Kill For You

23 | Hope

BEN'S POV

Those few days turned into a few weeks. We've gotten no sign that they even tried looking for us.

No signs or Cynthia knows something and won't tell us.. However, it's most likely not the case.

"You're kidding.." Athena crossed her arms.

"Why would I kid about that?" Caleb asked her.

"You.. Were tasked with getting them under control.." She tries to stifle her laughter. "But.. one of them beat you up instead?" She starts laughing uncontrollably.

"I'm so over this conversation." Caleb grumbles turning away from her.

"No- No.. I'm sorry. It's just.. How??" She puts her hand over her mouth.

"Shut up." He replies.

"I'll ask later then." She before taking deep breaths to calm down her laughter.

"You're quiet." Caleb turns to me.

"No.. You two are just loud." I reply.

"How's it going with your regime?" Athena leans forward, propping her head up in her hands.

"Well they actually respect me." I start.

Caleb mumbled something, looked unamused.

"..Why would she give us control of the major parts of her.. Militia." I think out loud.

"So that we can trust her.. Which remind me." She leans in closer, "What's the plan for getting out of this hell hole." Her voice lowers.

"Hell hole? This place is super nice." Caleb brings up.

"Not what I meant." She rolls her eyes.

"Do you really want to leave? I mean.. We're fed regularly and we make our own hours, and our own rules.." Caleb tells her.

"We're given the same back home." Athena tells him.

"No. We're not. We work from sun up to sun down, one meal and that ducking breakfast. Back home we weren't treated as good as we are now." He continues.

"It's still our home,  with our people. No way you're seriously considering abandoning them." Athena furrowed her eyebrows.

"Look.. All I'm saying is, as long as we don't have to fight the mm at at any point. We should stay here. Besides, there's no sign of them coming to get us anyway. We're just three people." Caleb tells her.

"Three significant people-"

"Says who?" Caleb cuts her off. "Ben, what do you think. Do you want to leave?" Caleb asks me.

Great. A question about what I want.

"I don't." I answer.

"Ben, you can't be serious right now." Athena voices her discontentment.

"I don't right now." I continue, "Caleb right, we do work our own hours and to be quite honest I need a break. Just as much as you do, Athena." I tell her.