The Future: Specials

Chapter 16

Kendal's POV

John punched three holes in his wall and made a dent in his desk. We were all dead if this happened. The president was going to get us killed. Not only us, but humans too. We have to stop this, but how?

I could tell everyone was racking their brain for a solution. We were worried. We're talking about the end of the world here. Man slaughter, fires, bodies everywhere. What's going to happen to us?

" We're all dead." Lena said putting her face in her hands.

" What are we gonna do?" Tilar asks anxiously. Her hands were shaking and she tapped her foot nervously on the floor. Tyler paced the room as Danielle wrung his hands. Mikell and Lena sat next to each other and Tilar was on the other side of Mikell. Nervousness set the mood.

" My family is out there." Lena had tears streaming down her face. Tonya had been chewing her nails and I took notes of what everyone else was doing. That was my way of staying calm.

I calmly walked to Lena and wrapped my arm around her. She trembled beneath me and made me feel powerless. I couldn't do anything, nobody could. This had to stop.

I can only imagine what would become of America if people went through with this.

" It'll be okay. We'll get our family back. We'll stop this arrangement. I know we can." I said trying to reassure her, not only her, everyone else too.

" Kendal, stop trying to make this seem like it'll all be okay. It won't. Our family is gone and we have no way to get them. This 'arrangement' is going to get us all killed. Human versus Aliens." Tonya shouted rubbing her forehead.

" It won't be like that! Instead of feeling sorry, think of what we can do." I jump out of my seat. " We will find our family, we will stop this. When we do we're going to be thanked and then what?"

They all shrugged, even Tyler.

" We can stop this. Who's up for leaving tonight?" Tyler asked raising his hand.

I saw everyone's face lighten up. Tonya, Mikell, and Danielle raised their hand, but Lena and Tilar were hesitant.

After tedious moments. We discussed the details and our plan.

We leave tonight at 11:58. 12:00 is when they do sweeps of the halls and at 11:50 they check your rooms to see if you're in there. It's kind of an invasion of privacy, but I mean they have to make sure people don't do what we're doing.

" John won't approve of us doing this." Tilar says picking her nail nervously. Her eyes were filled with anxiety and her voice told me she disapproved.

" He won't." My voice filled with assertion. "Let me go ask him." I say giving them all a look of confidence.

" He's gonna say no." Lena rolls her eyes and goes back to playing with her necklace.
I roll my eyes back. She does that a lot. Not just roll her eyes, but turns on me. One minute she is so sure of herself and then she's...vulnerable. I wouldn't call them mood swings because those happen frequently, this is different. I can't pretend I know what goes on in a girls mind. If I did Lena and I would both be in a better place.

I open the door to John's office and step in. They all looked in me. Cara was shaken up and Paul seemed angry. I couldn't describe what John looked like because I have never seen him this way. A mixture between scared and angry sewed together with nervousness.

" What do you want Kendal?" John asks me pinching the bridge of his nose.

" We've all come up with a plan." My chest slowly rose as I began to speak.