Bridette's POV

I'm so thirsty.

'Dying of thirst' thirsty.

'Seeing oasis mirages' thirsty.

'Drink my own pee (eww, thanks Bear Grills)' thirsty.

In short…I'm thirsty.

Been driving for a week and a half in a stolen truck cross country on the desolate highway.

We are somewhere that's quickly getting colder as we go and water we do get freezes and studies show that eating snow actually makes you thirsty. So I'm here trying to warm up some nice snow we found in a bottle as I can't eat the ice or hold it up against my neck.

Let's just say, frozen water in gills.

Pretty bad.

Geoff and I, well, we had no idea where the hell we were heading, just away.

The disaster of the circus put us off hanging in a large group for a good long time, and if I looked normal, I would have turned to Geoff by now and told him we can stay in this small town. Pretend to be normal and just live there.

But nope.

Geoff and me are in the van that was connected to our trailer, we just drove out of there like no tomorrow. It's a bust up old thing but she's dragged around a lot of trailers in the last couple of years, and thankfully we got to the trailer as well because I wouldn't be able to sleep anywhere with the way I look, sometimes we splurge and get a hotel room, hot water, a comfy bed and nothing smells like mildew. But it's been days and we are running low on supplies and water, we have little money and we have almost no gas left.

But what I think mostly about now is why.

Why are they doing this to me? I didn't ask for any of this and yet I'm being treated like I went out, had my skin died, had my skin ripped apart for these things in my neck that stop me breathing after an amount of time out of the water, I didn't ask for these patterns to be tattooed on me and I totally didn't ask to be called a freak. I didn't ask to be a Power Person.

And yet, I'm punished for it.

"Where are we even going Geoff?" I asked.

"I don't know." He told me.

It had been like this for hours now, I think he was getting mad at me since he has to take care of me, half the time he cann't sleep in a room with running water for a shower because of me. "Are you mad at me?" I asked him.

"Geez Bridge, does everything have to get back to you?" he asked, frustrated.

"Why are you being such a dick?" I asked, turning to him.

"Hm, let's see." He asked sarcastically. "Haven't showered, have you complain 24/7, gas station food and having nothing but the crap in the trailer. So yeah, I'm kind of tired of this Bridge, I just wish-" but then he was silent.

I knew what he was going to say, "You wish I looked more normal, don't you?"

Geoff didn't say a word. Which meant everything.

Stupid skin, I'm nowhere near water, why is this skin and gills and webbed feet and hands any use to me?

What could this stuff be useful for in a life or death situation? I'd be screwed.

I stared out the window, the family me and Geoff had in the carnival….where were they now? Are they dead?

But there was something else to consider now. Where are our old team mates, you know, Gwen, Leshawna, Trent and the rest? Dead? Alive? Hero or Villain? It is difficult to say anymore who anyone is. I suppose that I have to assume everyone is dead until I see cold hard evidence. I know for sure which direction some went in, was it our fault for leaving the school.

I ask myself that sometimes, why didn't we just stay there?

There were lots of good reasons, we all felt betrayed by Watson and the fact that Noah was targeting us, I saw the bloody body of someone who betrayed him, one of our old friends but Cody couldn't figure out who, but he was just a kid. Noah killed a kid, so we had to run…..all of us.

Some of my friends had to make big decisions, change their lives for good or evil…..a lot of them for evil.

I miss them.

I miss my friends.

They, like Geoff and me, knew the cold slap of betrayal, pain, suffering and the satisfaction of joy and love. It was all there in them, deep down.

But there.

Not that I don't love Geoff, just that I miss my friends, but as I said. A lot of them could be dead. I huffed. "Geoff?" he grunted in response. "What happened to us?" I asked, this time, with all the memories of my fallen friends pouring out in the words.

Geoff sighed, his small hissy fit gone to be replaced with forgiveness and love, moving his arm so I could move in next to him, I moved over and he kissed me on the head, "I don't know, but babe, we need a plan."

"We have one." I told him, moving into him further, "move and keep moving." I paused and looked at him, "keep running."

