The World We Once Knew

Chapter Eighteen

Logan

I wake up and just lay in the bed wrapped in the covers for a while. Finally I pick myself up and I go into the bathroom to shower. I leave the gauze where it is and make sure all my stuff is there. I shoulder my backpack once I'm dressed and I grab the room key. I head back to the little office to give him the key back. When I get there the same disgusting man is still sitting at the desk looking like he hasn't moved at all.

"Checking out?" he asks.

"Yeah, here's the key. Room thirteen." I say rather harshly.

"Alright. See you later bitch." he says.

It takes all my self control to not punch him in the head, instead I flip him off and walk back out to my bike. There are about four guys, all dressed the same in white t-shirts with black kevlar vests and black jackets. They also have black cargo pants and black combat boots. They have guns holstered to each of their legs and swords strapped to their backs. When they see me they start towards me, one of them puts up his hands to show me that he's not going to hurt me. I keep my hand on my gun and he doesn't question it.

He starts to talk, "I'm here to bring you to slip seventeen in the marina. We are going to make sure that you get there safely. All will be understood once you're there."

"Did this, Desmond, guy send you?" I ask.

He nods and I say okay so we all get on to our bikes and go down to the marina. There are two in front of me and two behind me. I notice that they are very vigilant to their surroundings. They look at everything as a threat. We take a right and then a left and travel down a road for about a mile. None of them talk to me or to each other. When we reach the marina, they stop and get off their bikes. They look around very carefully and then they move towards a small office. It reminds me of the hotel office that I was just at. There is another man there but this time he is younger and fit. The man who talked to me earlier hands him a wad of cash and he unlocks the gate that leads to the docks. We go through and walk to slip seventeen. When we get there there are more people there that are dressed in exactly the same way as the ones who got me are. This guy walks up from down below and dismisses the ones who brought me here. Then he turns towards me.

"Hello. I'm Quintus Flavius. I'm also Desmond's number two. Do you need anything from your bike?" Quintus asks politely.

"Nah. I got everything here." I say.

"Okay good. Come with me then please." He says as he leads me down the same stairs he just came from.

When we get down there, there are people sitting on couches. One of them looks to be in his thirties, two of them look to be my age, and the rest are younger, much younger. There's even a little girl and a baby. I haven't seen a baby in forever. Whenever I see a baby it fills me with hope for the future. They all stand up when I come in and the oldest one comes up to me and gives me a hug. I just stand there and then he steps back.

"I'm sorry but I haven't seen you since you were two. You've grown up so much! What happened to your eye?" he says to me. I look at him like he has three heads.

"It got cut in a knife fight." I respond rather rudely.

He doesn't seem to notice or he just doesn't care."Well I will have someone take a look at that as soon as possible. Oh that's right you don't remember and your father never told you. Please have a seat." he says. 

I sit and then the cuter of the two boys my age tells the one who's just a little younger than us to take the other three to their quarters. Quarters? That's military talk. I'd know that from anywhere. Once the kids leave he sits down in between me and his friend. Then the older one starts to talk.

"Okay, I already told these two but I will re – say it. My name is Desmond Tylerson. I'm your uncle on your dad's side." he says to me, "My father, along with Shane Stone, Ginny Stone, my brother Benedict, another family and I started the resistance group known as the Silent Death. We formed and we started recruiting others to our cause, which is to get rid of Dr. O'Connell and her soldiers. The camera's that are everywhere, do actually work Logan. They have been watching you, as these two are well aware of. We now train people at different locations throughout the world and then send them on missions. Finn here has already been through training and has gone on a few missions. Though this last mission we sent him on, he could not complete and we pulled him out because he is one of our most valuable warriors. We are going to bring all of you to one of our training locations. The ones who are old enough, so you three and Ian, will be trained there. Logan you are the most important person of all. You are going to have to take over and lead the resistance group. This is what your father wanted for you." he says to me.
Then he turns to the cute one sitting right next to me, "Akoni, you were a Colonel in the Army. You are going to be trained and also a very important part of the group's future. You are going to be a high ranking member because of the skill and the knowledge that you possess. Seeing how you're seventeen and you were a Colonel in the military and your first post was in the Monitoring Room, indicates that you were being watched very carefully by Dr. O'Connell and that she had big plans for you. Also I've seen you fight in hand to hand combat as well as in long distance combat and you have serious skill. As for your brother he looks very promising."

"Finn, you know what your assignment is kid. I'm not worried about you. Although I do have you to go through some tests, just to be on the safe side. Orders are orders understand?" he says to the one sitting next to Akoni.

He nods his head yes and then Desmond says to go explore the boat and that we are leaving soon. I jump up before anyone has the chance to move and start yelling at Desmond.

"You just blurt out that you're my uncle and that I'm supposta  to lead a resistance group! Then you tell me that I'm supposta  to work with and get advice from some stupid soldja boy! Hell no! It ain't fair! Don't I get a say in what the fuck I wanna to do? Maybe I have a different future planned out for me!" I shout at him.

Desmond turns on me so fast that I fall back onto the couch silently, "Don't you think that I wanted to come see you and be part of your life growing up? Of course I did but my father sent me away and my brother turned his back on me when I left.  He didn't want me to ever see you and then one day out of the blue I get a letter from him asking me to help him. He told me that he needed me to get you to safety because Dr. O'Connell wanted you dead! So I said that I would help and here you are safe because of me! So don't tell me that I just glided over that fact. And as for the resistance group part, I didn't want this for you. Your father did. I wanted to take you to some other country and have you live in a nice quiet little town for the rest of your life and I would come visit. But no my father and brother wanted you to lead us so that's what I'm doing. I'm getting you trained so you can do just that."

I sit there, along with Finn and Akoni stunned. Nobody says anything. Within a couple of seconds of Desmond's outburst there comes a commotion on the top deck and then we hear gun fire and shouting.