The New Light of Hope: Books I to VI.

Chapter XVIII: Kendra Koleman

Milly:

Date: August 18, 2020.

That day, I was just taking a little bit of a stroll in the forest outside of base where I would just clear my mind on whatever was bothering me and I would head straight back right afterward.

As I was walking around, I heard a voice say: "Psst! Hey! Over here" I was startled to say the least and I wanted to know where the voice was coming from. Boldly, I replied: "I don't know who you are or what do you want, but I think it'd be best if you show your face! If you're looking for trouble, then come out and try and put up a fight with Milly Susan Brooks!"

"Okay, kid, okay. I'll show myself, but I don't want any trouble. I just want to talk with you is all." Then the figure made themselves known to me where I noticed right away that it was one of the Insolence spies judging by the mask and the clothes they were wearing. "Another one of you again?! Do y'all ever learn the first time whenever you cross paths with the Protectors of the Forest?" I asked.

Spy: "Calm yourself, kid, I ain't gonna put my hands on you in any way. I want to ask you this: Do you remember me by any chance just by the sound of my voice?"

Milly: "Kind of."

"…"

Milly: "Hey, wait a minute. Aren't you the daughter of that bastard I saw hurting, insulting and abusing his own daughter? Victoria, is it?"

Spy: "Yeah, th-that would be me! I remember you because you stepped in to help because the other were forced not to step in to help. But, my name isn't Victoria."

Milly: "It's not?"

Spy: "No. Victoria is my middle name. My actual first name is Kendra. I came out here not only to tell you thank you, but to ask if, one day, me and my sister and our friends can join you and the rest of the Protectors in your cause."

Milly: "Well, you're welcome, Kendra. And, I honestly wouldn't have a problem if you decided to join us one day. I will have to get with Commander Aurora and see what she has to say which I'm sure she wouldn't have a problem with doing so. We would have to expand the base, yes but we could make do with what we have at the moment until we can find the materials to expand the base as a whole."

Kendra: "Oh, thank you so much because I plan on leaving this group for good because I can't take much more of this bullshit! I just can't anymore! I've been in and out of my mind, losing my sanity in the process with the hell I have been forced to go through every fucking day of my entire life! And I am done with putting up with it! I've been abused, tortured, bullied, tormented, and assaulted in every single way possible and I would much rather start a new life outside of the Diablos than end it all and leave my elder sister and friends behind!"

Milly: "Kendra, calm down. It'll be okay, I promise. I'll get with Aurora later on and see what she has to say."

Kendra: "Thank you, Milly. Now, I better get going before that suspect anything or even find out that I'm missing. I had to sneak away while no one suspected anything."

Milly: "All right, I'll see you around."

Then she left and I went back to the base to talk with Aurora about the situation.

***

I made it back to the base where I asked Bella where Aurora was. "She had to go out on an emergency patrol alongside Amethyst and Summer, but they'll be back soon enough." She replied. "What's wrong? Did you see something off while you were out on your stroll?"

Milly: "No, but I did meet one of the Insolence Spies who defientely wants to leave the group as a whole and seeing how they act and treat others, I don't blame her in the slightest because it's obvious that she's about had it with everything she's been through. And it's obvious that her sister and their friends want to join along with her as long as leave the Diablos as a whole."

Bellatrix: "Ah, I see. Well, it would be best to get with Aurora and Amethyst to talk about the situation when they come back and let's see where it goes from there on out."

Milly: "Okay, that sounds like a good plan to me."

***

Later that evening, Aurora, Amethyst, and Summer came back all in once whole piece; no scars, no nothing and they filled us in as to what was going on that led to the formation of the emergency patrol. Apparently, an apprentice had went missing but they found the group that took him and he was brought back home to his Divison alive and well, thank God; it was better than finding an apprentice dead outside of the Division they were forcibly taken from while nobody was looking. But I waited for them to settle down a bit before I went on to talk to them.

And so, when they were settled, I went to Aurora and told her that I wish to talk to both her and Amethyst about something that happened earlier that day when I was strolling around. I told them every single detail and what they needed to know and how Kendra was interested  in leaving the current place she was in along with her sister and their friends as well. "Well, I don't see why not. We'll make some adjustments here and there but we can work with what we have at the moment until then. But yeah, they're welcomed here whenever they choose to leave at some point in time."

Milly: "Thank you, Aurora. If anything does pop up, I'll let you know ahead of time while I still have the chance."

Commander Aurora: "Anytime, Milly. And thankyou for telling us this."

And then, we went from there where we would wait for the day that Kendra, her sister and their friends came and joined us in our cause later on down the line.