The Pilot And The Dreamer

Chapter 16

Noah hangs up the headset and I do the same. He pulls a gun out from under his chair and I look at him, scared. He tucks it into the waistband of his jeans, using his shirt to cover it up.

"Noah?" I ask, scared and he takes hold of my hand to gently pull me behind him as we walk into the cabin where Natalie and Peter look up at us. Noah gestures for us to be quiet as he sneaks a glance outside the window and there seem to be three black SUV vehicles flying towards the plane.

"Peter, Natalie, and Hazel, get into the back and stay quiet." Noah commands and Peter follows his command, taking Natalie into the back, but I stand my ground, only to have Noah come towards me, pleading with his eyes. "Hazel, please. I can't stand it if something happened to you." He says and I kiss him on the lips before Peter grabs my arm to pull me away. We shut the door to the back closet and stay quiet, just as I hear the hatch open and Noah talks.

"Hello gentleman, what can I do for you this lovely evening?" He asks, but it sounds like he gets shoved out of the way. I hold my hand to my mouth, keep myself from crying out. Natalie and Peter wrap their arms around me and I snuggle into their embrace of safeness.

"We got a call of a reported kidnapping." A man says and I look at Natalie and her facial expression says my mother is responsible.

"Who did you receive the call from?" Noah replies, standing his ground and my heart swells for him.

"That's classified."

"Classified, my ass. ATC said for me to stand by and that I was not allowed to take off. If this is due to Beverly or Nathan, please give them a message." Noah growls. I hear footsteps walk towards the closet and we all stand, frozen. The door opens and someone grabs my arm to yank me out of the closet and I glance at Noah to see him trying to control his anger.

"Well, these charges are gonna stick on you, flyboy." The man says, "You also did land a pretty good punch to Nathan." I perk up.

"Y-you work for Nathan?" I ask, timidly. The man only chuckles before stroking my cheek, and I try to move away from him.

"Get away from her!" Noah growls and I throw my weight around, successfully getting out of the captor's arms before booking it towards Noah, who wraps an arm around me before holding me tight to his side.

"Tsk tsk." The man says, walking towards me and I tighten my grip on Noah's shirt. He moves us back slowly just as Peter shoots forward to shove the man out the door and shuts the door. Noah flies to the cockpit and turns on the plane, concentration on his beautiful face as he takes off into the sky. I curl up into the seat, and try to relax, knowing that Noah broke protocol and I start tearing up.

"Hazel?" Noah's voice asks. I turn to face him and he's in front of me, hands on my wrists. "Talk to me, princess."

"I'm sorry." I sob and Noah wraps his arms around me, whispering soothing sounds in my ear.

"Sweet thing, it's okay. Don't blame yourself." He whispers just as Natalie and Peter dart inside.

"Noah, I trust you, but what the hell are you doing not handling the controls?" Natalie says.

"It's on autopilot. It's a leer jet with the power for the pilot to have autopilot end within a certain mile of the destination."

"Okay." Natalie says before coming to my side. "Sweetheart, what's wrong?"

"I have a mom who hates me and a stalker who's dead set on marrying me." I cry out into Noah's shoulder, tear stains on his shirt as he comforts me.

"We'll take it one step at a time, okay darling?" Noah says and I nod before he places his hands on each side of my face, looking into my eyes. "I will not let anything happen to you." He says, kissing me. I fall asleep in the chair, in Noah's arms.

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I wake up to darkness outside, the sun just starting to welcome the new day. I look around to find myself in the back seat of the rental car and someone rubbing my arm.

"Morning, sleeping beauty." Noah says and I find that I'm sleeping on his shoulder.

"Hey. How long was I out?" I ask.

"A good two hours. We're on our way to see your parents." I shoot straight up and look at Noah with fear in my eyes.

"Noah, I can't." I sob out and Noah pulls me back into his arms again.

"We will be with you, okay? We'll get you back home and away from everything." He says and I lay back on his shoulder, closing my eyes.

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"Hey, princess, we're here." Noah whispers and I sit up, smoothing out my hair. The side door opens and I see Peter's face.

"We will protect you, okay? You're the little sister that I never had and I will use my power to make sure no one lays a hand on you." Peter says and I move out of the car to give him a hug.

"You are the best big brother that anyone could ask for." I say before letting him go and I stand beside him as Noah slides a hand into mine and squeezes it. I look up at Noah with a gentle smile on my face.

"Let's go get this over with." I say as walk towards the house, when the door opens to show my mom and Nathan with pissed-off faces, and Derek with a nervous look on his face. Noah moves in front of me slightly, Peter stands next to me and Natalie grabs hold of my hand as I look them dead in the eye.

"The prodigal child has finally returned home." My mom says.

"I'm just grabbing my things since I'm no longer welcomed here." I sneer and together, the four of us walk together inside and the two guys stand outside the door while Natalie is in my room, helping me grab my things. They didn't want to leave me alone, which I'm thankful for. We continue moving to the other two rooms so the group can pack up their things.

"Running away from your problems, Hazel? Just as you always done." I turn around quickly to see my mom in the doorway of Peter and Natalie's room with a sinister smile on her face. Noah wraps his arm around me and tightens his hold on me.

"I'm not running away from my problems, I'm running away from the one person who despises me." I sneer. "I will never marry a creature who drugs women!" I sob out before collapsing onto Noah, who holds me up, comforting me.

"You don't deserve to be her mother if you are acting like this." He sneers before walking us outside to our spot and sits me down on the chair. "Princess, hey, you're safe." I look up at him and wipe my tears.

"You didn't have to do that, Noah." I say, snuggling up against him.

"I had to. She deserves to know that." He growls. I grab his face and kiss him, throwing everything I had into it when there is a sound of someone clapping. We pull apart and Noah holds me against him, protectively.

"Well, that was some show, my dear." Nathan says and Noah shoots up, taking me with him.

"You slimy bastard." Noah growls before shooting forward and grabbing Nathan by the collar. "What do you attempt to gain from everything." He says when I hear three people come out of the woodwork and one of them has a syringe while two have gun holsters.

"Shit! Noah, watch out." I scream just as he turns around and someone hits him on the back of the head with the butt of a gun. I sob into my hands just as a sharp pain radiates from my neck and I feel myself get dizzy.

"Easy now, princess, the pain will pass soon enough." Nathan whispers just as I lose consciousness.