The Arising: Our Community

Chapter 24

I dropped the coat and put it back under the bed. I then stood up and walked towards the front door. I quietly walked out and headed back towards Claire's caravan in the cold, windy weather. I walked in and closed the caravan door.

"Woah, that was fast" Claire said.

"Yeah. I didn't eat... Brooklyn, can I have a quick word with you, in private. I need to tell you something important" I said.

She walked over to me turned around to face me. She looked into my eyes and waited for me to say what I was going to say.

"I think Finn was the one who tried to kidnap Jemma" I said.

"Really! How do you know?" Brooklyn said.

"I found the same black coat in his bedroom. Tucked up under his bed. I think the next move is to just keep an eye on him for rest of the day" I said.

"Why?" Brooklyn asked.

"If we can catch him red handed, maybe we could have something for Zabi" I said.

"Yeah that's true" Brooklyn said.

"I'm gonna go out now. I'll watch him for the day, see what he does. Maybe we can find something out" I said.

"Ok, do you need some help?" Brooklyn asked.

"Yeah, I would like some help. Also someone to walk to" I said.

"Cool" Brooklyn said smiling.

Brooklyn and I both got into our warmest clothing and walked outside. We sat near Finns house watching the door. Waiting to see if he will leave.

"Do you think I would be able to meet Megan and Hunter one day?" Brooklyn asked.

"One day. Yeah. I hope so" I said.

"There good people. My community. Our community. There we aren't one. We are together. We look after each other. We are like a big family" I said.

"Sounds like a place I would like to be" Brooklyn said.

"All we can do is hope" I said.

We sat their together waiting for him to come out. But there was hardly any movement.

"Hey, you hungry or thirsty. I'm gonna go get some food and drinks from Claire" Brooklyn said.

"Just a glass water would be nice. Thanks" I said.

Brooklyn smiles and stood up. She walked off back to Claire's caravan. But a few minutes after she left Finn walked out of his house, holding his normal beer bottle in one hand. I stood up and hid behind a caravan watching him walk away. I quickly followed far behind him. He walked up to the gate, and the gate opened for him. I quickly walked up behind him so the guards thought I was walking out with him. I then quickly hid to the side of the road as he continued to follow the road down. I slowly followed behind until we got to a turn off. He went down the turn off and continued walking.

We made it to a small town. There was only about eleven houses. Finn kept walking down the road to the last house on the left. He then searched around in his pocket and brought out a key. He opened the door and walked in. He closed the door behind him and it went quite. I waited outside the house for a while. It took about a hour for him to come back outside. He sat out the front of the house drinking his beer. He looked drunk again. But soon enough he finished drinking his beer and he chucked the bottle away shattering on a building nearby.

Finn stood up and walked back inside. I didn't want to risk him seeing me through the windows so I just waited till he left so I could check out the house. Soon enough he came back out and wobbled down the road. I quickly ran across the road towards the house and waited till I couldn't see him anymore. I walked up to the door and turned the knob. It was locked. I took a step backwards and kicked the door open. The house was dirty just like his house at the New Order. I could smell so many different things. I felt like I needed to vomit. I held my nose and kept walking in. I searched all the rooms including the rooms upstairs but found nothing. As I was about to give up I heard something. It sounded like someone screaming but muffled. I kept walking towards the sound. It lead to the carpet. I rolled the carpet up and found a trap door underneath it.

I opened the trap door and the noises stopped. It went quite. All I could hear was the wind. I slowly walked down the steps. It was dark. I couldn't see anything. But I could hear crying and a few sounds of fear. I put my hands out trying to feel for something. I found a lamp. I turned it on with the lighter near it and looked around the room.

I saw about nine women all tied up in the corner of the room. They all looked at me petrified. I walked slowly closer and I noticed that some of them were naked. I quickly looked away. I quickly grabbed my knife and cut all of them free. They all looked confused.

"It's ok. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm here to get you out of here" I said.

They all looked at me with happiness and relief. They all followed me upstairs. They all looked skinny and worn out. I searched the house for clothing and gave them out to everyone. That's when I noticed one of the women was Isabella. The mother of that little girl Lydia who Finn killed.

"Isabella? I'm so sorry for what he did. I didn't know he would do that. I'm so sorry" I said.

She put her hand on my shoulder. I quickly spread all of the food in the house on the table and they all went mad over it. I had an idea. I took out a map in my bag and gave it to Isabella.

"I've got a community in the city. It's at the Adelaide Oval. If you don't want to go back to The New Order I would suggest for you to find cars and drive there. It would be a long trip but it's a good place. Tell them that Sam sent you. They would know what you mean" I said.

They all smiled. Individual they came up to me and hugged me.

"If I was you I wouldn't stay here for too long as well. I guess I'll see you at the Adelaide Oval" I said.

I said goodbye and walked back to the New Order. I was let in and I went straight to Zabis house. He let me in.

"What have you come to talk about today?" He said.

"I followed Finn to a house where he had women all tied. I think he raped them" I said.

Zabi said nothing.

"Yeah I know" he said after a large pause.