Evolution- ON HOLD (for now hopefully)

Chapter 17

(IT'S A LONG CHAPTER, I AM SORRY, BUT I THINK YOU'LL LIKE IT!)

Chapter 17

LUNA'S POV

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It had been half a day and I was getting anxious. So many questions were buzzing through my head. Will they remember? Of course they'll remember they aren't that stupid! What will they do? Kill me? Lock me up? Turn me in? Well they wouldn't just turn me in, they'd probably do a prisoner exchange, and if that happens..... well let's just say I'd rather be dead than in the clutches of the Tyrants. 

Another thought is if I should tell James. I refrain from telling him because I'm afraid of what he will think. I mean, he took the story about my parents well enough but this.... This is kind of extreme! And, I figure, if he has no clue, then they might let him go free and not blame him for anything. Might.  

"What you thinking about?", James asks me as we stop to make camp for the final time before reaching the Rebels. I snap my head out of whatever I was thinking about and turn to look at him. He looks completely puzzled. 

"Nothing", I tell him. 

"Well you've been quiet all day..... I was just wondering....." His speech drifts off and he shakes his head and looks away. I realize he is kind of disappointed. I sigh. 

"I'm just nervous that's all, I don't know what's going to happen when we get there", I'm not lying because it really is the truth..... Just not the whole truth. 

"Yeah, I know what you mean.....", no he doesn't. How can he possibly know what I mean! How could he know what I'm going through right now? Ugh.... I'm getting paranoid and just plain rude. 

"How much longer until we get there?", I ask him. 

He looks around. "Umm I'd say about 2 hours once we start running again." 

Oh. That doesn't give me a lot of time to come up with a plan! I will have to start working immediately.  

"Well, I'm gonna get some rest. Night." I tell him. It's not true though. I lay down and shut my eyes, but my brain goes wild. Trying to think up a plan on how to get in there unnoticed. But I accidentally fall asleep. I feel myself jolt awake by a gentle touch on the shoulder. 

I look up and see the sky has lightened considerably. We made camp when it was dark out! I look at James leaning over me. 

"How long have I been out?", I ask him, dreading the answer. 

"About 4 hours, why?", he says, looking at me like I'm crazy. 

"4 hours! And I slept the entire time!", how could I have slept that whole time and not thought of a plan at all! 

"Well, I would hope you had slept the entire time! Haha well let's get going!", he says while he stands up and stretches, preparing to get back to our journey. I just sat there staring into empty space. 

"You ready?", he asks looking down at me like I'm going crazy. 

"Yup", I say getting to my feet. 

We start running after I change into my animal form. While we run he asks me questions to learn more about me. It's this little game we created where he asks a question and I shake my head yes or no. It's fun because it passes the time for us, but today my head is not in the game. I mean I hear the questions and answer them, but I don't think to deeply into it. I'm crazily trying to come up with a plan. I've only thought of one. Wing it.