Geoff laughed, "A plan babe, an aim. We can't keep running."

I sighed. He was, unfortunately and rarely, right. "Where to then? Home?"

"Totally can't go there Bridge, they'd be watching there all hours of the night, I wouldn't be surprised that they haven't got a resident already in the house." He paused, knowing my freaked reaction perfectly. "Don't worry, RAW would never hurt norms."

"Only us, right?" I asked him with a half smile. Geoff repeated the motion back then turned back to the road in front of him. "Geoff, where the hell are we?"

"I dunno. Somewhere near North Dakota" he paused, "I think"

I stared out the window as I felt the wind slap me in the face, bits of ice cutting my cheek, the freezing cold of the country making me miss the winter back home, where mum and dad used to wrap me and the boys up in big fat fluffy blankets when we were kids (and sometimes on the days that it was just too cold to handle), the hot chocolate being made and the marshmallows that me and my brothers would stuff into our mouths. That was all before my water needs kicked it, I would be upstairs in a boiling hot bath instead of a fluffy blanket, hot boiling water on the stove instead of hot chocolate.

Still had the marshmallows fights.

I miss them all so much. 2 weeks without contact with anyone face to face, Geoff is able to talk to people, hand them money, get outside of whatever car or room we are stuck in. Me, on the other hand, I'm stuck and the only outside contact I have is with people on the phone, asking for room service that I would hide in the bathroom for while Geoff paid. I don't know what to do anymore. "We can't live like this" I whispered, tears stinging my face.

NOT FROM CRYING!

God no. From the wind blowing in my face…..yeah, that's right. Something is just in my eye.

Geoff kept driving.

I sighed again, watching out the window as I noticed it started to rain, we were traveling over rocky ground as we travelled off road, in an effort that I get some air to my body and some sun on my skin, now a bit of water on my face. It felt so beautiful, but, it was dangerous to be driving like this. "Geoff, slow down, you could crash."

"No worries babe." He said, taking a dangerous turn. I shrieked a bit as the car moved the wrong way. Geoff laughed.

"Slow down Geoff!" I yelled at him, "it's not funny!" Geoff cool domineer faltered. "Geoff, cool it!"

"I can't slow down! Bridgette!" he yelled.

There was a tree, the car was trying to turn, Geoff was trying to stop, I was screaming.

It all happened so fast.

OooO

I woke but could not open my eyes, there was no noise and no feeling, just the knowledge that I was awake. I god, I don't know what happened, all I know is that…..I'm alive?

The noise came in slowly, gasping, panting breath. I think it was mine. Pain was making my head hurt, throbbing with each of my heartbeats.

I think I'm alive. I have to know where I am though.

I tried to open my eyes, but it was harder than I thought it would be. A blinding light, it burned. IT BURNS! Just kidding, it wasn't that bad. I turned my head to where I thought Geoff was and finally opened my eyes to see Geoff with the light behind him and Geoff….upside down?

I looked around myself and saw that my hair was pooled at the bottom of the car and that people yelling and sirens blaring, I woke up more fully.

And I'm so screwed. Someone who drove by the crash must have called someone as the medics are yelling into their radios about "Car crash on mountain side, undetermined amount injured persons in car, from the wreckage we have seen all those in car crash will be taken immediately to the North Valley Public Health, 1 hour from current crash." The man stopped yelling and I started to pant, a public hospital! If I go there they will see that I'm not human right away, Geoff will get away with it for awhile until they test his blood. "Alright, going in Phil"

I grasped for my seat belt and pressed the button, making me fall on my head. Didn't matter though as I scrambled out of the car, cutting my hands and arms on glass and spitting blood out of my mouth. I panted so loud, so close, so close to being found after hiding so long. Thankfully the window was broken and I rolled out of it, dragging myself out of the car and behind a giant rock next to the tree we crashed into.

I tried to catch my breath as I heard the sirens still blaring and the man, "We got 1 injured male occupant!" he yelled, I heard the struggle of the medics trying to get Geoff out of the car, "Male has no sign of broken bones however a concussion is obvious." I panted and tried to bring myself to look over the rock and see what was going on, Geoff, my partner in everything for the last year, was going to be taken in and soon after, taken in by the authorities.

