Three months later, everything was completely finalized and we were ready to attack the camps. Each of the eight towns that we had, held a few hundred kids thanks to multiple tribes being found roaming around. The towns were full of adults who seemed just as happy to move on with their lives. I was able to get through a few hundred people a day.
The decision about who should be in charge of each town was actually quite simple. Two people were selected, which included a PSI and a human, which seemed to satisfy both groups. Since I was seen as one of the most trusted Psi, as well as one who managed to help bring thousands of Psi to freedom, I was put in charge of Haven with a woman named Grace Goodman.
When we finally decided to raid a camp, the entire team gathered outside of town hall to look over everything again before we left. After some brief discussions and orders to the remaining people and kids, I joined Anissa, and three pinks who were from Karl's house, Helga, Miranda, and May. "This is going to work out well," Anissa said, bouncing on her feet.
"It's going to be fine," I reassured her, though it didn't seem to calm her. "The camps we have to worry about are the pink and red camps. Those are apparently brutal."
"That doesn't help me," Anissa said and I shrugged. I led the four girls to where everyone was gathered.
"Let's go," Karl shouted and the forty pinks that we had in our towns snatched everyone else, and all at once we disappeared. When I reappeared, I saw that we were in a control tower of the camp. After a nod from me, Helga grabbed the two men who were in the room and disappeared with them. Using my powers, I grabbed the guards and pushed them in the direction of certain corners of the camp.
I watched through the cameras as Eric and his team moved around the camp and woke up the kids and calmed them down enough to get them ready. This was followed by Helga's team, who got the adults out first and then swung back and gathered the kids out.
Since I was in charge of the operation, I was the last to be removed from the camp. When I got back to Haven, I saw that the ground crew here was doing their jobs well. "How are you doing?" Helga asked as I bent over a little.
"I'm fine," I said, "a combination of my powers and yours doesn't make my stomach feel good." I looked up and saw Anita, Grace, and Emily running between the lines of the released prisoners. They were giving them food, water, and reassuring them as kids were pulled from the line to have their injuries captured on film before they were healed.
Once they were healed, they were given a backpack of supplies before they were given up to their foster parents. Helga, Miranda, and I all hung around as the lines were being diminished. As the last of the kids
Once the kids were healed, they were given a backpack of supplies, and taken away from town center. Helga and I stood guard as the hours slipped by. When sunset hit, everyone was finally processed and with their new families.
"Bye," I told Helga as she walked away and she waved at me as the girls walked up to me. "Are you guys ready to go?" All three of them nodded and all four of us walked out of the town center toward our house. "Are you three ready for Sunday when we have to do this again?"
"Really," Anita groaned.
"Hey, I'm not the one in charge here," I said.
"You are in Haven," Grace said and I sighed.
"I don't make the decisions when we attack camps," I said and she sighed as well. "So what do you guys want for dinner?"
"Fish," Emily said hopefully.
"Oh," I said.
"I'm kidding," she said, "sandwhiches."
"Thank you," I said gratefully.
"You're welcome," Emily said, and she seemed happy.
The next morning when I woke up, I didn't hear the familiar sounds of the kids moving around the house. In a panic I stumbled out of bed and into the kitchen. None of the kids were there, but there was a note. It read, 'Kylie, we decided to let you sleep in. At Maddies house.' Since I knew Maddie well enough I knew that she could keep them distracted for a few hours.
Feeling content, I walked back into my bedroom and got changed. Because of the routine that we were on, some of the kids were already working on organizing supplies for Caledonia. After getting changed and eating breakfast, I walked out of the house, and immediately met Erik, who looked upset that I had slept in.
"What's going on?" I asked with a sigh.
"You were supposed to be at town hall an hour ago," Erik said muffled.
"I know," I said, "the girls pulled my alarm clock last night."
"How's your head?" he asked, looking at me concerned.
"Hurts," I said and he nodded in understanding. "You have everything done?"
"Yeah," he said, sensing that I didn't want to talk about it.
"Are all the prisoners checked in at the prison?" I asked as we started walking toward town hall.
"I don't know," Erik said, "I'm not in charge over there."
"How are the new reds coming along?" I asked, referring to the ten reds who had recently been found. Though I should have some interest in them, I didn't have the time nor the energy to focus on how their training was coming along.
"They're coming along," Erik said, wincing, which was never a good sign. "I mean I wish they were better off, but they are good. How are those oranges?"
