Sarahtopia

Chapter 11: TJ

*Immortals by fall out boy*

That was what I heard first thing in the morning. That was what had woke me up. Grunting, I put my pillow over my head, trying to block out the noise. It was muffled considerably.

The noise didn't stop though. Annoyed and irritated, I grabbed my phone and answered the *bleep* calling me at the early hours of the morning. "What?" I growled.

"TJ! I thought you were never gonna pick up!" Quinn cried out.

"You're lucky I haven't thrown my phone yet. Why the hell are you calling me at five in the morning?!" I yelled back at her.

Okay, I admit I wasn't exactly all sunshine and flowers back then. Any regular not-a-morning-person would have done the same thing in my shoes. And who in the entire universe would call someone at five in the morning?

"I'm sorry TJ, but this is really urgent. Lily called with some really shocking news. I don't know the details. Lily's gonna tell us everything. So I have to tell you that the President has summoned us all for an urgent council meeting. It's starting at 6. See you there!" And she hung up while I didn't get to say a word during her rant.

I stared at my phone feeling baffled. What the hell had Quinn said? Something about a meeting. And I wondered what was so disturbing that Lily had to tell us. Lily only reported things that were extremely important.

Groaning, I got out of bed and started my morning routine unusually early. As I wasn't a morning person at all, my actions were extremely sluggish. And I was an even bigger neat freak than usual.

When I had finally straightened out all those irritating wrinkles on the bed sheet, I closed the door of my way-too neat room.

Then, I ran.

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Panting, I had finally reached my target: the Council Room in the Grand Palace. And just in time, too. It was exactly six am. I pushed the door open to reveal the Sarahtopian Council members seated around the conference table with the President at the head.

Lee-ang Peaches, the Head Bodyguard of the President.

Quinn Sasha Roofer, the Secretary.

Lora Tiffany, the Hairdresser and Gate-opener.

Gina McKinney, the President's make-up artist and Mediator of the Council when things became disagreeable.

Aiden Alberts, the Chief of the Sarahtopian Police Force.

Carter Grove, the Chief of the Sarahtopian Air Force.

Brendan Maxwell, the Chief of the Sarahtopian Navy.

Marvin Drake, the Chief of the Sarahtopian Army.

Richard Stone, the Head of the Ministry of Defence.

Jackson Liu, the Head of the Foreign Affairs Department.

Alley Cassandra Duncan, the Head of the a Sarahtopian Scientific Research and Development Department.

Steven Williams, the Vice-President of Sarahtopia.

Lily Kastiel Alexis, the President's Personal Lawyer and Detective. 

And the rest of the Council were all seated there. Expect for her. My former best friend who had betrayed me. She wasn't here, and that probably ment that she was still in the hospital. A small feeling of guilt crept up my mind, but I quickly pushed it away, thinking that she deserved it. However, the feeling had not disappeared.