Glass tinkling as the medics rolled the gurney, they helped pull Geoff onto the bed, keeping him safe and away from the glass, I tried to move closer to him, behind the tree and climbed slowly into it, silently as I breathed a wish that the leaves wouldn't rustle and make it known that I was watching them.

Then I heard something beautiful, the sound of Geoff's groans in pain.

Well, beautiful in the fact he was alive.

Him being in pain was kind of a bummer.

"Bridgette." He groaned.

Everyone but him froze in their places.

The men stopped and looked at each other then back at the car, one of them continued to strap Geoff down while the other went back to the car. The man strapping him down lent over Geoff, trying to keep him awake. "Rise and shine kid! You have to stay with us"

"Bridgette, where's Bridgette?" he asked again.

"We can't find this 'Bridgette'" the medic said, running back to the ambulance and getting Geoff into the back. One medic got in with him and I heard him immediately fixing Geoff up, the other medic ran around to the drivers side but instead of taking off, I heard him speaking. "Thanks for finding the crash and calling, but we need to get this person to the hospital right away, brain scans and all that." I heard him huff, "Look, can you search around for 'Bridgette'? She might be seriously injured or she might just be scared and ran away, either way, she needs help."

"No problem." The other person responded.

"Thanks." And with that, got in the ambulance and drove off.

There I was, looking at this person in the shadows, I could see him but he couldn't see me.

Or could he?

I watched him as he strolled over to the crash, his legs all I could see in the light of the…..lights. I leant closer, trying to catch a glimpse of him, Hero….of Villain? He was bending down, in a second I could see his face if I move just a little bit closer.

"AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" I screamed as I fell out of the tree and into the head lights of the car. I looked up, staring at the shadow in front of me, he could see me but I couldn't see him. I was terrified, panting in fright. The way he stood still was not good, usually a good guy would come right to me and help, a confused guy would come close, stare, they run away. A bad guy, just stares, and stares and stares before they snap their fingers and more bad guys come at you and hit you in the face on repeat.

"Bridgette?" he asks, I hold my hand up to block the glare.

"Who wants to know?" I ask in return.

"Bambi"

I mentally paused.

Bambi, usually the name given to deer or to people with an extremely sweet nature. I had found the second.

"DJ?" I asked in a horse whisper.

I heard his cute chuckle as he knelt down before me, turning on a torch and setting it down in front of us, making it face up so that I could see DJ's face. I stared in awe, I hadn't seen him in months and he looked almost the same, almost, his eyes were different.

Soft, yet hard. DJ smiled at me and traced my arm and my hair, finding bits of glass in my hair and picking them out, I gasped in pain as he put pressure on my arm. "Bridgette….what happened?" he asked, I opened my mouth to answer but he held a finger up before I could mutter a word. "Wait a sec, I'll just grab my med kit." He ran off and I closed my mouth once again, using my other hand to feel my head, I felt matted, bloody hair but, after feeling it all over, I didn't wince or feel any pain. I guess the blood was just from my arm…..or from Geoff. "Back." DJ told me, dropping the kit onto the ground, opening it, and pulling out bandages.

"DJ?" I asked again. He looked up from his work for a second and smiled at me.

I stared in awe still and DJ finished bandaging my arm, moving back to his first add kit, he smiled softly again at me and started to wipe the blood off my face. "I'm not a ghost Bridgette." He said softly, probably seeing my surprised face.

"Are you sure DJ?" I asked him, he stopped movie his hand and just held the wet cloth on my face. "No one could find you. Not even Cody."

DJ laughed softly and wiped my nose, "No, he found me."

I pushed his hand swiftly out of the way, "What?"

DJ took my hand and moved it from my face before wiping my face again, "Look, I wanted to stay hidden."

"So did we." I told him.

"I know." He whispered back, wiping my face again. "We all did. You, me, everyone tried to stay hidden. And we actually all did it, in our own way."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

He stood up, holding out his hand to me as well, "I'll explain in the car."

