Part 6

Part 6 of my everlasting series


I watched until they were out of sight, I went and looked around and took off the cloak. I looked back at Jeff and Emma, I said "We need to leave." They both looked shocked, Emma asked "Why? Who is that?" She gasped, "Is that YOUR GIRLFRIEND?! ARE YOU CHEATING ON CAROLYN?!" I stared at her with a blunt stare on my face, I decided to just humor her and tell her later. "Yes that's my girlfriend and she wants to kill me!" They Emma clearly didn't get it but Jeff saw from the beginning. I ran towards the tennis court, I told them "Watch this." I bent down, put my hands on the ground, and closed my eyes and focused all of my energy in the palms of my hands. Through my eyelids, I could see the light coming from my hands, as soon as I did rose, and lifted up my hands. The earth rumbled, I knew that this was no illusion. The ground was shaking beneath our feet, I thought I heard footsteps behind me so I tried to speed it up. The ground started to raise in front of us and a motorcycle, Suzuki, blood red, chrome pipes and built in radio; came from underneath the ground. I quickly jumped on made a tinted helmet with the shield, "Jump on!" I yelled, Emma got on, Jeffrey said "There's a car in front I'll just take that." I said "Hurry up!" And quickly sped away. I was on the freeway when Jeffrey finally caught up to me. I dissipated my helmet and said "What took you so long?" He looked over, trying to watch the road and both of us and said "I had to get everything in the back!" I looked a how much it actually was and how big the car was. The car: green minivan, maybe a trailblazer, only two seats. I thought to myself "He should practice on that, going to get us killed someday." I told him "Meet us at the old hotel the other end of town!" And sped off.

I first stopped on the other side of the mountain that Oakbridge is on, I drove up to a cave, got off, went in. I told Emma "Stay here, if you see anyone other than Jeffrey, yell. Ok?" She responded with a simple "Ok." I went in. After a little while I came back out and found Emma sitting in one of the trees, I said "Come on, we gotta go." Luckily for me she didn't ask any questions about what I did in there, what was in there, or why I know have a .43 magnum with laser pointer and night vision scope holstered on a belt. I drove to the hotel, to find Jeffrey sitting outside. The hotel was amazingly old, all of the wood on the building was rotted and pale, the porch was half deteriorated and missing a roof, the inside was built like an old western saloon without the piano, the floor was littered with broken stones, glass, some old tables and chairs as well as old family heirlooms that were now virtually worthless. As we went in, I turned to them and said "This is our home now." Emma looked as if she were going to cry, not because of the condition of the building that is now our home, but because the reality of running away from home was starting to settle in. She walked forward barely two steps, when she started falling. I quickly caught her and took her upstairs to put her in bed. She passed out. I told Jeffrey "Keep an eye on her, she might do something stupid when she wakes up." I went outside and looked all around the Inn, I jumped onto the roof and inspected some, I noticed that there was one plank of wood that was fresh, almost as if cut two, three days ago. I opened it, inside a small room, completely inaccessible from anywhere else. Inside a trunk, a giant steel battle hammer. About ten feet in length, weight of maybe 40 pounds. I figured maybe the inn hasn't been abandoned for that long and just ignored it. I walked to the top of the roof (instead of the usual, slant flat ground, the roof was a small hill with a pointed top, but large enough to sit on). I looked around the town and saw to people walking down the street...... both blonde..... I quickly retreated to the back of the building and slid through one of the open windows. I went to Emma's room, still fast asleep. Jeffrey was reading some book that he picked up before he left home, I think it was called "Spirits Remembered" or something like that. Suddenly this thought entered my head, an image. In the picture I saw Carolyn, and Sam, staring at the inn. Sounds of a shattered window, run to the back, sight of a young boy, maybe fourteen years old. Running. Running and showing no signs of slowing down, turned to look back and ran even faster away. In his right hand, a Battle Hammer. On his back, four katanas. Run, run! RUN! I went to the front window on the second story, and looked out. "Fuck!" I shouted in shock, I ran to Jeffrey and Emma. "Guys, we need to leave!" Jeffrey had angry look on his face, "We can't go anywhere! Emma is still traumatized!" I looked at Emma, still asleep. I said "I'm leaving, you can stay if you want but for the record, we never met." I quickly started running, not caring if he agreed with me or not. I went and took four swords out of his trunk, and grabbed the hammer from what I originally claimed as my room. I went to the back window, jumped out and started running FAST. When I ran what I thought was about 250 feet, I looked back. I saw two people standing outside, staring at me. I stopped. I stared. One girl, one boy. The girl started running. As did I, ever so faster. I ran, I ran so far away, I just ran. It seemed like I ran all night and day. I told myself to stop running when hell freezes over. Unfortunately the equivalent to that was tripping over a rock buried in the ground. I fell, I landed, I bled.... a lot. I stopped. I took out the gauze from my pocket, wrapped it around the wound. I looked in at my reflection in a nearby lake, I looked like Shiek if he were missing an eye. I stood up, stared at the sky, it was dark, I could see but a single star. I thought of my friends, I thought of Ryan, Holden, Joe, Willie, Jeffrey, Emma, Sam, Carolyn. Only, when I thought of Carolyn.......... she was dead.