"They're fine," I said and waved at some of the passing people. "I hope there is an orange at Caledonia or Sunflower."
"Same," Erik said as we walked up to the town hall. Eric split off to check on some of the reds, while I went to go talk to Phil about Haven and Hope.
The next afternoon, we gathered again to attack Sunflower and Caledonia. Some questioned the idea of attacking one camp right after the other, but since Sunflower and Caledonia were some of the smallest camps out there, smaller than Tundra put together, no one could deny the logic of attacking both at the same time. Especially since both camps had a large number of greens.
Because there were only four hundred kids, and a hundred fifty people, Sunflower was easily taken and after everyone was checked in, the ground crews telepoeted out again. As soon as I finally settled in the room, I noticed that the camp was in utter chaos. "What?" Helga asked, looking around shocked.
The two men in the control room swung around and faced us scared. "Take them and get as many blues and purples." I ordered Helga and she nodded obediently. She grabbed the two mens shoulders and teleported away. As they disappeared, I ran to the screens and saw that somehow the guards had lost control of the prisoners. All of them were running in the hallways, and some of them had managed to get to the gate.
As I saw one of the blues throw the gate's open, a couple of the guards started shooting. Because of how angery they were, and their minds were moving too much, I couldn't control them, so I moved some of the blues that had come with me to run to the front of the camp and stop the guards. The pinks grabbed any kid they could and started teleporting away, not carrying where they were supposed to be, just trying to get them away from the camp.
When I looked at the gate again, I saw that many of the kids had been injured and were lying around the gate, though some had managed to escape and were running away. I grunted in frustration and sent the rest of the blues and purples to the front of the camp.
I looked at one of the screens and saw two greens huddeling together, so when Helga arrived with reinforcements, I sent her in their direction. After thirty minutes, ninety percent of the prisoners of the camp were taken away to the hospitals with thirty kids managing to escape to where we couldn't find them. The camp controllers were taken away with disgust, and it seemed like most of the kids were wanting to kill them.
Because of the purple powers, the kids were able to walk away mostly fine. No one was sure about how some of the lasting damage would be, with several missing an eye, and some having part of their arms hanging off. As everyone was being taken away, I looked through their minds to see who ordered the attack and realized something, there was an orange girl buried right on the edge of the camp.
"You okay?" Helga asked, when she saw my face.
"Is there a free blue?" I asked and she nodded.
"Where do you want to go?" She asked as she grabbed someone.
"Right by the fence," I said, and she grabbed my arm. We teleported to the spot where I had mentioned, and when I saw their curious faces, I said "there's an orange girl buried here." Helga sighed, as did Annissa, who I just realized that Helga had grabbed earlier. Annissa didn't say anything as she used her powers to start moving the dirt above the poor girl.
Helga disappeared and reappeared with one of the greens who was on the task force dedicated to record what had happened to the kids. "How could some do this?" Helga asked as the girl's body was finally revealed. "I have no idea," I answered as the green girl started taking her pictures.
When she was done, she nodded at Annisa who picked up the girl's body and placed her in the small casket that Helga and the green girl brought. Helga nodded and Annissa placed the lid of the coffin on top of the casket. She nodded again, and everyone touched the coffin. Helga touched it and all of us reappeared in the small morgue in the basement of town hall.
"Thank you, Sherry," Dr Grant, the morgtition said, and the green girl nodded as she walked around him and sat down at a desk. She removed the cartilage from the camera and plugged it into the camera. "Thank you for bringing her," Dr Grant said, and from what his tone said, he had been trying to grab my attention for a few minutes.
"No problem," I answered.
"Who was she?" Dr Grant asked.
"Felisha," I answered, turning back to the group. Somehow in the time I was distracted, Annissa had laid the girl on the table and pushed the casket somewhere. "She was nine when she died."
"How long ago was that?" Dr. Grant asked, grabbing a clipboard to write the information down.
"Six months ago," I answered and he nodded. After a few more questions, Helga, Anissa and I were dismissed, leaving Dr Grant and Sherry to argue about something the three of us couldn't understand. "Didn't know we had a morgue," I said, shaking my head as we walked out of the building.
"Found the plans a while ago," Helga said with a shrug. "Erik said that there is going to be a grave yard somewhere over in Hope." Hope was another town where many kids were already living. "All but fifteen of the kids who managed to get through the gate have been found."
"Thank god," I muttered and I saw Anissa and her give me a side eye.
