“NO! Don’t go, please!” Alicia cried out, and her hand snatched my by the wrist. I nearly fell backward when she pulled me. She was incredibly strong! Her hand felt so strange to me. At first it was ice cold, like the grave, and then very quickly warmed up to almost as hot as a heater. Then it would lower back down to a cold temperature and then back to hot. The best way to describe it is like having an icy/hot patch on. I turned and looked into her eyes. They were pleading, almost obsessed. Was this girl insane or something? I was starting to be more afraid of her, than her cousin.

“You let him go this instant, young lady!” Renesmee cried, prying her hand off of me. I backed away, accidentally bumping into my cart of action figures, and hurting myself. Jacob and Renesmee flanked Alicia, both glaring at her with intense anger.

“You don’t understand…neither of you do…I…I…” She then took her cousin by the shoulders and whispered into his ear. I didn’t catch what she said…something about printing…but I was already pushing my cart as fast as I could towards the check out lanes! The audience watching this episode of Candid Camera was certainly going to get a big laugh out of all this. Sadly, I didn’t find the situation funny at all. Fortunately I found an empty self checkout lane and immediately started scanning super hero after super hero. Out of the corner of my eye I saw them coming…and I groaned, trying to shove my money into the machine. An old lady pulled up behind me, and I thought maybe they wouldn’t see me…but as each of them scanned the lanes, it was Renesmee who spotted my location and promptly pointed me out to the other two. I could imagine what she was saying. “There he is, get the normal!” I threw the heroes into the cart, not even bothering to bag them or get my change, and I rushed towards the exit, narrowly missing several bystanders.

I made it outside, where the rain had finally let up, and had become a gentle misting. I tossed the figures into my rental, jumped into the driver’s seat, and peeled out of there. Alicia was calling to me, as they ran towards the car. “Mr. Orious, Owen! Wait, please! Let us explain!” I breathed a heavy sigh of relief as she and her weirdo family faded into the distance. Just as I was pulling out of the parking lot, I realized my stupidity. “FUCK!” I didn’t pick up my supper for the night! That was fine…it didn’t matter. I’d grab a couple of double cheeseburgers from McDonalds, a Coke, and some fries…everything would be just fine. I took out my wallet from my pocket. “SHIT!” Those stupid damn action figures had taken almost all the money I had on me, and I didn’t grab my change, when I made my escape…change that would have been $15.00! Cussing like a sailor, I drove straight to my little apartment…I didn’t want to max out my credit cards anymore than they already were.