Crash: Chapter one

Alvin watched the road as he drove. He glanced at the clock. It read 3:39 A.M. Alvin looked at his sleeping brothers.

They had been driving non-stop for a day and a half, stopping only for gas, and bathroom brakes.

Alvin reached over and checked the GPS. "Still a long way to go", he spoke aloud to himself.

Theodore opened his eyes and sat up, "What time is it?", he asked as he rubbed his eyes.

"Its almost Four A.M", Alvin replied.

"Do you want me to take over driving?", Theodore asked kindly.

"Not yet I'm still good to go. You go back to sleep", Alvin smiled at his brother, who nodded.

"Just wake me when its my turn", Theodore leaned his head back and closed his eyes, falling asleep almost instantly.

Alvin chuckled quietly. Under different circumstances the country side of Colorado would have been beautiful. Right now though all it meant to Alvin was that he wasn't even half way to Brittany.

Alvin let his thoughts trail off while he drove. How could I have been so stupid to let her go on a sour note... Alvin let out a sigh. "When we have them back home safe and sound I'm going to make a point not to fight with her so much."

**Six A.M.**

The sun had been up for about a half hour and Alvin was starting to get tired. Alvin looked over at Theodore. "Hey, Theodore are you up?", Alvin asked loud enough to make sure Theodore would hear him.

Theodore opened his eyes and straightened up. "Ya Alvin, is it my turn?",Theodore squinted as the sun hurt his freshly opened eyes.

"Ya I'll pull over in a sec", Alvin's eyes were starting to droop.

Alvin pulled the car over so Theodore and him could switch places.

Theodore started the car and wasted no time getting back on the road. He looked over at Alvin who was making himself comfortable in the passenger seat. "Hey Alvin what is the plan when we get there?", Theodore asked as the car reached five miles over the speed limit.

"Well, we know the general area where the plane went down." Alvin yawned, "So we're going to start there and search the surrounding area, At the rate we're going we should be there in about two days maybe less if we brake some laws. Lets just hope they can hold on that long. Now good night and drive safe", Alvin rested his head back against the head rest and let sleep take him.

Theodore nodded to himself and pushed the gas down a little more.

**A day and a half later**

Simon looked around him as he drove, "Wow I cant believe that we're in Ohio already, I hope Jeanette isn't too scared", thought to himself.

**Somewhere in the Appalachian mountains**

Jeanette sat next to Eleanor's unconscious body, a concerned look on her face.

Brittany walked into the clearing and Jeanette looked at her with hope, "Any luck finding some water?"

"Well I found a water source but I couldn't get to it", she sat down next to Jeanette. "Any change?", Brittany ran her hand gently over Eleanor's bandaged face.

"No and we're running out of cloths to use as bandages." Jeanette took a deep breath, "How are we getting out of this Britt?"

"Someone has to be looking for us, so we just have to wait, someone will come", Brittany put her hand on her sisters shoulder.

"But what if no one comes?", Jeanette's lower lip quivered as she fought to hold back tears of hopelessness.

Brittany pulled Jeanette into a hug and held her tightly.

Jeanette wrapped her arms around her sister, "I miss her Brittany", she couldn't hold back the tears any more as she sobbed into her sister's shoulder.

"I know, me too."

Brittany held her sister as close as she could.