Words Unspoken - Book One

Chapter Thirteen

A few days passed and things were slowly starting to calm down. Some of the group were out and figured out that the cops stop patrolling around midnight. Which wasn't terrible thankfully, even cops need to sleep. But that gave us an advantage now. Jill decided that rather than everyone going out, we'd go out in smaller groups, the ones who would do the tagging. Ben, Noah, Krista and I were the group to go. Everyone else of course did what they usually did, stay out undercover and listen in on any changes or find more recruits. Hopefully after the announcement of the new law, there will be more people willing to join us.

Currently I was sitting on my bed flipping through one of the newspapers, hoping something new caught my eye, but nothing did. I closed the newspaper and tossed it on the floor as I placed my head in my hands. My fingers running through my hair a few times.

My thoughts wandered back to my brother. It had been almost a week since I heard from him when I decided to break my pager. I told Jill and Krista, they said that they'd try and help me to contact him, and maybe we could find a way to get him out and bring him here. A voice interrupted my thoughts and I turned my head slightly to see who it was. Noah. A small smile formed on my lips as he sat down on my bed.

"Everything okay?" He asked me and I just nodded my head slowly.

"Yeah, I guess. Just worried about my brother." I said to him and he gave me a reassuring smile.

"Jill told me everything. We're gonna get him out and bring him here, don't worry." He said as he placed his hand on mine. I took in a deep breath and held it for a second before letting it out and nodded my head.

Krista and Ben came over and looked at the two of us. "Almost time, you guys ready?" Ben asked as he held a few spray cans. Noah gave him a nod and grabbed one of the cans before getting up.

"Ready?" He asked me and smiled as he held a hand out to me. I took his hand and stood up as the four of us made our way to the door.

"Be careful!" Jill called out.

"Always are!" Ben called out as he followed Krista up the stairs with me and Noah right behind them. Johnny turned his flashlight on and looked down at us and then turned his gaze to me.

"Is she ready?" He asked and Noah rolled his eyes. "Yeah man she's ready, now let us through it's already past twelve." He added. Johnny let out a sigh and opened the door as the four of us walked out. After weeks of being stuck underground, I was finally out. I followed Ben, Krista and Noah out the building as we made our way towards the front gate.

"Hoods up." Ben whispered loudly as we all pulled our hoods over our heads. Noah stepped out first as he scanned the area before motioning us to follow him.

"Alright, Ben, Krista, you guys take the south side. We'll go North." Noah said as the two nodded their heads before running off. I watched them run off before turning my attention over to Noah. I could now feel my heart pound against my chest, my stomach churning. Of course I was nervous. But I was with Noah, and he knew what he was doing. He held his hand out for me and I took it without any hesitation.

"Ready?" He asked with a reassuring smile and I gave him a nod as the two of us ran off to the opposite direction. Ten minutes passed and we ended up in a small neighborhood, nowhere near where I lived, thankfully. There were a couple of stores around us, and a few houses on both sides of the street. Noah was looking around, his eyes scanning every window. I raised an eyebrow as he looked at me before he made his way through an alleyway between two of the stores. He pulled out the red spray paint and handed it to me.

"Uh, I don't know what I'm doing." I said with a soft chuckle.

"Oh come on, it's easy, you've seen me do it before." He said with a small smirk. I raised both my eyebrows, remembering the time I saw him spray painting the back of a house. I took a deep breath and shook the can a few times as I stared at the wall.