I took his hand and held myself together, I was scared, everything I had known was gone and what I had learnt it after that is being messed up. "Wait I second" I told him, I sluggishly moved into the back of the caravan and picked up a back pack, filled with personal momentos such as pictures or bits of junk that means stuff, our fighting outfits and a phone which stayed off at all times unless in emergency. Falling out of the caravan, I followed DJ.

Dragging myself into the passenger seat of the car and I felt the warmth all over my body. I rubbed my hands together, my shirt was ripped apart from the crash and my pants were a total mess. I groaned, no wonder I was so cold, but clothes were expensive so I had maybe 2 outfits, cold and hot. I just wrecked the cold. I shivered as the door was opened again and DJ climbed in.

"Here" he said, passing me a thick pink blanket, tossing something behind him. I stared at him, "Bridgette, look, I'll explain everything, but if I do now-"

"No" I told him, looking over and my eyes misted over. "I have to know."

"Okay." He said, turning on the car and starting to drive off after the ambulance.

OooO

We drove for awhile, trying to get where DJ stayed, "It started out fine." DJ started his story, and funny enough, rainy weather perfect for this kind of story. "I went home for the holidays and it was all normal, I didn't tell anyone about my powers and no one suspected a thing from the summer. Then Gwen started."

"What about Gwen?" I asked.

"Gwen, well, to be honest, was the start of all my trouble. She kept trying to get me on the team but I said no, then she came to my house. When I was bothered by her my brothers tried to forcefully move her and she kind of used her power in defence. Nothing major, but the thing was that RAW was watching us. They saw that I was with Gwen and they thought I was fighting with her, on her team you know." He took a shuddering breath "They then started to contact me, RAW, it got worse and worse."

I snorted, "Contacted by Courtney and Duncan?"

"Nearing the end." DJ told me. "But they first sent people in, searching my house, watching me and at one point, trying to drag me to RAW. Mom tried everything and the final decision was to send my brothers to my Grandmama and she would take me. We had a van from when Dad was alive and we took that and been on the road for months before it got worse and worse. Barely a day went by without us screeching down the high way trying to escape that bastards."

"Oh my god! I can't believe it."

"Believe it Bridgette. A couple months back there was a major fight, they managed to stay a step ahead of us,I used my power for the first time since I got back and before the van started to have it's own green house we got out and ran. But she….but Mama….." DJ stopped, I looked at him and saw him with glazed over eyes. "Got into an accident. It was bad, so bad. Mamma hasn't woken since."

"DJ! I'm so sorry." I whispered.

DJ sighed "It's getting better. It's been so many months and I've tried to stay off the grid. I've found a place to live while I wait for mamma, talking to my brothers, pretending she's fine. But then I got themessage from Cody."

"Are you going to follow it?" I asked.

DJ looked for a second before back at the road, but that one moment, his eyes showed his intentions clearly.

No.

He had been hurt by everyone that said that might help him. Like he was going to help Gwen, she was the reason that his mamma, the one person he always wrote a letter too every day back at school, the person that he said raised him and his brothers, working 2 jobs and still making it to all his big events in life. His mother that had been hurt so badly.

"I don't know." He confessed.

"What about the others?" I asked, "Lindsay, Justin, Trent…everyone else?"

"Cody hasn't told me much, just that half of them are in hiding and half of them have gone to the dark side. But, as Cody has told me, one by one, the ones in hiding have joined Gwen. Only the time in the circus they were able to find you. But they couldn't find you after that, you never stayed in a place long enough to actually be contacted in, but after the last place, where you had a phone and you order room service, Cody found you finally but couldn't contact you and after he heard about the accident. He sent me here in case your power was used, and to rescue you before RAW got here."

"WHAT ABOUT GEOFF!" I yelled suddenly. DJ swerved the car on the road and covered his ear. "sorry, but Geoff-!"

"Have you had any contact so far from them?" he said, referring to RAW.

"Not since we got on the road and started running." I told them, DJ sighed in relief.

