Arabella

Chapter 4

    It was night time around in the train. It's horns blowing loud enough to wake an angry mob of the Infected. There were seats on the side and in the back. The floors were red velvet and all seats were made of brown leather. The train looked more vintage and noticed how cold it had gotten. Right when they were going to get out, they'd probably run into those infected people.
     They must have been on earth now.
     "It's okay," she laughed at Arabella for being so confused,"If you're looking for Luke, he's on the other side of the train." He stared at her for a little thinking hard of how he had remembered her, how they met. Arabella was closing her eyes, but then Luke shut his eyes and tried to speak to her telepathically again.

Arabella.

There that mysterious voice again. Arabella fumbled her jacket on accident leaving Luke laughing at her. It freaked her out too much to where Luke found it absolutely amusing. I

Don't act like you forgot how to do this.

She began looking for Luke. He sighed and concentrated more on trying to speak to her through her head.
Arabella rolled her eyes and began to pay attention more to her surroundings by looking out the window. Everything looked far more peaceful now. Then she remembered the boy that thanked her. He was sitting alone out the window just a couple feet from Arabella.
"Hey," she greeted him and sat down, "You doing okay?"
The boy nodded his head and didn't say much after that. She needed to know his name, "I'm fine, thanks for asking."
"What's your name?" Arabella questioned him.
"Dalton," he answered back, "I came not too long ago to the Heavens."
"It's been a day or two for me," she sighed, "Now we're heading back."
Their destination was almost their from hearing the heads up. Amanda walked up to Arabella, "Hey."
     "Oh hi Amanda," Arabella greeted her tiredly, "What'cha need?"
     "To say thanks and sorry. Thanks, is for saving my life," she began to say, "And sorry for being so rude to you when we first met. I didn't really mean to act so harsh." Arabella nodded her head and felt a little thankful for acting like the innocent person for once.
     Instead of answering Amanda's comments, she started talking about now, "Once we step foot onto that land over there, I'm guaranteeing that we can only be teammates out there to help each other survive, and to protect each other."
     "Agreed." Chris walked up to the girls and sat across from Arabella, "You girls... don't cause us any trouble."
     Amanda scoffed meanwhile Arabella spat, "You'll owe us big time if you were the one to mess around out there." He raised his eyebrows and nodded his head with a half crooked smile.
"I like you already," he complimented her. She only sighed and looked at her reflection through the mirror. It caught her off guard once she saw the bright blue rim around the irises of her eyes. Everyone in that train had them.
Each and every one of them had individual colors in their eyes. Chris, and Noah had yellow. Albert, Amanda, Adeline and Lexis had purple. It was only Arabella who had blue rimmed irises. She felt a little left out but all she heard was a comment from Luke.
"Don't worry, you aren't the only one who has just one eye color," he explained. Arabella turned around and saw that he had green irises. Luke took a seat beside her and fiddled around with his thumbs then glanced at her once more, "I think we're special." The train passed many trees, lampposts and homes of all kind. This place was peaceful. It passed by a sign which gave the group a clue that they would be stopping over there soon.

Reddwood Station 1/2 miles

Luke began to notice how Arabella held onto his hand for the first time. He felt different now than earlier this time. It wasn't fear, happiness nor anger. He felt like it was right. "She was nervous," he thought, "and she's holding onto me."
"Luke," Arabella called out quietly. He turned his head slowly, "Do you think it'll be different?"
He stared at her not wanting to answer her question, and just nodded his head, "It's the future after all." Chris furrowed his eyebrows and sat beside Luke.
He crossed his arms and looked at Luke, then Arabella, and back at Luke, "So you guys going out now?"
In disgust Arabella slowly set his hand down beside her after squeezing it tightly, and Luke spoke for the both of them, "No. I'm afraid not." She rolled her eyes at Chris's ignorant question.
"What's wrong with little Bella over here?" Chris questioned once more. He was far too forward and confident. It pissed her off of how they were about to enter a place that could be filled with infected people, good people, and bad people.
Arabella shook her head and complained, "Here we are in a place we can't even recognize ourselves. And we're going into some Safe where there could be bad, or infected people. But all you can focus on is holding hands?" Luke raised his eyebrows meanwhile Chris put his hands up as if he were to surrender.
"Feisty," he commented, "Relax chick, I was just joking."
The train ended in a sudden stop. A fine light was showing in front of a big entrance that was guarded by two men dressed in a military uniform holding a big gun in their hands, with other weapons that were not visible.

