OK, here we go with another one. Not much special about this one. But enjoy never the less. I just used it to introduce some new characters.
Part 13: Meet the Family
Jack drove his truck down the dirt road, trying not to hit the bumps in the road so fast. When ever he would come to a large hole in the road, he would slow down to ensure that no one in the back would get launched up and hurt. In the distance, all of them could hear the sounds fire truck, and police sirens. Thankfully, Jack knew the area well enough to plan out a route home without being spotted by too many people.
As they were driving down the road, the music from the radio cut out, saying they had an urgent news bulletin. "We have just received word that there has been some form of explosion near an abandon fish processing plant, just outside of the city of Norfolk Virginia. Local officials are currently responding to this incident, but we will update this story as soon as possible." "Thank you sir, but we won't be needing those updates." Jack said as he shut the radio off. Sofia and Delta were both on edge at the moment, having just witnessed the one of the biggest thing in their lives. "Hey," Jack said to them trying to get their attention, "don't worry about it. They won't be able to find out it was us, any tacks we didn't cover just got blown to hell." They could tell he was trying to ease the tension by the way laughed at the last part. Sofia just smiled and shook her head, but Delta was still a little lost in thought.
There were a few things going around his head, but the biggest one was how was he going to adapt to this new world. All of his previous memories had been whipped out, and all his new memories consisted of killing and a life of hell. He looked down at his hand, and saw that symbol, mocking him for what he once was. He hated that thing so much, but then he thought of something. His eyes glanced over at Jacks wrists, and saw those signature chain tattoos. He couldn't help but feel some sort of connection between the two marks, like they showed something special about both of them. Jacks chains symbolized his slavery, yet he was able to break it, and become his own man. His marks represented the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet, but Delta also symbolized change. He had brought change, and in a way, he had a partial sense of pride over it.
After a few more minutes of driving, Jack finally got back on a paved way. He drove fast down the paved road, because he knew there would be less of a chance of bumps. In the back of the truck, Eleanor was telling the girls to keep their heads down. They were growing curious over all the noise they were hearing, but Eleanor didn't want to take that risk of one of them being seen, or getting hurt. The ride that they took back to the house took almost twice as long as the one from it, but Jack wasn't going to take chances.
They finally got back to the house, arriving from the opposite direction that they left. Jack didn't bother trying to back the truck in, he just wanted to get inside, and maybe calm down for a second. The second he got into the garage, he parked it and shut the vehicle off. He quickly got out of the truck, then went to the front of the garage, pulling the door down as fast as he could, and then locked it. Delta and Sofia got out next, and Sofia went to the back of the truck and lifted up the tarp to see the girls inside. After seeing Eleanor, she quickly pulled up the rest of the tarp, and all of them got out.
Inside of the house, there was a little bit of activity going on in the kitchen. There was a teenage girl, about the age of 16, blonde hair, and green eyes which were adorned with glasses. She was standing there in the kitchen, dressed in flannel pajamas, pouring herself a bowl of cereal. She put the milk away, and picked up her bowl to go into the living room. Just as she put the spoon in her mouth, she heard the door that led to the garage open. Instinctively, she turned her head to see what was going on, but she wasn't expecting what she saw.
Jack came into his house facing into the garage, making a beckoning motion with his hand. He turned around, and jumped slightly at the sight of the girl. "Jesus, Sam you almost gave me a heart attack." "Dad, what are you doing?" she asked with partially chewed food still in her mouth. "Let's just say we have visitors. I'll tell you the rest when the rest of the girls come downstairs, just go eat your breakfast for now." She just stood there for a moment, and then chewed once before slowly swallowing. She then tilted her head to the side a little to see over his shoulder, and caught sight of a person with a very large frame. Her eyes widened a bit, but she turned and walked away, unsure about what was going on. Jack let out a small sigh, and turned his attention to the people behind him. "OK," he said to them uneasily, "go inside and take a seat in the living room. Don't mind Samantha, she's usually the earliest riser. But don't say anything yet, I want the rest of the girls down here to hear this so they all know whats going on." They all just nodded, and Jack went off into his house.
Sofia and Delta had already seen some of the inside, and were fairly familiar with what little they saw before. They led they girls inside into the living room, were Eleanor was first to walk in. In the spacious room, she saw a girl, probably no older then she was, sitting there eating a bowl of cereal. Samantha turned her head to the side to see the girl starring at her. She was wearing nothing but a plain white dress, and she looked to be about the same age she was. "Hello" Eleanor said to her trying to force a smile, "Hi" Sam said back to her after she swallowed another bite. Just then Delta and the rest of the party walked in behind Eleanor. Samantha's eyes widened at the sight of the gigantic man standing next to the woman. Eleanor turned her head around slightly and saw the rest of them standing behind her. She quickly put her head back to face the girl, "Oh right, my name is Eleanor, and these are my parents." Samantha's eyes went back to normal, but she still couldn't help but stare. "My name's Samantha, and by the looks of things, you've already met my dad." she responded after an awkward pause.
