AN I'm sorry as I know you lot waited for an update and instead I bring you a rewritten version of the story What had we become. Any I just hope that you'll like it. I don't own Revolution and any known characters. New characters are all mine.
Summary After Danny's death Miles decides to bring in reinforcement. New characters included. Miles and Nora have a child. Charlie bashing. Rachel bashing. "So Nora told him when Miles asked why she hated Bass so much. They took our second child!" Also the water-plant scenery is a bit altered. As well the Blackout took place five years earlier and Nora is two years older than originally. Shelly Monroe survived the childbirth. Charlie is a second child hear born two years after the Blackout and Danny was born a year before it so he could have been saved by nanos 1.0.
Right in front of me stood the two people I longed for just as much as I newer wanted to see them again. A man with dark brown hair and brown eyes that were same as mine and a Hispanic woman whose nose I inherited. I haven't seen them for the last six years. They told me that I'd see them in a few hovers but newer came back. Instead just my aunt reminded by my side. And that is not even my aunt by blood. We just chose each other for the lack of people and family in our lives when we left Philly.
I am leaning to the wall near the entrance of the room. It's the conference room of the village's Meier house AKA aunt Shelly's. We live in Newchessford. It's a state of it's own in the Planes Nation and it's independent. Well, kind of. Right now there is a meeting I was called to. Some passerby wanted a hearing whit Shelly and originally I was on a scout duty with Max and Zack. As I and the other squads came in my blood ran cold in a way and I leaned to the wall and plastered an indifferent expression over my face.
"We need your best. Not a kid squad." The man I knew since my birth sais.
"Hear they are. Don't underestimate them." Shelly's eyes smiles at me.
"But they are children. Not older than Joline." The Hispanic woman sais. A small smile finds it way to my face.
"As if an age was ever the defining point when it comes to skills." Max sais from next to me. She is siting on a desk and takes the thinks as an insult. She always does when a stranger sais she is useless.
"They were rose in an autonomy village." Shelly sais with a smile playing only in her eyes.
"I need some soldiers. Not a bunch of kids. Even Monroe knows better than to recruit kids." Miles Matheson sais.
"Don't mention Him." All the joy is out of Shelly's face and I give her a smile.
Nora puts a hand on Shelly's shoulder. "I'm sorry. Last weak we were at Philly and he encountered Him."
I know who He is. I have known him as long as I have known my parents. "And Christopher?" The question leaves my lips sooner than I catch my self.
Mom's eyes widen and father pails. "Jolls?" He sais softly.
"For you it's Miss Matheson. I don't recall recontacting whit the two of you." I say coldly.
"So this are the parents of yours who have abandoned you." Zack states. I nod. For the record all emotions are gone and I feel empty.
"They are the best. As Max sad, don't judge them by their age." Shelly sais coldly. She probably feels something similar or at least knows what I do.
"Be glad that she agrees to lend her men to you. She doesn't have to." I say sharply.
"Jolls." They both sais and both look hurt.
"She's not why you came. You came to get your self some soldiers. Not to reconnect with her." Aunt sais sharply. I know why. She knows how up-sad I am about them abandoning me. She abandoned her son so she understands. But unlike them she had no choice. "Be glad that I am sanding her with you so you can enjoy each others company."
"I think I know what this is calling for. The Playground." A big smirk appears on my face. "Come when you are ready." Whit that I leave the room. I know that Shelly's going to explain it to them and that can stop their arguing about our age. I must say that I am surprised that Brien, Mike and Carla didn't add anything to our little discussion. Me challenging them right now also gives me some time to collect my self. As Shelly sad they aren't hear to collect me.
Ten minutes passes till they approach. I am at the Playground a wooden sward for this little theater in an holster and a wooden knife in my booth. The Playground is an area for training. It has a same fence as an area for horses which is because this way people who decide to watch won't get in a way. I am not that surprised when it is Miles who decides to join me in the ring'.
"You're sour about this kiddo?" He gives me an uneasy look as if I was made of a sugar.
I just give him a hard one and those his two weapons to him. "Lets go." I say as I make my way away from him with my back to him so that he has his time to pick hes weapons.
After ten steps I turn and draw my sword. He has his drawn as well and is ready. I know he will do anything to stop me from going even if it means no help for him in Newchessford. I make my way to him. The sward still in the middle risen position. He comes at me. His sword nonchalantly near his right leg. So he will come at me with force. Nice one. I start to circle him. I am still out of the reach distance and I maneuver him so that the sun is right behind me. He strikes. He expected me to think that he is at a disadvantage but I know better.
The strike comes from my left bottom and I do a step to left back. This gets me out of the strike and I do my own at his right hand just by a short quick movement. He would have had a nasty cut at his forearm if the swards were real. I jump to the back. He is just about to strike again and advances at me at a full speed. I do few more steps behind and finally come across of the rock that sands me to the ground. I don't wait till he gets to me. I grab a handful of dirt and toss it in his face.
