A/n - lonng story short, im TERRIBLY sorry for the long long wait but here you go TWELVE yes TWELVE pages to make up for it. I hope you enjoy. Please review telling me your thoughts!
Previously:"Everything okay in there?" Jack asked.
No response.
I undid my seatbelt, opened my door and got out of the cab as Jack approached the house.
"Stay in the cab!" Jack yelled once he heard the cab door close.
"Not a chance!" I said back.
"Taylor-" Jack started getting strict.
"Jack." I said, just as stern.
Jack looked at me and took a deep breath, deliberating whether or not he should let me go in.
"Jack." I looked from him to the house.
"Right, let's go." He said then led the way to the front porch.
Jack took three steps to get onto the porch then looked down when he heard a loud crunch.
Broken glass.
"Be careful."
"Alright."
Jack looked around for a second and then his eyes landed on me. They looked almost pleading.
"Just open the door." I said getting a little aggravated.
Jack opened the door, poked his head in and looked around. He then stepped inside and I followed close behind him.
All the lights were off so I stood as close to Jack as possible. I wasn't a big fan of unknown dark places. I mean I could walk around our motel in pitch black just fine. I've even done it before a couple of times when we lost power. But this is completely new surroundings, it's not the same thing.
Once I was completely inside, Jack took a couple more steps, causing me to follow his lead.
"Hello?" Jack asked.
No answer. Where'd they go?
Jack had me go in front of him so he could see me at all times. All of a sudden the door closed and I know Jack didn't do it because we were a good full five feet away from the door. Jack quickly picked up a random piece of wood and turned around to face whatever closed the door. He did so but still kept one hand on my shoulder to know that I was still there. Is that a chair leg? Jack where did you come out with that? I looked around to get a sense of my surroundings. Oh, from all of the crap here I'm surprised there isn't another bar like the one Jack took out of the car earlier. Actually, there probably is but just hidden under the rest of this junk.
Jack didn't see anything so he turned back around, eyeing everything carefully. He let go of my shoulder and whispered, "Stay right here, I'll be right over there." He pointed to where the front door was.
"I'm going to check what closed the door okay?" Jack finished.
"Yep." I swallowed the lump in my throat. Jack turned around walked towards the door.
I didn't want to just stand there and do nothing so I started walking. Really, really, really slow, like baby's baby steps. After a few steps I was near a door way. It was really dark so I couldn't see anything. If only I had night vision. Life would be so much easier. I walked through the doorway, nothing. Well at least I don't think so; it was too dark to tell. As I was about to walk through the door frame a tiny bit of light shone into the room that I was about to walk in. As it shone through it passed over what looked like a robot thing which was looking around. As it turned my way some of the light reflected off of it and of course, it had to shine on me.
I froze. Don't look at me. Don't look at me. Don't look-"It turned its head my way. It saw me and its eyes met mine. It stared at me for a second then started moving. Towards me. Oh shit. Oh shit.
As it started moving towards me the light that shone off of it disappeared. That left me in the pitch black darkness with some robot thing that will most likely kill me. Oh goody. The last second I saw it, it was at least ten feet away from me. I heard it moving towards me. It was maybe a yard away now. I couldn't tell. I couldn't see.
Not wanting to get eaten alive by some robot I took a step back, hoping maybe I could get out of harm's way. Pshhh! Like that's gonna happen! As I stepped back, I pressed up against something. More like someone by the chest I could feel against my upper back.
Whatever or whoever this thing was, they put a hand on my face, blocking all breathing passage ways, and their other hand on my stomach. I didn't know what to do. I ended up freezing up again. Shit. I'm either going to die from suffocating or being eaten alive by a robot. The person behind me pinned me to their body and lifted me up a little so my feet weren't touching the ground anymore. Then they person took a step to the right and stood there. Still blocking off my oxygen supply. Yep, I'm suffocating to death. What am I doing about it? Nothing. ABSOLUTLY NOTHING.
Great, I'm talking to myself. I was snapped out of my hallucinating thoughts when the robot thing stopped in front of me and whoever it was behind me. It's head turned towards us and my heart just about stopped. I was actually thankful whoever it was behind me wasn't letting me breathe. If that makes any sense. Without the hand that was blocking my air passage ways, the robot thing would have sensed my breathing and killed me, along with whomever behind me. Also, I was thankful for before that hand that stopped my breathing, the other one that was around my waist pulled me out of the way of the robot thing.
The robot stood there for a while, just staring towards us in the dark. I couldn't tell if it knew that we were there but I prayed it didn't.
It was quiet, extremely quiet, I couldn't even hear Jack. Oh my god! Jack! Is he okay? Oh my god! I got a chill down my spine thinking about what could've happened to Jack while I was stupidly exploring the dark creepy house by myself with the robot thing on the loose. From the movement the robot turned completely towards me and whoever it was who held me from behind. Shit. Whoever it was behind me held me impossibly closer to their body to still my chills.
