I woke up next to Rick's hoodie, I must have been cuddling with it, thinking he was still here. I got up and left my room and went over to Jessica's room.
"Jessica... you awake?" I asked, knocking on the door
"Yes! come in!" she said from the other side
I opened up the door and made my way inside, I see Jessica sitting on her bed. I needed to show her. She had the right to know
"Hey Abby, is there something you need?" Jessica asked
"I...wanted to show you something" I said
"What is it?" Jessica asked
I showed her Rick's hoodie, and tears started to form at her eyes right when she looked at it. She knew exactly what it was.
"that's...Dash's hoodie..." Jessica said
"Yeah...Mercedees gave it to me." I said
Jessica starts quietly sobbing, so I walked over to sit on the bed and I started rubbing her back. The whole group was devastated
"Dammit! I still can't believe he's gone!" Jessica cried
"I know, I know I deeply miss him also, but I know he wouldn't want us sitting around and mourning. He would want us to attack Delacroix and finish what we started, finish what he started" I said
"We can't do it without Dash! Are you out of your fucking mind! He was the one who got us this far. We didn't even get into one of the facilities before he showed up" Jessica said
"Not if we work together, besides, you and Rick trained me, so I know from the best of the best, we are more than capable. It will be difficult is all." I said
"I know..." Jessica said, wiping her tears off her face
"Yeah...hopefully we can find where Delacroix is, after the whole raid he turned tail and ran. We just don't know where" I said
"Is Mercedees finding it out?" Jessica asked
"Yes, she has her best people on the job" Abby said
"Alright, I guess it's only a matter of time" Jessica said
"Yep" Abby replied
"Hey Abby?" Jessica asked
"Yeah?" Abby responded
"Do you ever think Dash will somehow come back?" Jessica pondered
"...I don't know, but he's strong. I know he'll come back" I said, hesitantly
Delacroix could be anywhere in the U.S, he may be across seas for all we knew. Jessica started to share some of the times she had with Rick, and after that, I started to share some of mine. It's funny, just 2 years ago Rick and I were living normal lives, going to school, and the only life-threatening problem back then was wondering when the next test was assigned and how we were going to study for it.
"I hope we will be able to pull this off..." Jessica said
"We will, because if we don't...I don't know who will" I said
Just then we heard the door open like someone kicked it down, we turn around and see Mercedes, breathing heavily.
"I found where Delacroix is!!" Mercedees shouted
"What!!" I cried, standing up
"I found him!! I found Delacroix!!" Mercedees screamed
"Where!!" I asked
I look back at Jessica and her eyes were wide as the sea.
"It's not his exact location, but he seems to be in Oregon" Mercedees said
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Budder Rising: The Delacroix Arc
ActionRick was just a normal 8th-grade student, trying to get by, and worrying when the next test was due, but when he gets called to the principal's office and gets invited to this unknown experiment. His life slowly begins to change and is given somethi...
