Chapter 6

It's finally day 11. Today we should reach land if we keep a steady pace. As I steer the ship I drift off before snapping back to reality as Riley bursts into the bridge dragging Emily behind him. " land" he shouts ": we found land" he points excitedly to the window. I look out the window. There out on the horizon was a thin strip of land. It's america.

  I check the maps. Marblehead harbor is just a couple miles away. Steering the ship I ask Riley to wake up the boys. He nods bounding out of the bridge. A few minutes later Matt walks in rubbing his eyes. Emily had brought breakfast up to the bridge so that I wouldn't be alone. After another half hour we pull up into the Marblehead harbor.  Once we are docked Kane and i head out to find a large car. When we find a van similar to my old one not too far away. Kane successfully picks the lock and hotwire the car. Driving back to the ship we help the other load the remainder of our things into the trunk. Soon we ar en our way to new mexico

The drive should take us 31 hours if we drive straight through but none of us want to sit in the car for more than 4 hours so the trip could take 5 days if we take breaks. We drove for 5 hours before finding a hotel to stay the night. Its completely empty and we have to break into the lock. We bring our stuff up to the second floor after re-locking the front door. Kane grabs and activates some key cards so we can enter the rooms we chose. Once all our stuff is in our rooms, girls in one room boys in another, we head over to the boys room for some games. We decided to rest for the night before agreeing to continue the drive tomorrow morning when the sun rises. Emily and I decided to talk a little before going to bed. I can tell that she is still a little sad but she seems to be doing better after we talked last. We giggle in our bed for a little while before drifting off to sleep. When my alarm goes off the next morning I shut it off quickly to let Emily sleep. I quietly pad over to the bathroom to wash my face. I was just beginning to repack all of the things I was sharing with Emily when she slid out of bed. My clothes were a bit too small for her but i had promised her that if we found a clothing store on our way to new mexico. Emily pads to the bathroom, closing the door behind her. I finished packing our things. Laying out my biggest outfit for her to wear. The shower goes off and i can hear Emily singing in the shower. I smile. Doing the little things we enjoy has been keeping us sane on this journey. When I'm done folding the clothes I head next door to wake the boys. After I knock a sleepy Riley opens the door. Picking him up I head into the room as Emily joins me, Finished with her shower. Kane and Matt are both still asleep. i grab Kanes blanket and Emiy grabs Matts and we jank the blankets off of them.  Kane sits up and glares at me clearly grumpy and Matt curls into a ball trying to fall asleep again. I shake my head, a grin on my face. As Kane gets up I begin to tickle my twins feet mercilessly. He shrieks which makes Emily laugh. " im up, Im up." he says rolling out of bed. I hear the bathroom door click meaning Kane has gone to the bathroom to shower. Since all our food is in the boys room I begin making pb&j sandwiches for breakfast. Once everyone is ready we head back to the car. This time Emily sits next to me and she turns on some music and we all begin jamming out to it. After driving for two hours I realized we needed to get some gas. I pull up to a gas station and everyone gets out to stretch. Just as I was almost done filling up the tank I heard a scream. I whip around to see a monster looming over Emily who is cowering on the ground. Before I can do anything the monster sinks its claws into her leg. Emily screams so loud my ears ring. Matt charges at the monster but a swipe from its claws makes him back up. Grabbing Matt's baseball bat from the trunk I run at the monster I swing at it and I make it shrink away but its claws are still wrapped around Emily who is growing increasingly pale. I hit the monster's arm as hard as I could. I kept hitting until i hear a crack. The beast  howls  in pain. I know its a person turned into a beast but I don't care. You can hurt me all you want but you don't mess with my friends. I swing and swing until the beast backs away releasing emily. Matt immediately picks her up and sets her in the car. I motion to the others to get into the car as the beast and I circle one another. Kane picks up Riley and set him in the car before hopping into the driver's seat. When I have my back to the car again I swing one last time, managing to hit it over the head causing it to stagger back, clutching its head. Using this opportunity I run to the car, climb in and slam the door and Kane hits the gas. We drive out of the gas station so fast we leave skid marks behind us. We drive until we reach a hotel. We hurry to get Emily to the room. When we have her situated on the bed I run to find a first aid kit. When I get back I try to assess the damage. The skin around the wound has become a light shade of green. I start to treat the wound by cleaning and wrapping it tightly. Emily winces every time I touch it but soon I'm done. Now all  we can do is wait to make sure everything heals. Matt stays with Emily for the night while Kane Riley and I eat dinner. When its time to bed riley and I climb into the bed in the room next door while Kane takes the couch. As I drift off to sleep I begin to dream. In my dream I see my mom calling to me asking me why I didn't save her. Behind her were Emily's parents both with tears in  their eyes asking me why I didn't stay to help them. They kept chanting my name over and over as the darkness consumed me once more.