Meanwhile...
Noah was sitting at the library, looking at a couple books to himself. He was still confused by all that was going on around town, as he was trying to put together who was the guys who are going all of this. He just wish that whoever these two guys are, they would just turn themselves in. It's something that's going to be flat out impossible for Noah to wish for, but for him, it's better for him than trying to figure out who these guys are. This is becoming stressful and confusing for him.
The boy stood there at one of the bookshelves, reading a random book off of the shelf. But as he places the book back onto the shelf he got it from, the book fell out of the shelf. Noah walked over to the end of the bookshelf, glaring behind the shelf, only to see Topher standing behind the bookshelf, getting his attention.
"Wow, real mature of you..." Noah said, staring at the boy in front of him. "You mind telling me what you want instead of going the whole childish knock down the book off the shelf bullshit?" Topher nods, walking up to the shorter boy.
"Of course. I must say sorry for not approaching you, this library gets pretty butthurt if you dare talk." Topher said. "I was here to ask you if you found this guy yet?"
"No. We haven't."
"Well, neither has Chris."
"Yeah. Also...this is going to sound completely insane, but there are apparently two culprits out there in the town." Topher looked at Noah as if what was said was ridiculous.
"You're kidding? Do you have proof of this?" Noah raises a finger, only to lower it, realizing that he didn't get a picture of the two before he went back home.
"Damn it...should've done that before I left with Izzy..." The boy looked at the Mayor's assistant again, before holding his hands up. "I know I sound like I'm making shit up, but I'm telling you the truth. I wouldn't believe myself if I was told this myself, but there's two guys, probably more out there. Me and Cody saw it with our own eyes."
"Cody's not here to back you up on this one, pal."
"Well...it's true." Noah looks down, then back up at Topher. "Look, just...why are you looking for me? I am...tired, and...just...I'm trying to get to the bottom of all of this, so...what? Does Chris need me for something?"
"No. But Mayor Hatchet is getting seriously stressed out with the...I mean, these guys going after Duncan and his friends. Who's left now? Duncan?" Noah nods his head. "Crap, all of this happened so fast."
"Tell me about it..." Noah glared at Topher again. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Well..." Topher pulled out a piece of paper from his back pocket. "Mayor Hatchet found this on his desk after we left the town hall last night."
Topher pulls out a piece of paper that Mayor Hatchet and him found inside the town hall. It was another note, similar to the ones that him, Gwen, and Chris have been finding all over the town. Noah read the note himself, silently.
'I know you and Chris are keeping Duncan safe somewhere in this town. Try to keep him safe all you want, but I will find him. If you guys were smart, I'd say surrender him right now. If not, I'll just have to do things the hard way. If you do allow me to end him, then I'll leave you guys alone for good. I believe you guys will have the right thing done by tonight.' The note said.
"Yeah. It seems like whoever these two guys are, they want Duncan like, right now." Topher said. "Because by the sound of THIS note, right here. It seems whoever this is, finally got impatient with us, including you." Noah hands the note back to Topher, before being curious about something.
"Does Chris know about this?" Noah asked.
"Not yet. But considering that...well, you are his new buddy in this whole ordeal...I don't think I have any other choice but to show you first." Topher places the note back into his pocket. "Any ideas who these psychos even are?"
"No..." Topher glared at him when that was said, only to hear the next thing said. "But Harold, Cameron, Sam, Ellody, those four come to mind at the moment. For now. But I doubt any of them are from New York, considering that all of them have been living here since...Gwen found both a cap and a jacket from the same state."
"Maybe it's only there to throw you guys off. Or maybe it's just a coincidence."
"Who knows, really." Noah then looks at Topher. "Anyways...Duncan now...um...are we sure that is bringing him into the town hall and letting him die is such a good idea?"
"Look, let me make one thing clear...me and Mayor Hatchet have a plan. Whatever happens, find Duncan, tell him to come down to the town hall for us. There, me, Mayor Hatchet, and Chris will handle the guy...guys, from there." Topher shook his head. "Sorry, the fact that there's now two is going to be hard to get use to now." Topher than turns around away from Noah. "Remember, find and tell Duncan to come down to our town hall tonight. Alright?"
"I will."
"Alright...be careful out there, alright?"
"Alright." Noah walks off, as Topher stayed behind, looking at a couple more books.
With Gwen again...
The girl was in the forest, near the rangers station, practicing with her crossbow. The song 'Believer' by Imagine Dragons was playing on the radio, as Gwen has boards with targets painted on them around the spot she was at. She kept her crossbow in her grip, as she glared at the boards around her.
Standing there, with her glare on her face, Gwen places an arrow into her crossbow. She remembered the words her father was telling her when she was a kid, as she focused her bow on one of the boards.
