The Caverly Effect

Nine. Aero

I laid in the back of the bumpy jeep, and slept some of the way, of our second day of driving. I woke up to Fawn and Sage shouting nonsense. They tried to teach me their songs. Let me tell you- I'm not much of a singer- or dancer. And to make matters worse? The girls found out how to use the radio. It was a long ride, of listening to Fawn and Sage sing, and trying to get me to dance along. After about the fifth time, of me not dancing, Fawn crawled back and grabbed my wrists and moved my arms around, forcing me to dance, all of us laughing the entire time.

After hours of driving, we finnaly reached the Welcome to Oregon sign. Yes! Took long enough! Then I leaned forward between the girls.

"So where do we find Robyn and Thomas?" I ask. After a couple seconds of silence, Fawn and Sage look at each other.

"You don't know, do you?" I ask skeptically.

"Ah- hadn't really thought that one through quite," Fawn told me. I groaned.

"The entire government is looking for them, how are we going to find them?!"

"I don't know!" Sage exclaimed. "Wait- maybe I do..."

"Okay, we need to go to the old towns- and search everywhere. I'm sure we can find them faster than the government," Sage proposed.

"Sage, not to burst your bubble, but I don't know if that will work..." I tried to politely tell her.

"Well do you have a better idea?!" She yelled at me, clearly frustrated.

"Actually, maybe..." I reply. They both turn to look at me.

"They are probably looking for us too, right? And it's pretty hard to stay out of sight, so what if we- don't?" Fawn looked confused. "Get to the point." I continue,

"What if, we purposefully let ourselves be seen, just so the government let's everyone know we have been spotted around this area. That way they know we are here," I propose.

"Or, just one of us," Fawn adds. "I'll do it, I'll be spotted. I've probably already angered the government by taunting them with my note, and me just slipping from their fingers? That would anger them even more. People don't act rationally when they are angry." Sage looked back and forth between the two of us. Then she started the car.

"Sage? Whatcha think?" I ask. She started driving.

"I think we should find an old town to get Fawn's disguise." I grinned. Then crawled to the front and hugged them in a group hug. Sage hit the brakes, startled at my hug at first, then laughed and hugged me back. I think this will work out just fine. We reached an old town, and pulled into an abandoned Wal-Mart. We parked the jeep in front of the doors, and walked up to them. They were sliding doors, and I kind of expected them to, you know, slide, when I walked up to them? No, they didn't.

Smack! I walked straight into the doors. Fawn started laughing immediately, and I could tell Sage was trying hard not to. I rolled my eyes at her, and with much effort, pushed it aside, just enough so we could squeeze through. We walked in, and it was dark. We walked into the store, blindly. I feel like a zombie, I thought, as I held my hands out to prevent me from running into anything else. It was pitch black, good thing Fawn packed a flashlight! Then, we fond the girls section. Sage helped Fawn pick out a long black trench coat, and some aviator sunglasses. I found her a black beanie, and showed her. They grinned and added it to her disguise. Fawn put it on. She turned to me.

"So, whatcha think?" She asked. I smiled.

"I think you look great," I inform her, giving her a thumbs up.

"Thanks Aero," Fawn said, as she blushed.

"Lets go anger this government some more," I say evilly. With that, we walked back to the jeep.