Jakes Decision 8
Jake
That night we had an emergency meeting. At the end of that meeting we were going to go on a mission. What that mission was depended on the outcome of this meeting. If it went badly, then we would be running a mission that none of us want to even think about. After we posted Tobias on watch we got the meeting started. My heart sank as it became quickly apparent that we would have to resort to Plan Z. The name Marco gave to our "Idea."
"We came up with it earlier today. We go into the City and kidnap a controller. We get them out of the city and back to the cabin." The cabin in the woods where I was held prisoner by my friends when I breifly became a controller. The memory of that still hadn't completely faded.
"Then we do whatever we have to do to get the information about the location of the Ground-based Kandrona from him." Me and Marco had both sort of silently understood that the controller would have to be a male. It was sick enough what we were plotting.
Seeing the realization dawn over them twisted the knife I felt in my guts. Cassies eyes slowly widened and she stared at me, slowly shaking her head.
"No. No Jake. I wont let you."
I stared back at her. Silent. Tears welled up in her eyes and she dropped her face into her hands, shaking her head. Rachel glanced at her and then turned to stare coolly at me.
"Jake...are you sure about this?"
I turned to her and said, very quietly, "Yes."
She nodded her head and I swallowed the sick lump which had risen in my throat. I glanced up at Tobias.
(Whatever it takes, Jake.)
I already knew what Ax would say, he'd follow me wherever I lead, and would do whatever I asked of him. So I turned back to Cassie.
"Cassie, we don't have any choice."
Her head snapped up and she glared deperately at me.
"Jake are you insane! Do you have any idea what you're suggesting? It's torture Jake! I don't know about you but I could never live with myself. Not after that Jake, not after that!"
I layed my hand on her shoulder.
"Cassie, listen to me. We don't have a choice, and you know it. If we don't find out where that Kandrona is, we're through. It's all over."
Softly, she began to cry.
"Please Jake," she whispered. "Please don't do this. Please don't make me do this..."
I felt a sharp pain in my chest, like something was wrong with my heart, as I did what I had to do. As the leader of the last hope of Earth.
"Cassie. You have to."
Her crying stopped for an instant and she looked up at me, I think she was shocked beyond tears. Shocked that I could do that to her. But that's what they don't understand about war. It hurts so bad because it makes you realize just what you're capable of doing. She swallowed her tears and hung her head.
"What have we done to ourselves Jake?"
I brushed away her question, I didn't have time to answer them. We had to do this.
"Cassie, I need to know if you're in. Right now."
She flinched but nodded her head.
"Alright then everybody," I stood up "lets figure out how to do this..."