Heathen Series - Changed

Chapter 30

Shang's Pov...

I laid in bed staring at the ceiling. Just chilling while I waited for time to pass. I thought of Steph and how she was so different when she came back for the holidays. First, she avoided all of us then she joins the army. Something was definitely up. I couldn't explain it but I know that she would never just up and leave and never come back. 

I remembered the time we went out together. Just me, Tannar and myself. We were having a little tiff with the rest of the gang and decided to take a break from them. Thanks to Victoria and Jeydon. We had a pretty good time too.

I checked my phone every few seconds; our plan to explore and find out what the General was hiding was put into action. We also wanted to see if there were any secrets we could unravel.
Under the blankets, I wore black jeans, black shirt and his black sneakers - we all needed to blend in as much as possible and I thought this would be best.
My leather jacket hung over the chair waiting for me though I was still deciding whether I wanted to wear it or not.
My phone buzzed displaying the time 23:45 mockingly; we could have been sleeping by now but instead we wanted to roam around unsupervised.
I threw the blankets off, grabbed my jacket and bolted out the door with Carter and Darrius by my side. Lucas and Liam stayed behind to cover for us in case someone came in to check on us.
But it was mainly because they wanted to continue playing on the PlayStation that came with the rooms.

We quickened our pace down the hallway and ducked into a random office, just as a soldier turned into the corridor; we looked around for anything that would help us find our way through the maze-like compound. We searched through drawers and files but found nothing.

"Anything?" I asked exasperated.

"No, nothing. You?" answered Darrius frustrated.

"Nothing." he announced.

"Look what I found boys." taunted Carter a little bit excited.

He pulled out a framed blueprint map of the whole compound and showed it to the us. It had names and labels of every room in the compound. We made a copy of it and made sure to put everything back the way they had found it. Just then the door suddenly opened, and we held their breath waiting to be caught.

Nothing happened and whoever opened the door pulled it shut, and everything went quiet again.

While standing outside the office – being very careful not to be spotted by any guards patrolling the area – we looked at the map trying to discern where to go first from wherever we were at the moment. 

Carter held the map at different angles trying to read the very fine print that proved to be useless in our cause. We rather decided to point at a random spot and go there. As he pointed, his finger landed on a spot near something called K.A which was listed in the off-limits to civilians' area.
As we read on, it perked our curiosity immensely. We agreed – letting our curiosity get the best of us again – and followed the map closely. It didn't work that well as we almost got lost twice.

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Raphaels Pov...

I watched the pups carefully as they slept in the corner of the room and thought of how much they reminded me of Oblivion and Ripper; both so lost and in need of a lot of love and caring for. Both pups also seemed to be Alpha males though one was calmer while the other was cheekier... in a sense. I smiled sadly unsure of the feeling that ached through my heart, when my eyes fell to the water bowl - that was now empty and in need of refilling.
I smiled as this was a chance to walk and clear my mind. I hid my wings as I got up and went out to retrieve more water for them making sure to lock the door behind me as I left – I didn't want the pups to get loose again.
I walked slowly yet purposefully staring at the floor as I did. I didn't believe that these pups were meant for me but for the boys they reminded me of; I hoped they would take them.