Chapter 7 - Rescue

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"You are going to pay for yesterday" Jimmy's voice made me jump while I was trying to balance on a wall causing me to fall onto the grass besides me.

"Oh" I laughed nervously "hey, Jimmy"

He held out his hand for me. Hesitantly, I took it and he helped me up. He looked pretty pissed at me. Whoopsy.

"Come on, you know I'm only messing around" I forced a smile across my lips.

Jimmy was silent for a minute before a smirk covered his lips "Yeah, I know. You're still going to pay though"

I laughed "I wouldn't bet on it"

"Oh, yeah? What makes you say that? You're boyfriend won't be with you all the time" Jimmy started to look a little evil.

I swallowed hard "You'd be surprised"

"Okay then. Consider this war"

I smiled broadly. This was gonna be fun. I held out my hand "War it is"

Jimmy shook it firmly and we both laughed.

"Kristen!" Tom called. I looked over to him. "Come on, we have to sort out tonight"

I nodded "Be there in a minute" I turned back to Jimmy "Well, see you around"

"Sure" the look on Jimmy's face scared me. He was gonna make me pay big time for yesterday. What have I just agreed to?

I slowly turned around and walked away hastily. Uh-oh. The sooner we got Ben back to protect me the better!

Tom was waiting inside for me "You look scared. You okay?"

I gulped "Fine" I tried my best not to laugh.

"O ... kay?" he looked confused, but so would I be "I've been coming up with a plan to save Ben. He's still at the hospital, so we know where he is. We have to go to Weaver for a briefing"

I put my thumb up "got it"

What I heard Porter say to Tom the other day flashed in my ears. Ben could die. It was a 50/50 chance Harris' idea was wrong and I'd lose him without a chance of getting him back like I do now. That would be it. I know I won't cope with that. God, I'd lose my mind.

"You look down, what's up? Thinking about what you heard?" you gotta give it to Tom, he knew me well.

"How can't I. To go through this, to save him just to kill him at 14 years old!" my voice gradually got louder as I came to stop.

Tom stopped and turned to me and hugged me "He's not going to die"

I paused as I calmed myself "How can you say that when you don't even know?" I whispered.

Tom pushed me away slightly and smoothed my hair "Because he has to be. If he isn't I'll go crazy. Heck I'm sure we all will" he chuckled lightly.

I smiled my eyes filling up as I watched the tears hit the floor "am I the only one who think it's a little strange that you're becoming my dad?"

Tom laughed as we started walking again "Nah, just cos your dating my son doesn't necessarily mean we can't think of eachother as family"

"Suppose not" I smiled weakly as I shrugged.

We reached Weaver's and Hal was waiting outside for us.

"Hey" he pushed himself off the wall.

"Hey. You okay?" Hal knew what I meant even though I tried to make it sound like a casual question.

"Yeah, fine, you?"

"Yep, why wouldn't I be" I pushed my fringe out of my eyes.

Tom put his arm over Hal and we walked into Weaver's 'office'.

"What's the situation?" Weaver asked.

"Ben's still at the hospital. I have a map of the ground floor. Think I have a plan" Tom took a map out of his inside pocket and sat next to Weaver "Now the recon team said that some of the kids didn't come back last night which means they're moving them around but like I said Ben's group is still there but we don't know for how long so we're going to have to move fast, the drugs are all ready to do this" Hal and I were stood up listening to Tom's plan. I hope it would work "There are mechs patroling here" he pointed it out on the paper "the team have said that there's usually one skitter per group which means that there's going to be a skitter with them pretty much at all times. The others are going to be sleeping in various places around the hospital. We need guys out here keeping an eye on the hallway and then more to go inside and fire at the skitter. There's a window here in the back of the room. We kill the skitter, take the kids and disappear into the forest"

Weaver nodded "I know you want to get him out badly but 'cos you're rushing you're missing the flaws. Now as soon as you fire at that skitter they're gonna be onto you and they'll create a circle around you and you fail"

"I can take that risk" Tom replied.

"I know but it's not only you in danger here. You're team's at risk, and Ben's at risk. First thing you're gonna do is wake the skitters up so there goes your advantage. Now you wanna stay silent. Keep them asleep for as long as possible, that way you won't have yourselves outnumbered"

Tom nodded and thought about it grabbing a pencil. Why did this have to be so confusing. I was no help at all. I suck at plans.