He instinctively goes for his eyes and I circle him so now I am behind him and standing. He suddenly turns and strike right at where I am. I jump backward and only block inches from my face. Now it's a meter of strength. I am right where he wanted me. So I lean forward whit all my force and suddenly let go of my sward and go to the ground in a somersault under his legs and as I am there I use the speed and mi knife to inflict a wound on his leg right under the knee.
As he 'falls' he still has a time to make a nice imaginary game scratch on my back but I would have survived it.
"What have you made her do all those years Shelly?! A Run around and fight for her life?! We trusted you!" Oh, Miles just lost it.
"No, Miles. I made her a survivor. You weren't there. We had the most dangerous man out there on our heals and were on run for about a year. Than we finally came hear and in two years changed this village so that the war clans were no trait anymore. What was I supposed to do? Go back to Philly? You think that he would be nice to me or even better... What do you think would have happened if he got his hands on her? Miles?!" Shelly is pissed off now and I am too.
"I think that they don't need our help." I say coldly. My eyes fix themselves on my parents. Nora is still speechless and looks hurt. Miles is just miles. He turns and walks away in the direction of nearest alcohol he can find.
"We will talk tomorrow. Zack, take them to the guest-house. Come Joline." We leave them there and than to their own means and walk away.
That night I have the dream I hadn't have for a while now. I am that small girl again. I am eight and someone wakes me in the middle of the night. I wake up to see my mom. She has packed all my thinks and now she wakes me to come somewhere. I don't understand why. She tels me it's a field-trip and a birthday surprise so I am quiet when she asks me to and fallow her instruction. Outside Shelly waits for us. She takes my hand and mom sais that she and dad will join us behind the walls. We use the old metro to get out of the city. I am tired as we make it to the rande vu point and sit down. An hover later Shelly sais that they won't make it in time and we have to go. I don't wont to. How are they going to find us? And so Shelly does the only think she can. She gently puts me to sleep so I won't alert anyone of our presence and we leave.
I wake up cowered in a sweat and with a headache. I feel as that lost eight-years-old again. I make my way to the bathroom and wash my face in the water from a bucket. My eyes are rad so I was probably crying. I make my way to the dresser and take out a yellow shirt, green-gray jacket and black jeans. It will do for today. I put it on and walk down the stairs to grab some food at the kitchen. My parents and Shelly are there as it seams and don't look like if they slept better than I did. "Hullo." I mutter and help my self to a cup of black tea.
"You're OK?" Shelly sais.
"As OK as you are. The one as always." She sands me a knowing look. "I am sorry about yesterday. I know you couldn't make it in time and than you lost our tracks. Even so you were gone for so long that it felt as if you newer wonted or tried to get to us." I know what my own anger did yesterday and how I hurt them by that. They may have taken me for an immature kid because of that. Guess what. You don't grow in Plains Nation and become an immature kid at an age of fourteen.
Shelly gives me an approving look and a small nod. Miles is as surprised as he comes. Nora on the other hand hugs me tightly and tears run down her face. "Anyway, how did you find us?" Shelli asks.
Miles trades his place with Nora and so she is the one who answers. "There were rumors about a town with the trap-system you once showed me." She sais and hugs Shelly.
"Good think I did than." Shelly smiles at my parents.
Miles pools away and looks at me. "I still don't like an idea of you coming with as and that you had to became so good with sword."
"You newer saw me with the bow, dad." I smile at him.
"So tell me about the commotion you made in the Republic and how is Bass?" The word leave Shelly's mouth and I cant wait to hear it.
"We shell sit down for that one." Nora sais and we go to the conference room. Miles produces a bottle of whiskey from somewhere and pure all of us some.
"It all started after we left. I didn't make it out in time and I couldn't pool the trigger when it came to Bass. I think I newer will be able to. Anyway I find Nora outside. We did a run for it and after a day we tried to find your tracks. But there was this big storm than. For the next month we tried and searched but nothing came up. Finally Nevile nearly got us. We had to separated. I went to Ben. I stayed with him for a day or to and than moved to Chicago to lay low. Nora made her way to the west. All was silent and so for the next few years and I tried to drink my self to death. Hey! Don't give me that look!" Miles shouts as he takes another shot.
"You tried what?! Miles Matheson are you not ashamed of yourself?!" Shelly can't help it.
"Pleas proceed." I just say. I wont this over with.
