THE CEASED.

PART 1: THE WAKE OF A BEAST

I'm starting to think that my mother was crazy enough to send us to a wasteland. We sat in the helicopter, relaxing before we made our trek to Savannah, which was the safe haven near the shore, according to my mother and the journal.
A little bit later, we packed up all we needed and left the helicopter behind.
We stumble through the ruins of the place called Miami. We still don't know if Savannah is even there, it could've been taken out by the water for all we know.
The water engulfs the road in front of us and beside us. There's only one way through and that's straight ahead. There's cars, trees and rubble in the water. It comes up to my waist. The muck at the bottom makes my boots stick with each step. As we continue on, bodies start to appear, they aren't decaying, so they're obviously fresh. We're finally through the water when a tall, built, brown-haired man stops us.
"Who are you?!" He asks, aiming his gun at us.
"We're from Resurgence" I say, the name shakes inside my body.
His gun drops. "How'd you guys make it out?"
"A war drove us out" Christa said. "The dome fell and we fled to Arc, they told us to come here"
"Do you know Amilly Mathews?"
I swallowed hard. "That's my mother" I said.
"We were friends back at Arc. I came here to help with the city but a faction from Resurgence attacked us"
"Wisdom" I sighed.
"Yeah...that one" He wrapped his gun around his back. "Anyway, follow me, I'll take you to Savannah"

He led us to a fence that was between two buildings. Inside of the fence was a small community, like Arc, but a bit smaller. They worked on something under pitched green tents.
"What's that?" Erik asked.
"Lethal Injection bullets, for Wisdom of course" He smiled. "I've forgotten to introduce myself, I'm Steven"
We introduced ourselves as well then dropped off our bags in a room with cool air flowing through it.
"Lethal Injection" I said softly to Erik.
"Crazy...Do you think they'll use it on us?"
"If they get the chance to" I said. "So let's not let them have that chance"
We bumped into Steven again. He was walking with a technician.
"We're working on making the dome a force field, cool huh?" He patted the boy on the back.
"Yeah...Very cool" Erik smiled, even though the idea was blown out of proportion.

I wen't to the beach alone. Erik talked with Christa, Octavia and Zen up near the small benches on the pier. I had changed into my new clothes, well...same style but with different clothing. The new boots fit snug, the other ones hurt my feet, they were two sizes too small.
There was no push and pull of the tides, the dome was blown to bits, half the simulation didn't work. It would flicker every so often and the outline of the dome would appear. I dipped my finger into the water, it was boiling hot. I winced, instantly pulling back.
"Bailey!" Christa yelled, sliding down in the sand beside me.
"How's the water?" She asked.
"Don't touch it...It's hot" I smiled.
"Do we trust these people?"
"Not until they do something to earn our trust" I pulled my knees up to my chin and wrapped my arms around my legs.
"Wisdom will be back if they know we're here" She said, taking a deep breath.
"They'll be back if they know I'm here" I said. "I'm like a trophy Brianna wants...And she'll get what she wants"
Christa sighed.
"I'm not safe, I'm putting all of you in danger"
"We're willing to risk our lives" She said, putting her hands on my shoulder. A cool breeze touched my face, it felt like beauty hitting me.
I know now...We are inseparable, we've made a team and we'll be together till the end.