Nearly There Chp. 2 - Distractions.

Story by Blazey Wavey on SoFurry

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#2 of Nearly There


Well, here's chapter two, I meant to upload it friday, but I didn't get home until like, five minutes ago. I also wanted to do another read through and edit, but I am really tired right now...Sorry if there's any mistakes and what not. I'll start working on Chapter three tomorrow. Enjoy :3


Leaning my head against the side window as I sat in the backseat, breathing slowly, watching as my breath would temporarily cover a spot on the window with fog. My eyes focusing onto the blurring colors just on the outside of the vehicle. The ground and earth quickly passing my vision, watching as we sped down the highway, thinking of how we should've taken my car instead of Troys for car pooling. Shaking my head, since Troy's truck is the obvious better choice, more spacious and roomy for our bags. Putting my fingerpaw up to the fogged window, slowly drawing in a small smiley face, seeing my eyes shimmer in the windows reflection before suddenly seeing a green sign passing just on the outside. Lifting myself from the window, to look up front to where Troy had been focusing on the road and Luc had been curled up in his seat snoring away. Sitting more upwards and leaning in towards in between them, glancing over at Luc before looking back towards Troy.

"Where are we Troy?"

"We're just entering Madison."

"Madison?"

"Madison, Wisconsin."

"Yes, I know where it is, but I must have zoned out for the longest time"

"Oh, should we go get another hotel room so we can crash?"

"Sure."

"Okay."

Watching over Troy's shoulder to see him enter in coordinates as he locates a nearby hotel, glancing back towards the window to notice as the sun just slowly going down past the horizon, the skies turning from an orange, slowly to a more softer bluer tint. Continuing back to watching out the window to see the pretty colors collage together, time slowly passing by before we finally arrive at the hotel. Stepping out of the vehicle as we park, looking over the building to see it wasn't that fancy or it wasn't that great, just a simple hotel. Shrugging a little, turning back and walking towards the passenger side, opening the door and grabbing the canines shoulder giving him a little shake to wake him up. Slowly walking into the lobby behind Troy as he starts talking to the fur behind the desk, tapping my claws against the reception desk as Troy speaks to the person behind it, finally receiving a key to our room we exit back through the lobby and walk around outside to finally find the door to our room. Unlocking it and stepping inside, looking around the room, the time of day and the light given off by natural light giving an eerie feel to the room. Turning back to Luc and Troy to see him flicking on the lights, watching as room slowly lights up, still standing in the doorway, the room flickering a little as we moved inside slowly. Tossing my bag onto the bed and collapsing onto it, using the bag as a pillow as my feet hang over the edge of the bed. Looking up at the ceiling, watching the lights flicker on and off once again as we sat there. Luc collapsing down beside me to curl into a ball and already start to fall asleep as he yawns. Turning my head towards Troy to see him sit at the edge of his bed, with his head in his hands as he smiles softly, looking back towards me.

"We need some sleep, we're getting pretty close."

"Yeah"

"Is there something you want to, tell me?"

"Nothing really, just... Have a really bad feeling right now. It's weird."

"Just get some sleep, you'll feel better in the morning."

"Alright. Goodnight Troy."

"Night buddy."

Sighing a little as I lay there, staring up at the ceiling watching the light from cars passing by, momentarily brighten up the ceiling. My heart thumping against my chest, hearing a fly soar around the room buzzing. Watching as it lands on the ceiling and crawls around slowly, sliding my paw up along my chest to rub my eyes as I slide more onto the bed. Pushing my bag onto the floor to rest my head upon the pillow. Taking a couple deep breaths, slowly closing my eyes as I lay there in the silence. Listening in as cars drove by down the highway, and the only light given was the cars passing by with their headlights on, the room circulating light. Scratching my nose and rolling over onto my side, watching Troy roll around in his bed before closing my eyes again. Concentrating on my breathing and the darkness in the room, waiting for sleep to finally overcome me as I lay there. Finally feeling more and more heavy as I lay there, resting my paws behind my head.

