Underneath (Foundation/Pre-write)

Chapter 10

Once Xavier had left I felt extremely lonely. I mindlessly waddled around my room. Without truly thinking, I slid on the watch. My brain had reasoning why, I was just to flustered to get a clear reason why.  My eyes had found their way to the piece of paper on my side table. I moved to look at the paper, and the first thing that caught my eye was the word Casualty, next to Kota's name. So many questions flooded my brain. Is he dead, or hurt. Casualty could mean both. I slid the paper off the table harshly. I tuned and stared at the wall with anger. 

My angry staring was suddenly interrupted by a chime.

"Everyone come to the eating hall. This is not optional."

Arey poked her head out of the blankets. 

"Come on. Maybe they'll have food for us too." I smiled weakly as I moved towards the bed. She slid out of the covers and hopped onto the ground. I took her hand in mine and headed out the door. 

Well, there wasn't food. But when we walked in there was the Boss standing on tables set up in a stage like formation. I looked around the crowd to see if I could find Kota.. or Samantha. Then as the last people dripped in, the Boss spoke. 

"Now that we have everyone, Welcome. As some of you may know, we were invaded by Beste Land Germany. The group who had a role in our Invasion are a major part and supporters of The Cold Ones. Those of you from Quadrant One may be familiar with them, for the bombed and invaded Quadrant One, taking hostages. It seems they did the same here. They may have only gotten three members of our family, but that doesn't make it okay in the slightest. We will be sending those who are most ready in our eyes. We will be increasing training times and slowly send you out to fight. Since you are all the governments property. Once you turn 18, you will be allowed the choice of leaving. But do keep in mind that you don't have to. 

"Now, I pass the mic. to Xavier. He will be naming the few being sent out. We wish you all the best of luck." She carefully stepped of the tables and moved out of the room completely. Then Xavier, dressed in his best, stepped up. 

Without introduction, he began the list. "John Mayz, Bradly Cooper, Becca Gordon..." He carried on with a few names, but I couldn't stand listening after Becca. I didn't hear my name, nor Kota's.  So I then began moving through the crowd, pulling Arey along with me, desperately trying to find Kota. I noticed the already began to gather those who were leaving.  

The crowd was all too much and the stress, oh the stress was killing me. I could tell Arey was  beginning to get grouchy. I sighed, giving up on the search. 

We were the only ones in the halls on the way back. I was partially glad for that. Arm that was holding Arey's hand began to ache. Then I slowly got an annoying headache. 

Once we had reached my room, I was in so much pain. Arey led me to my bed. Once I had laid down, my whole body felt like it was about to fail me. My neck had a dulling, stabbing pain. Breathing became so painful, it felt as if I was breathing fire. The pain became too much.

Then... everything went black.