Survival of the Fittest:
Calista Semuels lives in a 'boarding school' with her best friend Jack Amsters. Both are working hard for their initiation exams, which will determine whether or not they are accepted into the Academy. Acceptance means a lif...
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A quick hour after getting home, I had sped through most of my homework. Now all I had to do was make it out of the house so I could check up on the radio receiver.
I needed to get a lead of some sort. Something to let me know how much time I had before they came.
And then I had to make sure the fight would be far from home. I couldn't put Zora or any of the kids at risk.
I grabbed my duffel bag and replaced the gym equipment with transmitters, notebooks, whatever I could use and need for the rest of the night.
I threw the bag over my shoulder and went down the steps to the living room.
"Where are you going?" Zora asked me from the dining table. A couple of the kids were with her, working on homework.
"Just to the gym and maybe to meet some friends."
"Shouldn't you take Jack?"
I paused for a moment, running through excuses, "If I go to meet friends I'll come back and pick him up, but I'll be alone at the gym."
She thought for a second before nodding hesitantly, "Sure, I guess."
I grinned and waved her and the kids goodbye before bolting out the door.
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I pulled the keys out of the car and stepped out.
I was in a trailer park.
The same trailer park where I stayed during the mission. Most of my large servers I had to leave here but I came back occasionally.
The last time I came here was to hear about the bombings.
I wonder what I would learn this time around.
I sighed, grabbing my duffel bag and a couple of other things out of the trunk.
This would be a long night and I could only hope Zora wouldn't get suspicious about me being late.
I headed into the trailer I brought with me for the mission that left me stranded here two years ago.
It looked the same as always.
Barren with only a few necessities.
Stone cold - just like I had been.
Finding Zora and becoming a part of a family gave me more than a purpose.
It gave me happiness.
That was something I didn't want to risk jeopardizing, but I had to.
The intel they were looking for, the intel that I had found, would hurt people - a lot of people.
I couldn't risk letting anyone I knew become caught in a crossfire because of a decision I made years ago.