Gasping and sitting up straight as I pant a little, looking over towards Luc to see him sound asleep snoring loudly, glancing over to Troy, seeing him sprawled out on his bed. Leaning up against the backboard as I rub my forehead. Getting out of bed and slowly walking over towards the window before stubbing my toe on the chair, letting out a whimper as I hop around on one leg, my paw grabbing hold of my foot as I try not to let out a cry of pain. Biting my lip as I reach the window, pulling the shades aside looking around outside to see it was still late, watching as a big semi truck passes by. Wiggling my toe as I turn around, making my way towards the bathroom. Turning the doorknob and slowly pushing the door open, sticking my left paw out and flicking on the light. Closing my eyes quickly, rubbing and squinting as my eyes slowly adjusted to the new brightness. Walking inside and leaning over the counter as I turned on the tap, watching as water flowed down into the sink, leaning more down to splash water up onto my face. Taking a couple deep breaths as I leaned against the counter. Opening the mirror cabinet to glance inside, grabbing Troy's pills and looking at them. Sighing softly as I put them back into the cabinet, wondering when he came in here. Slowly closing the mirror frame as I see someone behind me, gasping as I become breathless, as he stands there behind me.

Quickly sitting up straight and gasping as I sat up in bed once again, rubbing my forehead as how real it felt. Trying to picture what that man looked like, slowly getting out of bed to walk back over to the window, making sure that I didn't hit my toe on the chair again. Pushing the shades aside as I looked outside, it had been late at night still. Watching as another semi passes by, same color, same truck as my dream, feeling a shiver go down my spine as I look towards the bathroom. Slowly making my way towards it as I step along the floor, the only noise coming from the floor creaking and squeaking. Turning the doorknob as I walk inside, flicking on the light again as I glance around the room. Walking up to the sink and turning it on, splashing water onto my face, feeling it soak away worries as I stood there. Looking up to the mirror cabinet as I opened it, standing there for a few seconds as I stared at Troy's pills sitting there again. Taking a deep breath before quickly closing it, letting out a sigh of relief as no ones standing there. Leaning down against the counter as I breathe slowly, suddenly hearing a small sound behind me, quickly turning around to see the window was slightly open and blowing the curtains around from the wind. Walking over and shutting the window shut as I stood there, looking outside at the fence. Staring at the bushes as they blow in the wind, walking back outside to the beds, running my paws through my hair as I sat down in a chair, staring at the window. Barely moving, sitting there in the dark as I stared out the window. Troy getting up and out of bed, slowly stumbling towards the bathroom as I continued to stare out the window.

"Oh jesus... You scared me..."

"Hmm? Oh... I'm sorry."

"What're you doing? Why aren't you sleeping?"

"Couldn't go back to sleep."

"Oh, how long have you been sitting there?"

"I'm... not sure..."

"Well, I have to go to the bathroom, so I'll be right back"

Watching as he starts to quickly move towards the bathroom, the light turning on, the light seeping through the bottom of the door. Tapping my claws against the fabrics of the chair as I sat there. Hearing a sudden smashing noise as I got out of the chair and made my way towards the bathroom door. Staring at the handle as I stood in front of the door before taking a gulp and turning the knob pushing the door wide open as I saw Troy kneeling on the floor picking up a broken cup. Turning his head up towards me as he drops it out of his paw again, looking down to see his paw dripping blood onto the floor, quickly stepping forward and kneeling beside him as I grab his wrist looking at his paw before looking into his eyes.

"Oh my god, Troy, you okay?"

"I'm fine. Just dropped the cup when I heard a noise behind me."

"What kind of noise?"

"I'm not sure, the window was open though."

"That's... Odd" Glancing up to see the window was slightly open again.

"Yeah."

"No, I closed it earlier, anyway. Let's run your paw under some water..." Helping him up before turning on the tap and putting his paw under the running water.

"That is odd."

"Did you hear that?" Turning my head towards the doorway

"Hear what?"

"I don't know."