'Using this item is real easy Gwen. All you have to have is some focus. Close one eye, then send the arrow into the tree over there.' Gwen's fathers words said in her head. Gwen glared at the target behind herself, sending her arrow into the board.
'Daddy, what is the bears or wolves are moving? What do I do?' A younger Gwen said in the older goths head. Gwen places another arrow into her bow. Then looked at a target that was falling from the balcony of the station.
'Don't think twice. Just fire the arrow. Not a second early, or a second too late.' Gwen's dad's voice said again, in her mind. Gwen sends an arrow into the falling board, breaking it in the process.
'This seems pretty easy, dad. I think I got the hang of this.' Younger Gwen said in her mind. 'Do you think I can handle this stuff when I am older?' Gwen remembered the words her father in the end that she remembers the most.
'Maybe one of these days, Gwen. I'm sure when you're out camping, or when you want to see the world. I'm sure of it.' Gwen's father said in her mind again.
After remembering those words in her head, Gwen fell to her knees. She lifted the crossbow one more time, sending an arrow into one more target. Not even looking at it in the process. The ranger who was working inside the station at the moment, came out of it, noticing Gwen outside of the station. He turns the radio off, then walks up to Gwen.
"Gwen, I believe that you're ready to go out there." The ranger said. The one with brown flat hair, and a green jacket. He had a dark blue hat, and a tree on his shirt.
"Thanks Don." Gwen said, standing up.
"I swear...I feel bad for what happened to your father, but let me tell you, if he were here right now. He would tell you that you made him proud." Gwen looks at the crossbow in her hands.
"Thank you." Gwen then looks at him in his eyes. "Now...if you will excuse me...I got to get to town now...I have to finally get something done, and I am doing it, well...alone." Don nods his head, before looking away from the goth.
"Alright." Don bows his hat, before turning away from Gwen. "It was wonderful seeing you again." Gwen nods her head, placing her crossbow back into her backpack.
"It's been a pleasure seeing you again as well Don."
Don smiled, bowing his hat again, before walking back into the ranger station. Gwen then turns around, beginning to walk back into town. She glared down the street, ready to finally stop the man or woman who is behind all of this.
'Let's finally do this.' Gwen said in her head, walking down the forest road, back to town.
Back with Noah...
The boy went back to his house to tell Duncan about what will be happening later tonight. He knew Duncan was still furious with him after all that has happened, but hoped that he would just listen, in hopes of things being reasoned out.
He arrived at his house, walking up to the door. He entered his house, wondering where Duncan is at the moment, before looking up at the ceiling. He knew Duncan was upstairs, since he didn't see the punk anywhere downstairs, so he assumed he was up in one of the other rooms or something. Noah went upstairs to find the punk.
"Duncan, where are you?" Noah asked, finally making it up to the upstairs area of his house.
"What do you want, twerp?" Duncan asked the scrawny boy.
"I believe that all I have to say is one thing."
Duncan appeared to be concerned by that being said to him. "What is it?" Duncan asked the boy in front of him. Noah looks behind himself, before looking at the punk.
"It's...time..." Noah said slowly.
Still confused by the boys words, Duncan's concerned look went into a frown. "Time for what? For you to get a watch or something?" Noah slaps his own forehead, before groaning. The scrawny boy than spoke.
"That's not what I was going to...you know what?" Noah points over to the stairs, glaring at Duncan as he stood there. "Why not both of us go off to the town hall? Because Mayor Hatchet, Chris, and Topher all want you to go to the town hall so that they can keep you safe there." Noah held up his hands, backing up towards the stairs behind him, before pointing down the stairs. "You got to believe me when I say that Topher told me this stuff at the library earlier this afternoon. So...look, I know that you can say that I'm making shit up, but I'm not."
"And why should I believe you? You got Scott killed."
"But did I try to get everyone else who's friends with you killed?! Me, Emma, and Jo saw Lightning get that pole stuck inside him out of nowhere, none of us could've stopped that..." The boy held out a finger, before holding out another. "Then there's Jo, who I tried to save, along with Gwen at the construction site. Then...Alejandro, where...none of us could've done anything, since we were trying to get this guy before he gets to you, Courtney, or Alejandro. You might seem completely ungrateful of the fact that I did all of this, which basically is me redeeming myself to you..." Noah stops before walking over to the stairs. "...Look, forgiven or not, I'm going to have to trust Mayor Hatchet, Chris, and Topher with our lives right now. You might never forgive me for not helping Scott, but at least I'm trying to keep you alive. Anyway..." The boy steps down a couple steps, before looking at the punk one more time. "Let's go. We got to go to the town hall now." Duncan nods his head, silently agreeing.
"Fine. If I can really trust those guys at the town hall."
"They probably know what they are doing, Duncan. Now let's go." With all that said and done, Duncan followed Noah down the stairs and followed him along to the town hall.