A New Generation (Book 1) [Complete]

Chapter 1

Ash

"Alright gang, let's go over protocol," I said, addressing the group. "What do we do if we run into The Guard?"

"We get back to the base immediately." answered Ryan.

"Correct." I responded. "Now, James, what do we do if someone gets captured."

"Umm, we try to help them?" James answered nervously.

"Well, not quite. Yes, we do try to help them unless there are more of The Guard than there is of us. Always remember that." Jackson stepped in.

"Okay then, let's get going we don't have all day." said Paige.

With that, The Gang set out for supplies leaving the safety of The Base and venturing into the Halls. We stuck close together and everyone stayed within eyesight of each other. We all collected plants, building materials, and various other things that were littered throughout the Halls.
    The Gang had been scavenging for a couple hours now. Ryan, James, Amy, and Steve were talking about what was going on in their lives. Paige was inspecting a motherboard that she had found and I was inspecting a plant, trying to figure out if it was safe to eat. Jackson held up his hand in a fist to signal us to be quiet. Everyone was immediately silent. Everyone quickly realized why Jackson had signaled. We could hear the soft pitter patter of boots in a nearby section of the Halls.
"The Guard!" said Paige.

"Alright everyone circle up," I commanded, "everyone knows the drill, we're gonna head back to The Base but be sure to stay quiet, stay with the group, and try not to leave a trail."

Everyone nodded and we started to head back towards The Base. We took several turns and made a loop trying to lose The Guard but we couldn't seem to shake them. The group quickly realized that we were being closed in on from multiple directions and were going to run into the Pures soon.
    We kept going for another five minutes. The Gang turned a corner only to be met by a small group of our tormentors. There was four guards dressed in their usual white uniforms and armed with stun sticks. Ryan, Steve, Paige, and Jackson quickly knocked out all of the guards. The group could hear more guards coming and fast.

"Paige take Amy and fly home, it will be quicker than us walking or running. We will be right behind you." Jackson instructed. Paige and Amy nodded and took off.

"Good idea Jackson! You and me will shift and we can take the rest of them on our backs." I said.

Jackson nodded and shifted into his cheetah form. Steve climbed on his back.

"We can only take one person each so Ryan, since you're the fastest runner start running to The Base and I will come back to take you the rest of the way home once I've dropped off James," I said.
Ryan nodded and started running towards home. I shifted into my wolf form and James climbed on my back.  Jackson and I took off, passing Ryan, and making it back to The Base in a couple minutes. Like I said I would, I went back to pick up Ryan. He hadn't gotten as far as I thought he would.
    Ryan was about to get on my back so that we could go home when six guards appeared in front of us. We turned to run the other way but there was five more guards blocking the exit. The guards slowly closed in on us. I growled, loudly. I shifted back to my human self surprising a few of the guards causing them to pause for a moment.

"Come on guys, we're going home. Can't you just let us pass?" I asked.

The guards ignored me and continued to slowly close in.

"Fine, the hard way it is." Ryan said smirking at me.

Ryan and I got ready to fight our way out. We charged the five guards that were closing in from the opposite direction of The Base. Ryan knocked out two of the guards and I knocked out another one. The two remaining guards reached for their stun sticks. Ryan snatched one of them and snapped it in half on his knee. He then proceed to punch and kick the guard until he was also knocked out on the floor. I roundhouse kicked the remaining guard's head and he hit the floor.
While we were taking out the first group of guards, the other group had advanced on us. One of the guards grabbed me from behind by the arms.