The Conductor

Chapter Twenty Five- Jenny

I lost the Conductor.

He broke his promise and ran off, leaving me, Brittany, and Cicile alone. There was no way we could reach him or make contact. If I used my cell phone, it would give us away.

In a panicked crowd of people, we tried to think of possible places the Conductor could've gone. We looked everywhere, and he was no where to be found. We tried the record shop, the music store, and various other places. I was losing hope and I HAD to find him.

The Drum Major and her monsters were gone as well.

We kept looking and looking and looking without any luck at all. We were all tired of looking and all sat down in thought.

"Where are some other places we haven't checked?" I thought. "Oh, I hope he's okay. I hope his bandage is holding up. I hope the Wood Splits haven't sliced him anywhere else. Where could he be? Where was the Drum Major as well? Was she spawning more monsters? But more importantly, is she hurting people? I guess both could happen either way, but where is everyone?"

I continued to think in deep thought for a few minutes when Brittany suddenly gasped with epiphany.

"I know where the Conductor could've gone!" she said, excitedly.

"Where!?!" I replied in a desperate tone.

"The old warehouse we were at earlier! It seemed to have been the Drum Major's headquarters!"

"Hey, that's right!" Cicile chimed in. "And that's the only place we haven't checked!"

"That's genius!" I beamed.

"It wasn't very far from here, and there's a warehouse lot on the next block."

"Then let's get to it!" Cicile laughed, excitedly.

Down the street we went, to the right down another longer street, to the left and out in the middle of no where until we stumbled upon a field of deserted warehouses. Glancing into each one with no luck until we stumbled across the very last one, where we could hear the Drum Major's voice.

"This must be it." Brittany whispered.

"It has to be," Cicile agreed, "You can practically smell the trouble coming outta that place."

"Is everyone okay?" I asked.

"Yep."

"Alright, let's do some snooping and find the Conductor."

We stayed close to walls and dodged guards in hopes to find the Conductor, with no luck.

"Where the heck is he?" I whisper-shouted behind a wall.

"I'm right here." a familiar voice replied.

I jumped ten feet in the air as I spotted the one and only Conductor walking towards us. I stood up and ran towards him.

"Conductor, where the heck have you been?!?" I said in a normal voice, hugging him.

"I've been—"

I let him go and started patting his shoulders and sides.

"Are you hurt? Did your back start bleeding again, what—"

"I'm fine, Jenny!" he laughed.

I suddenly remembered that had broke his promise. I softly smacked him across the face with my metal hand, the Conductor rubbing his cheek soon after. I guess I hit him harder than I had intended.

"Ow!" he yelped.

"Don't do that again!!!" I almost yelled.

"Okay, okay!" he laughed. "Wanna see what I've been working on?"

"YES!!!"

The Conductor pulled a rectangle-shaped device from behind his back and handed it to me.

"What is this?" I asked in marvel.

"It's a bomb."

I gasped in fright and handed the thing back to the Conductor, softly.

"What do you need a bomb for?!?" Cicile gasped.

"We're gonna blow up the Warehouse." the Conductor smirked excitedly.