She Dreamed of Her Memories

Chapter Nine - Escape

Some times there is no next time

No second chance

No time out.

Some times it's now or never

-anonymous

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Chapter Nine

Silas knocked me down onto the floor before the guns bullet got me. He lays over top of me using his body as a shield. Silas flipping saved me. If he didn't knock me down when he did, that bullet would have been ingrained in my brains. But here I am still alive, scared out of my wits, with the love of my life laying over top of me. If it we were in a different circumstance, I actually would have enjoyed this. I could hear yelling, screaming, and the loud pop of guns going off. I wondered if someone could hear all of the chaos going on, and would call the police.

"Jenna!" Silas yelled over the gun fire. My ears are still ringing so he sounds muffled "We have to get out of here now!" He lifts me up off the ground and we begin running. And than there she was. Rachel. She's a bloody mess lying on the marble floor, blood spilling out from underneath her. The bullet had so much force it knocked her back. But miraculously she's still alive, yet she doesn't look like she'll make it. I bend down next to her, and she touches my cheek with her blood stained hand.

"Your okay?" She asks.

"We have to get you out of here, you lost so much blood-"

"Take care of them Jenna." She cuts me off "Take care of Jayson for me, and love Silas more and more each day." She was going to die, Rachel really was going to die.

I shake my head "It can't be over yet, I just got to know you."

She smirks "I'll see you again Jenna."

"Where?"

Her hand falls from my cheek, and her chest stops rising and falling. Her eyes stare straight ahead into up into a place I cannot go. It wasn't my time yet. I have to keep going. I have to fix this, all of it.

Silas races back to me, and lifts me up from the ground. He has to almost drag me away from Rachel's body. I'm kicking, and screaming "Rachel, I'll fix this! I swear no one will have to die because of this again!" But she can't hear me, she's dead. After dragging me for a few minutes Silas pulls me along with him into a room, and locks the door behind us. He goes over to an office desk and pulls out a flashlight, and than another big duffel bag from underneath the desk. The bag is labeled "Emergency". Then he walks over to a book shelf and pushes it out of the way, and opens a secret passage. Oh, how cliché.

"C'mon Jenna, before they find us."

I follow him into the dark passage way, and he moves the book shelf back into place. Then he flicks on the flash light. It was me and him, in the darkness, alone. Again if circumstances were different I would have enjoyed. I could've cried right at that that moment. Oh, how I really wanted to. But I stayed quiet for now, and followed behind Silas. We finally walked up some few steps, and walked outside. We were either on the side, or the back of the house. The house was so big I couldn't tell. Parked conveniently in front of us was jeep. Silas had planned all of this head of time. That scared me a little, just a little. Silas pulls out the keys from his pocket and doesn't waste anytime unlocking the door, and getting in. I get in too, shaking like crazy.

"What if they see us driving away?" I ask.

"They won't, I'm taking a back way out of here."

I stare down at my hands covered some of it has blood on it. But my knees, and shoes were covered in it. It was crazy, insane. Who would kill Rachel so quickly? Why did the dream catchers hate humans so much? If they killed Rachel what would they do with Jayson?

"Oh god!" I gasp "Jayson!"

"Your cousin?" Silas asks.

"Yes idiot. My cousin! My only living cousin!"

"Okay calm down! You have no idea who your talking to."

"Clearly your mistaken, because I do know who I'm talking to. And you Silas need to turn around and go get my cousin-"

"Or what? If we turn around we have more than five guys who want you dead. Now I just lost my best friend back there for YOU. If I turn around Rachel's death would be for nothing."

"Yeah, and if they kill Jayson it'll be worse! So we have to turn around please Silas please!"

I plead with him more but he doesn't turn around. He only picks up more speed, and drives with through the darkness.

"STOP!" I scream.

Silas pulls over, and I waist no time to unclip my seat belt and bust open the passenger seat door, I hurl out the achy feeling in my stomach. I vomit until my throat burns, and my chest aches. Then I lean over on my knees and cry.

"Hey" I hardly hear Silas voice over my crying "Jenna listen to me it's okay"

"No it's not! Silas she's dead. I saw her die. She was scared, and she was in pain. I couldn't do anything but watch her die. And we left here there, all alone like that. What are we gonna do?"

I shiver, and shake. I had never been so afraid in my life. Jenna Coleman hardly ever gets scared.

"Take a slow deep breath. It's okay Jenna, your okay." He places his hand on my cheek "I've got you." I focus on his soft voice for a minute, and I eventually calm down. But I'm still an emotional wreck. Silas helps me up into the back seat of the jeep, and takes off his black sweat jacket and puts it over my head as I lay down still buckled in. With the A/C on and the slow hum of the tires rolling against the ground it doesn't take long for me to fall asleep.

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I wake up. I think I'm dreaming.

Silas runs by, and startles me.

I don't move, but watch him make make his way to a large rabbit hole, like the one from Alice in Wonderland.

He leans down, and looks in like he's looking for someone.

"Jenna!" He calls "Jenna where are you?"

"I'm right here!" I wave.

But he doesn't hear me.

"Jenna I'm here it's okay!"

"I'm here, I'm here!" I yell louder.

I try to move but I can't. I'm frozen.

"Jenna!" Silas yells again.

And there I am. I appear out of the rabbit hole and hug him.

But it's clear to me that the girl I am isn't me.

I'm not Jenna.

I am someone else.

A girl who loves Silas but can't move on.

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