Trapped | The Trapped Trilogy Book 1

Twenty

Twenty

EENIE

"How did you find me?"

"Rebecca said you'd be here," I say, biting my lip.

He had kissed me, and now I can't stop smiling.

"Come on, you two. We only have ten more minutes to get deep into the Dome," I hear Rebecca say in the doorway.

"What is she talking about?" Peter asks me.

"I'll explain it on the way," I say quickly, taking his hand and leading him out into the hallway.

I tell him what Justin had told me.

"Justin found an exit that leads to the outside of the Domes. We let in as many people as we could from the rebellion, and, oh! Ken was with them. Apparently he was wandering around and everything trying to find his way back to the rebellion complex. He said he lost you."

"Yeah, he hid in the trees while I... kinda attacked the President," He says, smirking.

I laugh. "Why am I not surprised?"

"Because it's who I am," He slides his hand into mine, and chills work their way up my arm and down my spine. I trip over my foot and regain my balance, my face getting hot.

"So what do we do now?" He asks.

"Now we wait," Rebecca says.

She's walking ahead of us quickly, and I'm trying to keep up. My legs are shorter than both Rebecca's and Peter's, so I have to take bigger steps.

When Rebecca had come through, she grabbed me by my arm and pulled me along with her. We had left Justin behind to let in more of the Rebellion's people. She asked me where Peter went and I told her I didn't know. She nodded and told me he might be in a Simulation Sphere.

"Wait! Here," Rebecca says, turning around and holding out a white coat and white pants that she picked up from a desk. "Put these on. If you're seen without them you'll be executed."

Peter takes the clothes awkwardly and jumps into a room and closes the door behind him.

Rebecca looks down at the purple of my arm.

"You need to be careful," She had says as I push the sleeve down self-consciously. "And if you start to hurt, come look for me. Please."

"Why?" I ask her.

"I used to work as a Government Official in the Home Dome. I've seen this first-hand. To my knowledge, I'm the only one that knows what happens."

"Can you stop it?"

"No, but I'll try and find out how. If I do, I'll come looking for you."

"All done," Peter comes out of the room.

"Let's go," Rebecca says quickly, looking at the band on her wrist and turning on her heel. Something has changed inside of her... Maybe she just wants me to be her little experiment.

Yay.

We walk for about five minutes, and I hear the faint beeping of the cameras turning back on. Peter and I follow Rebecca up the flights of stairs and into the Dame's Dome.

"I've always wondered what it looked like in this Dome," Peter says, laughing at himself.

Another sharp pain hits my stomach, and I fall against Peter, leaning over. He grabs me around my waist and doesn't let go. When it stops, I stand up and almost fall over. Peter catches me and props me up underneath his arm.