Broken

Chapter 8: Headaches (Kratos)

"We need to switch out the car! How do you know that they aren't tracking us right now!" Screamed KL's naggy, annoying male companion.

"Don't you think I'm aware of that by now? But what other choice do I have? I mean, sure we could all jump out and leave the car running until it drives off a bridge, but what would that solve?"

" The fact that we wouldn't be tracked anymore!"

" I already told you that I took out all of the cameras!" I screamed as frustration took over me.

"But how do you really know that?" He asked.

I took a deep breath in and tried to calm myself. " This is the only car that's available for me to use right now, so I will use it until I can manage to get another. Until then, I would highly advise you to keep your mouth shut. If you're that uncomfortable in staying in this car, please advise me at anytime and I'd be more than glad to pull over and leave you stranded walking in the middle of the street."

"C'mon guys," KL groaned from the backseat.

"Sorry, but it's the hardcore truth. I can't deal with whining the whole time. My job was to find you and that was it."

"What job? It was your job to find me?" She replied, sounding like she was annoyed but even more like she was in a saddened state in shock.

Looking through the rearview mirror, my eyes met with her amber eyes. " I was told to come find you."

"By who?"

I sighed. Here I go, telling this girl that her parents basically sent me to grant their dying wish. There was no way to break this lightly, and suddenly I felt my heart begin to pace with nervousness. Bracing myself for an outburst of female hormones, I tried to approach the subject very, very delicately.

" Well, I was on my way to California...."

Her amber eyes were intently locked onto mine through the mirror. "Mmhmm," she responded.

" I was taking a flight to California...."

"Alright," she said.

" And I just so happened to be on the plane that crashed a few days ago," I blurted out. She covered her mouth with her hands and gasped. Looking at her reflection I could see tears beginning to well in her eyes. Wrong button to push Kratos. Why would you just blurt it out like that?

" And?" She asked as she began to lose her composure, her voice cracking.

" And on that plane, I met a very nice couple. A couple who sent me to go find their daughter and make sure that she would stay safe." I took a short pause so that she could soak in the information I was giving her. " This couple had told me that they loved their daughter very,very much and wanted the best for her, but while they were on the plane, she was on land. The girl's father gave me his wallet, which oddly had everything I needed to find the girl. And here I am, making sure that she stays safe."

Looking to my side, I noticed that Seth was staring out the window in silence. Better enjoy this. This might be the only silence I get from him throughout the whole car ride.

Between everything that I had told her, tears began to roll from her eyes and she began to sniffle.

I felt my lips purse, " I'm so sorry things had to be like this KL. I tried to use my powers to save them, to save them all, but it was just too much. I had never been in such a life threatening situation before and I freaked out. My powers froze up on me. But you have to believe me when I said that I tried. I tried so hard to save them. I nearly died in the process."