Chapter Six
Previously:
He was a Freak...
So he turned to the wall and screamed out in his pain, shame and rage directing it all at that one target hoping to end it all.
Cameron knew he'd made a terrible unforgivable mistake...
The moment his eyes had set on that odd change in the distance something had shot up his spine like a shiver but also a numbness that tingled like warm running water. How could it both feel cold and warm at the exact same moment. He couldn't explain what he was feeling but he knew just as he knew when the adults were gone something truly otherworldly had taken over Perdido Beach. Kale had called it the Fayz and Cameron couldn't think of anything better to go by but would all of this truly only be a phase for those left behind. No it would never simply pass with the time for Cameron, he didn't believe Lee or even Kale would ever forget this one day if it were to all end tomorrow. Something inside of himself had been drastically altered, he'd heard his parents speak about horrible things happening to children how they'd claim it had stolen their innocence. Cameron had never considered himself one of those kids that could have his innocence stolen but now he knew just how naive he'd been. The world had become somewhere sinister and hard just with the few horrible acts that had occurred in the hours that had come after the big disappearance of all those over fourteen. It had all boiled over and exploded out of him panic and deranged fear that needed him to escape somehow to get away from all that was allowing the horrible things to happen. Cameron had never felt claustrophobic ever in his life but suddenly the knowledge that some sort of barrier was keeping him locked within made him feel like invisible walls were closing in around him and he couldn't breathe. It had all fallen out of his mouth like verbal vomit that wouldn't ease or slow, one word move and morphed into another as he tried to find a way to get the barrier to open up somehow. It had seemed the only plausible answer he'd seen how that deadly spray of white glow had burned so thoroughly through everything it touched, Lee was the answer. The second though that he'd murmured that word he knew that he'd been wrong.
Freak...
It rang in his ears like a dirty word that wouldn't go away he'd called his friend lots of names but even when they taunted and teased each other it had been done with laughter and smiles. He couldn't recall a time he'd ever truly called Lee something horrible and meant it with as much force and he had in that moment. The way Lee's face changed from shock to have been found out and then the emotionless gaze before everything in him seemed to rush to his face. Cameron had always seen him as easy going and that nothing bothered Lee enough to reside in him like it did with others. Maybe Lee had always just been better at hiding it though.
Lee raised both hands pointed out towards the barrier and he screamed out an almost roar of rage that Cameron found actually intimidating and then the darkness was lit by the white glow. Cameron would never get used to it, he knew that from the first moment he saw it but now unleashed in a way so different so full of anger and power. The odd liquid like beam hit the barrier and sprayed over it covering such a large surface as it even dripped down it hissing smoking but...nothing. Lee moved forward still growling out saliva leaving his mouth as he continued to make savage like grunts and growls directing it all outwards but nothing. Lee couldn't make the barrier give, Cameron had seen how it worked on poor Kyle even the floor of the kitchen and the back wall. It had burned and melted so quickly and yet this showed no sign Lee might as well have been throwing water at it because it simply slipped down the barrier and then began to burn into the ground making a crater at the edge of the wall. There was no going under though, even before Cameron could think that digging under would be an option as the crater grew larger it was plain to see that the barrier continued down into the ground.
"Lee stop" Cameron said weakly his panic dulled his worry over his friend now, maybe it wasn't that his panic had dulled or just he'd been defeated already given up. If Lee's strange power could not penetrate what could. Lee continued though even at Cameron's word's his chest rising and falling as he panted roughly and then it stopped until Lee was standing there panting his eyes glaring at the barrier the hiss and burn of the turf along the barrier wall smoking as it burned the glow ending as his hands lowered in fists at his sides.
"It didn't work" Lee said coldly turning to look at Cameron then, there was definitely something about the way Lee looked though that forced a lump to form in his throat that he couldn't quiet swallow around.
"Lee man...It...I" Cameron didn't have the words, he didn't think there was a book, website or even app that gave you the knowledge on how to speak to your friend about dealing with this. The coping of the Fayz maybe someone would write that book after this or maybe there would never be an after maybe this was their lot now, coping would be continuing on pushing forward.
"You going to tell anyone?" Lee said bluntly to Cameron and he had the strangest feeling like in that moment he was talking to a stranger not his best friend since birth but someone who was a complete stranger in every way.