Letting go of his paw, slowly turning towards the door looking at it as I turn my head a little off to the side, my ear tilting to the side. Slowly approaching the door as I turn my head and press my ear up against it, my ear flicking as I feel the coldness of the door pressing against my fur. Hearing footsteps all around the room as I tell Troy to be quiet as I stand there, gliding my paw down the door, grabbing a hold of the door handle. Turning it slowly as I stand off to the side of it, shaking my head towards the door, signalling Troy to go through. Watching Troy nod as he turns off the water tap and starts to walk towards the door, his eyes never leaving mine as he walks out slowly, passing by me. Following closely behind him and turning towards the bed to see Luc standing up with his paws in the air as he stood there. I smiled and stepped forward as my mouth opened I noticed the man behind him, my smile fading away quickly as I stopped walking forward and stared at the man behind him, a blade appearing across Lucas's neck as he stood there. Turning back and seeing Troy being grabbed by someone behind us, I wondered what was going on as I stood there, the other man bringing Troy over beside Luc as I still stood there in front of them. Feeling speechless almost as I stood there, the feeling of being helpless was starting to overcome my body once again.

"Wha-What is this?" Managing to say something after standing there so blank

"Revenge." A groggy sounding voice, noticing the blade against Luc's neck being pressed into him harder

"For what?" Slowly glancing around the room, there had to be another if there was one for each of us

"What you did to 4-9-3"

"My father." Biting my lip as I listened to him saying those numbers.

"You didn't deserve to be his son."

"Don't talk to me like that..."

"I'll say, what I want to say. I'm gonna kill your little boyfriend here, and your gonna sit there and watch."

"Don't you even try." Slowly backing away, my paw feeling a table behind me as I stood there, not taking my eyes off his dark, gleaming pupils.

"Just... Watch me" His blade slowly streaking across the side of his neck as a small flesh wound appears, the crimson blood slowly spilling out of his neck.

Sliding my paw along the top of the table as he stood there watching me, his ear had started to twitch as he looked at me, watching as he started to open his maw again I quickened my motions. Grabbing the ice bucket on the table and clenching my fists hard around it as I flung my arm out and tossed it directly at his head. Watching as Luc stomped on his toe as he was released from the hold, diving away and the bucket slamming against the culprits nose. Seeing Troy throw the other guy over his shoulder as he kicks him in the stomach before running over towards Luc. Seeing Luc and Troy jump over the side of the bed, looking back up to see the bloody nosed man toss the bucket aside as he reaches into his jacket, my heartbeat speeding up as I watch him grasp onto a handle as he pulls out his gun. Gasping as the first bullet flies by my head, the sound searing into my ear as another bursts out of his chamber, the bullet grazing along the side of my dog ear, wincing and diving back into the bathroom doorway. Leaning up against the wall as I hear more and more gunshots being fired, screaming out to Troy as he tells me it's okay. Looking out through the doorway and glancing in the mirror to see Troy digging into a backpack, tossing Luc a gun as he pulls one out for himself as I watched them. Luc catching me in the mirror as he looked at me, Troy glancing up over the bed as he fires at the other guy as he dives behind a dresser. Luc's eyes seeming to be a more darker blue than usual as he fires off his gun over the bed. Turning my head back, looking back towards the bathroom as some other dark culprit jumps on top of me, another silvery cold blade pressing into my fur as he pins my one paw to the ground as my other reaches up to grab onto his forearm, stopping him from digging his blade deep into my neck. Letting out a grunt as I struggle to push the blade away, my other paw wriggling, trying to get free. Feeling his leg slide off from me so he can get a better handle on me, I quickly throw my knee up in between his legs, kneeing him hard as he lets out a tough groan. His paw dropping the blade as it falls beside my face, kicking him back hard against the floor. Quickly jumping on top of him as I wrap my paws around his neck. Slamming his head against the white tiles over and over, my paws tightening my grip around his neck as he starts to cough and dig his claws into my wrists.

