Taken ( A Michael Grant Gone series fan fiction)

chapter four: missing

Blake’s POV:

“Where have you been?” I asked the kids who I had sent off on a job.

“Doing what you asked” the tallest one said.

“Did you find any?” I asked the tall kid.

“No we did not find any adults” he replied.

“This is not good” I muttered under my breath so the younger kids couldn’t hear me.

I yelled for Liam to come over because I needed to talk to him.

“What’s up” he asked with a concerned look on his face.

“They didn’t find any adults and one little kid reckons he saw a big purple wall and the end of Simpson Lane”.

“Okay, well if this is all true and there are no parents and little boys can heal dogs with their hands, then these kids need a leader” Liam stated.

“Who would want to be a leader of all these kids?” I asked.

Then Liam said “you”.

“I will get the ten oldest kids and we can have a vote in the town plaza, about who will be a leader”

“I will get the older kids to meet you in the plaza in ten minutes”.

“Thanks” I replied.

Fifteen minutes later all the eldest kids that were left had entered the town plaza and had introduced themselves with everyone else and were now sitting down ready to discuss who would become the leader of all the people left in this crazy little world.

Taylor, Ben and Jack voted for Mitch.

Tyson and I voted for Liam and Liam, Riley, Izzy, Jaden and Alex all voted for me, which really sucked because I am not a very responsible person and I would certainly not want to be responsible for and injury or death.

“Has everyone voted for who they want as leader and does not want to change their mind?” I asked

“Yes” ten people replied at once.

“Okay, then lets go announce the leader to the others”.

Once we were all out in front of the subway restaurant I stood up on a table to get everyone’s attention.

“We have taken a vote and I will be you’re new leader for as long as needed and Liam here will be our co-leader, which mean if I am sleeping, on a holiday or even dead, the person in charge will be Liam.

That made a lot of people cheer and even made some people yell rude things at me, but I understood that not everyone liked Liam and I.

A few minutes later the crowd had gathered in the town plaza to find out what was happening. Then I realised something, so I dragged Liam aside and said

“Remember in the hospital when Edilio said he was turning fifteen in two hours?”

“Yeah, why?”

 “So all the adults have disappeared and then he disappears on his fifteen birthday, I’m thinking anyone over fifteen or anyone who turns fifteen disappears.”

“Let’s sort that out when we get inside”.

Then Liam and I walked into the tow plaza and up onto stage.

After everyone had finished talking I asked them to listen and not talk. So that’s what they did.

“I have come up with a theory that everyone over fifteen has disappeared and anyone who turns fifteen disappears”.

“So is anyone turning fifteen this year?”

Three kids put their hand up and I nodded.

“You three kids come to me after this is over.”

They said okay then everyone went quiet and I kept talking.

“Who can lift over twenty kilos without struggling?”

Thirty kids put their hands up and I said

“Okay you guys are going to go around to all the houses and gather up all the food and bring it back to the subway restaurant and I want it done by the end of the week”.

“Is that clear?”

They all yelled yes.

“That’s good” I said.

Then I told the rest of the kids waiting for me to say something comforting that it would be okay and we would figure something out.

After I had said that many kids yelled to me that I better do it quickly.

Then Liam, Taylor and I walked back into the plaza and discussed what we should do for the next two hours.