The black GMC truck pulled up to the old, broken down orphanage. Over the time over here, I spilt everything Kevin and I knew about the Autobots and Decepticons, which they knew that the other knew. My eyes caught the expression of the two that sat in front of me, disgust and a bit of sorrow. Rolling my eyes at them, I hop out of the tall truck and sauntered up to the gate that surrounded the place.
An old silver, 2003 Prius was parked off to in the alley next to here. The car meant that Ms. Reno is here. Slowly backing away, about to run, a body stops me. Glance behind me, Will stood behind me, keeping me running. You don't joke around Ms. Reno, or you get to sit in solitary for however long she wants you there.
In my peripheral vision, I see Kevin turning around to bolt. Epps stood behind him, not allowing him to run. Will walks around me and opens the gate. He motions for us to follow but we stayed glued to our spots.
"Come on, we need to hit the road," Will ordered. Slowly moving my feet, they felt as if they were lead, I shuffled after him. The gate creaked closed as Epps and Kevin follow us up the stairs.
Before Will could knock, I opened the door to find Ms. Reno shouting at Nick. Nick looked as if he was about to cry, I would be to if Ms. Reno was yelling at me.
Ms. Reno's head whipped back to see us standing here. Her eyes widen to saucers as she saw army men standing but when her found Kevin and I, they narrowed with a death glare.
"What did you do this time, Gabriel Grace?" Her voice low and threatening. Getting uncomfortable under her gaze, I shift my eyes to look at my feet. A hand landed down on my shoulder making me jump in surprise.
"Leave the kid alone," His voice full of irritation of the situation. He gentle pushes me behind him, in a protective manner. Still with my gaze down at the floor, I hear Piper call out my name in a hushed whisper. Snapping my head, Piper was peeking out from the corner where the kitchen is. Ruby and Charlie are also behind her with their heads peaking out too. Ruby was giving me a glare that meant I better run after this, if we live that long.
"What are going to do about it?" Oh, Ms. Reno is barking up the wrong tree. Piper and Charlie's eyes widen in shock of what she said to army men, who are trained to take down big ass robots.
"We want to adopt a few children," he ignored what Ms. Reno asked the two. Her body went straight and rigid with her mouth slight agape, most likely in shock. Not a lot of people come by to adopt, in fact, not a lot of people come by at all.
"You really want to adopt one of these kids?" When she said kids, it rolled off her tongue in disgust. Ruby changed her glare from me to Ms. Reno.
"Yes, the ones I like to adopt are Gabriel, Kevin, Piper, Charlie, and Ruby," Will stated. Ms. Reno mouth dropped down to the floor, it made sense. He wants to adopt five kids plus the most troublemaking kids here.
"Ar-are you sure?" She stumbled over words. Will nodded confidently and Ms. Reno led him off to her office. Chorus of sighs rang out of the room, it seemed like a lot of the kids were holding their breaths.
My three friends rush over to me and globbed me into a big hug. After assuring them I'm fine, they assess Kevin, who is worst condition then me. Ruby picks at him like ticks on a dog, fussing over this and that.
Ruby stands in front of Epps with a calculated glare. Poor Epps didn't know what to do; even he knew not to mess with her. Her glare turned into a smile of approval before she wrapped her arms around his midsection. It surprises all of us; Ruby isn't a hugger type and will barely deal human contact, even with us. She'll give a hug here and there but that's usually all.
She lets go of Epps and turns around to face Will and Ms. Reno who were coming out of the office. Will held a smile on his face.
"Gabriel, Kevin, Ruby, Piper, and Charlie, go pack your things," Will ordered. We all looked at each other and shrugged before all rushing to the room. Even though I was the closest to the stairs, I made it there last and was bashed into the wall Ruby on the way up.
We poured into the room and everyone went off in their own direction, I dove under my bed to grab my small suitcase. Stuffing my favorite blanket into the suitcase, I made my way down with my suitcase in hand into the hallway where the main door is.
None of the others were down here, yet. So I went over to the living room and dug under the couch, grabbing my book and headed back over to Will.
Charlie and Ruby were rushing down almost pushing the other down until they made it down and standing in front of Will. A few minutes later Kevin and Piper come down. Piper was rushing down while Kevin took his time getting down.
On the way out the door, Ash said his goodbyes to us. Waving my goodbyes to him we left to go on our way
It took about 30 minutes to reach the private airport; rush hour is terrible in Sacramento. We made it to the Executive Airport south of Sacramento. It was an okay looking airport; it was old and run down.
A big cargo plane, a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, was ready on the runway. That must be the plane we are taking, makes sense if we are taking a big plane for the vehicles/aliens we are taking with us.
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