1:8 Maybe I Should Start From The End

Maybe I Should Start From The End

Part 1

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You 3 started walking away from the graves. "Yeah, well, at least with the knife gone, maybe we can finally get some quiet here." Rafael joked.

Hope laughed softly. "I wonder fit that's possible." The happy moment went away when Hope's bracelet lit up blue, an arrow pointing somewhere.

"What's wrong?" You asked Hope, all of you coming to a stop.

Hope looked up at you. "Landon's in trouble." Your breathe hitched as you grew worried off al the things that could be happening with him.

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You and Hope stood in your room at 3 in the bloody morning, getting ready to go save Landon. "Hope, are you sure about this?" Hope looked over at you. "I understand he's in trouble, but are we really going to leave with out Ric?" Your questioned.

Hope came up to you and grabbed your hands. "Yes, I'm sure." She bent down and grabbed her bags, you doing the same. You walked out of your room, down the stairs, through the library of sleeping students and right to Alaric's office. Hope need the keys to a car so we had to go into Ric's office.

AFter that we made out way to the front door. "Going somewhere?" Ric called. Hope gasped while you looked back at Ric. You and Hope walked up to Ric. "Better questions, where the hell do you think you're going with my keys and without telling me?" Alaric inquired, walking forward.

You and Hope looked at each other. "Um, you know, we just said some really harsh thing to you yesterday, and so we just wanted to get you an oil change as a peace offering." Hope lied so we could leave and save Landon.

Alaric scoffed. "At three a.m?" He questioned. "Hope, Kate, you don't have a drivers license." He looked in between you two. "You two were gonna commit grand theft auto, which is a felony." He reminded us that it was felony, obviously it was, you weren't stupid. "You two are ditching schools right before the midterm exams begin, and you two have made it very clear to me that you see me as an authority figure and nothing more." He stated. "So tell me, why shouldn't I suspend you two this very second?" He asked. You rolled your eyes, giving in as you grabbed Hope's wrist and pulled her hand up, she didn't try and stop you as she had gave in as well. "And what is that?" He asked pointing at the glow up compus.

"It's basically a supernatural compus." Hope said, lowering her wrist.

Alaric had a questioning gaze but covered it up. "Well, I hope it's pointing you two to your room 'cause that's where you two are going." Alaric ordered.

You cut in. "We're going after Landon." You immediately said. "If this thing is glowing, that means that he's in trouble." You looked at Alaric with a worried look. Hope rubbed circles on you back in a way of comfort.

There was a moment of silence and Alaric nodded. "Then we're going." He said. "And I'm driving." He stated, clearly. Hope and you looked at him with a surprised look he'd actually want to come.

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You all sat in the car, you had now just entered Indiana. You looked outside the window as your were bored. The silence was nice though. "Indiana. Crossroads of America." Alaric saiid in a singsong voice. "What's the capital?" He asked us.

"We learned that in, like, eighth grade." Hope looked over at Ric.

"Oh, good, then you should know it." Alaric responded.

"I didn't say I absorbed the information." Hope was quick to fire back.

Alaric looked over at Hope. "Yeah, well, you're not saying much of anything." He then looked back to the road while Hope just stared at him. "Look, if you can't handle grade school geography, you're gonna flunk all your exams." Alaric explained.

Hope's smile then dropped. "Are Lizzie and Josie studying? Maybe you should focus on them." Hope commented.

"Yeah, well, they're still in Europe with Caroline, thank god." Alaric replied.

Hope looked back at you before back to Ric. "Religion has no place in the classroom, Dr. Saltzman. The Supreme Court made sure of that with its ruling on Engel v. Vitale." Hope explained in a fancy way. You looked at Hope with a shocked look. "And Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana." Hope said.

"The capital is Indianapolis." You both said at the same time. Hope and you smiled at each other.

Hope shrugged. "We're getting an 'A' in geography. Chill." Hope had a smug look on her face, it's cute. Hope looked down at her bracelet. "Take the next left. He's on the move." Hope said.

"All right." Alaric replied. "Indian is surrounded by what four states?" He questioned Hope.

"I thought we just established that we're dominating geography." Hope commented.

Alaric rolled his eyes. "Fine. I'll ask Kate." You looked into the rear-view mirror. "Indian is surrounded by what four states?" He questioned.

"Easy, Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south, and Illinois to the west." You replied with a happy smile, moving to sit in the middle. Hope looked back at you with a shocked face, similar to the one you had before. "What can I say, naturally gifted." You joked, causing Hope to laugh.

Alaric smiled. "Well done. Let's move on to science." You let your head fall while Hope rolled her eyes while looking at Alaric with a small smile, this will be a long trip.

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You then came to a stop in front of a house Landon's as supposedly at. "And that, is how Osmosis works." Alaric looked at Hope and you.

"Mm." Hope hummed. You both looked at him with raised eyebrows before looking out the window and at the house.

Alaric looked at the house then back to Hope. "Is this the place?" He asked.

"Yep. And not a moment too soon," She paused. "pretty sure you were about to tell us how babies are made." Hope joked, you looked down, holding in your laughter. Hope saw this and smiled.

