I drape the cloak on me. Then I lean over my small black backpack. My back aches from being under that table last night. The fresh air of the morning caresses me. A new beginning for everyone. I grab a small notepad and a pencil. A compass and some sewing materials. Then I open my wardrobe and pack in some sweat pants and two t-shirts. Then I slowly elevate. My head rushes blood flows. And I breathe. I walk out of my room, Teresa has her backpack slung over her shoulder and her cloak is nicely placed.
"Hey." I whisper.
"Ready to talk to Tim. I'm not to sure he's going to believe us." She says walking up to me. Then we take the stairs into the base.
"I agree. It's pretty risky." I say. "What did you pack?" I ask. No one can hear us. It's mayhem.
"Notepad and pencil. Some clothes." She says. I nod.
"Me too." I say. Pretty much. I spot Paxton, Kira, and Maya over in a corner and gesture Teresa and I to go over, we move swiftly.
"Hi girls." Paxton says just as Tim walks over to us. I gulp.
"Hey. Wait. What are those things on you back?" He asks concerned. He moves to unzip one but I turn away.
"Uhh. Secret weapon." I say, but I move my finger to my lips. "We've been working on it. Sure to do the trick. Hey we don't want to draw any attention to it. So when we're preparing to use it. Don't come neat us. They'll suspect something." I say. "Ok?"
"Yea. Good luck kids." He shakes his head moving away. I let out a gasp. Thank goodness.
"Step one, check." Kira murmurs. They spread out into position to get ready for the attack. Well at least the large clump of people. Then we'll apparently run through the doors into the attack place. I dunno.
"So where are we attacking?" I ask Paxton. We still stand in the corner. I haven't figured it out surprisingly yet.
"Some place called Tarmen." He says. The world goes black, my vision blurs. My heart pounds, stops, then pounds again. I faint ready to collapse onto the ground but warm arm catches me. They grab me tying to keep me from falling anymore than I did.
"Emerson. What happened!" He asks. I stammer gasping. I feel his breath, it's Paxton.
"I...I....I. My. Town. Parents. Live." Is all I manage to say, but he gets it and grabs me into a hug.
"Change of plans. We're stopping them from attacking there first!" He says. The last thing I see is him motioning for Teresa, Kira, and Maya. And Paxton embracing me.
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Fearless
Action"We'll keep you safe." Emerson doesn't know what happening until it happens. She's forced into the Riots army base against her will to train for hijacks and attacks. And when she realizes she's not the only one who was captured like her everything c...
