One bite.
That's all it took to start one of the greatest catastrophes ever.
Caden Marshall, a high school graduate, runs on with the only motivation of saving his sister.
Gabriella Calder-Marshall, a military trainee, seemed perfectly equipped to s...
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The fierce winds blew the hair on Gabriella's head. The sky grew darker, and the thunder's rumble took her away from her thoughts.
"We need to confront Arthur," She said sternly.
"Wha- Are you crazy?" Janelle said, in shock.
"We've let this go too far, Janelle," Gabriella said in her defence. "It needs to be put to an end"
"It's too risky. We need a plan" Janelle said, trying to talk sense into her.
"Whatever Arthur's planning, can't be anything good. We need to find out what it is and put an end to him" Gabriella said, not backing down. "I'll record our conversation"
Gabriella began to walk back to the safe house but was stopped by the rough force of Janelle's hand.
"Don't fight me on this" Gabriella said, with gritted teeth.
"Even if you're right, you can never win against Arthur," Janelle said.
"You think I don't know that?" Gabriella asked. "We can never win against Arthur, but I will not stand back and let him continue this. Even if he tells me off, I'll have some proof"
"Arthur is not going to reveal all his plans to you so easily" Janelle retorted. "We need to be smart about this"
Gabriella scoffed and pushed Janelle's hand away and resumed her march towards the safe house.
"Gabriella, wait!" Janelle called after her but to no avail.
Janelle ran after Gabriella, dodging the muddy puddles, in an attempt to resolve the situation. Arthur had all the power to silence them, if she directly confronted him, he would do just that.
Gabriella flung open the main entrance door, leaving traces of muddy water from her boots.
"Sign this, please," The register guy said, handing it to her with a pen. Gabriella, however, pushed passed him and continued walking.
"Gabriella, hold on," Janelle pleaded, still running after her. Gabriella ignored everyone's calls, she was determined to confront Arthur. She knew the risk she was taking and could partly understand Janelle's point of view, but the longer they dallied, the worse the situation could get.
As Gabriella approached Arthur's office, she heard a loud conversation taking place inside.
"Make it happen, Arthur," A female voice said.
"Do you have any idea of the" Arthur said. It wasn't his usual tone, he sounded scared of something. Gabriella flung the door open, unable to stay patient another second. She had expected Arthur to be speaking to one of the military heads but was beyond surprised to see Renee standing there with him.
"What's going on here?" Gabriella snapped, turning both heads in her direction.
"Marshall" Arthur said, back to his authoritative tone. "You're early"