Eleanor took a seat on the couch next to Sam, and Sofia took a seat right next to her. Delta looked for a place to sit, and found a small two seated couch, and plopped himself down in it. The thing creaked a little under his weight, but not very much. All of the younger girls gathered in a small circle on the floor in front of the coffee table. At this point, Samantha's curiosity was getting the better of her, "So who are you people, and what are you doing here?" she asked them. Just then, the sound of footsteps coming down stairs was heard, "If you wait just one second longer, I think he won't mind telling you." Delta said to her.
Jack was the first one to enter the room from the staircase, followed by four other girls. Two of them had brunette hair, one other had blonde, and the last was a red head. The oldest one, that being Marsha, had long brunette hair and blue eyes. The other brunette had slightly short hair and had brown eyes. She was the youngest of the group, only being fifteen, and her name was Katie. The other blonde, was about the same age as Samantha, but her hair was the longest of the group, going slightly more then a quarter of the way down her back. Her eyes were blue, and her name was Victoria. The final girl, that being the red head, was the same age as Katie and Sam, and had the shortest hair. Her eyes were green, and her name was Erica.
"Dad, what's so important that you had to wake us up?" asked Victoria, Jack answered back by just pointing to the group of people sitting in the living room. All of the teenage girls starred starred at them with confusion, "Hello" they all said to them. Delta and the rest greeted them. "Dad, are these the people who were here earlier?" Marsh asked, "Well, some of them." Jack answered. "Look this is no offense to anyone here," said young Katie, "but what are you doing here? And where did you come from?" Delta looked at Jack, "Do you wanna tell them?" he asked, "Sure, I can do that." Jack responded. Jack turned himself so he could face all of the girls, and then inhaled deep, for it was going to be a long story.
Jack began to tell the girls about what was going on, where they were from, and why they came here. The whole time that he was talking, Delta found himself constantly glancing over at the red headed girl. She was bringing up a not so old memory (look at the prequel Saving Them if you don't know what I mean). After nearly an hour of explaining, Jack was almost done with talking to them. "So right now, they are going to be staying with us for the time being. They need our help to get the ball rolling, so do whatever you can to help them out, OK?" The girls just stared at him in amazement and shock, "God, that's even weirder then our story." said Erica, after she said that Jack Glared at her. "Uh, no offense guys." she apologized to them, "None taken." said Sofia.
Jack looked up at a clock on the, and his eyes got slightly bigger. He walk over to the coffee table and picked up a small rectangular device. He pointed the small device at a television set, and then pressed a button on the thing. The television sprang to life. Sofia, Eleanor, and Delta were all mystified by what happened, for they had never seen something like this. They had questions, but they held them in once they heard a voice over the TV. "Good Morning, This is the early morning news." a man said sit behind a desk on the set. "Our top story today, an explosion near the city of Norfolk Virginia. Currently, firemen and police officers are at the scene trying to bring some order to the area. Earlier when we asked about the explosion, the police had this to say." the image on the screen cuts to a man holding a microphone to a police officers face. "At this point we do know what has caused this explosion. Barrels of left over oil were abandon in this warehouse, and the heat of a fire can cause the barrels to explode when the pressure is high enough." Everyone watched in silence as to what the police officer would say next, so far everything was going according to what Jack planned. A bead of sweet went down Jacks head, he was very nervous as to how the story was going to go. The officer continued after talking to one of his superiors, "After speaking with the sheriff, we have now concluded that this fire was not an attempt at arson." Jack, as well as everybody else in the room let out a sigh of relief.
"But how can you be sure that this was an accident?" the reported asked him, "There are no signs of any accelerators, no signs of any ignition sources, but most of all sir, there is no reason to blow up an abandon fish processing plant. There is no gain from it." "Do you think that this may have been a form of protest against the Vietnam war, or maybe another form civil protest?" Jack Clicked the TV off, "Oh shut up about Vietnam already." he said in an annoyed tone. "Vietnam?" Delta asked, "It's a country that our troops are fighting in right now, I'll tell you more about it later." Delta just nodded his head. "OK," Jack started again, "that's taken care of. Now we got other work to do, but right now lets take a second to calm down a bit. So make yourselves at home, and I'm gonna start breakfast. Does anyone want coffee?" Delta lifted his hand as a form of yes, and Sofia did as well. "OK, I'm gonna get stared. Are you guys hungry?" Jack asked again, the group just looked at each other and shook their heads.
"You know Eleanor," said Katie, "once everything's straightened out, I could show you a lot of stuff around here. I could even get you some nice clothes if wanted too." Eleanor smiled slightly, "Yeah, that sounds like fun." "Groovy" Katie said and went into the kitchen with the rest. "Groovy?" Sofia asked in a confused manner. "It's teen slang," Jack shouted from the kitchen, "it's how they say great or nice." Sofia and Delta looked at each other in a confused way, this place was definitely going to be hard to get used to.
Well, that will do it or now. Stay tuned for Part 14
