Jess's POV
This was it. The moment I would get answers. The moment I could know why I'm here. The moment something could happen for the better.
"You were all brought here for one reason and one reason only,"
The man begins with his scary, booming voice, "to train." The whole room erupts in objection. "That's it." Kuntakinta yells and rises from his seat. Belle holds his arm firmly. "Sit down. Let the man finish." Kuntakinta looks down at her begging for permission to object but she shakes her head. Kuntakinta sits down angrily. Kuntakinta is a rather large boy. He is very buff and has black hair. He has a scar by his eye that is red and swollen. Belle strokes his back lovingly. I felt Chris's grip around me tighten. I look up at him and he smiles at me. Then he positions his eyes on the screen. "Silence!" The man yells and the hall immediately goes quiet. The woman clears her throat. "You are all extremely scarred children and your pasts exactly the same. I'm sure you are all tired of the pain, the suffering, the losses." I gulp. Where is she going with this. "We do not wish to harm you. The beating you took was a test of strength, durability and nothing more." Kuntakinta glared at the woman. "Tell me something I don't know." He mumbles. I giggle. At that moment, Fin put his head up. His eyes are red and puffy. He looks like a baby that desperately needs a nap. "You will be training to save earth." The man said. "Why?" The whole hall asks. They don't answer. Instead, a video of a forest fire comes onto the screen. I cover my mouth with my hand and Belle gasps. "That's not a forest fire." Says Kuntakinta. "This is not a forest fire. Look very carefully and you will see the plane flying over head before the fire starts. That plane dropped a bomb." The man explains. "There are more incidents. Earthquakes caused by machines, murders caused by assassins and kidnappings caused by God knows what! They must be stopped. But we cannot defeat them on our own. We need the youth, we need you." The screen goes black as soon as the man finishes. I gulp. "So they brought us here to send us into war to die." Kuntakinta declares slowly. I pry myself off of Chris and sigh. Fin rubs his eyes. "What do we do now?" As if on cue, a man walks into the room. He is holding a yellow paper. "I have some bad news," he begins and takes off his shades, "Sam Colt has....passed away." I choke. Did I hear him right? My hand flies over my mouth and my knees feel weak. The others look at each other confused, oblivious to my emotional pain. Chris sees my face and pulls me into a hug. I wrap my arms around his back and cry into his shoulder. Everyone looks at me. I dry my tears and catch my breath. "She..she...she... She was my best friend." I stutter. They all gasp. Chris raises his hand and the man looks in his direction. "How did she die?" He asks. "She drowned herself in the toilet." He replies and I start crying again. Fin's arms wrap around me and I flinch. "Its okay Jess." He tells me and I shake my head. Its not okay. Sam was my best friend. He doesn't know what I'm going through. "How do you know that? At least you still have Ella even though she doesn't remember you! I have no body. I'm all alone!" I yell at him. Chris and Fin look a little hurt. "You have us." Belle says and holds my hand. I didn't even see her come sit next to me. "I barely know you." I reply pulling my hand away. "Then you'll get to know us." Kuntakinta says and puts a hand my shoulder. Why are Africans so damn fast? "We're not going anywhere." Ella says. I cry even more now but these are tears of joy. Suddenly, my name is called, "Jess." I look up. The man who has given the bad news calls my name. I don't answer. "Jess!" He calls louder. I stand up. "Fin." he calls, Fin stands up. "Ella." Ella stands up. He then calls Kuntakinta, Belle, Chris, Josh, a boy named Zayn and a girl named Zoe. We all stand up wondering why we were called. "Please come to the front. We do as we are told. We stand together. Chris entwines his fingers with mine. I can sense his fright. I squeeze his hand reassuringly. The man counts us and writes the number down. Then he begins calling again. " Mushen, Mute, Jason, Jade, Horhay, Selena, Mallorie, Hansel and Tyler." They all stand and walk to the front across from us. The man starts calling again. "Zack, Bree, Heath, Amy, Hunter, Jordan, Andy, Drake and Shen." All the kids walk to they front. They all look tough and have multiple scars on their faces. It took all my will power to look at least one of them in the eye. They stand on the other side of us. I begin shaking a bit and this time Chris is the one who squeezes my hand. I look up at him and he smiles at me. The man writes something down and then gestures to my group. "Team 1." He says to us and then gestures to the second team. "Team 2." He says and then he gestures to the last and toughest team. "Team 3." He says and then leaves the room. "Team?" Kuntakinta asks. I nod my head with a smile. "Team." Fin just stares off into space. Ella walks up to him. "Fin can I talk to you?" She asks in her weirdly angelic voice. She moves a lock of her black hair out of her grey eyes and bites her lip. Fin nods and they have a seat at a nearby table. Kuntakinta takes Belle's hand and leads her to another table. Josh leaves with Zayn and Zoe (Ya. Remember them?) So Chris and I are left alone. For a while, we just stare at each other. "How you holding up?" He asks me and I realize he is referring to Sam. I sigh. "I've been better. I mean, Sam had a rough life but..." I shake my head not wanting to think of her commiting suicide. Chris pulls me into a hug. "At least you still have 5 friends to help you through it." I Bob my head up and down.
"Yeah."
But in my head I was wondering: Five friends. Five friends. If he was referring to Josh, Fin, Belle, Kuntakinta and Ella, what was Chris?
A.N Hey guys. Wow intense. So comment to let me know if Chris and Jess should start dating now. I want it to be later but I need your opinion. After all you are the readers. Anyway I think this was an awesome - sauce chapter. Let me no what you think and don't forget to vote.
