County Road 141

Training

        "Who are they Jenna?
" I can't tell you that Ren." He started a low growling and she sat up and looked into his eyes.
"I didn't say wouldn't. I said can't. They didn't give us a name. All of our handlers were called by numbers."
"Handlers?" Ren asked. Maybe you should start at the beginning.Tell me about the night you and Your brothers left the group home.
Jenna took a deep breath. "We didn't leave. That's the story they told. They moved us to the basement and loaded us in a van that had three other kids in it."
After that questions and answers were fired in rapid succession.
"Why did they take you?"
"They said we were special."
"Because your a shifter?"
"I'm not sure."
"Where did the other kids come from?"
" I don't know."
"We're they all shifters?"
"No some of them were human. They took the kids who no one would miss,the ones that didn't have anyone left, the ones that showed they could excel in areas that fit the handlers needs. Some of our handlers were human and some were not.When they loaded us in the van they gave us all a pill and a bottle of water. We took the pill and when we woke up we were in a room with twelve bunk beds. We ranged in age from the youngest being 8 and the oldest being Brad at 13."
"What did they do with all of you?"
"They trained us. Weapons,combat,technology,pain tolerance,obedience,discipline."
"And the scars?" Ren asked "
"The scars are what comes from disobeying an order,or to teach a lesson. Sometimes they used me to teach Brad or Jace a lesson. When Brad found out it was me in the next room screaming every time he said no he stopped saying no"
"What were they training you for?"
"To kill. Not all of us were trained the same. I excelled at being quiet and blending in to my surroundings. I could make people forget I was even in the room with them. I was also able to kill with the minimal amount of bloodshed possible.
We were given a target and a time frame. Our handlers would drug us, take us to a location,sober us up and then give us our target. When we completed the mission our handlers would drug us again and then we were taken back to the safe house.
Ren was seething inside. They took these kids broke them and trained them to be soldiers and assassins.
"Who were your targets?"
"I don't know. We were never given any information just taken to the location and given a picture."
"How did you get away?"
"We were being relocated to a new safe house. One of our doctors was a human female married to one of the shifters who worked with us. They got into an argument about her daughter being brought into the program and he shot her. During the commotion he swayed off the road and the van door came open. Brad pushed me out of the back. I was pretty out of it but I remember both vans pulling over and Brad yelling run. So I did."
Jenna started crying. "I left them there Ren." Ren pulled her into his arms and rubbed her back. "I don't know how long I ran for. The next thing I remember is waking in the hospital."
Ren pulled back and looked at Jenna.
"Were you able to get any information from the man in the woods?" Jenna winced at that but answered "no."
" I'm going to tell this to the rest of the pack. We will find your brothers and the others and get them out. After that we will find out who these people are and bring them down, but I need you to try and remember everything you can. Every name,scent,any small detail can help us find them faster. In the meantime no more going out at night alone. And Bailey get your ass in bed you have school tomorrow." He didn't tell her to keep this quiet he knew she would.
     Bailey got up off the floor outside the door, wiped the tears off her face and went back to her room. She knew she wouldn't get any more sleep tonight.