Hey guys! Long time no see, huh? Sorry for the long hiatus. School started in August, so I haven't had the time to update like I should.

Anyway, enjoy this update! All Rayhaven Rebels belong to me. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Hellbent

Daniel groaned as he watched the radar. The 35-year-old was frustrated and annoyed that the rebels were losing. They all had already lost so much. Now they were losing more rebels and he hated it.

"We need to do another patrol. Go find Melissa and Carmen. Tell-"

"Dad?"

Daniel turned around to find his now 16-year old daughter standing before him. He sighed, knowing what she was about to ask. He crossed his arms and shook his head in disagreement.

"Absolutely not."

"Why?! I've been training. I can fight-"

"I don't care. It's too dangerous."

"You let Aaron go with you every time! Why can't I go?"

"He's 18, which is the legal age that you can be in the army. He-"

"That's the old rules."

Her father sighed and growled in frustration. She just didn't get it.

"Look Mack. You're too young to be going out in a fight. You barely know how to use a gun and I can't risk sacrificing any more kids. It's just not safe out there. Once you're closer to 18-"

"I turn 17 in a month. That's one year away of legal age to be in the army. Why can't I train now?"

"Because-"

"Because you're a girl. Everyone knows a girl can't fight."

Daniel looked ahead while his daughter turned around. It was Noah Ryder. He was one of the top incoming recruits for next year and intimidated the other recruits who would be in his class.

"What makes you think that?" Mackenzie asks, crossing her arms with a scowl on her face. Noah just shrugged.

"Have you seen how childish the girls here act around guns? Hell, they're scared of their own shadows. They'll never be brave enough to go out there and fight for our cause. They would be dead from a gunshot in seconds of entering the battlefield." Noah taunts, a sly smirk spreading across his face.

That was it.

Mackenzie ran and tackled Noah, who was surprised because he hadn't expected that from her. Or from any girl for that matter.

"What the hell?! Get off of me!" Noah yelled, struggling to get the small yet surprisingly strong girl off of him so he'd get out of his pinned down position.

"Take that back and I will." Mackenzie requests, smirking a bit. Noah just growled.

"Take back what?!"

"What you just said about girls, you idiot!"

Suddenly, Mackenzie felt two strong hands forcibly pry her off of Noah. She kicked and struggled as Noah stood up and brushed himself off.

"Freak…" He muttered under his breath.

"What was that?" Mackenzie asked sweetly, playing innocent now. Noah just turned and looked at her with an eyebrow raised.

"You're weird. Hard to believe your Commander Warren's daughter. You're supposed to be a fighter. Not a flower." He commented, then sighed and walked out.

After he left and the door was shut and locked to prevent further interruptions, Daniel turned to his daughter, his arms crossed across his chest.

This wasn't good.

"What is wrong with you? I can't have you attacking my top incoming recruits like that. Do you realize what it'll do to my reputation as a commander?" Daniel asked, awaiting his daughter's answer.

Mackenzie stood there, dumbfounded.

"Well?" He says a bit impatiently.

Mackenzie snapped out of it and sighed heavily.

"Didn't you hear what he said? He insulted every girl on this base! We can fight just as well as any man or boy can." She complained, giving her father a death glare.

"That doesn't matter. Plus-"

"It doesn't matter?! So you don't care if he insults me-"

"Damn it, just shutup and listen to me Mackenzie!"

Mackenzie immediately quit talking, heartbroken that he father would actually yell at her. She gulped and stared, waiting for her dad to continue.

Realizing he'd just yelled at his daughter, he quickly tried to take it back.

"Mackenzie, I…"

But before he could finish his sentence, she unlocked the door and ran out while crying the whole way to her dorm.

~ 2 hours later ~

"Damn it Daniel… what would she think of you now? Yelling at your daughter like that?" Daniel says to no one but himself.

His daughter just wanted to help and he rejected her in a way his wife would be ashamed of.

Lindsey.

Why was he thinking of her now? It had been years since he had thought of her since her kidnapping. She was pregnant with Arielle and-

Arielle. How old would she be now? Ten perhaps? Mackenzie was six before she was born, and she was sixteen now so…

Yeah. She'd be ten.

"Lindsey… Arielle… if you can somehow here me, hang in there. We're coming to rescue you soon once we find out where those bast- I mean monsters are hiding you. They're hellbent, and once the Rayhaven Rebels reach them, all hell is breaking loose. That's a promise." Daniel swore, looking up at the star-filled night sky.

~ Somewhere else ~

"Arielle, no matter what they do, you have to be strong. We'll get through this. I promise."

The young girl woke up, sweat dripping down her face. Her mother was speaking to her again, trying to convince her everything was going to be okay.

But it wasn't. They had been trapped here against their will. The soldiers said they were just protecting them from the real threat, but she knew better. She would find their way out and find a new home. Her mom said she had a dad… and she was determined to find them.

"Chica? Are you alright?" A Federation soldier asked as he walked past her cell.

"Si amigo." She replied, smirking a bit.

"Did you sleep-"

Suddenly, the soldier's walkie talkie started going bizerk. He quickly grabbed it and spoke to another man in Spanish over it.

"Adios chica. Duty calls." He says then runs off.

Arielle sighs and leans back. How was she ever-

Clank!

Arielle sat up and looked outside her cell. When she did, her smile spread from ear-to-ear.

Because laying out there, right in arm's reach by her cell…

Was the keys to unlock all the cell doors.

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