The Attack: Seashell Island

Chapter Nineteen

The meeting was just the same old information I had heard before; also my group informed the gathering that our mission was successful. Though we left out the part about the patrol squad. After that we were given a new assignment thing. It was kind of different then the previous one, as we simply had to help Mr Hamilton at his farm for a few days. The farm was real close to the forest, and the pirates guarded the forest. Meaning we would have to be really careful around there, Mr Parsons warned us sternly to not talk to any of the pirates from the forest. We would start this new assignment on the day after tomorrow, so

"You can rest up a little," Mr Parsons had said.

The next day was a completely boring. As Maddie had gone with Amy somewhere and I felt as though I'd caught some flu or something. Mum came in several times to check on me, but she seemed a little absent minded or it was as if she had something serious on her mind. She just didn't appear her usual self.

"Mum are you alright?" I asked anxiously.

"Um, yes dear, I'm fine, trust me," she smiled, but I knew something was wrong. I just had that nagging feeling that Mum was hiding something.

"Are you sure?" I begged quite insistently.

"Certain," she silenced me a little sternly.

There was silence for a bit.

"I'm sorry," she whispered and then she left.

The next day we were meant to help Mr Hamilton at the farm, but both Aiden and me were sick. So the other three went to the farm without us and from what they reported back Aiden and I were kind of glad we missed out.

That night the villagers that had been selected raided the pirates' armoury and they were successful, there were only three deaths two women and a man. Now the villagers called themselves liberty rebels, Mr Parsons wanted to name them something other then simply villagers, especially after our first major victory.

"Mum, why didn't you fight?" I asked curiously as mum and I sat in the waiting area.

"Um, I'm not fit enough," she shrugged casually, a little too casually. I wondered wether to ask another question, but the recollection of our last argument stopped me.

"It's great that we've gotten all the guns and weapons, don't you think?" I smiled.

"Yeah," she agreed absent-mindedly.

"Aren't you happy about it?" I asked a little angrily.

"Not particularly," she said nonchalantly, then she seemed to catch herself, "I'm just... I wish it were all over," she stammered.

The next day Aiden and I were well enough too help out at the farm. It was sunny, the sky was clear, but the air was still a little chilly. Just before our group left the hospital, Mr Parsons stopped us in the hallway.

"Boys, here I want you all to take one," he thrust out three revolvers, "take them, I need you boys to be able to protect yourselves and the girls," then he smiled bleakly at us, still holding out the guns.

"No way, we could never shoot anyone," stammered Amy.

Tyson turned to me; he didn't look as though he wanted to take the gun either.

"I know, I know, but you could just use it as a bluff of something, we just can't risk you kids going that close to the forest, the spies have seen a few pirate's around that area," Mr Parsons brown eyes pleading.

"Alright, fine," Maddie reluctantly went to take a gun.

"Not, for you girls," Mr Parsons smiled, "the boy's know how to use them," Mr Parsons said as each of us boys took a gun each.