Gaea [ON HOLD]

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

                Leo and I run into the House and see what bizarre things are happening. People are shouting and hitting eachother. Some people are just sitting in the corner and thinking about what is happening.

        Leo walks into the middle of the room and stands on a table. He whistles and that gets everybody's attention. "LISTEN UP!" His voice thunders throughout the room. "I'm aware of what happened last night to our Crop Gatherers!"

Crop Gatherers? What're those?

        "Our soldiers have been killed by the X-104's! Do not worry. They might still be alive, taken as hostage. "

With that, he gets a lot of angry shouts. 

        "DO not worry! We will have another Build, and at that time, we will hire some more Gatherers."

Silence engulfs the room. No one speeks for about thirty seconds. A boy who looks about fifteen years old speaks up. "What happened out there?"

        "What happened, Ethan, was that our Crop Gatherers were underprepared for the war they knew was happening. So when the girls stormed in, all they had to do was take the crops and take our men, and maybe killed them."

How do girls get to the boys's side? What are these Crop Gatherers? What does he mean by war? 

        "Any more questions?" Leo asks. 

        "What are the Crop Gatherers?," I ask. "What is all of this stuff you're talking about?"

        "The Crop Gatherers are the people who grow the crops and fight to keep them and feed us."

I think about this for some time. I realize that that sounds like it's something I would do. I gather up all the courage that I can muster and say, "I volunteer."

Sounds of disbelief and shock ring through the air. One person says, "Volunteer for tribute?"

        "What? No. For the Crop Gatherers. I'll start that."

Leo walks up to me and tells me that usually the people who have been here for some time are the ones that volunteer for Crop Gatherers, or the Gatherers. It's an extremely dangerous job with lots of battles, violence, and monsters that would kill you without a second thought. 

        "But we need more of them, right? And no one else is standing up, so why not?"

        "Look, Newbie, I'm not forcing you, but if that's what you want, then go ahead."

No one else rises and Leo takes me outside. He tells me that he himself is a Gatherer, and was taking the day off to show me around. We would be the only people out there, and maybe a few who were hiding. "If you want to do this, then we have to train starting now. And trust me, it won't be easy."

        "Okay. Let's do this."

Dedication goes to @shiftybobo for helping my with my plot holes and all of the other stuff. One of the 'other stuff' was helping me get through this chapter after racking my brain for an hour. Hopefully I'll update soon, but whoever reads this knows this: I update SLOWLY. 

Come to think about it, I need to update my other books. Ugh.