Overlooked Fate ~ Sequel

Chapter 19 ~ The Chase

Dex's P.O.V

"Marella! Marella!" Dex continued to call as he walked past the different stations trying to find her.

"Excuse me sir!" A man called to Dex. Dex turned around to see it was a man selling several books.

"Yes?" Dex asked, coming toward's the man's station.

"Would you be interested in buying any of my books? Most are one of a kind! They all provide such fascinating things you don't know about Tennessee!" The man continued.

"Hmm," Dex hummed as he looked at the selection. There were some on the different animal species in Tennessee, the unique foods, and one about the hidden secrets in the Smoky Mountains.

"I'm sorry sir, I got to be going soon," Dex said.

"Oh c'mon! What about this one?" The man asked, lifting up a book called The Legends of the Caves.

Dex felt bad for the man so he said, "alright, how much?"

"Fifty bucks!"

"FIFTY BUCKS?!" Dex exclaimed.

"Oh you'll find the price is worth it! This is a hard book to find and has priceless information in it!" The man said.

Dex really didn't have the time to be here all day so he just said, "alright fine!"

Dex quickly payed for it and when he turned around Marella was right behind him.

"Oh, there you are! I was calling for you," Dex said.

Marella just gave him a strange look.

"Uhm hello? Is there...something wrong?" Dex asked, confused.

"Uh— no! Sorry, I'm fine. Let's go," Marella quickly said, stilling staring at Dex strangely.

"Alright, I think we should quickly meet up with the others to see if they found anything before we look at anything else," Dex suggested.

He looked at Marella and her eyes were wide as she looked somewhere behind Dex.

"Okay, seriously, what's wrong?" Dex asked, now very suspicious of Marella.

"Omg sorry— I just, look!" Marella stuttered pointing behind Dex.

Dex spun around and froze.

In the crowd of people there was a man in a dark hood.

The man from the train.

"How did he even find us here?!" Dex asked.

"I don't know, but we have to get out of here," Marella said, looking around.

Dex looked back at where they first saw the Neverseen member from the train but he wasn't there anymore.

"Oh no," Dex mumbled.

"What?!" Marella asked.

"We lost him, he's not there anymore," Dex said, pointing at where the man was before.