The Unexpected Visit

Chapter 15

The water break didn't last as long as I would've liked but at least we got to stop. It is now 5:30 and the sun is starting to set. I would imagine the boys have picked a place to camp by now. It was a couple of hours ago that we stopped. Anna thinks that the drone should be let loose again to find the boys and give them their phones. We, of course, are going to keep our phones so that the followers don't catch up to us.

We release the drone. The drone has a sleek black and white body with a camera, four pouches, and a GPS. Yesterday, before we left, Jackson let the drone go explore the island so that it had a programmed understanding of the island.

"Hey Rebecca, I've been thinking...." Anna says out of the blue.

"Oh, don't do that; it's dangerous, or so mother says, probably to keep me from being too independent...but anyway, what is it?" I ask, rambling.

"What are we going to do when we find Brooke? I mean, I don't think that any of us really look like her. How will we convince her that we are her family? We could mention the letter or prove to her by mentioning her age and the orphanage, but that might scare her," Anna ponders, deep in thought.

"Well, we will tell her just that. If she doesn't believe us, oh well. We will figure something out when it comes to it. Look, the drone found the boys! Land it so they can take their phones and then we can talk with them," I say, pointing to the location on the screen.

"Alright. Did you patch the sound in?" Anna asks, looking at me.

"Of course I did! It....just doesn't seem to want to work," I mumble.

"...Are you just saying you did so that you don't get in trouble?" Anna asks knowingly.

"Okay, fine, I didn't. Jackson never taught me how. I did, however, teach Owen a little ASL. We should still be able to communicate, just not as well as we would if this was our first language. I guess we will have to wing it. Hold on," I explain, placing the tablet on a rock.

I sign, "Hello, not connect, w-i-r-e can't hear you."

Owen signs back, "O-K, we can hear you, but you should not talk."

"Why not, T-A-B-L-E-T safe; right?" I sign with a confused look.

Owen looks around then signs back. "I not know, I look now. Wait."

"Anna, connect the wire. I saw Jackson teach you," I quickly exclaim.

"Rebecca, chill. They will be fine; nothing is going to happen. Do you know what the best part is? We will be on our own soon and won't have to worry about parents. Their followers won't return to the mainland without us so everything will run smoothly," Anna says, calming me down.

"You're right, I know that. Shouldn't that stop me from worrying? Except now, the followers are so close," I say, looking behind us to find followers less than 50 feet away.

Mom said that they would be a mile behind us at all times. She obviously lied, again. I wonder what the boys are doing. When we signed off a couple of minutes ago, they said that they were going back to the campsite. How did the followers get so close?

The followers reach us hurriedly in a panicked state.

"Princess..." One follower stops to catch his breath. "The enemy is attacking the main compound; they say they will not rest until you four are brought before them."

I know I should return, but if my father meets with my mother, we might be separated again. If I don't help, countless people will die; I'm sure some have already. Unless...I could use the tablet and the drone to contact them. We have to get to Owen and Jackson now!

"We have to get to the boys; I have an idea!" I shout as I start to run at top speed, grabbing the tablet.