Protect but never serve

Chapter 40 - Storage Unit

"Seeing as though we are talking about the past." I smirk and I stand up. I drag over an old fashion tv. Then I grab a box full of Home movies.
"I'll get the popcorn." Sam says. He and Anna head upstairs. I wait until they come back before I put in the first home movie. I snuggle up close to Elijah and the video plays.

"Jade honey over here" my father says. A tiny Jade waddles over to the camera.
"Pick dadda" Baby jade says
holding out her arms. My dad scoops me up in his arms and hands the camera to someone else.

"You're so cute" Tommy says.
"Look it's Sam" Anna squeals. A little Sam waddles over, baby anna following behind him. My father puts me down and the three of us go and play.
"How old are you there?" Elijah asks
"Four I think" I say. "I haven't actually watched any of these"
"Really?" Elijah asks surprised and I just shrug. A woman then appears on the screen and I stiffen up and lean forward.
"Is that your mother?" Tommy asks and I shake my head
"Jade who is that?" Sam asks me.
"That's definitely not your mother" Anna says. I swallow a lump that had formed in my throat.
"Hi" the woman says. Her voice was light and comforting.
"Lucy" my dad says
"Hi Lucy" my mother says from behind the camera.
"Hi guys. Whatcha playing?" The woman asks baby musketeers and she bends down to their height.
"Marbles" anna says and she throws a marble at Sams head. We all laugh.
"Jade who is she?" Anna asks me.
"I had a babysitter once. I barely remember her she left when I was five" I say
"Are you okay?" Sam asks. I lean over to the music box and take out the locket.
"Lucy is my biological mother" I say showing them the locket. The picture inside of the young woman showed perfect resemblance to the woman on the home movie.
"She must have stayed close. Found out what happened to you and got the job as your baby sitter" Anna says
"I wonder if Nick knew?" Tommy comments.
"Did you find anything at his house that could link the two of them to knowing each other after you were born?" Elijah asks and I shake my head. But then I remembered something.
"The storage unit key" I say standing up and grabbing the duffel bag from Nicks. I take the key out and hold it up. There was an address on the back of the letter.
"Let's go" Sam says
"You're dead" I say. "Just me and Elijah" I say and we leave. We get to the storage unit. I take a deep breath before I open it up.
"oh my god" I say when I see what was in the storage unit.
"is this real?" Elijah asks wide eyed. We stare around the storage unit at all the various guns and knives and weapons stacked neatly in shelves.
"Look over there" I say pointing to a large desk with a huge drawing board next to it. I go over with Elijah following behind me.
"it's my mum" I say, my voice came out quiet.
"Nick was tracking her down" Elijah says picking up a stack of papers.
"He found her" I say taking a sticky note off the drawing board.
"you could find her" Elijah says
"No, it's not too safe around me." I remind him.
"I think he figured that out as well" Elijah says pointing to a box. Across the front it read, SAVE JADE. I open the box and read through the contents. I scoff happily
"what?" Elijah asks
"this isn't just a plan to save me from CONTROL. but a plan to clean my slate. There are passports, money, new identity's and not just for me but for Anna and Sam, there is even one for you. Nick must have added it recently" I say
"why would he do that?" Elijah asks
"because I have a million enemies thanks to CONTROL. I'm good at hiding. Having a clean slate means I don't have to hide anymore, I would be free." I explain
"what about Tommy?" Elijah asks
"have you met Tommy? He can make his own passport" I say.
"What about your fashion company? you've worked so hard to get it to where it is" Elijah says
"Sarah can take over, She loves that place, I know she will take care of it" I tell him "I can start a new business a smaller one, Nick has it all planned" I tell him holding up a brochure.
"Hawaii?" Elijah says
"I've always wanted to go. We can make money off tourists. Nick has provided me with his life savings, we can get a nice place, live in luxury." I say
"first we get you out of CONTROL, then we fly away together." Elijah says smiling
"yes!" I agree
"then grab everything we need, so we can go tell the others" Elijah says and we both start packing. Elijah heads out of the storage unit, before I leave I grab the address my mother is at and run out after him. I also grabbed a grenade, and threw it in, destroying all that was inside.
"let's go" I shout at Elijah who was standing around waiting for me. We drive back to our house and tell the others about what we found.
"I love the name Sky" Anna says excitedly.
"Issac?" Sam questions
"Anna also likes that name" I tell him patting him on the chest
"who are you two then?" Tommy asks
"Oscar and Rose" Elijah tells them
"So Tommy you staying here or would you like to join us on our adventure?" I ask him.
"I'm coming, I love Hawaii" Tommy says
"where are you going?" Anna calls out to Tommy who was heading upstairs
"to make a new identity for myself" Tommy says and he leaves
"I want to get this plan to ditch CONTROL out of the way now" I say
"why rush?" Sam asks
"the sooner the better" I say
"ok you also need to figure out what to tell your adopted mother" Elijah says.
"I will figure everything out I promise" I tell them all.
"so whats the plan about CONTROL?" Sam asks
"All I have to do is die" I say
"you make it sound so easy" Elijah says
"I no how to make it" I say looking Sam dead in the eye
"no it's too risky" Sam says
"what's too risky?" Elijah asks
"it's the only option we have" I say to him. Me and Sam start talking to each other ignoring every one else.
"it could kill you" Sam says
"only if I measure the ratio of ingredients wrong" I say
"or if it goes wrong when it's in your system" He says. Our voices were raised.
"It won't go wrong." I tell him
"If you die, it will have all been for nothing" Sam says
"I won't die, now shut up and go get my ingredients" I tell him. he shakes his head, grabs Anna's hand and leaves.