Feeling his one paw loosen his grip onto my wrist as he slowly slides it along his chest and into his coat pocket, my eyes jumping from his pocket and his own eyes as he chokes and coughs. His paw starting to shake as his breathing becomes more and more heavily, my grip almost restricting his air passage in his neck. His eyes never leaving mine as he digs in his jacket, his movements becoming slower as he takes out a handle. My claws digging into his neck as he winces and pulls out his weapon faster. My eyes quickly fixating on his weapon, my one paw letting go of his neck quickly, grabbing onto the barrel of the gun. Pushing the dark jet black gun off to the side, hearing him grunt as he tries to push it back towards me, firing it off into the wall, once, twice. As the new struggle happens, his eyes looking deep into mine as he tries to push his gun towards me, my right paw still holding onto his neck as my left is struggling to keep the gun away. Feeling his other paw slide up from the floor, not taking my eyes away from the gun as I still struggled to keep it away, suddenly feeling a sharp blow in my stomach, again and again as he throws his fist into my stomach. Wincing a little as I lift my knee, balancing up on it as my other starts slamming repeatedly into his chest as he coughs and drops his second weapon. The gun bouncing and scratching against the floor as it lands, letting go of his wrist as I push the gun off towards the door. My left paw taking grip of the collar of his shirt as my other curls up into a fist as I slam it into his muzzle until blood spills out of his mouth, repeatedly hitting him until my sweat started to run along my forehead and drip down onto the floor. Grunting a little as I stop pounding in his face, his nose leaking blood and his one eye starting to puff out, watching him smile and cough up blood as he laid there. Hitting him once more and hard as I slowly started to stand up, reaching over and picking up the knife that had been laying on the floor, gleaming and shining in the moonlight. Looking at the blade before turning back to look at him, watching him as he rolls onto his stomach, slowly starting to pull himself along the floor, making his way towards the door. Still standing there watching him try to crawl for his gun. Slowly walking over, my footsteps thumping against the tiles as I reach him, kneeling down as I look into the gleaming blade, seeing my reflection in the side as I looked at it. Taking a tighter grip onto the handle as I flip it around, thrusting the knife down into the back of his thigh. The room suddenly being filled with a loud, ear wrenching noise as he lets out a scream. Grabbing onto his pant leg, pulling him away from the gun. Blood streaking across the floor as I walk over to his face, kneeling down again. Watching him wince in pain as he slowly lifts his head up, looking at me once more and he laid on his stomach, his fur sweaty and all over as his nose and muzzle was still covered in the red substance.

"Now now, can't let you have a hold of your gun."

"You know... You are certainly a lot like your father now that- your fighting... for your life." Him coughing up more blood as he laid there, the same devilish grin spread across his face.

"I am nothing like my father..." Grabbing hold of his gun as I peered over him.

"Oh... But you are..." Blood covering his teeth as he let out a small chuckle, being cut off from his coughing.

"You're wrong."

Pushing my foot underneath him and flipping him over onto his stomach as he stared up at me. He cried out in pain as his one paw had taken grip of the knife handle, watching as he jerked his paw out, taking the knife along with him. A new pool of blood started to form around his leg as he laid there, he looked even more weak as he dropped the knife onto the floor, the blade no longer gleaming in the moonlight, or shining. A new coat of red covering most of the blade as it sat against the floor, dripping the watery crimson blood onto white tiles that slowly started to turn red. My paw tightly wrapped around the handle as I looked into his eyes and squeezed onto the trigger. His head slowly turning to the side as his eyes slowly closed, smoke starting to swirl out of the barrel as I stood over him. My paw grabbing hold of my one ear, blood still seeping from the wound, dampening my fur. Gripping the gun tighter as I leaned against the doorway, peeking my head around to see Troy and Luc firing off once more into the lifeless bodies on the floor. Slowly tucking the gun in the back of my pants as I step out from the bathroom, making my way over towards the two canines standing there. Stepping over the bodies to grab Luc to pull him close against me. Gripping into his shirt as I rested against his chest, feeling his paws wrap around my back as he rubbed up and down my back. Looking down by the bodies beneath my feet as Luc let go of me and passed me my bag. Looking into his eyes as they turned a softer sky blue when he looked at me. Feeling Troy tap me on the shoulder as he cleared his throat. Turning around, still being in Luc's arms as he stood near the doorway, looking at Troy as he tossed his bag over his shoulder.