"What if, we keep the skitters asleep the whole time?" Hal asked walking forward "I mean there's just one mech there during the day, so we send a team in, break into the back door and just one guy goes in alone, kills the skitter while it's asleep"

"They're not that easy to kill" Tom chewed on the end of his pencil.

"You did it" Hal paused "almost"

"You go in quietly. It's your best bet. Maybe even your only bet. You figure it out" Weaver looked at me.

We all nodded and began to walk out.

"Kristen" Weaver called me back so I turned around while Tom and Hal waited for me "you seen Jimmy?"

"Yeah, I think he's still outside" I pointed with my thumb.

"Okay, you can go now"

We started walking down the hall.

"Can we eat now I'm starving" my stomach actually rumbled.

"Sounds good to me" Hal smiled broadly.

"Not yet. I wanna see Scott first" Tom turned towards Scott's room.

Hal and I both groaned.

"What you got for me?" Tom asked walking in. Matt was at his side helping him.

"Well, skitters communicate using raiowaves, that's obvious. If I could find the right frequency I might be able to pick it up, sort of a warning before hand" Scott walked over to a little hand powered radio "only thing is, a skitter walking down the corridor probably isn't transmitting it's just out on their little skitter walk"

"Too bad, thought we could have used it for an early warning system" Tom mumbled.

"Sadly, no. See this is from about the 1940s and what you want, we're just not there yet"

"Maybe we should wait to get Ben" Matt looked up at Tom.

Tom shook his head "we can't wait anymore buddy"

I looked from Tom to Hal who was messing about with a torch and making shapes with his hand.

I laughed "Are you for real?"

Hal smirked "I'm bored"

Tom got up and we left the room.

"So what are we going to do about weapons?" Hal asked.

"I'm not sure" Tom looked worried.

"What about crossbows?" I said remembering when I did archery.

Hal and Tom stopped. Did I say something wrong?

"That's actually a really good idea. Do we have any?" Tom asked.

"It's just insulting when people sound surprised. And course. Got 'em myself"

"Why don't we try them out?" Hal patted Tom's arm.

"They're in the weapons room, bottom left cuboard. Don't break them" I raised an eyebrow "I'm going to get something to eat, I haven't ate all day"

Tom nodded "okay, thanks. Come see us later"

"Don't I always" I rolled my eyes.

Hal patted my shoulder as they walked away. I couldn't wait to eat. I needed it. Whenever I didn't eat my head just wouldn't work properly.

I sat down in the hall and started eating. I was on my own. Usually I ate with others but they were all off doing different things. A boy sat down besides me. He looked about 16, or so I'm guessing with Hal.

"Mind if I sit here?" he was pretty good-looking. He had hair like Hal but eyes like Ben.

"Sure, free country" I smiled.

He held out his hand "Name's Logan"

"Kristen" I shook it.

"So, how old are you?"

I swallowed my food "14. What about you?"

"Just turned 16. I know I'm asking a lot of questions but what's your story? I mean, you hang around with the Masons a lot, but you call that one Tom not dad"

I smiled "you can ask questions and no, they're sort of my family but not by blood. I'm dating the one that's been taken prisoner, Ben. I lost my family ages ago. Half of them are dead, the other half missing"

"Not going so good for you then. Lost your family and your boyfriend. I mean, don't you consider yourself like single since he's been harnessed?" Logan's eyebrows creased together.

"We're getting him back along with some other kids. As long as he's alive I'm in a relationship" I nodded.

"Fair enough. Gotta give it to you for staying loyal to him. Most girls would've just forgotten him"

"What can I say" I shrugged "if you really love someone. So what's your story anyway?"

Logan smiled when I said I loved Ben "It's just me and my mom left. My entire family was either wiped out or captured"

I nodded "girlfriend?"

"Oh, no. We broke up not long before the invasion. We only came to the 2nd mass a few days ago"

"What was her name?"

"Rachel"

"Pretty" I smiled. I pushed the plate away from me after I'd finished eating.

"Fancy hanging out for a bit?" Logan asked.

"Sure" I nodded "I'm not needed till later"

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