"Lee. No man of course not" Cameron stepped forward then as Lee raised his hands up but Cameron flinched at that and Lee noticed it quickly lowering his hands and then shoving them into his pockets.
"Good. No one has to know I'm a killer" Lee said and then turned and walked back in the direction of where the two had abandoned the cart, the purpose they'd both come up to Clifftop Resort in the first place.
"Lee aren't we going to talk about this?" Cameron rushed off after him but Lee didn't stop, something drastic had shifted between them just like it had when Cameron had ran into that building earlier he'd noted then how everything had changed and now suddenly things were changing between his one constant, Lee.
"Talk about what" Lee whirled on Cameron glaring at him "it's clear okay I get it I don't have a right to be angry or whatever you're going to say but I am Cam. I'm so full of anger and shame it's eating me alive, do you have any idea even a small idea what it's been like to know. I've known for so long that something was happening and then today and it just keeps getting worse and each time I use this..." Lee pulled his hands out of his pockets and waved them around and Cameron stood frozen watching Lee unravel completely, some had called Lee called and detached a lot said he was uncaring even teacher's had commented on his lack of compassion "Do you want to know what's worse Cam. Worse than knowing I killed that kid. The worst part is that a part of me a small part of me enjoyed it" That revelation rocked Cameron to the core, Lee wasn't evil he knew Lee and he wasn't a bad guy but this he couldn't understand he didn't possess the means to be prepared to understand what his friend must be going through so he listened "I stood in that kitchen panicked and scared but happy I wasn't the only one who could do something and then he attacked me and it was like something inside of me knew what had to be done. Like a part of me wanted to state my dominance like a voice was daring him to try it again just to give me a reason and he did and I shot back" Lee slammed his opened hand against his chest "I didn't run in there to save lives Cameron I went in to find someone who could understand what it was like and he attacked me. I didn't mean to but it happened and I hate myself Cam I do I hate myself so damn much because this isn't supposed to be our life. I'm not supposed to be a killer, I'm just a kid" the pitiful whimper as Lee used his forearm to wipe the tears that had cascaded down his cheeks "So just leave it okay I can't deal with this. We'll tell them about the barrier and that's it I don't want to have to explain the other side we've got more than enough to be crapping our pants about before we start thinking about who else can use powers that can kill each other" with that Lee stormed off not giving Cameron time to reply to anything further his friend needed time he understood that, everything they'd known about the world had been twisted in this odd and different way. It seemed though that Lee had received a warning in his manifesting ability he'd kept the secret because a few days, weeks or months ago no one would believe him because it was impossible.
"The Fayz. Where the impossible happens" Cameron whispered to himself in the lonely dark tennis court area on Clifftop not even a sound around him even the normally soothing sounds of the waves over the ocean were none existent.
**~~**ABSENT**~~**
The screaming never stopped. Riley couldn't fathom the idea to leave though, her headache was pounding and she'd taken some of the Tylenol to try and ease her aches and migraine. James' screaming came and went as did his consciousness, when he was asleep his cries were whimpers and whiny verbal calls that no one understood. When he was awake though they were full of profanities and demands to be taken to the hospital. The pain was consuming him now as if madness was taking over him slowly, force fed Tylenol and any pain medication they could find while constantly given ice packs that simply didn't do anything that would make a difference. The night wasn't over yet and Riley hadn't even attempted to sleep, all of those that had helped her get James into the church had left her alone. She didn't know them very well any of them in fact but they'd been helpful, well that wasn't true the female and male she'd seen first had out right refused her going any further with her battered appearance and a broken boy in a cart. They hadn't wanted her scaring the other kids, now not so hungry, thirsty and exhausted she understood the need to keep the calm while they could. Thankfully two males had shown up though and fought her corner she vaguely recognised them both but couldn't say she knew their names very well. They had looked almost as bad as her in appearance but no blood, the one had a large blistered burn down his forearm that needed some serious treatment but both had looked tired. She hadn't even had time to wonder what had happened when, the two had taken over pushing James toward the church to get him some help.