"You'll be fine then, from what I can see, you guys maybe stay in one place for a max of 12 hours and they haven't got you yet. Geoff will be fine but if we don't get him out by tomorrow morning, we are screwed."

I hope to god we could get Geoff tomorrow morning.

OooO

"This is never going to work" I muttered to DJ.

"Yes it will, just stay calm." He muttered back.

I glared at where I thought DJ's face would be, sounding weird? Well I'll tell you what's happening.

DJ's plan was a good one, risky, but good. Since he is part of a search and rescue team up here, he has body bags…..getting the picture? He put me in one, got me a trolley and now we are currently rolling into the hospital where Geoff is being kept. But if someone looks in the bag…we are all doomed.

"My mama told me there would be days like this" he muttered to me as I felt the air grow warmer, knowing that we entered the hospital.

"She told you would be dragging a very much alive blue fish girl into a hospital in a body bag to rescue her boyfriend who can stretch his body to incredible lengths before he is killed by two of his former best friends?"

"Not in those words exactly. Now shut up"

I held my breath, my ears picking up every movement, every sigh, every life support bleeping, "What's this?" I heard an unfamiliar voice ask.

DJ sighed, "I found the passenger of the truck last night, died in impact. I wasn't able to find her till just a few hours ago because of the odd- well…..the autopsy will tell you everything." There was movement towards the zip and I froze.

So dead, if I wasn't before I was now!

"Don't." DJ said though, in a panicked tone. Totally suspicious. "Bit gruesome and could scare some of the patients."

"Right, right." The guy muttered. "Well, take it down to the body room. Then I'm going to need you in the driver's room. He might want to hear it from you what happened to his friend."

"Got ya." The trolley started to move again before DJ yelled over his shoulder "What room is he in?" he asked.

"Room 203, you know, second level, close to the lift."

"Perfect" I muttered. Best possible place.

"What?" a female voice asked.

I moved to slap my hand over my mouth but that would just make it worse. SHIT!

"What?" DJ asked back.

"I thought you said something, but your lips weren't moving so the only option is..." she said, trailing off with an obvious ending.

"You must be going crazy May." DJ laughed, "Like this is going to talk, I bet it was one of the kids."

The girl, May, laughed. "Must be going crazy, what with all these hours! I'm so sorry I had to cancel last night but there was an emergency and my stupid sister asked me to come in." DJ and the girl laughed again.

"Don't be so mean to your sister! She's just jealous that you're an intern all ready and it took her 2 extra years!" God DJ, stop flirting and start moving.

"I guess, you big softy. I'd better be off, see you tonight then?" and before DJ could answer the scuffing of shoes was off already. DJ sighed before moving quickly down the hospital halls again. We travelled for a good few minuets before we skidded to a stop.

The dimmed lighting reflected off the silver tombs of the dead as the zip was opened and DJ's face came into view. "Let's go" he muttered.

"DJ….I'm sorry." I whispered, getting out of the bag.

He said nothing and we snuck out of the room, it was deadly silent down here. It was that area of the hospital where they stuck the patients in comas or with dangerous criminal records, I followed DJ glancing at the room numbers, getting closer to 203, finally we reached 209, 203 was just across the hall…..next to the single nurse typing like there was a fire under his seat and a doctor with her nose in the filing cabinet. DJ crouched on the floor yanking me down with him before pushing me with a strong shove to the side of the desk. I hit the desk, banging my head. The typing stopped for only a second before it started again.

DJ stood up and walked over, nodding at the doctor and the nurse before going down the hall, I followed him on my hands and knees before darting to where DJ stood. We ran now for Geoff, opening the door (not locked? Finally a break!) and shutting it behind us.

There he was, sleeping with drool on the pillow and silver handcuffs on his left wrist. I ran over to him and although it was not very nice, I started to lightly slap him awake as DJ assessed the handcuffs. "Geoff! Wake up baby!" I whispered.

"Uhhh" he groaned, I looked up and I saw that he was still attached to some drugs so without caring, I ripped the drip out of his arm and Geoff woke with a start. He finally blinked dopily before locking onto my face "Bridgette? What are you doing in my room?"

