CASSIE
"Jake?"
He looked at me, distracted. I bit my lip nervously. Where were the others? We had lost contact with them after they had chased after Visser Three.
"What-"
I never got to finish my question. All of a sudden, a man came out into the middle of the area with a microphone.
"Is everyone having a good time?" he yelled into the microphone. There was a unanimous 'yes' from the crowd, along with several cheers and whoops.
"Good, good," he said when everyone had calmed down. "But now it's time for what you've all been waiting for. Are you ready?"
"YEAH!"
"Pumped?"
"YEAH!"
The man grinned, but I glanced nervously at Jake. "What is he talking about?" I whispered.
He had that deep look to his face, the one he got when something was bothering him. "I don't know. Tom was talking about it- something big. That's why there's so many people here, but I'm not exactly sure what it is."
"I don't like the sound of that."
He smiled his slow smile at me, but I didn't have time to enjoy it. The man with the microphone suddenly said, "Let's all go into the Sharing building now. Slowly- no rushing, no pushing. This," he paused, with a sudden strange smile, "is going to be interesting."
"Come on!" Tom said eagerly, grabbing us by the arms.
"What's going on?" Jake asked.
Tom grinned. "You'll see. It's big, trust me. In fact… it's life changing. You don't want to miss it."
"Sounds like fun," Jake's father said with a laugh. He grabbed his wife's hand and they hurried after Tom.
Jake and I were a little slower. "I don't trust this at all," I said. "Something's going on."
"Where are the others?" Jake said, looking around in vain.
We could only follow the crowd as they gathered into the building. I looked around and noticed a couple of big, tough looking men gathered around the outside of the crowd, making sure everyone got in.
Making sure no one got away.
(Jake! Cassie!)
I jerked my head around, relieved to hear Rachel's 'voice.'
(We're in deep shit, guys.)
That didn't sound so good. My heart almost stopped as she told us everything they had overheard. I stared at Jake, looking for reassurance, but his face was impassive. I knew he would do anything in his power to keep his parents from being Controllers.
"That's got to be what this is," he whispered into my ear. "We need to get out of here and into our battle morphs."
That's what I was afraid of.
We slid to the back of the group together. Jake grabbed my arm suddenly and pointed. "Bathrooms. As soon as you can, try to contact the others. I don't know where Tobias is, but I hope it's nearby." The girls' bathrooms and the boys' were on opposite ends of the room, so we moved apart.
I pushed my way casually through the crowd, my heart pounding hard. This was risky, and Jake knew it, but we didn't have very many options. Would they even let us through, or were their guards there, too?
"Cassie?"
I jumped a little, startled. "Alanna!" I gasped. My stomach dropped like a stone. Was she a Controller?
She gave me a sharp look, kind of un-Alanna-like, before dissolving into her usual smile. "You a member here?"
"Oh, no, no." I said hastily, a little too hastily. "You?"
She shook her head, keeping her eyes on me. "Do you have any idea what's going on, or am I just being stupid here?"
I laughed too loudly. "Oh, I'm not sure what's going on either. Seems interesting, though."
"You could call it that," she said. I bit my lip as I looked at her. Alanna was smart, but she didn't really know anything, did she? Not the truth, anyway. Alanna gave me a piercing look. "Be careful, Cassie. Something's going to happen."
She disappeared into the crowd and I shook my head. It made me sad, almost, to think of my friend learning the truth about the invasion, becoming a Controller. She deserved to live in her little world, where everything made sense. It was a world I had once lived in.
I slid into the bathroom with a new resolve. I wouldn't let my friend become a Controller.
Ever.
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"Jake?"
He looked at me, distracted. I bit my lip nervously. Where were the others? We had lost contact with them after they had chased after Visser Three.
"What-"
I never got to finish my question. All of a sudden, a man came out into the middle of the area with a microphone.
"Is everyone having a good time?" he yelled into the microphone. There was a unanimous 'yes' from the crowd, along with several cheers and whoops.
"Good, good," he said when everyone had calmed down. "But now it's time for what you've all been waiting for. Are you ready?"
"YEAH!"
"Pumped?"
"YEAH!"
The man grinned, but I glanced nervously at Jake. "What is he talking about?" I whispered.
He had that deep look to his face, the one he got when something was bothering him. "I don't know. Tom was talking about it- something big. That's why there's so many people here, but I'm not exactly sure what it is."
"I don't like the sound of that."
He smiled his slow smile at me, but I didn't have time to enjoy it. The man with the microphone suddenly said, "Let's all go into the Sharing building now. Slowly- no rushing, no pushing. This," he paused, with a sudden strange smile, "is going to be interesting."
"Come on!" Tom said eagerly, grabbing us by the arms.
"What's going on?" Jake asked.
Tom grinned. "You'll see. It's big, trust me. In fact… it's life changing. You don't want to miss it."
"Sounds like fun," Jake's father said with a laugh. He grabbed his wife's hand and they hurried after Tom.
Jake and I were a little slower. "I don't trust this at all," I said. "Something's going on."
"Where are the others?" Jake said, looking around in vain.
We could only follow the crowd as they gathered into the building. I looked around and noticed a couple of big, tough looking men gathered around the outside of the crowd, making sure everyone got in.
Making sure no one got away.
(Jake! Cassie!)
I jerked my head around, relieved to hear Rachel's 'voice.'
(We're in deep shit, guys.)
That didn't sound so good. My heart almost stopped as she told us everything they had overheard. I stared at Jake, looking for reassurance, but his face was impassive. I knew he would do anything in his power to keep his parents from being Controllers.
"That's got to be what this is," he whispered into my ear. "We need to get out of here and into our battle morphs."
That's what I was afraid of.
We slid to the back of the group together. Jake grabbed my arm suddenly and pointed. "Bathrooms. As soon as you can, try to contact the others. I don't know where Tobias is, but I hope it's nearby." The girls' bathrooms and the boys' were on opposite ends of the room, so we moved apart.
I pushed my way casually through the crowd, my heart pounding hard. This was risky, and Jake knew it, but we didn't have very many options. Would they even let us through, or were their guards there, too?
"Cassie?"
I jumped a little, startled. "Alanna!" I gasped. My stomach dropped like a stone. Was she a Controller?
She gave me a sharp look, kind of un-Alanna-like, before dissolving into her usual smile. "You a member here?"
"Oh, no, no." I said hastily, a little too hastily. "You?"
She shook her head, keeping her eyes on me. "Do you have any idea what's going on, or am I just being stupid here?"
I laughed too loudly. "Oh, I'm not sure what's going on either. Seems interesting, though."
"You could call it that," she said. I bit my lip as I looked at her. Alanna was smart, but she didn't really know anything, did she? Not the truth, anyway. Alanna gave me a piercing look. "Be careful, Cassie. Something's going to happen."
She disappeared into the crowd and I shook my head. It made me sad, almost, to think of my friend learning the truth about the invasion, becoming a Controller. She deserved to live in her little world, where everything made sense. It was a world I had once lived in.
I slid into the bathroom with a new resolve. I wouldn't let my friend become a Controller.
Ever.
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