Riley had got the distinct impression from the girl Sienna that she didn't like her but she'd pushed it aside because it wasn't important, something she might have said or done in school seemed petty to hold over someone when the world was falling in on itself. When they'd come to the church sideway entrance she'd worried how they'd move James into the building with the cart. Her concern had been unneeded as the broader of the two males impressively pulled James onto his shoulder and carried him on through like he was nothing more than a sack of potatoes. The internal annoyance that had the guy been with her when they'd crashed he probably could have carried James the entire way and kept her steady in the long walk. She learnt by catching parts of conversations that the two males were Lee and Cameron and the third with Sienna was Kale all three males seemed to be friendly in some way. Once having James in a better location they all worked together to work as best they could on getting him as fixed up as they could, all knew it wouldn't matter.
Then slowly in twos they had left first Lee and Cameron who had something to take care of in one of the stores and then Kale needed to get his sister and Sienna had not wanted to be left to walk alone in the dark. Not that there was anyone out there but kids, now finally in a safer location Riley was able to truly think about what had happened and from what she gathered all those over fourteen had all disappeared at exactly the same time. That left no one to help James. No one but her and her help was worth nothing because it wouldn't ease his pain. She couldn't even offer him the ability to wash or even go to a bathroom in any way at all. He smelt disgusting and the odour just made the task of going into the room where he lay motionless except for his screamed please harder, this wasn't how she thought she'd be spending her day. She'd thought she'd be home celebrating a win with her parents sharing dinner with the both of them as they sang her praises and she'd crawl into bed and feel that satisfying ache in her feet that let her know she'd pushed herself. All she felt now was loneliness, she wanted to find her friends but even now so late at night she wasn't particularly comfortable walking the streets of Perdido Beach alone. Then there was James if she wasn't here to at least give him the little care she could then who would, no one had reason to force themselves through this and even so she knew a little more than most people her age would about caring for people.
So she remained there alone in the back of the church and prayed for someone to make it all better, to fix whatever terrible thing had pulled the world out of balance and resulted in this mess. She prayed James would be okay, she prayed she could curl up in her parent's bed and feel like she wasn't alone. She'd thought the hard part was getting her and James to Perdido Beach to get help she hadn't allowed herself to think that maybe there was no help here just like there had been in that crashed car. Maybe the only mercy god could have given her and James was to allow them not to have survived the crash.
**~~**ABSENT**~~**
Sienna woke up and for a moment thought she could smell the scent of coffee in her house, she'd all but jumped out of her bed stumbled and bolted out of her bedroom when she realised she was mistaken. She'd reprehended herself even called herself stupid over in her head, of course she hadn't smelt coffee there was no one in the house except for her. Her family was gone. Just like all of the others and it appeared no amount of wishing had brought about their reappearance during the hours she had slept, this wasn't a bad dream. She'd taken the time to herself to try and process everything that had happened yesterday in the light of the new day, everyone over fourteen gone. Fire started and stopped in a McDonald's, one life saved one life lost. Even after everything Kale had said that one life lost was suspect in her mind, that would be what she'd do today before waiting for the other's who had agreed to make plans for how they'd go about keeping some sort of system while adults were gone. She would investigate into what had happened in that kitchen where the boy had died, she'd also have to do it before Kale found her because she knew if he saw her snooping around no doubt he'd lose his patients with her and quickly lose whatever interest he seemed to have at the moment. Sienna admitted she liked that he was around even if it had only been half a day she'd been around him, first impression hadn't gone great but he'd stood by her in her decision with Riley and keeping her from being seen with James until Lee and Cameron had offered a solution she hadn't thought of.
It hadn't taken her long to get ready for the day and then make herself some breakfast before she was heading back to the town plaza, some of the kids had decided to stick around the plaza till late. The weather was colder this time of the year but it hadn't stopped them from seeming to just lie around on chairs from either the hardware store or drag them from home. There was trash all over the plaza area from what people had taken from stores and eaten the food then dumping the wrappers, bottles and bags where ever they were not caring.
"One issue at a time" Sienna told herself as she continued walking towards the McDonald's, it was no longer smoking but it still smelt like burning even more so when you walked inside.