"Let me take you two home," Helga said and Anissa nodded thankful. Though I didn't want her too, preferring to walk by myself. "Don't even argue," Helga said when she saw my face. Before I could argue, she grabbed our hands and teleported away. After she had dropped me off at my house, she teleported away before I could say anything.
I sighed and walked inside. None of the kids were inside, probably trying to handle what was going on. Because I didn't feel like doing anything, and I didn't have to watch the kids, I walked to my bedroom and flopped down on my bed. Maybe thirty minutes later, all three kids walked into the house.
"Kylie?" Anita asked as she walked into my room.
"Hey," I said as I rolled out of bed. "You three okay?"
"Yeah," Grace said and gave me a smile. "We heard about the orange."
"Yeah," I said and felt myself brighten up a little. "What do you guys want for dinner?"
"Lausanuge?" Emily asked, and my eyebrows shot up. The lasanga that they liked took several hours to make and even without my powers, I knew that she was trying to distract me from the terrible way Caledonia had finished.
"Fine," I said and all three of them seemed happy about the offer. "How is school going?" I asked as I led the three into the kitchen.
"It's been good," Emily said as she started getting some of the supplies out of their proper shelves. As we talked, I made dinner and as I was sliding the pan into the oven, someone knocked on the front door. "Who's that?" Emily asked, looking at the door.
"How about you answer it?" I asked and she nodded. She walked carefully toward the door and threw it open. "Emily, who is it?" I called out when she didn't say anything. Grace walked over and looked at the door.
"It's one of the blues from Caledonia," Grace said and I sighed.
"Let him in," I said and Emily and Grace led the boy into the house. The boy was fifteen or sixteen, and he was pretty tall. H
Emily nodded and looked sad as well. "We're making dinner if you want to relax for a bit." I nodded and walked into the living room. After some quiet time pondering what happened, there was a knock on the door. Emily gave me a look before she opened the door.
On my doorstep stood Justin, who looked as upset. "Hi," he said shyly.
"What are you doing here?" I asked as I walked to the door. I gave a nod at Emily andshe walked back to the kitchen.
"I wanted to apoligise," he said and I gave a sigh as I leaned against the edge of the door. "For not waiting and getting Sherry and almost everyone else killed." I gave him a somewhat harsh look, he nodded and started to walk away.
"Justin," I called and he turned back around.
"Yeah," he asked.
"What are you planning to do? You seem like a man on a mission," I asked.
"I'm trying to apologise to everyone," Justin said.
"How about you get some food and then I can give you a list of people who you need to apologize to," I said and stepped back into the house. He looked at me before walking through the door. Anita and Grace walked out of their bedrooms to see who was here.
"Girls this is Justin," I said, "Justin that is Grace, Anita and Emily." I pointed each girl out.
"Hi," Justin said calmly.
"Hi," Grace said as she walked into the kitchen. He looked around and saw that I was starting to make dinner.
"Stay, Justin," I said and he nodded. "Girls go back to your rooms." All three of the girls seemed to know what was going on, so after a few seconds they walked back into their rooms. When they were in their room, I walked over to the sink and leaned against it. "Why did you come here?"
"I wanted to say thank you," Justin said, a quiver in his voice.
"I'm sorry about the girl," I responded.
"Yeah," Justin said and he looked around uncomfortably. After a second he said, "I heard that you're an orange."
"Yep," I answered. "Only one here."
"That's not true," he said and my eyebrows raised. "There is this girl named Anika. She can read people's minds, I changed her level when she came in."
"I'll have to change her status," I whispered underneath my breath.
"Why?" Justin asked, and I saw him looking confused.
"All kids under fifteen have to go to school all day," I answered. "Green's are placed in an advanced program. Any kid who isn't green is going to be very confused. She'll also be paired with one of the oranges we have."
"Okay," Justin said and he paused for a second. He seemed to know I was upset so he said "you can say it."
"You should have done a better job of making a plan," I said. "The one you had was sucidial."
"I know," he said and he looked out the window. "Do you trust humans?"
"Yes," I answered.
"Why?" Justin asked. "You have every reason to not trust them."
"Because I have to," I answered. "Otherwise we wouldn't have what we have right now. Plus, I read their minds, so I know they're telling the truth."
"That's nice," Justin said and the bepper on the stove went off. "I'll let you eat your dinner." He turned to walk out the door.
"Justin," I said, and he stopped for a second. "If you need anything, call me."
"Okay," he said and walked out the door.