Chapter 4

Kenzie and Drew were… ok let’s face it: they were lost. After barely escaping a military roadblock and 3 police cars on their way out of the city they had decided to stay away from the main road. Luckily there was a GPS navigator in their “borrowed” car. Unfortunately, it had turned out to be less than reliable once you entered the dirt roads in nowhere land. They were fairly sure they were still traveling in the right direction, and that they had gone more than half way. But there was no way of knowing for sure, since they had no idea of where they were.

They had been driving all through the night and now the sun was rising. Out of a slightly misplaced fear they had been driving with the headlights switched off, which is not recommended on a small road in the middle of the forest. Therefore their progress had been slow. Some time after they had left the city the GPS nav had lost the signal. They had kept driving on for an hour after that, without really knowing if they were going in the right direction.

Now they were sitting in their car, staring at the road signs in a T cross. They had been doing so for quite a while.

“So… that village is nowhere near your hometown?” Drew said, pointing at the sign to the left.

“Yes.” Kenzie answered with a sigh.

“And you are SURE that that village is near your hometown?” Drew pointed at the sign to the right.

“Positive.” Kenzie answered.

“Then we should go to the right.” Drew said.

“But it makes no sense!” Kenzie exclaimed. “We came from the east. And therefore my hometown should be to the south - to the left.”

“Hmm…” Drew said and pulled down the sunscreen to block the sunlight that was blinding her.

They sat in silence for several minutes, trying to decide what they wanted to do. Then all of a sudden Kenzie smacked her face with her palm.

“What?” Drew asked

“That’s the sun rising over there.” Kenzie said. “And ‘The sun may rise in the east at least it’s settled in a funny location’”

“Oh! So we have somehow driven around in a circle?”

“Half circle.” Kenzie corrected her.

“Ok, so we take a right then.”

“Yes we do.” Kenzie said and started to drive again.

“Well that was strange.” Drew commented.

Kenzie was too annoyed to answer, muttering to herself about the stupid GPS nav showing her the wrong way.

As it was lighter now, they could drive quicker, and one hour later (after a few more misnavigations) they arrived in the outskirts of Kenzie’s hometown. Kenzie decided that it would be safer to drive a long way around the town, which would take them through the woods all the way to Kenzie’s parents’ neighborhood. Drew did not really see the point with all the precautions, since the town has a population of about 2000 and no police station, but she decided to let Kenzie have her way.

Early on the Monday morning they parked the car outside the house. They looked around but did not see anyone. This did not really tell them anything about the status of the town, since it was normal to stand outside for 20 minutes before seeing anybody. They quietly exited the car and went to the door. It was, of course, locked but Kenzie had the key. They opened the door and stepped inside.

“What are YOU doing here?!”