When Lou’s mother arrived, Lou was allowed to leave with her without any issues after the situation had been explained to her in details. It had been agreed that Lou would be safe if he stayed somewhere else till the criminal was caught. Waving goodbye to Ko, Amy, the old lady, and the officers Lou hopped into his mother’s workmate car. Once inside Lou had been told that they would be staying at a secure hotel. As the car begun to drive away Lou stared outside and tried to ignore his mother and her workmate as they talked about what had happened and how it was lucky everyone got out safely. Feeling the exhaustion draining his remaining energy Lou allowed his eyes to drift close as he wondered about what the hotel, they were going to stay at be like. Waking up Lou found that they were still on the road. Sitting up groggily Lou looked out of the window to see that it was dark outside and there no other vehicles on the road beside them.

“Mother, where are we going?” Lou asked confused as he was still slowly waking up.

“Honey go back to sleep, we still have a long distance to go!” cooed his mother.

“Ok!” Lou replied as he laid down on the back seat and allowed his eyes to adjust to the darkness. ‘Something isn’t right here. Why would we be going to a hotel out in nowhere’ Lou thought. As his eyes began to adjust Lou carefully and slowly sat up, trying to prevent his mother or her workmate to notice. His mother was sitting in the passenger seat and was looking at her phone.

The phone was at a good angel that Lou could tell that it was showing a gps which appeared to be leading them out to nowhere. He wasn’t sure if there was a town or something that far away. Deciding that it wasn’t smart to try something without any more information nor when the car was moving, Lou tried to fall asleep and save his energy for a time when he could act. Closing his eyes, Lou found it difficult to sleep with the thoughts running around his head about ways he could deal with the situation and how uncomfortable the back seat was to lie on. Giving up on sleeping Lou decided to get more information on to assist his planning. Just before Lou could sit, they begun talking.

“What are you going to do now?” The workmate said. “His now has the attention of the criminal and it would be more dangerous to keep him in this area. What about your husband?”

“I’m sure things will work out in the end. I’ll just keep up the act and have him home schooled until it’s safe to move him elsewhere!” his mother said. “Besides its unlikely anyone would consider going out of the way to this hotel and I’ll tell my husband once we get there. We can’t allow him from finding out that things aren’t right!”

“Once I drop you two off, do you want me to go back and grab some things to make things appear more realistic?”

“That’s a good idea!” his mother said with a hint of creepiness in her voice.

“Of course I know! You are my friend and I want to help you with this!” his mother workmate said. “Beside the pay is tempting if things go well!”

As their voice began to get muffled, Lou inched himself to try and not fall asleep to no vail.

Feeling that someone was patting him gently on his cheek, Lou slowly woke up to see that his mother was standing over him. He was still in the car, but it appeared to be daytime.

“You awake honey?” his mother asked sweetly.

“Yes…mother. Where are we?” Lou asked, yawning.

“We decided to stop and have something to eat. Do you want to come in or have me bring you something?”

“I’ll come in mother!” Lou said after weighing up his options.

Taking his mother’s hand Lou got out of the car slowly and unsteadily. Stretching Lou was surprised about how well rested he was even though he was very much sore. Following his mother, they made their way in the direction of a fast-food place called Beefy Tasties. The building looks ancient in design and was made out of wood instead of brick. The inside also looked old. It was emptied beside some people and workers. In a corner sat his mother’s workmate, she was holding a menu. Reaching the table Lou slid into the seat, followed by his mother. Looking at the menu, there wasn’t much on offer but at least they sounded delicious. In the end Lou chose something that turned out to be bacon and beef burger, a medium hot chocolate, and a consonant. His mother had ordered two slices of toasts, tomato soup and green tea while the workmate ordered a sweet tea and a chicken burger. While they waited for the food to arrive, Lou’s mother had gone to use the bathroom.

Pulling out his phone Lou saw that he had multiple missed calls and texts from his father and Ko.

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“What are you looking at Lou?” asked his mother’s workmate with a hint of suspicion.

“Nothing much, just at my phone!” Lou replied trying to keep up his clueless appearance.

“Give it to me or put it away now!”

“Can I just message my father and friends. They seem to be worried about me!”

