The Mysterious Appearances Of Allyson Dawson

Part Nine- Seeing Fire

"Dez! Dez wait!" I shout as I chase after him down the street. Luckily he hadn't gone too far so I caught up with him quickly.

"What's up?"

"She's gone!" I shout.

"What?"

"Allyson! She's gone! She escaped through the window while I went to talk to you!"

"What?! Why would she leave?"

"She's scared! She doesn't want the cops to find her. She was scared that you'd tell them where she was"

"But I promised that I wouldn't…"

"She doesn't know that though"

"Well, if she's only just gone then she wont have gone far! I'll go this way, you go that way?"

"Deal. Call me if you find her"

"Will do" is all we say before the both of us rush off down opposite directions of the street.

I had been looking for ages but I couldn't find her. I searched through the park where we met several times, I searched the hotel and the back streets, I searched the diner where we first met, I even gained enough courage to enter Smack Down just in case. I had searched for so many hours that it had actually started to get dark. There had been no call from Dez, so he hadn't seen any sight of her either. I had tried to call her cell about a million times but always with no reply. There wasn't even a chance for me to leave her a voice mail so I guessed that she must have blocked my number or something.

I didn't understand why she wouldn't wait for me to talk to her, surly I had gained enough trust to help her, try and keep her safe. I thought I meant enough to her that she would at least say goodbye and explain what was happening and where she would be going so I could contact her. She knew I would come looking didn't she? No. she didn't think she was special enough for someone to actually go looking. Not special enough to have people who missed her and were worried about her. Not special enough to have someone that loved her. She was wrong.

Ring Ring

"Hello" I pick up hastily, not even checking the number first since I assumed it would be Dez.

"Hi" says a softer voice. It was her. I could recognize that voice anywhere. It was her.

"Where the hell are you? I'm so worried"

"Wait… your… your looking for me?"

"Of course I'm god damn looking for you!"

"Why?"

"Because that's what you do! When you god damn love someone and they suddenly go missing you look for them!"

"You… you love me?"
"Yes! I didn't think I was going to have to say it to you down the phone, but if it gives me even a chance of getting you too come back then I'm going to say it now. I don't care how many times I have to say it, I'll shout it if I have to if you will just come back!"

"I… I cant Austin."

"Why not?!"

"Because I'm no good for you"

"I don't care if you think that. Because I know what I need. You taught me to go after what I need and what I need is you! No matter how much you try to push me away or distance yourself I will always need you! I love you"

"Austin, I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?"

"I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labour had been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you." I take a breath for a second and there is only silence on the other end of the line so I decide to say one more thing. "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world… but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices" there is silence between the two of us for a long time.

"You read it to" she says. I could tell from her voice that she was smiling from the quotes we both used for The Fault In Our Stars, it makes me smile as well.

"Read it? I've read it so many times that I can remember it word for word"

"Me too… but I only read it once"

"Show off" I joke and the two of us laugh. For once I understood the part of John Greens book where Hazel and Augustus are talking on the phone and there in their own little space, like no one else exists. I finally understood because it was happening to me. Nothing else was important anymore as long as I was talking to her.

"Please stop looking for me. It will just cause trouble. Goodbye Austin"

"Allyson wait!" is all I can say before there is a long beep and the line goes dead. Fury races all over my body. I don't understand anything anymore, but I knew there was no way in hell that I was going to give up any time soon.

I call Dez and tell him to stop looking, that I needed to do this alone and thanked him for his help.

Its about 1am and I'm still walking up and down the streets. Looking for any glimpse of purple hair or a long grey coat or anything. Fatigue had taken over my body but I had refused to let myself rest until I had gotten at least one clue as to where she would be. I'm walking down the main road when I hear screaming and shouting, a fire truck comes racing past seconds later, into the park near my house. I run as fast as my tired body would take me until I see the red and orange. Flames dance up and down in the air, covering the trees as smoke rises above the flames, making the sky a disgusting grey. I get as close as I can before my phone goes off again.

"Hello"

"Hi Austin" says the calm voice again.

"Are you okay? Are you safe?"

"Yes, I'm safe, well away from the flames." she says, but her voice is trembling. Something was defiantly wrong, she was scared. I could hear her small sobs in between the words.

"Where are you?! What's wrong?"

"Nothings wrong" she says before I hear her sobs turn into a desperate cry. She was in trouble, I could feel it. "Do… you… like… my… work?" she says in between cries.

"You didn't do this. You wouldn't do this"

"You know" she says, taking a deep breath, trying to stop her cries. "My mom used to say I was like Sherlock Holmes, with all the deduction and stuff. She said I was like Sherlock Holmes, only weirder. Turns out I'm more of a Moriarty"

"He was crazy though"

"Exactly" is all she can say before she screams. Her cries getting louder and louder.

"Listen to me Allyson! Listen to me! Whatever's happening to you. Who ever has got you. Where ever they take you, I promise that I will find you. I promise I will get you back and I'll keep you safe. Just remember I love you. I will find you"

"Aw. Isn't that sweet" says a new voice. One I had never heard before. It was female, but deep. Something evil about it. "Your little friend you've made loves you. Pity you cant be loved isn't it you little freak!"

"Who the hell are you?" I say through gritted teeth, trying not to cry myself at the evil bitch that was on the other line.

"Shame you didn't believe her. She was never a good actress but it would have saved you a lot of pain instead of going after her if you just hung up earlier. But then ordinary people are stupid. I'm Allyson's mother you little brat. I must say your not making a very good first impression"

"I don't give a fuck if you don't like me you evil bitch! I'm going to find Allyson no matter what. So why don't you just bring her back now and save the both of us a lot of time and save yourself from a lot of pain"

"Big words from a child. Well, do your worst Austin. One little tip if you want to find her. Follow the fire" she laughs before the line is dead.

Hey guys, two announcements. One, I don't think some of you understand my review thing. When I said last chapter that if we get 60 reviews then I'll update, I didn't actually mean that there had to be 60 new reviews. When I set that we were at 51 reviews on the story, so I was only asking for 9 reviews to get it to 60 and then I would update. Does that make sense?

Two, what would you guys say if I told you that this story might be ending soon?

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