Malevolent

Chapter 17

My palms start to sweat, my hands shake, it's go time.

"Alright, is everything packed and ready?" Chloe asks

"Yes ma'am, everything is packed, our hard drives we are leaving here have been destroyed."

"Good, well I guess we should start getting in the trucks." She says

I follow Chloe into her truck, she looks nervous, it isn't probably go as we want.

"I'm not sure James." She says, as we get into the truck

"This is sure as you can get, this is the only safe option we have," I say, "Do we have the guns?"

"Yep."

Noah jumps into the truck.

"Hey James, hey Chloe. You guys ready?"

"Well, if you consider ready hesitantly-ready, then yes." Chloe says

"I'm just glad we can get out of here." Noah says

That's true, we're finally out of here. I forgot what it looks like on the outside. It's been so long, I miss Michael and Trinity.

Mom slides in next to me.

"Chloe you never did get my husband." She said

"Mostly because of the events down there and here," She pauses, "It wouldn't have been safe."

"Yeah you're right, sorry." She says, apologizing

I turn to Chloe, "You never told me, are we going to go as fast as possible, or try to slip away?"

"We're going to try to go slow. If they're around us, then we'll go as fast as possible." She responds

Two men slowly open the door, it's super quiet.

The driver asks through the radio, "We ready?"

The man on the other side responds, "Yes, slowly."

We start to inch out of the bunker, slowly but steadily. The truck is dark, the only light source being the small windshield for the driver.

I turn to Chloe, "So now what?"

She stares at the ground for a moment, "When we get back, we lay low for a while, go back home. We'll have a meeting soon and discuss future plans."

"Cool, hopefully everything is okay down there." I respond

"I doubt it," Chloe says.

She pauses, "It's almost here James, the day when we attack, we can't take this anymore."

"I agree."

"Quentin slow down!" The man on the radio screams

We begin descending down the mountain. I hear jets fly over head.

"Probably on there way to our charter." Eric says

I turn and see Eric, I didn't even realize he was in here.

"Guys," Quentin turns around, "You probably don't want to hear this, but I think they spotted us."

"Well go!" Noah yells

The truck starts to speed up.

"Quentin what are you doing?" The man on the radio asks

"We've been spotted." He says

A loud explosion hits the road next to us.

"Remember the plan! We'll meet you at the warehouse!" Quentin yells