Family

New (Unwanted) Job

Chapter 6: New (unwanted) Job

Olive's POV.

I had the slight feeling that Jake wasn't telling the truth. Sure I didn't doubt books in his time had more knowledge, but I had a feeling he wasn't telling me the real reason he was going back to his time.

I wonder what was in his time, what advances we had made. Everyone wanted to see America, it just seemed so amazing from the pictures. Maybe Jake would take us, he said he would one day, but by the way he said it, I wouldn't count on it anytime soon.

I walked around the beach looking for clues, just something that would point me in the direction of where this place was.

I had loved Emma like a sister for so long, I couldn't take it if something horrible had happened to. I also worried for her little baby, what was going to happen to it.

I saw these two men talking. I walked over towards them, what they were saying sounded important.

"Did ya hear." The bald tall man asked the fat bearded man.

"No, I'm partly deaf remember." They both laugh, then the fat bearded one starts hacking.

"They are hiring at the girls home, it's good money." The bald man says. Could they be talking about what I hope they are talking about?

"Beating teenagers, now that sounds fun." These men were sick.

"After a smoke, we should apply at the government office." The fat bearded one said.

"Hey, you girl, were your peepers spying on us!?" Crap. Fat approached me with a cigar in his hand.

"Answer the questions. Were your peepers spying on us?"

"No, sorry to interrupt." I played the innocent card, which most of the time I am.

"No you aren't! Look at those gloves, she's clearly been handling chemicals, she's a spy!" Bald proclaimed. Double crap.

"I'm not a spy, I assure you."

"That's exactly what a spy would say!" Fat stated.

"Give me those gloves!" Bald demands. This isn't what I wanted to happen, but I might have to go along with Jake's plan. I'm cornered by fat and bald, there's no un-fire related way out. Fat snatches my gloves, the worst mistake of his life in my opinion. I concentrate as hard as I can for the fire to not make a physical appearance. In result it radiates to my whole body, if someone touches me, they will receive a third degree burn.

Fat tries to extinguish his cigar in my palm, that doesn't work well.

"What's happenin? Why won't it go out?"

"She's a witch!" Bald announces.

"I'm not a spy, or a witch."

"She's a witch spy." These men were dopes.

"Let's take her downtown." Fat grabs my arm.

"Yuahwch!!!!" I mentally warned them. His hand was now sizzling, Bald's attention was all on Fat, so I made a run for it.

I run back to the cave, hopefully Jake's there. I get there, he's not there. Fat and Bald are running down the beach, they've spotted me. Could this day get any worse? Out of an impulse to save my life, I run through the loop.

I'm still on a beach, but not the same one. I look around, there are many tall buildings in sight. It doesn't feel dreary outside, there is the sun beaming on me, the sunlight feels so good. There has been nothing but cold ocean air for days. I tell myself not to touch anyone.