Unbroken

Chapter 9

I walk home from my talk with Ryan and my mind doesn't take me where I want to go. Instead I find myself walking towards the square. I decide to just go with it. When I reach the cracked fountain near all the torn down shops, I notice someone following me. It's obvious she is a rebel, judging by her tough demeanor. She looks at me then sighs and walks over. Strange... "What is your name?" she asks in a hurried voice. I'm really not in the mood to talk to this random person. "Whats it to you?" I say crossing my arms. I'm guessing I am about four inches taller than her, but she seems more fit. "Just tell me." she says angrily. "I wont tell until I get a good reason to." I reply, standing a little taller. She narrows her eyes then looks me over and realizes I have the height advantage. "I am the daughter of Eli Drake, leader of the south rebels. We have information about a Katrina sparrow. You fit the character description so I must know if that is your name." She says quickly. Eli Drake, huh? the most powerful man in the rebels ranking system.

I don't usually go around telling people who I am, if this was any other day I would have said no. But because of my whirling thoughts with everything that is going on, and the fact that Eli Drake is one of the few people I actually fear, I decide to go along with it. "Yes, my name is Katrina Sparrow, but everyone calls me Kate." I say. I may be telling her my name but that doesn't mean I will let her feel like shes won. I still stand strait and stiff, my eyes are a little narrowed. "I thought so. You will have to come with me." she says with a bit of pride. I don't know why but something about her doesn't rub me the right way. She has short dirty blond hair and brown eyes. Her features are tough and expressionless.

"Why?" I ask, my answer short to the point. I wont go without a good reason. She roles her eyes. "One of our members has gone missing. We believe he has a connection to you." She says. Now I'm confused... "Who?" I ask. She sees the confusion on my face and grins. "If you want to find out, you will have to come with me." She answers. Great, I guess I don't have a choice. I have my knife so at least I'm armed. "Fine. But first, whats your name?" I ask. If she knows my name I at least want to know hers. "Whats it to you." she says, mocking my words from before. Now its my turn to role my eyes. "Just tell me." I say with a grin, mocking her. "My name is Isabella. Bella for short." she says. "Okay Bella, we might as well leave now. Where too?" I ask. "Good, I'm glad your not resisting. This could have gotten ugly." she says walking away. I follow her and resist the urge to shove her. like she could ever do anything to me. Yeah right. The only reason I'm agreeing to this is because the rebels interest me. This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about them.

We walk for a long time. At one point I don't recognize where we are. Which is strange because I've been everywhere in this part of the city. We're in the middle of a field and there are woods surrounding us. It looks like we are about to go in the woods. I bet we will be walking for a while...

I take this time to try and figure out what is bothering me about Bella. I look at her for at least 20 minutes but I just cant put my finger on it... Then it hits me. Her eyes. There the same as mine. Obviously a different color but the pattern inside, they're identical. Creepy... I will have to talk to her about that some other time. If I ever get the chance.

"We're almost there." she says without turning around to face me. Good, because its been all least two hours and its really bugging me that I don't know where we are. Just then we come up to a small shack in the middle of the woods. This is the head quarters? I'm not impressed. She opens the door and we walk in. What, no security? Wow. But then she walks to the back of the little house and types a code into a little keyboard on the wall. When she does, what looks like a trap door opens about two feet from where I stand. She takes me inside. Now this is more like it.

We climb down a twisted staircase. Their head quarters are underground. She stops and I hear a beep, then I feel a flash of air. "That was the scanner, checking if you have any weapons." She says. Crap, my knife. I hear another beep but this one is louder and higher pitched. She turns to me again. "Hand it over." she says with little emotion. I really don't want to give up my knife, but I have no choice. I reach into my boot and pull out the long sharp blade. She takes it and puts it on a metal table in the middle of the room, but she doesn't leave. I hear yet another beep and then the flash of air again another scan. But nothing comes after. Probably checking to make sure I gave up all my weapons. When Bella doesn't hear anything, she opens the door that leads out of this small damp room. I don't like small spaces, so its a relief to be let out.

But, I am greeted with yet another small room. But this one is completely empty. I hear a female voice come from above and I look up, but see no one. Must be a computer. "State your name." says the voice. "Isabella Drake." Bella says. "Welcome back Ms.Drake, you father will be happy to see you brought us our suspect." the voice replies. Who new a computer could be so good at making conversation...Bella smiles and walks to yet another door, but this one opens when she puts her hand up to a round disk on the wall. It makes a green flash then the door opens.

I walk through the door right behind Bella and what I see leaves me with my mouth gapping open.