When Earth Stopped Moving

Chapter 1 : COUNTDOWN / Part 7 : Smooth Criminal

-"Why did he suddenly leave like that ? No one knows how to use the weapon he's talking about ! Kyle screamed .                                      

  -"We will wait until we get there . Then we shall see what we have to do. Leilah answered.

Mr. Hikes revelations apparently made her forget what she was crying about two minutes ago .

-"Is it really the time for dumb questions ? We're in outer space should I even remind ?
Nick suddenly interrupted after drowning in silence for some minutes.

Everyone ignored him.

-"Let's just focus on the trip now . Leilah said .

My mind was lost in the incredible amount of information it has been given. If I could resume the situation , I was randomly chosen with 999 other children 20 years ago , to save the Earth. We , thus, had been kidnapped for the matter, to use a weapon that was for long dissimulated in the moon, separated from our parents just because we were chosen.

Even though things started to be clear in my mind , some little facts were still a mystery . In other terms , my mind didn't immediately accept them as they are . Why choosing 1000 teens a way less number of children could do it ? Richard Hikes's confidence failed to convince me. Even creepier was the strange caring attitude Mr. Drauless showed me before I took off , calling me by me own name. I have completely forgot about it because of the recent events , but now that everything became more or less stable , I could think about it properly . I remembered how I could miraculously avoid his punishment , after beating Nick up which obviously was more serious than loosing a simple medal . Maybe this was related to what his last words were before I got into the rocket. Why this affection ?
Most importantly , no one who was present at the canteen one hour ago would forget his words.
" HUMANS OF THE THIRD GENERATION ! OUR HOPES ARE ALL WITH YOU ! Be said .

What did he mean by that ? Were they generations before us ? So many questions boiling inside ...yet , no response could be found .

-"Is there something wrong ? Kyle asked noticing I was drowning in my own thoughts .

But his voice seemed to be so far away.

-"Euh , no...nothing nothing , don't worry .

But Kyle insisted so much that I had no choice but telling him about Mr. Drauless. As expected, he looked at me with round eyes , his mouth wide open .

-"You kidding me right ?

-"I wish I was kidding man. If only you could see his face.

-"very sad that he had mercy on you . Blastbaster suddenly interrupted looking at me with eyes filled with much hatred . It would have been the greatest scene ever . Peterson expelled from the school and dying there .

The rage that has been growing since we were in the canteen almost exploded for the second time. Fortunately Kyle had the reflex to pull me from my both hands , stopping me at the last second from hitting his face.

-"You motherf***ing b*tch ! I PROMISE YOU 'RE GONNA DIE BY MY HANDS !

The anger reached a level where even Kyle couldn't stop me . Flashbacks suddenly came to my mind and I remembered the lost medal which I'm sure Nick has taken.

-"WHERE IS THE F**KING MEDAL YOU D***HEAD ! I yelled pulliny him from his shirt. For a moment , I really thought of committing a murder to venge for that innocent girl who might be dead burned by the flames because of him , as well as every single student who had to put up with his attitude for the past 17 years. That face had to be teared apart . That soul didn't deserve to live .