The Car Wash ( A Mystery With A Bit Of Romance )

Chapter 5. Brothers

-Told you this book was fast pace, how much will I need to write for it to be a novel you may ask?  over 100,000 more words!!!!  The painnnnnn!-

Everyone is still, like a wave of silence has passed over us. Dead silence, till Call spoke up. "I was looking for you brother."

"Brother." Scott whispered. Almost as if it was a question. "Brother!" He yells out, Call was already coming to Scott, somehow slipping out of Scythe's grasp. They hugged each other. "I missed you Call." Scott slowly let go. "I was looking for you. You and dad didn't come back and even though mom said not to, I couldn't come but look for you." His eyes went pale, his face almost sickly. Scythe looked over at Franklin, worried. Call's voice goes low. Quite, we had to lean in to hear. "We need to leave. He is coming." He slowly starts to shake. His hands on Scotts shoulders. He was trembling a bit. "There was a girl too." He looked up at Scott. "She looked scared."

"Who was the man?" Scythe but in. Taking Calls hands off Scott. His hands were clammy. "I-I don't know. I hid as fast as I could."

"What was he wearing, what was his voice like?" Franklin came up on the other side of Call.

"He didn't speak a word. It was all the girl talking. I saw her, she had a fanny pack and was wearing purple."

Scythe stopped, dropped Call's hands and backed up a bit. "Did she say her name?" Call looked at him. Confused. "Yeah..., it sounded like she was introducing herself. I was too scared, but I caught a bit of it I think..."

"What did she say!" Scott looked at Call. That surprised him. He was not expecting Scott to say anything. "You guys are freaking me out." Call made a small fake laugh.

I walked up to Call. "Please tell us what she said."

He looked a bit contemplative. Going back and forth on whether to tell or not. "Fine." He looked back at Scott. "She said her name was Lexi and that it would be a pleasure to work for you." He looked up at them. "She also said that it was nice to meet you..second in command."

"Second in command?" Franklin looked, pondering.

Everyone went silent. Like another wave of quietness had fallen on us. You could almost feel the weight of the air around us. Call spoke up again. "After that I swear I stayed in the place for over a week. But then my mind finally snapped back together and I knew I needed to warn you. I didn't even know if you were still down here but I thought that you might be with dad and then we could get the heck out of this place. What do you say?" He grabbed his hands and held them in his. Scotts hands were cold but Call just made a forced laugh. "W-what's wrong Scott? We can go now with dad." He chuckled again. "Where's dad Scott." He looked down then back up. "Scott? WHERE'S DAD?" Scott finally looked up at Call. Call's eyes were scanning every emotion that Scott had. His eyes moving all over Scott's face. "Call-" Scott starts, taking his hands out of Call's. Call grabs Scotts hands again, looking at him intently. "Scott. Where's dad?"

Scott took Call's hand out of his hands again, holding his shoulders and tightening his grip slightly. He stared right into Call's eyes. "I don't know..., I am going to find him. He is alive. I just need to find him."

Call took a step back. "I-I thought he would be here...I searched for you and him for a month...but now...I need to find dad." He looked Scott in the eyes. "We need to find him. Now." Call disregarded that he had just wanted to leave the cave and started walking forward into the cave. "I don't have all day here!" He calls out infront of us. We were standing there, staggered. "O-Oh right." I picked up the food bag (Whitch was my turn to carry.) and started to follow behind.