The next thing Lou knew his phone was out of his hand, lying on the ground. Staring at his phone Lou started to feel that things were starting to get more unsafe, and he would have to do something sooner than he liked. ‘Why was Ko constantly texting and calling me, did he suspect something and going to cause a fuss? Why was his father also messaging him, what about his mother?’ Lou though as he did his best to not look scared or mistrusting. Feeling that his mother’s workmate was staring at him intently, Lou carefully got up and grabbed his phone. Walking quickly out of the building, Lou made his way to the car where he would be able to think clearer. Turning his phone on, it luckily still worked. Before Lou could start looking through the many text messages, a call begun. Seeing that it was Ko calling him, Lou answered it while taking in his current surroundings to see if there was any escape routes or danger. There was nothing but the empty road and dirt ground for miles.

“What’s going on Ko? What the texts and calls for!” Lou said calmly, wanting to get information before saying something that could cause issues later on for him.

“You finally fucking answered! Where the hell are you!” Ko asked loudly with fear clearly in his voice.

“I’m not exactly sure at the moment. You know that my mother and her workmate picked me up right, so I basically slept on the way here!” Lou replied simply.

“Shit…. well…your mother is here and so is your father! Your mother wasn’t at work today!”

“That’s make sense, I though something was a bit off!” Lo replied as he though why he didn’t think his mother would take the whole day off for their anniversary day.

“Are you serious, then why did you leave?” Ko asked, clearly getting frustrated.

“Don’t worry about that, I’ll start making my way back home now. This isn’t really new to me!” Lou said before he realised, he was giving away some information he didn’t wanted to say. Quickly hanging up the call, Lo made his way to the driver’s side of the car and opened the door. Climbing in Lou locked the doors before searching for the keys, there was none. ‘Guess she decided to take the keys but not lock the car, how stupid’ Lo though with a chuckle. Removing the strange device from his pocket Lou paced it against the keyhole and waited in silence as it started the car.

Seeing a light blink Lou pressed it and watched as a screen opened up, showing a map. It had two options which were home and to Ko. ‘Strange’ Lou thought as he pressed Ko. As the wheel of loading began, Lou heard banging on the window near him, but he ignored it.

“Driving shall start now!” a robotic voice stated from somewhere, most likely from a speaker hidden in the strange device. Suddenly the car sprang forwards and out of the parking lot.

“Unfortunately this car contains no snacks or entertainment. However there are music options, would you like to listen to some master?”

“Yes please!” Lou replied as he tried to get comfortable for the surprisingly long way home. It seemed that the ride would be a few hours Lou guessed. His phone begun to buzz beside him. Answering the call, Lou held it against his ear.

“Why the hell did you hang up on me?” Ko asked more annoyed than fearful.

“I told you, remember?” Lou replied. “Anyways, I’m on my way!”

“What…never mind, where do you want me to meet you at?”

“Wherever you want!” Lou replied as he turned on the speaker before placing the phone onto the dashboard before climbing into the passenger’s seat. “Oh it might take me a day or two depending on the traffic so don’t stay up too long!”

“We can meet up at the local Pop and Chop!” Ko answered after thinking for a moment.

“See you there! Lou replied before grabbing the phone and ending the call. Searching through the things that were in the dashboard and middle compartment, there was some useful things including a bunch of fake ids, a pack of cigs, a lighter and a strange tracking device which Lou threw out of the window. From what Lou could recall there wasn’t anything in the backseats from the time he was there but there might be something in the boot.

“Tell me can I access the boot from the backseat?”

“Unfortunately no master!”

Ok, I’ll check that later on!” Lou stated as he adjusted the seat until it went fully down. It would have to do and should hopefully be more comfortable to sleep on than the backseat was.

“How long before our first stop?”

“For safety reasons, tonight I shall stop at a gas station for supplies and to refuel!”

“And how would we pay for them?” Lou asked, somewhat interested in the conversation.

“No need to worry mater, by the time we reach the gas station the card should be ready!”

“What card exactly?”

“The emergency card, master! Prepared by your father!”

“I see” Lou replied as he stared out of the window, partly watching the scenes go by. Soon Lou laid down and fell asleep.