The little beam of light showed up again and it landed on Jack but quickly moved off of him. He was still looking around where he said he would be, completely oblivious as to what was happening to me. When the light shone on him, the robot turned to look but missed seeing Jack because it turned back to glance towards where it had previously been.
The robot started walking, sounding as if it was going back to the kitchen. I felt whomever it was behind me breathe a sigh of relief, and then they let go of my face, but not my waist. They pulled me into their chest and had me lean on it so I wouldn't pass out on the floor from lack of oxygen. I took three deep breaths and stood up straight. Still with a hand on my waist, the person behind me led us towards where Jack told me to stay. I looked back at who my savior was.
It was a boy, a teenage boy with strong facial features, blue eyes and blond hair. Then I realized something.
"Seth?" I whispered to the boy.
He looked at me with those dazzling eyes that withheld so much emotion, concern, sensitivity, tenderness, and..something I couldn't quite place, almost, ..passion?
Seth saw my confused eyes and blinked rapidly and shook his head as if to shake something from his thoughts.
He looked back at me, "Sorry for...that."
"For what exactly? What was that?"
Seth looked at me, did that cute head tilt thing again and said, "What was what?" He shifted his weight as if uncomfortable with the situation. His eyes suddenly found his feet interesting.
"That thing!"
His head shot up."Oh. Right." He looked a little embarrassed. "That was a Siphon."
I looked at him, needing more information.
"Nothing you need to know." His embarrassment soon melts into his infamous glare.
"Nothing I need to know." I repeated aggravated. I put all my weight on my left feet and leaned slightly. I crossed my arms across my chest and cocked my head just a little bit.
Seth copied my actions and looked at me, somewhat amused by my actions it seemed. He didn't speak and it didn't seem like he would anytime soon if I didn't first.
"Seth tell me." I said pleading.
His eyes travelled everywhere, everywhere but to me.
"Seth." He looked at me again.
"It's too, complicated." He said as if wording it carefully.
"Complicated as in… what? I'm not smart enough to realize that thing is supposed to kill something, or more likely," I took a step closer to him so my face was just inches from his. "someone." I finished.
Seth looked shocked at my outburst. His mouth slightly opened and his eyes a bit wider than normally, he looked completely surprised. He froze up.
"Well?" I said, recomposing my former position.
Seth jumped a little and closed his gaping mouth, his eyes still a bit wide.
"How'd you figure that out?"
"Well I don't know, maybe how it almost killed me." I stated, sarcasm apparent in my voice.
Seth was still astonished by me snapping at him. Guess that doesn't happen a lot. I guess he's usually the one to snap at people, who would've known with all those glares he gives... He responded, "Sorry." His voice cracked. He cleared his throat then continued talking, this time, back to his normal self, he was back to glaring and cutting attitude. "But if you weren't here-"
"Oh? If I wasn't here..?" Sarcasm still heavy in my voice.
Seth took a step closer to me, cocked his head and glared at me. Oh great, he's glaring again.
"Yes if you weren't here." He retorted looking down at me. Not fair, he has a good five inches on me.
"Then what?" I retorted right back at him.
"Then I wouldn't have had to save you from the Siphon!" He yell/whispered.
"Oh really?" I don't think sarcasm was ever going to leave my voice after this.
"Really!" He confirmed.
"Why'd you even bother to do it then?" He went to cut me off but I kept talking.
"I mean if it was such a hassle then why would you even do it in the first place? Why'd you even bother?"
Seth opened his mouth to say something but I cut him off again.
"Wouldn't it have been easier for you, no distractions, no other people in the way, just let Jack do his own thing and be like, 'Hey! He came in, his fault he was killed! Right?' is that the way you would rather have let things play out?"
Seth opened his mouth again but nothing came out.
I shook my head, "Whatever Seth."
I went to walk over to Jack to tell him we're leaving, 'who the hell cares what happened to Seth.' HE doesn't need any more distractions. Seth caught my arm, swung me around so I was facing him and pinned my shoulders against the wall.
"That's not what my silence meant." He took a step closer so we were only a couple of inches apart and then looked around as the light came back. Seth leaned forward so that I could feel his breath on my ear, then he whispered, "I just didn't have anything to say."
"I could tell." I mumbled then turned my head so I was facing away from him. He stopped leaning and stood straight again, still pinning me against the wall.
He looked me in the eye and released one of my shoulders so he could then grab my face and make me face him again. I looked right past his head.
"Taylor." Seth said pleadingly. I let my eyes travel back to his face.
"What?"
"I didn't mean anything by the silence; I sincerely didn't know what to say."
I looked at him for a moment, and then nodded my head. He continued speaking, "But Taylor, there is no place for you or Jack Bruno any further." He said sternly.