Hope went to open the door and so did you. Alaric stopping you both. "Hey, before we go in there, I just want to make sure we're clear." Alaric said, looking between the two of you.

"Don't worry, we're crystal." Hope looked at Ric. "You're Professor X, I'm Wolverine, Kates DareDevil." You looked at her then back to Ric.

"I was more of a DC kid." Alaric trailed off.

You rolled your eyes. "Then you're Batman, and I'm robin." Hope argued.

"What about me?" You asked.

Hope looked at you with a smile. "You can be yourself." You smiled back at her. "Either way, you call the shots." Hope continued speaking to Ric.

You cut in. "So, how do you wanna do this, hmm?" You asked.

Hope looked at you and Ric. "Fireball? Wind Torrent?" Hope continued. Your eyes lit up at Fireball and Hope smiled slightly.

Alaric looked at you and Hope. "I was thinking we'd knock." Alaric honestly said.

You and Hope's smiles dropped. "They'll never see that coming." Hope sarcastically said, opening the door to get out.

"Boring." You said after her, opening the door.

We walk to the door, Alaric first, Hope second, you last. "We should come in hot. There could be a Jabberwocky on the other side of that door, for all we know." Hope stated, coming to a stop as Alaric went up against the wall to see if he could see inside. You stopped next to Hope.

Alaric started checking to make sure it's safe. "Nonsensical poem written by?" He questioned.

Hope sighed. "Charles Dodgson."

Alaric smirked. "Wrong. Lewis Carroll." He responded, walking past Hope and you as you two leaned against the wall as well.

You chuckled. "The pen name of Charles Dodgson. We're crushing English, too." You and Hope high five-d each other.

"Are you two gaining up on me?" He asked, about to knock but before we could respond a man was heard screaming. It sounded like Landon. Alaric knew what was coming. "No, no, no." He said really fast but that didn't stop Hope from casting a spell. Why was she so keen on finding him? Did she still have feelings for him? That thought didn't leave your mind at all.

"Patere." Hope waved her hands back and then forwards, blasting the door down. Hope then walked in with you by her side. Gun shots on the TV were heard and you both shared the same shocked face. "Hi. wh- uh, uh, what are you watching?"Hope asked as she looked at the TV, you doing the same as an explosion appeared on the TV.

Alaric walked in and the old lady made a shocked noise. "Oh," Alaric stammered on his words. "I'm so sorry that we've ruined your lunch. I... I-I promise we're gonna replace your door." Alaric said pretty loudly. "That's some compus. We're in the wrong place." Alaric now whispered to you two. You walked away from them and went to the door.

You bent down to the mail box and Brough out the bracelet Hope gave Landon. You chuckled. "Someone knew we were coming." You commented, looking up at them.

Hope and you shared an angry yet sad look as you both stormed out the old house.

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Up ahead there were cones place on the road around a house and 2 vans. The car came to a stop and all three of you got out of the car and walked up to a man, the man walking up to you too. "Can I help you?" He asked.

"Yeah, I hope so. Uh..." He trailed off to look at the scene behind the man. "Say, what's going on here?" Alaric nodded at what was happening.

"Gas leak." He replied. "Don't worry, though, we have it under control." He looked back at the home then back at us. "You wouldn't happen to know who lives here, would you? We tried knocking, but no one's home."

"Um, we're looking for.-" You started speaking but got cut off.

Alaric cut you off. "The highway." You and Hope looked Alaric up and down. "See, we're lost, and we... well, we saw you guys and we thought we'd ask for directions." Alaric lied.

The man nodded. "Yeah, at the end of the road, you make a right. Can't miss it." He directed us.

"Cool. Thanks." Alaric replied. "All right, let's go Jessica," He looked at Hope. "Emily." He looked at you and you both scrunched up your faces, turning around and walking towards the car, getting in.

You and Hope looked at Alaric while putting your seatbelts on. " 'Jessica'. Really?" Hope questioned at the same time as you.

" 'Emily'. Are you serious?" You questioned as well.

Alaric didn't look at us and continued looking at the house. "I've been part of enough cover-ups to smell one a mile away." Alaric explained.

"Do you think they're after Landon?" You asked, your voice almost a whisper.

Alaric looked at you. "Well, all I know is they wouldn't have asked about if they had him, so, we gotta find him before they do." Alaric then looked back at the front of the car, looking at the man before doing a u-turn and making our way to the highway. You let out a heavy sigh.

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You get out of the car and run to the door. Alaric and Hope following your lead. Alaric took a while trying to open the door. When he does, he sees no one. Then a gun is pointed to the back of his head. "Uh-" He said. "I'm looking for Landon Kirby?" He questioned, raising his hand

"And who the hell are you?" The girl asked

"Uh-" He was about to speak again.

You raised your hand and the gun came to you. "People who care about him." You glared at the older women. You came into the house so you could get a better shot at pointing the gun at the women.

Hope walked to the right of Ric. "So tell us where he is before she blow's your head off." Hope also glared ta the women.

Alaric grabbed your hands, taking the gun off you. She looked down and too Hope. "You must be Hope." She then looked at you. "And you must be Kate." Landon's hen came out of the bathroom and you and Hope just stared at him.

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A.N: another chapter yay :)