After her original shift, she followed Bryan to an abandoned warehouse, getting even more unsure of her decision to accompany him.
"Bryan… Where are we going?" Jasmine asked, looking around.
He merely got a slightly excited look on his face just as he knocked 5 times on the doors to the building. She heard a click coming from the other side of the door just as Bryan pushed it open. They both stepped in and as they walked further into the building, the sound of people cheering got louder and louder.
Bryan pushed open another set of doors and the sound of people cheering got to its maximum. They joined the huge crowd gathered around a stage with the bright lights shining on one person. She looked around the decor of the area and banners were hung around the place with the words, 'Live the revolution'.
She was about to turn to Bryan and excuse herself from this when the person spoke.
"My friends, welcome to the revolution!"
The crowd cheered louder.
"Do you know why I am the leader? Because I know the pain and suffering we all have gone through with those rich bastards who think money solves everything."
Jasmine looked around and felt a little scared by the crowd.
"It's time to put those people back where they belong… It's time to show them who's better than them and their stupid money."
The cheers got even louder.
"So join me!"
"Live the revolution!"
With that said, the speaker raised his fist in to the air and the crowd cheered even louder than Jasmine could imagine. She looked over at Bryan who was cheering loudly next to her. Even though his words were inspiring, this wasn't a good place to be.
Ever since the makers became their own government, rallies like this were number one on their hit list. If anybody got caught staging a revolution, their living situation was only going to get worse. And, she couldn't afford to lose her older brother. She made her exit quickly but just as she made her exit, she felt someone hold onto her wrist.
She turned around to see Bryan looking at her.
"Where are you going?" He asked
"I… I can't do this, Bryan…" Jasmine replied
"What are you talking about?" Bryan said
"This. You know that staging rallies is the number one crime! I can't afford to lose my brother." Jasmine said
"Relax, Jas. We're in a totally safe neighborhood. We will never get caught." Bryan said
"That's what you think." Jasmine said
Bryan shook his head, "No… I do know we will never get caught."
Jasmine looked at him, getting slightly confused.
"Let me introduce you to someone." Bryan said
He let Jasmine's hand go as he led the way to the second floor of the building. Like before, he knocked 5 times on the door before it opened. The two of them stepped in and was greeted by a very familiar-looking lady.
"Bryan… You're home." She said
"Yeah." He said
He put his arm around her waist before introducing Jasmine to her.
"Babe, this is Jasmine. The girl I told you about." Bryan said, "And, Jasmine… This is..."
"Brianna… One half of the Garcia-Colace twins." Jasmine said
She shook her head, "They said you went missing… But, you're here."
Brianna gave Jasmine a small smile, "Yeah… My sister helped me with that."
"I don't understand… You're a maker." Jasmine said
"And I hated that life. Every time I see my father make business calls to get richer, I felt sick. He only cared about making himself wealthier while everyone else could use the money he had." Brianna said
"So, your sister staged your disappearance?" Jasmine asked
Brianna nodded, "Yeah, I was dating Bryan on the sly and my sister found out. I told her I didn't want to go back to that kind of life. So, she helped me to disappear. Along with that, she helped keep my location secret. So, this whole warehouse doesn't exist."
"Wait… So, you're a part of the revolution?" Jasmine asked
"Yup. And I'm proud of it." Brianna said
She sighed, "It took a lot of convincing but Phil eventually accepted it."
"Phil's the leader?" Jasmine said
"Yeah. The one we saw." Bryan said
"So, are you going to join the revolution?" Brianna asked
Jasmine looked at her and shook her head, "I'm sorry… But, I can't. I've already lost my parents and I don't think I can afford losing my brother if we get caught."
She walked towards the front door and turned to them, "Thank you both for sharing your story… But, I don't think I'm ready to risk it all."
Before either of them could say anything, Jasmine left. When she walked down the stairs, she looked up to see the guy who was speaking earlier, walk up the stairs. They both looked at each other for a while before Jasmine looked away.
She hurried out the abandoned warehouse and made her way back to the soup kitchen, before her brother arrived.
Jasmine walked into the soup kitchen and saw several people still inside despite the after dinner timing. She spotted Celeste cleaning one of the tables and walked towards her.
"Jas? What are you doing back here?" Celeste asked, "I thought you went on a date with Bryan."
"No… He and I were not on a date. We were…."
Jasmine was about to say where they had went but she realized that she couldn't just say it out without explaining to Celeste.
Celeste looked at her expectantly, "You were?"
Jasmine sighed, "It's a long story… I'll tell you tomorrow, okay?"
"But I'm not on duty tomorrow…" Celeste said
"So am I. That's why you're coming over to my house." Jasmine said
Celeste tried searching for a hint from Jasmine's expression but since she was her best friend, Celeste knew that there must be more to the story.
"Alright. I'll be there early." Celeste said
Just as she said that, Randy walked into the soup kitchen.
"Hey, lil' sis." Randy said
"Hey, bro." Jasmine said
As soon as Randy was next to her, Jasmine hugged him tight with the fear of losing him clouding her mind. Although startled, Randy merely reciprocated the hug before slowly breaking up the hug.
He looked at Jasmine, "What's wrong? What was that for?"
She shook her head, "Nothing… Just wanted to give you a hug… That's all."
Randy looked at her suspiciously, "O-kay… Shall we go then?"
Jasmine nodded and looked back at Celeste, "Need us to walk you home?"
She shook her head, "Nah… I'm good. Big Paul's gonna send me home. I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?"
Jasmine nodded and gave her best friend a quick squeeze before following her brother out the soup kitchen.