Chapter 14
The woman stared at him with terrified look and quickly pointed towards the door that was behind Jonas on his right side. Jonas pulled Lilly along as he charged into the room. In middle of the room, where Jenna was found tied down to a table with several people gathered around, Jenna's voice screamed, "You won't get anything out of this! I told you I won't tell where Jonas and Gabriel are!"
Lilly screamed with horror, "Stop! Stop everything right now! Release that woman and I die! You hear?" The people looked up at Jonas and Lilly as Lilly said a bit more calmly, "Just listen to what Jonas has to say and just do as he says. He doesn't want that woman to be Released, and it seems as though he knows something that I don't. So just listen to him and give me a chance to actually live my life completely."
Jonas growled, "Wise choice of words, Lilly, but they're gonna have to Release you too when you grow old. Their idea of Release is to kill a person off. Our idea of Release when we don't know any of this is just being sent off to some nice place with other people." When Lilly froze with terror, Jonas looked up at the people as he asked, "You guys do care about Lilly's family unit, correct? Especially after they lost their 'special' son that became the new Receiver about five or six years ago? If you care for them, you'll listen to that Receiver that came back, risking his own life, just to get back that woman! Let her go or I Release my own sister when I used to live here!"
As some people took out some needles, paying no attention to Jonas, one of the people that didn't move cried out, "Hold it! Just let the woman go! Lily's family unit did lose Jonas so should at least spare them one of their kids."
Once Jenna was let go of, Jonas hissed, "Jenna, get the hell out of the building! Immediately! And wait for me outside the door!" Jenna hesitated for awhile before hurrying out, and Jonas followed not too long after with Lily. Once all three of them got out, Jonas sighed as he said, "We have to get to the Giver first. I can't leave him behind again."
Just then, Lily snapped as she cried out, "How about the rest of us here, Jonas? You're going to leave all of us again?"
"I love all my friends here, but none of you guys understand what I went through here," Jonas coldly replied. "Only the Giver understands me. After he's gone, you guys can decide for yourselves on what should be done." The three of them headed towards the Complex, and Lily seemed to be lost in her own thoughts during the entire walk. When they got inside, Jonas sighed with relief for there was no one at the front desk. He just looked over the counter and found a button to open the door himself.
As the door started to open, Jonas heard a familiar male voice bark, "I don't want any visitors! Who said you can let anyone in?"
Gulping, Jonas quietly said to Lily, "You can run off to your family unit now, Lily." Before Lily could've said anything, Jonas quickly said, "Jenna, come in with me. I'd like you to meet someone who I considered to be my first official family member before running away from this town. You'll have to meet him sooner or later, any how."