"Then one day your cousin Charlotte comes looking for me out of blue. She sais that Ben is dead. Killed by Tom Nevile. And her brother Daniel was taken by Nevile to Philly and that Ben told her to find me and save her brother. The last time I saw Ben he nearly found it in him to kill me after I told him that Rachel was death. At first I didn't wont to cam with her..." All of as take a shot. "... but than this militia kid showed up. Turns out later that he is Tom's son Jason. He brings the local garrison at us and Chicago is no place for me any more. So I came with them. We needed help so we went looking for Nora and find her as she was trying to get a sniper-rifle for the rebels of all people." At this Nora roles her eyes and Miles takes another shot. "We ran threw obstacles and ended up with Charlie's step-mother dieing on us. Tom planed to take Denny to Philly by a train and we tried to get him at the station but instead Nora got shot really bad and we ended at Drexler's. When we finally made it to the Philly we were ambushed by a spy in local rebel's group. They got the others. I was out scouting. I made Tom a deal he couldn't say no to. Julia or informations. I got Aron and Nora out. Then we went to a power plant where Bass had taken Charlie and Danny. Turned out that Rachel was still alive." At this he takes another two shots and Shelly takes one and put the bottle out of anyones reach. "They were already on their way out. Nora went to search for them, Aron stayed out as he was supposed to make a hole in a wall and I went down. I turned one corner and find my self face to face with him. We fight and than he drops his weapon and he tells me to come back and that all will be as it used to be. He is delusional. Somehow I make it out as a last one without having to kill him and run for it. He sends a helicopter after us. Rachel made him this think that can turn a power on in a small location so he uses it. We barely made it. Than we got to a rebel base and that's where his helicopter attacks again. Before we take it down Danny is shot. We only did is thanks to Jason Nevile. He developed a crush on Charlie and deserted to save her. After this I decided we need to hit Bass hard and be done with him."
"And my son?" Shelly asks softly.
"Non of us saw him but we heard some rumors about him being a higher up in the Militia."
"I will give you nine of my people and I will go my self. All I wont for it is that I am the one to decide what to do with my son." Shelly sais. I feel for her. She hadn't seen her son in the last six years. She doesn't know the young man he become.
"I agree." Miles sais and we go to prepare our selfs in a bit.
The road-trip is quiet. Occasionally mom or dad asks me about what I enjoy or who I like and thinks like that and I try to answer them. Also I ask thinks. For example I found out that I should have been an older sister. Something along the lines that Nora joined rebels to avenge my brother. It's hard to cope with how much have this fell-out between dad and Bass taken from us. Six years of live with my parents, friendship of my two best friends, the lives of my cousin, uncle and a step-aunt...
We finally get to a camp near Athena nearby Philly. There is this blond women at the gate of an old market with her blond daughter. We stop near them and they proceed to us as they see us. "Jols, you remember aunt Rachel? This is her daughter Charlie." Dad says.
Shelly gets a hard look from Rachel. "You?!" It takes me stopping her hand before she slaps Shelly. Rachel is angry. I had a glimpse or to at Rachel back in Philly. She newer saw me.
"Hallo aunt and cousin." I say with a smile. Rachel frowns at me and Charlotte looks somehow hurt at dad. It seems that she wanted him for her self or what.
A dark boy comes out of the market. I know I've seen him somewhere. "JJ?" I just try. Rachel's hand long left alone. She is now playing a staring contest with Shelly.
"Jols?" The young man standing in front of me says. He is twenty one if I remember well. We started us a trainees and a self-defense trainer whit me and Chris being the trainees. Than somehow we become friends. All three of us. Jason made his way to me and hugged me.
"Nice to see you two." I get out of his grip and smile at him.
"So you are uncle Miles's daughter?" Charlie speaks up.
I give her a small smile. "Hallo Charlotte. Its nice to finally meet you. I heard a lots about you."
"How do you know each other?" Well guess what? My cousin is all jealous over my friend.
"If you wont to proceed to hate me than do it but don't get in my way Rachel." I hear Shelly say.
I turn around and see her and Rachel. The blond women still hates her. "Aunt Rachel. Can you let Shelly be? She was there for me when no one else was. I know you didn't like it in Philly and how and why you were there but don't put the blame on her. You don't knew her. I do. Shelly, look who is hear." I smile at Shelly.
Rachel tries to say something but Jason beats her to it. "Hallo Mrs Monroe. How are you?"
I give my old friend a smile. Shelly looks at him and smiles. "Well Jason, I'm fine. What about you? How's Julia and... Sorry. Do you know how is Christopher?" She asks finally what we both longed to know for a while.
"Mom is fine and dad is the same way as always. Well..." He is a bit uncertain what to say. "He is well. He made it to a major. He has a talent for his work. As far as I know he is in Pittsburgh now but it's most likely that general will recall him soon if he haven't yet."
"Is he gone as Bass is or...?" Shelly asks.
"No, don't wary. He is sane even if not saint." Jason smiles at Shelly. We continue our reconnection whit friends and family for the next few hovers and than go to plan our net move.
AN So time-line changes – I made Ben 52, Bass, Miles and Rachel are 49, Nora is 39. Aron is 46. To the kids. Jason is and Danny was 21, Charlie is 18, Chris is 17 and Joline is 14. Don't try to kill me for the next chapter. Also Blackout happened 20 years ago. Republic was found six years after the Blackout. The bomb-attack on Miles was !14 years after the Blackout and Miles left a year later. Miles and Nora were married five years after the Blackout. I used Missy Peregrym as Jols and Alex Pettyfer as Chris. You can find the photos on my profil.