Broken

Chap26~Evacuation(Parts 1 & 2)

Everybody began running around like a chicken with its head cut off. They weren't even running anywhere in particular, just running around the room in all different directions. After a minute of having to listen to these awful sirens, the lights cut out and were replaced by those horribly creepy red floodlights. As if the sirens weren't horrifying enough on their own. The five of us just kind of stood huddled in a little circle, watching everybody else, waiting for someone to explain what was going on. It felt like hours of just standing and waiting-though it was probably only minutes- before someone called for order in the court. Millennium. Everybody began to quiet down and stop running around.
"Our compound has been compromised. The sirens and lights are like a warning system telling us to get out of here. Everybody pack your things. We're moving locations." And then he was gone. He had to shout over the noise and it was still hard to hear but everybody got the message loud and clear. Evacuate. The doors were flung open and the sirens volume increased. Well, not really, more sound was just coming in now. We waited as everyone struggled to get through first and left after all the others had made it through. We didn't really feel like getting trampled. Our group didn't want to separate so we went to our rooms one at a time, helping each other pack. None of us really knew where to go, Millennium hadn't said anything about a rendezvous point, so we just kind of wandered to the commons. That's what they called the big dining area room we saw when we first got here. Turns out, almost everybody else here had the same idea. It also turns out, it was the right idea. Millennium was up on the stage, waiting for everyone to arrive. Once they were all here, he began to tell us where we were going and when we were leaving, all the stuff like that. Basically, we were going to have one last meal here and then leave. We had an hour to eat. We went through the line, bags in hand, then chose a table. Lily knew some basic spells now and did one to all of our bags to make them bottomless. I was only carrying a back pack and a duffel bag. Our last meal was chicken parmesan and garlic bread. After the hour was up, everybody went outside to see about ten buses lined up, ready to go. They weren't school buses or public buses, oh no, they were those big fancy buses with DVD players and luxury seats. We were some of the first to go outside so we ran to the last bus. We could've run to the first one but the one at the end of the line would be the last to fill up. It was a solid plan; we were the only ones on there except two other guys. When we went out to get our stuff, I grabbed my entire movie and book collection-which now fit in one duffel bag, thanks Lily- so I asked them, "What movie?"
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We were on the bus for like two days. By the end of the ride, the two guys on there, Chris and David, had nicknamed me "The Dealer" because I had almost every movie they'd ever heard of. We had arrived at an airport and so I was quickly taking care of everything I got out. There was like fifty movies out, a couple books, some CDs, clothes, some toiletry type stuff, blankets. I grabbed as much as I could from my house, if you couldn't tell. When I finally managed to pack it all, I went outside where everyone was waiting.
"Took ya long enough," Wren joked.
"You could have helped," I said, smacking his arm.
"You know you love me."
"Unfortunately," I teased back, jumping away as he tried to grab me.
"Ew, stop. You're making me sick," Lily said, "Now let's go, everybody else is going inside."
Turns out, Millennium doesn't only have luxury cars and buses up his sleeve, he also has the biggest plane I've ever seen. Not to mention the whole thing is like the first class section but ten times better. Have you ever seen a plane with two levels? Because I have not. As soon as I could, I went to the top level and claimed seven seats, just in case Chris and David came to sit with us again. When everyone had found me-including our two new friends- I asked if anyone knew where we going. David said he heard rumors of Ireland.
"So... Friends marathon anyone? I have a feeling this'll be one long ass flight." I figured out while I was waiting for them that we could make only some of the screens play the same thing without all of them playing it.
"Um, that's my favorite show!" Chris exclaimed. So I set it up for all of us to watch. A few hours into our marathon, we hit turbulence. It was rough, but we made it through. Wren squeezed my hand; he was a nervous flyer. I looked out my window-which was huge like everything else on this plane- and saw that we were flying through a storm, and that it was nighttime.
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We had gotten through somewhere around two seasons when we landed. Turns out, the rumors were right. We had just touched down at the Dublin International Airport. We put away the stuff we got out. Wren actually helped me this time.
"I've always wanted to come here!" I was fucking psyched. I breathed in the beautiful smell of rain and grass. Earlier I was worried about what my parents would think, me gallivanting around the world with these people, but that was gone now. I mean they're in the war too anyways. This time, there were black limos awaiting us. About fifteen people could fit in each. We loaded into one, Ms. Callaghan joining us this time, as well as some other people I had never met. We were in those for a couple hours. These long trips were fun though- I love road trips and flying. When the car ride was over, we all piled out of the limo to see we were parked in front of the biggest castle I have ever seen. And when I say castle, I don't mean a more modern, mansiony type castle, I'm saying old, kings and knights type stuff. I looked around and all you could see for miles was green. Just beautiful grass, rolling hills, and forest. I loved it. Best part, we weren't underground anymore. I quickly dropped my duffel bag, yanked off the backpack and tore out of my jacket. I turned myself into a hawk. I'm getting a lot better at this shifting thing. I took off, soaring through the air, looking at the landscape below me. I was just getting close to the forest behind the castle when I felt something weird, like something tugging at the edge of my thoughts. Telling me to come back, return to the castle. Slightly confused, I turned around and landed down by my stuff, shifting back.
"Ok guys, welcome to our new home."
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A/N: So, this chapter is two parts, but it won't be sometime. I'm going to go through this book when it's done and kind of rewrite it. I'm going to try to make the chapters really long like this one, so when that happens this will just be one chapter. That probably won't happen for a while though. I'm pretty busy with school and stuff and I want to be able to sit down in front of my computer and do this. I'm thinking in almost exactly one year. I'll be a senior next year and I'll only have like two classes to go to. So, anyway, I'm excited to make this better.