The Freak and the Jedi

Chapter six: The Dive

"Did you get it?" I asked Eddie when he approached me, whispering as we both tried to make as less noise as possible.

With a grin, he showed me the walkie he stole from the construction nearby.

"Good boy," I said before turning around, walking further into the woods, and making sure nobody else was around.

I heard Eddie breathe heavily, making me face him only to see his face flushed. I grinned internally. "Everything alright?" I lifted my eyebrow at him, halting as I looked him up and down.

He gulped, nodding his head furiously. "Yeah, everything's perfect," he wasn't looking at me. He passed me by and kept walking forward, looking down at his shoes. "So, where to now?" he asked once I started following him.

I shrugged. "I don't know. We need to find someplace we can hide and contact Dustin and the guys. I mean, my mom's always home but she never goes into his room so maybe we could hide you there?" I offered, thinking of different possibilities.

Eddie stopped and turned to face me. "You know, you don't have to do that for me," he said with a rather gloomy face. "You guys have done enough. Wasn't your car nearby? You should just leave, you could get into trouble for helping an alleged murderer," he added. His gestures were sad and tense, tiredness settling over the two of us from having spent the entire night up on high alert.

"Are you shitting me? Jason saw me and my name is most probably out in the mix as well, I don't think I can come back for my car just yet, much less show my face around," I said, only now realizing the harsh reality. I widened my eyes at the thought of the cops paying a visit to my mother, the pretense of her daughter either being a murderer or being murdered sending her into cardiac arrest.

"Hey, you can always say you escaped the freak's hands," Eddie tried to joke, but the issue was too heavy just yet.

I gulped but shook my head decisively. "We're in this together now, Munson. I'm not gonna sell you out," I told him, resuming my walking. "I think Skull Rock is around here, somewhere? I highly doubt people will be coming there with everything that's going on," I said.

"Sure, let's go."

It didn't take us long to reach the rock formation. We sat down on the ground with our backs to the stone, sighing in relief at the much-needed rest. Eddie grabbed the walkie and turned it on, adjusting the frequency to the right one. I let myself close my eyes for a second, but every time I did all I saw was Patrick's body snapping and cracking. I shivered at the thought.

"Dustin, can you hear me? Wheeler?" Eddie tried, waiting for a response.

"Eddie, holy shit. Are you okay? Where's my sister?" Dustin, thankfully, responded.

I smiled slightly at his concern. Eddie curled his fingers, clearly happy that he managed to find him, but shook his head at Dustin's first question.

"Nah, man. Pretty... Pretty goddamn far from okay," he turned to look at me. "She's here with me, she's fine," he sent me a wink before returning to his conversation.

"Where are you guys?" Dustin asked.

"Skull Rock. Do you know it?" Eddie said.

"Steve does," I answered him before Dustin could.

"Uh, yeah. That's near Cornwallis and..." Steve cut him off.

"Garret, yeah. I know where that is," I winked at Eddie when Steve finished Dustin's sentence.

"Hold tight. We're coming. We're coming," Dustin repeated, making me sigh in relief.

Eddie put his hands in his face, pressing his entire back on the rock. At the sight, I put my arm around his shoulders, pushing him slightly to my side.