"What?" I asked incredulously.
"The services of you and Jack Bruno are no longer required." He said, his tone returning to one of aggressiveness.
He glared at me, looking me straight in the eyes. After a moment he released my face and shoulder, turned and started walking away. I followed him, many things going through my head but the one thing that kept repeating was 'What the hell is that supposed to mean.'
We ended up back to where Jack told me to stay. I stopped walking when I saw Jack. He's still trying to figure out what closed the door? That's Jack for you, stubborn and has to figure things out for himself. At least I know he's okay.
Jack walked back over to me and said, "You okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine. How about you?"
"I'm fine, I have no idea what closed the-"
Suddenly Jack jumped and swung the chair leg he was holding at something near his leg. I looked down to see it was the two blond teenagers that were the reasons that we came in here in the first place.
When Jack swung the leg chair at Seth, somehow it went right threw him and hit the couch behind him and his sister. I kneeled down next to Sara and looked at her as if asking her through my eyes what Jack was about to say aloud.
"What just happened what-"
"Jack Bruno you should know that you have just jeopardized your life by following us." Sara answered. Seth seemed to busy with the device in his hand. I believe it was the same one he was using in the cab on the way here. I looked a little closer. Yep, same one.
"What sort of trouble are you two in?"
"I suggest you return back to your vehicle. Your services are no longer required." Seth retorted, then looked at me as if he didn't just save my life, like I just pissed him off or something. Can you say 'mood swings'?
"Seth they're just trying to help-" Sara tried to explain before her brother cut her off.
"We don't need their help. Somebody has already been here looking for it, we simply cannot trust any of them." Seth said aggressively at first, and then softened up a little during the last part when he saw the innocence in his younger sister's eyes.
There was a little pause and the house was completely quiet. Then Seth continued,"Just us Sara."
Sara looked at her brother for a moment, and then nodded her head. Seth went back to focusing on the device as Sara began to speak. She looked up at Jack and said "We appreciate your efforts to assist us Jack Bruno," she paused then looked at me, "Taylor, but my brother is right, we can involve you no further."
Right then the device in Seth's hand beeped.
"Got it." Seth exclaimed as both siblings got up and headed for another room in the cabin.
"Let's go" Sara said quickly.
"Hey just tell us what's going on-" Jack started.
"This way." Seth said to his sister as they were leaving the room.
Jack took a deep breath as I got up and followed them. I looked back at Jack for a second to see that he made a face just before he got up. He was in the process of grabbing the broken chair leg when I looked away and started following Seth and Sara. I couldn't help but feel watched as Jack and I turned the corner into the kitchen.
Seth opened up the fridge and stuck his device onto into. It started to light up and beep. The back of the fridge started to back away as if opening up to a secret passage way. Seth looked back at me, Sara, and Jack and then took his device off the fridge and walked into it, followed by Sara.
I looked back at Jack's puzzled face and followed Sara and Seth into the secret passage.
"Hey." Jack said as if trying to get us to stop and wait up for him. Sara kept walking, Seth paused for a moment to look back at me, to see if I would follow him or not. I looked up at him and nodded, Seth nodded in return and turned around so he was looking through the passage, but he wasn't walking just yet.
I turned to look at Jack and stifled a laugh at his puzzled face. I started to turn around again to continue walking as Jack started to step into the refrigerator. I couldn't help but laugh a little when I heard Jack talking to himself, "Don't go in the pimped out fridge Jack."
As I was fully turned back around I saw that Seth was waiting for me, as soon as I was about a couple of feet behind him he started walking again.
I barely heard Jack say, "Hey!" I could tell he looked around one more time by the fact that I didn't hear him walking yet. But soon he was right behind me who was not far behind Seth who had already caught up to Sara.
As Jack caught up to me, he started breaking down all of the spider webs for me which was good for me, because I hate spiders.
I looked up from where I was walking to see that Seth and Sara had stopped about fifteen to ten feet in front of us in what looked to be an underground in-house library from back in the day. There was another door to which Seth placed the device on and the device lit up and started beeping again until it opened the door.
This door led to another secret passage way, this one darker than the last. Seth and Sara lloked at one another, then Seth stepped into the passage way and we all followed. Jack wasn't very comfortable with how dark this passage was as you could tell by how he got his broken chair leg ready to hit someone with.
I wasn't very keen on the fact that it was dark and unknown, but I had both Jack and Seth, who were two big strong guys whom made me feel protected, and along with the two boys, Sara there so I wasn't alone. This made me feel a lot more comfortable than what I felt being alone with the Siphon before Seth showed up.
The last passage way, it was dark and gloomy and led to a creepy old library. This passage way though, it was completely different, yes it was even darker than the one before it and yes it was completely freaky but what it led to, what it led to was incredible. When I saw it the first and only thing that went through my mind was, 'Wow…'