To the side was the body of the boy who had perished in the fire covered by a large blanket she'd seen his face and didn't think she needed to look him over again. Part of her doubted much had changed since yesterday but in her mind the idea of pulling the blanket down would in her mind reveal a skull with only small parts of flesh and maggots crawling over its face. No she didn't need to look again so her mind continued to let her assume under there was a worse condition then she'd seen it in yesterday, when she'd seen her first ever dead body. She didn't think her mother or father had ever seen one and now she could say she had, it wasn't a life experience she believed she'd point out to them only she'd gone through however. Sienna scrunched up her nose at the smell as she moved into to kitchen area not wasting any time, she moved in the small open area to the corner of the room where Kale had said the boy had been. She looked over the wall seeing how the colour had blackened and charred the wall as it burned, the small microwave was completely black with the door barely hanging onto its hinges. Then she looked at the socket that was burned the worse the plastic around the electric plug socket melted and a hole in the wall it seemed now with the fire leaving it's tell tale sign on the outer and inner part of the structure. The boy who had spoken about Kyle had said something like a spark had started it all, that it had jumped from the socket to the microwave and blowing it up then to Kyle. He'd said it had been around his hands but Sienna had seen no signs of burns anywhere around his hands, actually Kyle didn't have any burns other than his face, neck and shoulder they had also been on the opposite side to where the fire had been burning she'd noted mentally.
"What happened here" he said to herself looking around and the floor there was a mark of smeared blood where Kyle's body had been recovered from after they'd put out the fire. It was only then as she rose from being crouched down slightly she noticed it, at first she doubted she would have at all, but there it was.
The back corner of the wall seemed to have a burned hole as if someone had thrown something a little bigger then a baseball through she moved closer and had to tip toe to look through it seeing out into the alley. The brick around the hole was burned, it even appeared like the brick had melted partly and then cooled down and gone hard in an odd state. She knew that something wasn't adding up this wasn't like the burning around the kitchen, there was also a good five feet distance between the burned hole and the charred walls. She turned around then with the wall behind her and looked across the kitchen from that position, directly in front of her was Kyle's smeared blood on the ground and then something else stood out. Every so often there were circular scorched marks on the ground, like barely there little round burns no bigger then maybe that of a butt of a cigarette but each mark burned a little deeper into the floor making a slight dip into the flooring. Sienna even pressed her finger into it and shook her head, she was seeing something but it hadn't all been revealed yet she could almost feel the anticipation of figuring something big out. Sienna followed the marks in a diagonal line across the kitchen until there was one, it was the largest of them all about the same size as her fist and dipped further into the floor. She then went to put her other hand on the floor to push herself up when she noticed the sick and yanked her hand back it was only a small amount but it been here since yesterday and looked and smelt disgusting.
"Eww gross almost put my hand in it" She stood up quickly but then realised it must have been Lee's vomit he'd had some on his shirt, he'd vomited before he'd passed out Kale had guessed when she'd asked about Lee being carried out.
That was when she realised it though because everything aligned in the kitchen then in some odd diagonal line showing the markings of what had happened in here yesterday. Something had been thrown at Kyle something that had burned his face so badly it had made the skin melt in a disturbing way she wanted to forget. It had hit the wall behind, though and burned right on through it so it couldn't have hit Kyle directly and looking at it she couldn't think it even grazed him what had happened was whatever was thrown dripped too. It showed that across the floor as it went by, the largest marking on the ground was where it had likely started off and it was right near where Lee had been found passed out his vomit was proof of that. Sienna stood then trying to think how Lee would have stood there then and raised her arm as if she was about to throw something it was the perfect alignment she could tell with her height but Lee was a lot bigger then her he couldn't have thrown anything. Sienna then tip toed trying to make herself as tall as Lee was and then raised her hand straight out and in her mind she could see a piece of tape drawing from her hand to the hole in the wall behind where Kyle had been and it was a match.
"Lee did it whatever he did he did something and it killed Kyle" Sienna said to herself almost certain she'd discovered something that had happened here that no one else would have thought to look for. Did anyone else know though other then Lee, had Kale and Cameron both seen they'd been in here all three together and she knew Kale and Cameron would never sell out their friend but would they both be okay with murder.