"Geoff, we have to go before they figure out we are you-know-whats"

"You-know-whats? Is that like a unicorn?" he asked, I wanted to both slap and kiss him.

"Got it" DJ whispered excitedly, he cracked open the handcuff and I noticed a small green leaf hanging out of it. We hauled Geoff out of bed and shoved the clothes into his arms. "Change, we'll make a distraction so we can get out of here."

Geoff yawned "Got it bro" before staggering into the bathroom.

"What's the plan DJ?" I asked DJ, he just smiled.

OooO

"Okay, not a crazy plan" DJ whispered to himself as he started to wheel Geoff out of the hospital in a wheel chair while I followed in a big hoodie.

"I thought I made the plan." Geoff muttered.

I leaned down close to Geoff as he crossed his arms and grumped "Wrapping ourselves like mummies in bandages and running?" I asked.

"I didn't say it was a good plan" he inclined his head towards me, I smiled and leaned back.

DJ hit Geoff in the back of the head, "Shut up, both of you, Bridgette duck!" he said, I leant my head down and kept walking, but I crashed into someone, the man steadied me and saw a pair of shiny black shoes, "Sorry miss" he said.

"Hey Soma, what up?" DJ asked, his voice shaking.

"Nothing, just….wasn't this patient just in intensive care and wanted for questioning?"

"Uh" Geoff mumbled, his hand moving up "right here dude"

"Sorry sir" Soma said. "But seriously Jackson?"

"Well, uh" DJ flustered.

Then something amazing happened, Geoff broke down crying….that wasn't the amazing part, sorry, what was amazing was that the guy believed us! "I'm sorry dude" Geoff cried, breaking down, "My..my girlfriend was in the car and Jackson here just told me they found her….." I leaned down near Geoff, keeping my face from Soma, leaned down my head near Geoff as though I was whispering. "I'm sorry, I just…I just want to see my girl."

"I'm sorry sir, Jackson, I thought you said you didn't find anything." He whispered.

DJ shuffled his feet, "I found-" DJ stopped, he must have got a sign from Soma and stopped talking, "This is the friend, she came by this morning with all the details on Geoff. She was the one who identified the body", I felt a hand on my shoulder, soft and comforting and bringing me towards DJ. I sniffed for effect, "It's okay honey" DJ whispered.

"Please" I shakily asked "Just let us go see her"

I heard him sight heavily "Fine, just, do it quick Jackson." He said, moving out of the way.

We made it out of the door and the second we were around the side in the car park we started to run. Geoff ripped off the medical gown and jumped from his wheel chair, DJ ran to the car and started to check everything while I jumped on the side.

And we drove away fast. As fast as you can in a mobile home.

"Next time we stop, we'll be with the others" DJ said as we screamed out of the car park and onto the high way. I leant on Geoff, making sure to avoid his hurt shoulder and just kiss his cheek. "Guys, are you sure you want to do this, you've been running for so long."

"We're sure Deej" Geoff said, stroking my hair. "We need to change everything so we can live out in the open, we need to help Gwen, stop Noah and try and save our lives."

I love you Geoff. I would have said it aloud but I was already asleep. It's been a long 24 hours and we have a long trip to go, which after that we have a long journey before we could finally finish and live peacefully. Live together in a world that would accept us. I love you Geoff and I want to love you out in the open instead of in the dark where we have to hide and run. Only a few more weeks before…..anything. I don't know what's going to happen and I wish I did.

It's a mystery.

Good day everyone! Finally I updated and I'm sorry it took so long, hopefully the next chapter will not take as long. I'm in my last year of school and I'm super busy with friends, school, family and trying to sleep! Please review and the next chapter will be up as soon as possible.

P.S If you ever think that I might permanently cancel this story I won't, I already have this and the next 2 parts of the series planned, yes, that's right. A lot more of our Total Drama Group! And I'm sorry if this isn't very good for being on break so long, but I thought the sooner the better!

Lots of Love!