Chapter 53

We had rode and rode through the sandy road as the afternoon sun heated up the bus, sweating and anticipating the sight of the beach even though we didn't know where it was. We don’t even know if we are going the right way – at least we are going at all

This journey reminds me of the journey that got me here and how I wondered if the experience was worth the long journey and yet even in returning I couldn’t wait for the journey to end

“guys” I call their attention “isn’t the length of this journey familiar?” they all laugh

Olivia smacks her lips “well, I for one... I was excited but that excitement turned to fury when the cab man wouldn’t talk to me” Olivia says

Thelma claps “the snubbing cab man, I thought I was the only one”

“he did talk to me eventually, I didn’t keep quiet” I boast. Beaming at myself

“wow, I don’t even know what his voice sounds like” Olivia complains and we laugh

“he also asks me what if the ghosts haunting the village was real” I say

“wow, he did. You don’t listen do you?” Rose jokes

“maybe he didn’t want to convulse to death so he avoided any conversation with either of us” Thelma suggests and we nod along

“except Bell of course” Olivia adds

“I don’t like being ignored” I say “it was either talking to him or thinking of Jeffery. Which would you prefer?” I say sweetly and Tony grunt beneath me

“well, they wiped off the sad memory that lead me here so I was ok with not speaking to him” Thelma said

“Tony was grunting in passive aggression as to why I dragged him here, we fought countless times through the journey” Rose says and we all laugh. I pinch Tony’s cheeks softly and he leans forwards and pecks me on my lips and everyone awwns at us. I didn't expect that

“can you guys not. The temperature here is already high” willow says and we all laugh, something hits us from behind and the car jerks forwards and continue driving after struggling to gain balance

“what was that?” I ask and Harper shrugs. The hit happens again this time with more force and we jerk even harder and Harper steps on the accelerator

“let me check it” I say and roll the window down, Tony doesn’t loosen his grip on my waist as I stuck my head out and see a car riding behind us – no three cars!! Where did they came from? and if they wanted to bomb the island why are they here? To make sure we die?

A bullet fired in my direction and I immediately withdraw my head “three cars! They are armed!”

Harper steps harder and the bus speeds up “I heard the gun” he stammers. The cars drove behind us and we started to hear the tires squealing closes on the rough sandy ground, like they are beside us

“why are they just chasing?” I ask

“they are looking for kill shots, that is why they fired at you” Tony says

“so no one survives, they don’t want to bomb the island yet” Thelma says

“they will catch us at this rate!” Harper yell “everyone hold on tight!” I turn and hug Tony tight as every other person hug each other and Harper cuts right in the same speed knocking the car beside us until the car screeches behind us – wild guess though

The car stumbles into the woods running down the sloppy, unleveled forest. We jerk and jerk as the car bounced and bounced hitting on branch after branch and hopefully not turning over

Next thing we know, the car had collided on a huge tree trunk. The burnet snaps up at the glass in front which shatters in effect. Everywhere goes dark by the minute