Beyond

(Chapter 15) Knowing

What else could go wrong in everything that is happening? I looked to Mia and she nodded and took Brooke; I started downstairs and looked at Ms. Conner. "Hey so we are going to head out earlier. Take whatever books you want I know I got a lot of them and it's not a problem at all." She smiled and got out of the chair. I looked around for a moment and saw all the memories go through my head of this place. The first day Mia and I moved in and had 1 piece of furniture. There is so much you see that you never really take in until you will not see it again. I continued to the garage and started loading the truck. Our stuff still remained and I packed the bag we found.

I went back inside and they all had gathered in the front Mia had Brooke helping her take down the pictures we had and started to gather them into a folder. Mikal was still by the front watching the street through the window. Ms. Conner had her bag by her and sat quietly during all of this and I still felt as If we were forgetting something. I went upstairs checked each room and went through the places I kept anything. I then found myself in my bedroom and I picked up the mattress and it was still there. The two pistols my father gave me before he moved back home.

After checking elsewhere around my bedroom and finding nothing I heard Mia speak gently. "I know it sucks but we will find a new home and create new memories." Mia said as she approached me.

"Yeah, I know but the feeling of leaving something we made happen together still remains. I found you to bring you back here and we are leaving. I mean we don't even know if that person is a threat that left that stuff or even alive." I said trying to make sense of it all.

"I know but you can't predict the future. It's like weather and can change at any moment in time. We know that based on the idea of how you and I got together. I see the how much we were told that us being together didn't make sense or would work. We still made it happen. We can do this too." She said smiled and kissed me.

"For you of course. I can see that." I said and we left our room.

Within moments we were packed and ready to go. We all piled into my truck and then found one of the neighbor's cars to make things a little easier. I found myself pulling out of the driveway and following Mikal and Brooke in front of us. We started towards the exit of our community and everything seemed quiet. All I could hear was the car and the truck. The rest of the world sat still. We continued to drive and went passed homes that have looked worse with each one passing by. We drove to a different entrance of the community that that wasn't completely tarnished. Mikal came to a stop and then his reverse lights came on. I followed and back up with him. He got out and waved to me.

I jumped out of the car. Walked over to him. He looked worried. "We can't exit from here. Peak your head around the corner." He said and I walked over to the wall and looked down one way not seeing much but open road. I turned my head and saw a group of people. Same look as what happened before when I met helped Mia's Group. They were messing with somebody in the middle of the road. It was like they were just trying to play with him as this person around them was going through their stuff. He was knocked to the ground and the guy came over. He had a small item in his hand nothing more than a photo maybe. He yelled at the guy and then the person shook his head and put his hands together. I closed my eyes as he rose his arm. I walked away as the noise rang loud.

"We got to get out of here somehow we can't hide in these homes until they find us." I said and Mikal nodded.

"What was that?" He asked.

"They killed someone." I said and before I could say my next sentence he interrupted.

"What!? No man we cant stay here. Let's just jump in the cars and gun it out of here." He motioned back into the driver seat but I stopped him.