Hi everyone! I'm back with another chapter and this is probably going to be a favorite. This story is only here because of Illima Todd, Enjoy!

Pua

I was sitting on the desk Theron was working at. I watched as his fingers deftly skimmed over buttons. We spent every possible moment together, I'd come work with him, or we'd hang out with Nine and Kai. Theron pressed one more button then looked at me, "Well, that's all I can do today." He said. I jumped to my feet and he followed me. He still walked stiffly because of his wound on his lower over torso.

We made our way to the door and stepped out into the fresh air. "Where should we go?" I asked him. He pursed his lips in thought then turned to me.

"I could show you where I grew up…" I gasped at the thought and nodded vigorously. He slipped his hand into mine and we walked down the street. We came up to a large white building; I marveled when the doors slips open by themselves. He led me to an elevator and we went up to the top floor, "This is the batch tower." He explained. When the doors opened I wasn't surprised to see how organized and clean everything was. Every door had a label on it; there wasn't a glimpse of dust on the floor.

"Are there no batches here anymore?" I asked, we walked down the hall and turned a corner. I saw a bunch of bald children, well teenagers, who were in white tank tops and gray sweat pants. Theron nodded at me.

"They're still here," I read his lips, "And they probably don't know much about what's happening outside the tower." He looked solemn, and then a pained look flashed across his face. I put a hand on his arm and he met my eye. He always seemed to melt when he looked at me.

"Hey, this isn't your fault," I smiled, "You don't have to feel responsible for everything that goes on here." He nodded and we both looked over and were met by the eyes of all 20 people. Theron pulled my further down the hall, we turned so many corners and I felt myself getting dizzy, but it was exciting. He pushed open a door and I smelled something that took my breath away.

"The kitchen." He said, "Me and Nine used to come down here sometimes and eat chocolate." My face lit up at the mention of chocolate, Theron lead us over to a cupboard. He pulled out a box, opened the box and I saw the dark color of chocolate. He handed me a piece and I shoved it into my mouth, sighing contently. It was only on special occasions we'd eat chocolate at Mahawai, but this was far better than any chocolate I've ever eaten.

"How's work going?" I asked Theron when my mouth was empty.

"Eh, we haven't been able to do much since Nine hasn't been in; all we do is analyze her blood over and over again. So hopefully when she has the baby we can get back to work." I nodded and he handed me another piece of chocolate. We both turned as the door flew open and a person wearing what looked like hospital scrubs came in. He looked over us once.

"What are you doing here? Who are you?" Theron grabbed my hand and we walked towards the door, he didn't answer the person; just waved and we slipped around him. As soon as we left the room we were off to a full sprint. Theron lead the way back to the elevators and we practically ran out of the building. When we were out in fresh air we were both panting for air and out sides hurt from running.

Kai

I stood in front of the cells that used to hold the surrogates, now then held the Seekers. We rounded them all up and put them down here. Me and the other leaders, including Theron, didn't really know what to do with them. If we let them back in the city they could escape and come back with reinforcements, they could all kill us, or they could just blend in with how we were living now. The later didn't seem possible.

Me and Theron walked down the rows and rows of cells, there were at least 100 seekers, and there were still some we hadn't caught.

"What are we going to do with them?" Theron asked me, I'd been asking myself the same question. We could let them go; we could shoot them, which I didn't want to do. We could keep them here. I ran a hand through my hair in frustration.

"What if we gave them a trial, like in the past, and determined where their alliances are?" Theron asked me, the thought hadn't even crossed my mind. I'd never been fond of Theron but he wasn't as useless as I'd thought him to be.

"We could do that, the only problem is, we can't tell it they're lying. I mean we could hold them at gun point as we ask them but we'd never actually kill them." I kept my voice down so n one could hear us. Theron nodded.

"Oh," he started, "What if we put the city on lockdown? So no one could get out. And I know what you're thinking, 'They'll still kill us all,' but they only killed because that was their orders from Eri. Without her here they don't receive orders. If we take away their screens away so they can't have any communication." The gears were turning in my head; it could work, despite its many flaws. But there was still the case of them killing us. Unless we confiscated their guns, like we already have.

"Okay, let's at least close the city, then we'll talk." Theron looked stunned, "Did you really think I wouldn't listen to you? Catcher did put you in charge." He closed his mouth and we turned back to walk to the elevator. When we made it up to the ground floor I saw mom coming through the doors.

"Oh Kai, I was looking for you," She said, "Me and your father wanted to have you and Nine come up for dinner. Pua's coming as well, you're invited to Theron." They were three floors above me and Nine's apartment. I though over our plans tonight, well we didn't have any…

"We'd love to, just make sure it's nothing fried or she'll throw up." I laughed as the memory of when I'd cooked for her came to mind. I make some friend chicken and she came to the kitchen and just smelled it. She ran to the bathroom and puked her guts up. Mom nodded then turned to Theron.