"Okay guys," Luke began, "Try to shut your mouths. Who knows what these men might do to us later on."
As the big group moved out first, Arabella was last and pushed her way forward to see both of the men. Adeline began to speak loudly, "Excuse me but-" she was cut off by the man on the left who grabbed her by the face, the other scanning her.
"I wouldn't be talking so loud if I were you little girl," he warned to shut her up. The other man who scanned her, and every single one of them, "What's wrong Dee?"
He looked confused, "Hunters. I saw them in my dream before man. They came from some other place."
"Who are you and where did you come from," he demanded for answers while ignoring the guy named Dee, "Speak or I'll shoot."

Suddenly the word hunters rang through Arabella's mind.

As the other guard began to get suspicious and ask she interrupted, "Kind of hard to say. But we're hunters. We came from outside of Earth. We aren't aliens. Do you believe in reincarnation? And we certainly do not contain a virus. None of us can get it anyways. We're immune." Both guards stared in awe.
"Get in, and watch where you're going," they both approved and we walked in right away. Arabella pushed open the doors herself and waited for everyone to come in until it was Luke.
He had a goofy grin spread across his face, "Ladies first."
She gave a small smile and went ahead, "Never send a woman to do a man's job." It was dark inside, but soon they began to see something familiar with The Justice Office. There were white lights, metal stairs, flooring. The cafeteria had white tile and white tables this time and people were dressed regularly. Most of them were teenagers, some men and women.
"What is this," Chris turned to Luke, "I thought we got out of the Heavens." Many people sat down in the cafeteria, and they did too. Arabella stared off into the distance looking at the men and women. She found one oddly familiar. The same muscular body, and brown hair. He turned around noticing her as well. They made eye contact, and it became far more noticeable, "What's Arabella staring at?"
All the boys and girls looked at her confused but she whispered, "I think that's Max, my brother."
"MAX!!" Albert yelled loud enough for him to hear. Some guys looked up, but the one she spotted was for sure to be her brother.
He turned around and looked surprised to see how far we've made it along the tracks of the train. His eyes brightened more than ever and his colored eyes were still the same. Suddenly she saw a thin girl at the age of thirteen with long brown hair pulled to a braid. She was standing close to Max, and turned around. Finally she realized who it was. "Rose!" Arabella ran and hugged her tightly, "You're alive! You're alive! Goodness I was scared that you wouldn't have made it on your own."
"You too," he chuckled and messed up her hair. Everyone sat at the same table and began to talk about their way down to Earth.
Later that night Rose guided Arabella and Luke to a hallway, where their bedrooms will be. Inside those rooms were bunk beds and drawers hopefully filled with fresh clothing. It wasn't as organized as it was in The Justice Office. This time, boys were allowed to sleep in the same room as girls, but were assigned to different rooms. Arabella was sharing a room with Chris, Noah, and Rosemary. Luke patted Chris on the back, "Have a goodnight sleep."

Don't forget about me, Arabella.

There was that freaky telepathic voice in her head again. She glared at Luke and he only snickered while walking away. Everything was situated, the boys sound asleep, all that was left with Arabella and Rosemary. She told all kinds of stories to Rosemary so that she could fall asleep. How she met Dalton, and how they transported to Earth, "We ended up in a place like this, but then the virus seemed to fight it's way into heaven. It doesn't have much effect, but it meant war towards the good and the evil."
"How did you come back," she whispered to Arabella.
Arabella smiled, "That---is a secret, Rose. Just go to sleep now." With that, she closed her eyes and wished herself good dreams and a better day to come tomorrow.