"We should get going, I phoned headquarters and told them about the attack, so the clean up is handled."

"Okay, but we should phone Luc's parents and let them know." Tilting my head up, looking at Luc as he lowered his head, resting it on my shoulder.

"Yes, you can do that when we're driving. Right now, let's get our stuff in the truck and let's go."

Nodding and sliding my paw along the dobermans forearm as he held me tightly in his arms, grabbing hold of his paw tightly in mine as we headed for the door. Closing it behind us as we walk out behind Troy, watching his tail swish along behind him, smiling softly as we walked through the parking lot. Stopping suddenly as I remembered about the gun in my pants, stopping Luc and reaching around behind me. Taking the gun out of the back of my jeans to hand it over to Luc to see him tuck it inside his backpack as continued on towards the truck. Letting go of Lucas' paw as he walked around to the passenger side. Standing beside the back door as Troy unlocks the doors, jumping into the backseat as they got in the front, digging around the truck to find my phone. Grabbing it out of the drink tray and dialling a bunch of numbers before pushing the call button.

"Hey, mom... Dad."

"What's wrong honey? Why are you calling so late?"

"You guys should go on vacation as well... For a while"

"Why is that dear?"

"There's no simple way to put this, so I'll just tell you, operatives have found us. They're out for revenge for the death of 493. So pack up and go away for a while."

"Oh dear, well then. I'll tell my husband and we'll go away too. It's probably not safe to tell you over the phone where we should be going, but in the mean time. We'll be safe."

"Good. We're still travelling so we should be safe as well."

"That's wonderful my dear, be safe. We'll be in touch soon."

"Goodbye mom." Putting it on speaker for Luc to hear

"Love you boys."

"Love you too mom!" Luc and I both shouting at the same time as we hear her hang up.

Tucking my phone away into my pocket as I sit back into my seat, grabbing hold of the seat belt from over my shoulder, slowly tugging it down to meet the lock. Clicking it in place before wiggling into my seat as we slowly pulled away from the hotel, watching Lucas lean his seat back as he yawned and stretched out, his fangs shimmering as he yawned. Telling Troy to put on some music before snuggling back into his chair, looking over at Troy as he stared out into the dark road, our headlights slowly lighting up the highway as we drove down it. Seeing him reach out his paw and nod, flicking on the radio and leaving the volume on low as he adjusted in his seat.

"I had a really... odd dream about us last night..." Seeing him reach up and rub the side of his ear as he drove.

"Us?" Leaning more into the front as he spoke

"Errr... Yeah, all three of us."

"What was it about?"

"Uh, never mind... Get some rest."

"Hmph...Okay... Have fun driving."

Seeing him nod as he focuses forward, adjusting my seatbelt as I lean up against the window, facing away from it as I lift my legs up onto the seat. Wiggling back as I turn my head and lock the door before yawning as I hear Troy turn up the radio. Closing my eyes as I laid there, not trying to sleep. Feeling vibrations coming from the truck as we drove down the paved road beneath us. Music filling the atmosphere, leaving no dead silence in the vehicle. Sighing a little as I thought about how we might always be chased by these people and we might never get a real vacation from this. Grabbing my phone as I plugged in earphones into the small headphone jack as I open up my iPod app and select a playlist as I pick the first song from the list and put my phone back into my pocket. Turning the volume up all the way as I rested against the window, hitting a bump in the road as I slam my head against the window, wincing a little from pain as I laid there. Suddenly thinking what Troy had dreamt about earlier this night and why he wouldn't tell me about it, gliding my tongue along my teeth as I thought about before getting drifted off into my music. Tapping my feet together as I listened to my party mix playlist, it had been filled with 4 days of dance music that included many of the sub-genres of techno. Hardstyle being the main genre that filled the playlist as it was my favourite among all genres. Still tapping my feet together as thoughts of Troy's dream still lingered in my head as we continued on driving down the road.