Beau assisted me into the taxi he called half an hour ago which was sat outside the hospital and then he climbed in after me.
"So, where to boys?" The middle-aged man asked from the front of the vehicle.
I glanced at Beau, asking him through looks. "The Kings Arms Hotel, please." Beau instructed the driver.
The driver nodded and accelerated forwards steadily, gradually gaining speed.
* * *
"Skip?" I called into my phone.
"James!" I heard him reply instantly.
I sighed with relief. "How are you all?"
"We're fine, we're so glad you called, we haven't heard from you in a while. Are you and Beau okay?"
"Yeah, we're good. I just got my leg sorted out, but we're on our way. We'll explain everything later, I promise, but Skip, can you put Luke on for me, we need to speak to that computer genius."
"Okay," Daniel responded before we heard the phone exchanging from Daniel to Luke "it's James." I heard Daniel faintly say.
"Hey, what's up?" Luke asked me.
I breathed whilst constructing my next sentences in my head. "Luke, a lot of stuff has happened to me and Beau since we last saw you guys, and part of it isn't something we want to tell you over the phone, it's face-to-face news. But basically, we have been told my someone that Cameron is planning something, probably an attack on us, and it is going to be something big, okay, so we need you to keep everything clean, clear our tracks."
"Okay, okay," I could hear Luke nodding his head in response. "Is that all?"
"No," I began, looking at Beau, "We're going to need you to search records, like death records. Look at Cameron's, my mum's, your mum's and Daniel's mum's. We need to see where they've been and where they were last. So say if they bought something like a house, or even something as simple as food. We just need to track them. The death records are needed to see if and when they have supposedly 'died.' Do you understand?"
Luke was silent. "Why are you asking me to do this? James, what has happened?"
"Luke, I can't tell you yet!" I pressed. "Just wait, I'll explain later, we're almost there. What room are you all in? Come meet us in the lobby."
Luke huffed. "Okay, I'll do it. We're in room 27."
* * *
Beau, Luke and I entered into the hotel room.
"Neat." I said, observing it.
"It's pretty fancy." Beau stated. "Is there any food in here?"
I rolled my eyes at how predictable Beau is. "Where are the others?" I asked.
A small grin appeared on Luke's face which made me feel nervous.
I opened a door which was on the right corner of the room we were in to see where they were. It led me to a bedroom with a double bed, but it didn't have anyone in the room. I walked back into the room I was previously in where I was startled with a roar from everyone.
"SURPRISE!" They all cheered (except Beau) and came running over to me to greet me with a warm hug.
"I missed you!" Jai said.
"I missed you all too!" I responded.
Luke coughed, "So, James. Aren't you going to explain what's going on?"
I looked at Beau and we both nodded. "Sit your asses down, it's fucking story time." Beau demanded.
* * *
Everyone was speechless. Nobody spoke for a good 5 minutes. Beau and I gave them time to let it all sink in as it was something shocking to tell them. Us boys thought that our parents were dead, but there was a high chance that they were all alive. If we killed Cameron, then we could get them back. All of that pain will be gone.
"What are we going to do then?" Jess asked us.
"Luke and anyone else who wants to help find our families are going to track them down. Jess, I think you'd be good at that. And are also going to check out possible friends of Cameron's." I informed them.
Beau took over. "And the rest of us are going to plan our attack and improve our fight skill. There is a lot at stake here, and we are not going to go in unprepared. We also need weapons, lots of them."
Everyone gave an understanding nod in sync.
"So Jess and Luke are doing the tracking side? And everyone else the physical and planning?" I checked and everyone agreed. "Jess and Luke, you're also going to need to take part in the physical/planning side, is that okay?"
Jess and Luke nodded, "we can alternate between jobs occassionally." Luke suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Jess replied. "Should we both start now?"
"Yeah" Luke nodded in response. Both Jess and Luke got out of their seats and seperated from us to work together on their task whilst the rest of us brainstormed plans on a big sheet of paper Daniel collected.
These people are my family, and we were all going to work our asses off to succeed. Nobody, not even Cameron, can step in our way.