"I'd love to, thank you." Me and Theron left the building but mom stayed. She'd been helping the pregnant surrogates and we all knew that in a few months there'd be babies everywhere. We'd renovated some rooms in the core building and they now housed the surrogates. Mom and Pua were the ones who helped them out a lot. Nine sometimes went but it's getting harder for her to do a lot of work now.

Theron was in his same apartment which was one floor below mine, so we walked to the apartment building together most days. We parted ways and I went up to see Nine. She was in the kitchen when I walked in; a warm sweet smell filled the apartment. She'd gotten better at cooking especially since it was only for two people. I walked over to where she was mixing some dough on the counter. I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her red hair, which was now past her shoulder blades. Her bump was now completely visible and the baby was starting to kick. She sighed and leaned into me.

"Hello husband," She said, "How was your day?" She pulled away from me to get something out of the oven. She placed a tray of cookies on the counter and began scooping them off the tray.

"Eh, me and Theron think we have a solution to the Seekers." She looked at me questioningly and I told her our plan. She nodded along with me as she plopped the last of the dough onto the tray to go bake in the oven. When I finished recounting the plan I leaned against the back of the couch so I faced the kitchen.

"That could work; you'll just have to search all of the apartments for weapons." I nodded, she was really smart when it came to stuff like this and I almost missed her by my side when I was planning these things. But she was growing my child, so I couldn't complain. Though she'd probably be busier once she'd had the baby, we'd both be busier. It was strange to think that we were still teenagers who were about to become parents in four months. It felt like time had flown by, it felt like we'd just found out we were going to have a baby but really that was five months ago.

"How are you?" I asked her. We both plopped down on the couch and faced each other. I knew she was upset that she couldn't be doing more to help the rise, but she understood why.

"Eh, I was kinda bored today," She said," I had nothing to do, hence the baking."

"You must have been really bored then," I joked, she slapped my arm, "But mom's cooking for us tonight so that'll be fun." She nodded then said:

"I hope it's nothing fried, that wouldn't turn out well." I laughed and she giggled at the memory.

"No, I told her so it should be fine. But if we go up now you and Pua can probably hang out." She nodded and jumped to her feet. I followed her to the kitchen where she pilled cookies on a plate to bring with us. "You're not going to eat those on the way there are you?" She snorted.

"Why would I ever do such a thing," Then she shoved one in her mouth, "Let's go." She didn't even put on shoes so we walked up the stairs. She was panting by the time we reached the top. I took the plate of cookies from her and she pushed the door open. Everyone was already here; I wasn't surprised; we were all usually bored in the evenings so we hung out a lot. The only thing missing was Hemi, Tama and Mahawai. I missed the island so much, no one knew if it'd been destroyed. But I really missed the ocean. I missed the reef and all the fish. But I knew there was no way back there. The virus had been released and we couldn't leave Freedom.

I put the cookies on the counter and hugged my mom, Nine made herself comfortable next to Pua, who had Theron at her other side. I sat on a single couch facing the three of them. It seemed that Pua and Theron were in an intense conversation and Nine was getting involved. I smiled at them as they all laughed and made dramatic hand gestures. We were all still kids. After a while their conversation turned very serious and they were whispering about something. Nine had a very serious face, Pua had a small smile on her face and Theron was also looking tense.

"Okay, it's ready." Mom called as she put food on the small four person table. We all went over and filled out plated with steamed vegetables, potatoes and a meat with delicious sauce. We and Nine sat next to each other on the couch and Pua and Theron took the floor in front of us.

"What were you guys talking about?" I asked, they all looked at each other and secretive smiles crossed their faces but they didn't answer, "Oh, come on."

"Well," Pua started, "First we were filling Theron in on everything that happened on the island, and I mean everything." Nine giggled and Pua also let out a laugh. Nine continued what Pua had started saying.

"Well, we told him about when you taught me how to swim, when Tama was born, the steamship visit, Then Pua decided to tell him everything that happened between you and me." I let out a groan and ran a hand own my face, Pua was now laughing so hard and mom and dad just watched the four of us with smiles on their faces.

"Okay…" I let out a huff, "Then you guys got all serious, what was that about?" Pua stopped laughing and looked tentatively at Nine. I knew she had my answer. I raised an eyebrow at her.

"Well, we started talking about baby names. Pua had a bunch and she just spilled," I looked to my sister then back at Nine, it wasn't like I was mad at her for not doing this with me. I was really excited to choose a name for our child, "And we realized I don't even have the faintest idea of what we could name our baby." A small smile crept up my face.

"Well I think I can help with that."