Chapter 6: Bumps in the Road
As they all enjoyed the train ride, the evil spirits had made their way to the engine room. Laughing and smiling evilly, they started sabotaging the engine, by jamming things in it, and taking out screws and bolts.
With each bolt or screw that was taken out, the train started to go out of control! "Que pasa?" asked Miguel, as he and the others were tossed around. "I don't know, mijo." said Hector, trying to keep the kids calm.
Now that they started the chaos, the evil spirits went to phase two of their plan. With the train going out of control, they went the outside of the train car Gabby was in, and unhooked it from the rest of the cars!
Inside they felt themselves free moving. "Dios mio!" cried Gabby, as she held onto Carina. The train car got knocked around by the others, until it was pushed off the tracks, and tumbled around in the grass!
"Are you two okay?" asked Hector, worriedly. "I'm okay, you okay Dante?" asked Miguel. Dante barked, and Carina barked to. "Carina's okay, and so am I." answered Gabby. They managed to get out of the train car, and saw that the rest of the train was no where in sight.
"What do we do now?" asked Gabby. "Don't worry, ninos. Just give me a minute to think." Said Hector. While Hector paced around Miguel and Gabby sat on the ground. Little did they know the evil spirits were lurking behind them.
Quietly they snuck up behind, and tried to grab her! But Dante and Carina sensed trouble, and started barking. "What's up with them?" Asked Miguel confused. Just as the two turned around, the spirits disappeared.
"Silly perros." Said Gabby. Then Hector came back. "Well kids turns out there's a path a little down the road, and that's sure to lead to a town." Said Hector. After leaving a note saying how everyone was all right, and they left to find another way to Santa Cecelia, they made their way on.
As they did, De La Cruz was watching them through the talisman. "Ay, so close but so far." he said. "Paciencia, De La Cruz. She still doesn't remember her past, so we'll be getting her soon." said an evil spirit.
"But why do you want her to get her while she still has amnesia?" "With amnesia her soul be more vulnerable." the spirit answered.
The three and the dogs, walked down the path, until they came to a small town. "Great, we can rest here for the night, until we can get another way to Santa Cecilia." said Hector. "And we can call home." said Miguel.
After stopping by a small clinic and getting checked out, they found a small motel with vacancy, and Hector called home. "Not to worry, we're okay. We're just gonna stay here, and we'll find a way back home in the morning." he said on the phone.
As the kids got comfortable in the room, Miguel glanced over at Gabby who was petting Carina. He felt his face heat up, then when she looked over at him, he quickly looked away. Then Hector got off the phone.
"All right ninos, it's time we see about getting some dinner and finding a way to Santa Cecelia." He said. They left the motel, leaving Dante and Carina at the room. They went into town, and went into a bodega.
Hector looked at a bus depot schedule on the while, while Gabby and Miguel looked for dinner. But the evil spirits had followed them inside and were going to sneak up and grab Gabby.
As she grabbed a couple candy bars for dessert, a magazine caught her eye. She picked it up, and read the title. "Senoras Fashion Trends." It wasn't so much the actual magazine, but the woman on the cover.
Gabby thought she recognized her from somewhere. When the spirit tried to grab her, it couldn't. It was like there was an invisible force field around her. The spirits left when they heard Miguel coming.
"Hey, Gabby I got some frozen taquitos." He Said. "That's good, Miguel." Gabby answered distractedly. "Que pasa?". "This woman." She said. "Oh that's just Maya Lopez, the famous fashion designer." Miguel explained
"Oh." "Si, she's really famous, my family makes the shoes she designs." "Ninos, let's get going." called Hector. Miguel went over to his uncle, and Gabby put the magazine back. She wasn't sure, but she'd thought she'd seen that woman before.
They bought the taquitos, and three bus tickets for Santa Cecelia, then went back to their motel room.
The following morning, after getting some breakfast they went to the bus depot to board the bus. They hid Dante under the seats, and Carina stayed in Gabby's backpack.
As soon as everyone who was on board, the bus drove off, and they were on their way. "You're really gonna love Santa Cecelia, Gabby." Said Miguel. "What's it like there?" Gabby asked.
"It's great. There's a place called Mariachi Plaza there's musicians, stands that sells mini alibrijeas, and food. It's my favorite place." He explained. "Sounds wonderful." The two found themselves staring at each other, and they quickly looked away.
They rode all day, and when night fell almost everyone was asleep, including Miguel, Gabby, and Héctor. But the evil spirits were putting another plan into action. Underneath the bus, they popped one of the tires.
The passengers felt the pop, and woke up immediately. "No entres en pánico, it's just a flat. Luckily here's a rest stop." said the driver. He pulled over, and went out to fix the tire. "Well since we're stopping, I'm gonna use the restroom." said Gabby.
"Be quick." said Hector. Gabby got off, and went into the ladies room. After she did her business, she was washing her hands, when she thought she heard a strange moaning sound. She looked around, but didn't see anything.
Thinking it was just her imagination, she went back to washing. As she was drying her hands, in the mirror she saw one of the evil spirits. Quickly turning around the spirit lunged at her, and she screamed in terror!
Héctor and Miguel heard her scream, and hurried off the bus to get to her. The spirit tried to drag her away. "Gabby?" Called Miguel. The spirit quickly disappeared, leaving Gabby on the ground.
"Gabby, are you okay?" Asked Héctor. "Something tried to take me." She said, as Miguel helped her up. "Something, don't you mean someone?" "No something. It was green, shapeless, and see through. Like a ghost." Gabby explained.
Hector looked around, but didn't see anything. "Well whatever it was it's gone now." He said. They all went back to the bus which had been fixed, and it drove off.
That's chapter 6, plz review