What Lies Beneath Us. (Fifth book of D.o.A.P)

Chapter Four

Cade and I had spent hours and hours fixing Optimus, probably even days. We only left the barn for food or if we needed to use the bathroom. We took very short breaks and just kept working. 

"Lila, can you hand me the wrench to your left?" Cade asks me. I nod and toss the wrench, a little too hard as the wrench flies past Cade and hits Lucas in the same spot that Optimus smacked him with his cannon. 

"OW! What the hell keeps happening?" He whines. I wince and try my hardest not to laugh.

"Sorry, Lucas!" I apologize. Lucas just whimpers in pain and tosses the wrench back to Cade. Cade gives me the 'you're such an idiot' look and shakes his head like he's still getting used to the fact that I'm not all human.

"You really should be more careful with your strength, Lilliana." Optimus gently scolds. I say nothing but give him the finger. 

"Hey, Lucas, did you get all the supplies I asked for?" Cade asks, checking the bag from the hardware store.

"I think so, yeah!" Lucas answers from the other side of the barn. He constantly was checking his phone and it was bothering me a lot. I may just be paranoid but he rarely checks his phone when working. Cade doesn't exactly like to get distracted from his work. 

All of a sudden, the breaks of a car scrape on the stone driveway just outside the barn. I immediately tense up and yell for Optimus to hide under the barn. Cade follows my lead and pulls the tarp over the wooden base where Optimus is hiding underneath. 

"Dad!" Tessa yells from the house. Cade rushes out of the barn, Lucas following behind him. I search for my contacts and wig to hide my identity and place a helmet over my head before rushing out after them. 

Before us are five pitch black SUV's and a hovering military helicopter. Men come out of all sides of each car. Two familiar men stroll up to Cade. 

"Mr. Yaeger, my name is James Savoy, I am a federal agent. My men and I are trying to track down a-uh, an abandoned truck." Mr. Buzzkill Dude speaks. I watch as one of his men move to the porch near Tessa, the rage building inside of me by the second. Something about this is not right at all.

"Nice bridge you've got here. Too bad she's for sale." buzzkill continues.

"Thanks, she's not." Cade replies. I don't know how he's staying so damn calm.

"That the truck you need?" He asks, pointing to his old, rusted up chevy.

"Afraid not. Mr. Yaeger, we had received a call from someone concerned about this truck." Savoy mentions.

"Oh no." I hear Lucas whisper. I shoot him a death glare and shake my head. 

"Now you've done it, Lucas." I whisper.

"That wasn't you who called." BuzzyBoy added. 

"The only thing i'm concerned about is you being on my property without permission. We got a thing about people messing with people from Texas, and I don't know what kind of truck you're talking about." Cade snaps.

"A kind that cost American lives." Savoy snaps back, getting into Cade's face. 

"Search the property!" He orders. His men disperse throughout the house and around the property line.

"Search the property? You don't have a warrant!" Cade retaliates. Savoy stops him from moving anywhere.

"My face is my warrant." He sternly says. 

"Hey but if you guys do find a truck, we get a reward right?" Lucas shouts, I move towards Lucas and smack him across the face.

"Do you have any idea what you've done!?" I loudly whisper to him. He looks at me and grins.