Group of Mistakes: The Reveal

Entry 5

March 4th, 2018

Overland Park, Kansas

Yuto took my purple pen and I'm plotting his demise. Just kidding but I do want my pen back. John is freaking out about what happened to Chandler yesterday. I think he was just being a dip shit but what do I know? I'm just a child that doesn't know anything. I love him to death but I really want to slap the hell out of him right now.

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"I give up, I'm dropping out. Screw this." Justin threw his chemistry book across the room. "This makes no sense. Why do I need to know about this shit anyway? I'm not becoming a scientist."

"You can't drop out, Sky won't let me either." Chandler stared down at his math book with a pencil behind his ear, he had tied his hair back into a little ponytail with an orange hair tie.

"Skylar please, I hate this more than my love for peanut butter." Justin whined.

Jae looked up from his Japanese textbook that he had stolen from Yuto's room next door. "Damn, that's a lot."

"You guys act like I'm torturing you by making you get an education. There's only so far you can go without at least going to school until you're 16. Even then I'll make you get at least your GED." I said as I stirred the pot of soup.

"So I can drop out?! I'm 16." Jun jumped up.

"As soon as you write me a 4-page essay on how much you love speaking English." I pulled a stack of plastic bowls from the cupboard.

"Can I write it in Chinese?" Jun picked up her pencil.

"Absolutely not, it defeats the purpose." I looked through the dishwasher for spoons.

"But English is such a dumb lang..."

Yuto let out a scream from next door, causing all of us to turn and look in that direction.

"What in all..." Mark dropped the books he was carrying.

The front door flew open and came off its hinges. The door fell to the floor making the whole condo shake but instead of the shaking subsiding, it got stronger. Justin and Chandler jumped up from the table and backed up a bit. The dishes started to fall out of the cupboards and the pot of soup crashed onto the floor, splashing and burning my legs.

My phone started ringing. John was calling, I accepted the call and put my phone up to my ear. "Johnny, what the hell is going on?" I grabbed on to the counter. I watched the others move away from the front door. The panic was starting to set in.

"Grab everything you need and get to the van, make sure you get everyone there safely. Leave as soon as all the younger ones are in and don't come looking for us. We're going to take the RV and meet you in Utah. Find us a place and stay off the main roads as much as possible, got it?" John spoke quickly, there were things being broken in the background.

"John, I can't leave you here."

"You can and you will, I love you, Skylar."

"John."

The line went dead.

The entire condo shook like there was an earthquake next door.

"Sky, what's going on?" Ren stumbled into the kitchen.

"Get your shit, we have to leave right now." I placed my phone in my pocket and headed for my room. I could hear John and Jake yelling. I took a deep breath and grabbed my bags that I hadn't bothered to unpack. "Let's go!"

Yuto yelled next door, accompanied by something glass crashing to the floor.

I rushed out into the living room, the blinds had fallen to the floor and the lamp had tipped over.

Mark grabbed the gun from the cupboard. "I'm going to help them!"

"John said to get in the van and leave right now!" I grabbed my gun from him, tucking it into my bag. I quickly bent down and grabbed the keys off the floor.

"But Sky..." Mark tried to argue with me.

"I'm in charge right now and I said get in the goddamn van, get Justin and go now!" I screamed at him over what now sounded like a tornado next door.

Mark ran into his room and grabbed his bags. "Guys lets go! Roll out!"

Justin and Chandler quickly followed him out the door.

"Sky, Yuto is still over there." Ren grabbed my arm.

I grabbed Ren by her shirt and handed her the keys before shoving the twins towards the door. "Give the keys to Mark and get ready to leave!"

Ren grabbed Jae ran out the front door. Henry quickly followed them with three duffle bags.

Jun was curled up in the corner crying.

"Jun come on!" I shouted over the noise.

She shook her head. "It's happening again."

I ran over and grabbed her shoulder. "We gotta go!"

Jun stared up at me for second before quickly running to her room and grabbing her bags.

I grabbed her as we went out the door, Jun swiftly got in and close the door. I got into the passenger seat and closed the door. "Mark go!"

Mark quickly put the van in Reverse and pulled out of the driveway. He stopped for a moment. "God please be ok." He mumbled before throwing the van in Neutral.

I watched in horror as the windows blew out of the condo, the glass hit the windows on the van.

"Mark go!" Henry smacked his arm.

Mark slammed his foot down on the gas and the van took off like a speeding bullet.