Matthew stood up but almost instantly fell down again. Nurse Felton was at his side immediately helping him up, "you're not strong enough, "she said.
Matthew shrugged her off, "I'm fine."
"No you're not. Have someone else tell them."
Peter nodded, "she's right Matthew, I'll tell Jayce to gather everyone into the dining hall."
"Fine, but I'm going to watch," Matthew said. Nurse Felton opened her mouth to object but Matthew stood up. "You can't stop me."
Nurse Felton sighed, "alright, but Peter better help you to the dining hall."
Before Matthew could object Peter was beside him with his hand around Matthew's waist, Matthew sighed and grabbed Peter's shoulders. Once Matthew was settled in the dining hall Peter left to get the others. Matthew waited. Division one was first to arrive. A boy named Seth led the division, he had brown hair and brown eyes, he was tall, but not too tall, and he was confident. A girl named Rydel followed him in, she was proud, headstrong and always fought until she won. Division one spread out around the room, three of them sat with Matthew. Two girls, Neo and Flora, and a dark skinned boy named Nathan.
"Hello," Flora said.
"Hi," Matthew replied.
"What's this about, I was about to crush Jean in a wrestling match," Neo said.
"You'll have to wait and see," Matthew replied.
Division two filed into the room led by Jethro and Leda, then came Division three led by Kyle and Amanda. Division four followed them led by Jaxon and Adalyn, and finally Division five led by Phillip and Adelaide. Peter and Jayce stepped into the room followed by the Nevada Secret Truth members. Peter raised his voice over the chatter that had arisen in the hall, "I bet you're all wondering why we have brought you here!" mumbles of agreement rippled through the air. "Well, Matthew brought it to my attention that we should know what we're fighting for. Now, even I don't know the purpose of this organization but Jayce does."
Peter sat down with the rest of the Division's and Nora sat in the empty seat beside Matthew. Jayce cleared his throat and began, "this organization started for one purpose, to take down President Collinson. The locations of our bases were a secret, but recently there have been complications, that's why we're here. We lost a lot of friends along the way but they will not be forgotten. The Secret Truth was created to stop President Collinson from killing innocent people, because that's what he does, he wants a perfect society, he wants only the best people to live and that's wrong. So, this organization was started to keep the President from succeeding."
The room was silent. No one spoke, they were too shocked to. Mathew exchanged glances with his Nevada friends as the silence stretched on. Matthew spotted Peter staring at Jayce who shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot. Finally, a girl from Division four spoke.
"So, you've come to us now because you've failed to bring the President down," she said.
Jayce nodded, "yes. Like I said our group was diminished quite a bit, we lost a lot of friends."
Matthew clenched his jaw as his friend's names flooded his memory. April stood up, "I'd like to add onto what Savannah said, about you coming to us, you say we're fighting to take down the President, but what if we don't help you? Some of us don't want to be here, some of us didn't choose this life like the rest of you."
"That's not what she told me when I told her about this before," Matthew muttered to Nora.
Jayce looked at April, "I'm aware that most of you here didn't choose to learn how to kill, but I ask of you, I beg of you, to help the rest of us bring down the President or he will destroy our world."
"Then why hasn't he already?" Savannah asked. "He's been in power for two and a half decades and I've seen no evidence that he's trying to ruin the world."
"This kind of thing takes years to set in motion, years. And now he's closer than ever."
Peter stood up, "I will help you. Who's with me!?"
Seth stood up as well, "I am."
Rydel flanked Seth on his left side, "me too."
Around the room people stood up. Matthew looked around at everyone that was not standing, April was among them.
April and Savanah sat. So did Jean and Flora. Nathan, Martin, Gwen, Gregg, Charley, Kate, Charlotte, and Beth sat as well. Matthew was among the standing. Everyone from Nevada was standing, as they should be.
Peter's hardened gaze raked the sitting members, "why won't you help?" Peter asked. "Don't you care about our world and who's leading it?"
Flora stepped forward, "of course we care, but I'd rather this not be done by bloodshed."
Jayce confronted her, "we've tried words, he won't listen. So we have set our final plan in motion."
