Society of the Kuvek

Chapter 15

    I wake up to a knock on my door and stand up, still tired from the night before; Wequ had us stay up for hours trying to memorize maps of province nine and the SKD headquarters that are located there. Today we are going to attack the Ferse in province nine; I walk to the dresser and quickly dress into my brown pants, shirt and quickly put on my boots and lace them up. I take my dagger and walk to the elevator, going down alone; the doors open, I step out and what I see shocks me. The couch is covered in weapons from machine guns and grenades to daggers and pen knives, I knew that they were not unarmed on account of the first time that I saw them but I never imagined that they held this many weapons.

    "Everybody, grab a Ferse uniform and arm yourself," Wequ demands, dressed in black and holding a rifle. I take a Ferse uniform that's about my size and pick it up.

    "I've always wanted to wear a Ferse uniform," I say, holding it up, "it's the perfect disguise." The uniform is only one piece and in the front is a zipper that goes from the right ankle to the neck. I step in, zip up the uniform over my clothes and grab a ski mask from the couch. I look at the weapons on the couch, trying to decide what to grab when Zhea hands me some sort of hand gun I've never seen before. I don't know much about the different types of guns because I've always made my own, but I know how guns work; I quickly load the gun and put it in the built-in holster in all the Ferse uniforms. Zhea grabs a few more explosives; she is already fully dressed into a Ferse uniform.

    "Where's Sarea?" I ask and Zhea points to the floor between the couch and the grey chair; I look and see Sarea sitting on the floor, dressed in a Ferse uniform and reading. I didn't see her with everyone rushing about, grabbing Ferse uniforms and weapons; The twins are nowhere to be seen and I assume that they're on the second floor, still sleeping; I look at the time and see that it is 2:37 in the morning and yawn.

    "Tired?" Dujuik asks and I nod, "me too," he says as he pulls a black ski mask over his face and grabs some weapons.

    "Okay, is everybody ready?" Wequ asks, I nod and a few yesses follow, "Good, let's go," she says and disappears into the driver's area. I follow behind Sarea; even though I wanted to help her, I'm not that upset to be with Wequ, though I am worried, there is only one Kuvek in their group of three and they have the hardest job, the prison, it just doesn't seem right.

    "Good luck," I whisper behind Sarea as she steps into the driver's area and walk in after her; no one has left yet and Wequ looks around at everyone.

    "Sarea's group should go first, and remember, no one leaves until everyone comes back, good luck," Wequ says; Sarea, Zhea, and Ferixc step outside and Wequ, Dujuik, and I wait inside.

    "We'll wait for a few more minutes before we go to the headquarters," Wequ says and we stay silent for a few more minutes.

    "Let's go, and follow me," Wequ says and I walk behind Dujuik as he follows her outside. When I step out I am very grateful for the ski mask; the wind is biting and I blink as it gets in my eyes. The sky is completely dark and I walk quickly behind Dujuik, the plan is to destroy the SKD headquarters as quickly as possible while Sarea, Zhea and Ferixc are destroying the prison. We are to free any prisoners first, that is why we brought as many weapons as possible, to give to prisoners who know how to operate them, so that they can kill the Ferse before the Ferse kill them. We walk through twisting streets in a different part of the province than before and it's so dark that I can't see where we're going; the province isn't quite foreign to me after last night but it is much different in real life than on paper. I follow behind Dujuik until he stops; Wequline turns around and looks at us.

    "We're here," she says and I look to see an old shack, it is the same basic structure as the province eighteen headquarters, a first floor shabby shack with seemingly endless room underneath. Wequ knocks on the door and soon a man come and opens it and looks out on us but before he can say a word he gasps in shock and falls to the ground with a dagger sticking out of his stomach. Wequ picks it up, wipes the blade on her Ferse uniform and puts the dagger away. We walk past the fallen man and into the headquarters, taking care to be quiet and not arouse suspicion.