A Ripple in the Water

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I woke up about two hours ago feeling as if I haven't had a sip of water in years. So I asked Black Suit Guy (what I call my mysterious driver....I really need to learn his name) for a bottle and he handed me a big bottle. I downed three f those in less than ten minutes and now twenty minutes after my last sip, I feel like I am going to explode if I don't go pee.

Soon.

"Hey you, driver guy," yeah I know I sound like a bitch, but I really need to pee and don't have time for polite small talk, " can you pull over I need to pee."

Yep no beating around the bush here. He glances at me then shakes his head.

"No, we need to keep moving," his deep voice resonates through the car. I glare at him. I mean does this guy have no mercy?

"Look, this is not a 'potty break' this is serious shit," I say deadly serious, "now unless you want to be cleaning piss out of your beautiful leather seats here you will pull over. Now."

He looks torn between keeping his schedule and pruning his eats. Finally he seems to steel himself and answers.

"No, hold it," I am about to through a temper tantrum when I realize that som much effort WILL result in a mess I don't want to clean up. S I decide to test his limits.

"Fine you leave me no choice," I unbuckle my seat and very carefully clim int the back seat, "don't look."

He looks alarmed and glances in the mirror at me.

"What are you doing."

"Don't look you pervert, I am trying to pee here!" Suddenly the car swerves and I am thrown into the door. I think I just peed a little. He turns the car off.

"Get out and use the bathroom," he practically screams. I let my hair fall in my face to hide my triumphant smile and quickly scramble out and find heaven in some bushes.

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I am staring out of the window watching the trees going by. I am so bored I decided to count them I lost track after 30 so I started over... A lot. Black Suit Guy keeps looking at me as if I will pee on his seats.

God you threaten to pee on a guy's seat once and suddenly you are marked forever.

Life is so unfair.

Suddenly breaking the awkward stifling silence something in Black Suit Guys pocket starts to ring. He pulls out a small black device and holds it to his ear.

"Hey, Gavyn here," uh so that's his name. It fits, "What!?" He doesn't sound happy and he keeps glancing in the mirror as if expecting someone to suddenly appear on this desolate dusty road.

He listens to a voice and suddenly he stops driving. The sudden halt throughs me forward I Lopez out a loud 'oof!' But he ignores me. And puts the car into reverse and changes directions.

What is he doing? This isn't the way to my uncle's estate. I stare at him, but his focus is already divided between the person on the phone and the road.

"Okay, we changed directions," he says, "do you think they are trailing us or have they just caught on to our original destination."

He hangs up and drives like a mad man.

"What's going on?" I finally ask.

"They have figured us out so I am taking you straight to headquarters."

Obviously he expected that to be end of the conversation. For now it would be but I have a lot of questions based on that one sentence.

And the biggest one is:

Who exactly are 'they'?