Wesley's Log:
We all woke with the smell of smoke, something was on fire. I grabbed my hoody and raced out of my room to find Audrey, Isaac and Rowan hurrying from their rooms. We headed for the door but were stopped by what, or who was outside. This fire was no accident. It was arson.
The Empresses goons were outside waiting for us to escape the fire so they could capture us, it would have worked too if Audrey hadn't heard her sisters voice. We turned back into the house and found Marcus and the others and headed for the basement door, hooping they didn't know about it.
We escaped through the basement and headed down the streets hoping fences and running through back yards. After a few houses we were in a park, we stopped to catch our breath and take a count. Audrey, Isaac, Rowan, Marcus, Emery, Clarck, and Liam were all here. Where was Molly? No one else seemed worried that she wasn't here; they must have all thought that she was still gone from the day before trying to find recruits. But I know she wasn't, I saw her come back late last night, or this morning. She was in the house during the fire and she was probably captured or killed.
Audrey's Log:
Wesley told us Molly had come back earlier than we had expected and that she had to have been in danger. But there was no way the elites would kill her, their job was to capture us for the Empress. But he wasn't satisfied with that answer and headed back to the house. We all tried to stop him but it was no use, he was gone too.
Wesley's Log:
I walked back to our burning house to find Molly unconscious and draped over one of the men's shoulders, Erik I think. They all turned when they heard me coming. They must have been shocked to see me. The other boy, Joseph I think his name was, approached me first. But I was not going to willingly go with them, that would be worst than suicide.
Joseph approached me as if he didn't expect a challenge, because her stumbled back and fell to the ground after one punch to the stomach. Claire and Karlia came at me together. They countered all of my blows and covered each other perfectly. They had been trained well, but they had one flaw; after every punch or kick their center of balance shifted. I used that to my advantage and the two girls fell one after the other.
Madii attacked next. Unfortunately for her, her outfit choice worked against her. The black flowing skirt that was open in the front was easily used to trip her. She joined the pile shortly, holding her ankle. Last but not least was Erik. He put Molly next to the pile of the fallen and charged at me. I'm not entirely sure what happen because it was just one move after another. I swore he would have killed me if Molly hadn't woken up just in time and bashed him over the head with a log. Erik fell to the ground in a crumpled heap and we ran off.
We got to the park but no one was there. They had all left. We started to walk down the street when she asked me why I came back. She was so quiet I wasn't entirely sure she spoke. When she stopped and looked at me I knew she had said something. So I gave her the most general answer I could think of: You're our leader. She shook her head and told me that wasn't the real reason.
She was right, I knew the real reason and apparently she did too. But why ruin a good thing; I'd only been a rebel for about a week. We walked in silence for awhile. Then out of nowhere she thanked me in that same quiet voice. Her voice was so cute when she whispered; it made her sound less like a leader and more like well a girl.
Then she did something unexpected, she kissed me on the cheek. I was stunned.