The worst part was even though in her head it all deemed Lee a killer what could he have possibly thrown or shot at Kyle to leave this damage, it wasn't like Lee had carried in a weapon with him. He'd also passed out so that would have meant any weapon would have been picked up and hidden by either Cameron or Kale. What reason did Lee have though to kill a small boy that was what echoed in her mind the most, she didn't know Lee all that well but why would he kill an innocent boy for no reason. He didn't look deranged in a way that he'd killed Kyle just because the chance had made itself known, if he'd wanted Kyle to die he could have easily not bothered going into the burning building. If he hadn't gone in Cameron wouldn't have gone in either, she doubted Kale would have then eventually followed had he not felt out done by the two. So she couldn't confront Lee yet, she couldn't accuse him of being a murderer but that was only because the final piece to the mystery was still missing. She could see how it may have played out in here but she didn't have the means that could make it possible. Even so though if she managed to uncover the final parts of what had happened what could she possibly do, there were no adults. No police to lock him away, no lawyers to argue it out in court no judge to ensure justice was found for the crime of killing Kyle.
"Who would believe me even if I found out what he used" Sienna said to herself and she knew right then no one, people knew Kyle who was she. She was no one the smart girl that didn't even have classes with the kids in her grade, Kale would never listen to her he'd be the only person to even hear her out if only to yell at her after "I'll have to convince him make him see he can trust me then show him" then the argument of if Kale knew though, if he knew what had happened and was covering for Lee. She wasn't sure what she was going to do, she believed in her heart something had happened and that it hadn't been the fire that had killed Kyle she believed the only people who could give any information on that were Kale, Cameron and Lee himself but would any of them admit to it "I'll just have to make them slip up" Sienna nodded then and turned away from the kitchen moving to walk out even though she wanted to stay look over it more and try and make it all come together perfectly with the answers she desired, she knew one thing though that Lee was dangerous she didn't know how he was or if he'd always been but right now with no adults she knew he was dangerous.
**~~**ABSENT**~~**
Lee and Cameron hadn't spoken since the night before and Lee was more than okay with that because he didn't have anything more to say to his best friend. Lee had given him complete honesty and he didn't think Cameron had been able to even understand what he'd completely meant by everything. History class had told Lee enough to know that power corrupts, when he'd been given this power by some freak accident or it had been a warning of what was to come he'd been given power. He didn't want it to corrupt him though, even when in that second when his power worked its devastating potency he felt invincible like there was no one that could stop him like he wanted someone to try only to watch them fail. He would never be okay with what he'd done to Kyle and he'd never want to take a life again but each time he released that anger when he used his power he felt himself enjoy it, he felt satisfaction and relief like when he did that he was untouchable and right now he felt so vulnerable that power was all he had that made him feel not weak. The silence was awkward and filled with an undertone of hostility and anger that had shown itself last night. Lee had seen Cameron flinch when he'd raised his hands, his best friend had never been scared of him but now he was because Lee was very much like that barrier it was an impossibility a freak of nature something that didn't belong there.
"We have to tell them about what we saw" Cameron said then finally breaking the silence as they hit the houses of the town, they'd left the cart hidden away in one of the rooms Cameron would keep the only two keys to that room "The barrier. It'll scare everyone but they have to know that no one is coming that we need to start being smart" Lee nodded without anything to offer him the wedge had formed even if he didn't want that without Cameron he really didn't have anyone here he could truly rely and trust.
The silence consumed them again then as they kept on walking even when they both decided to go to their homes to change they didn't separate though. Cameron's house was first and Lee waited in the living room, he'd drank some of the soda from the mini bar that had been in the room he'd stayed he'd also devoured all of the small jars of macadamia nuts. Once Cameron was finished in his home they both then walked to Lee's, he was even faster in getting changed the reminder of watching Louise disappear in his bed and knowing out in his backyard was the charred remains of when he'd discovered his ability. For all its good memories his house was somewhere he didn't want to be for a long period of time it felt empty and lifeless now as did most of his street. It looked like those end of the world movies the way everywhere was so empty and silent, there was kids now though unlike there had been yesterday messing around causing trouble it wasn't Lee's problem he'd let someone else deal with the issues today he was already done after only yesterday. The two were then heading back to the plaza then Lee would be there for the talk because it would be expected of him but his only concern today was to give Beth her brother a funeral. Nothing else mattered to him other than paying respect to the boy who had died too soon because of what the world had changed into, Kyle hadn't asked for his ability any more then Lee had.
When Lee and Cameron arrived in the plaza they could both see Sienna and Kale they were talking with some of the kids from their grade the boys who had helped with the fire were there. Some of the kids who were older siblings to the little's were standing there too, there was the handful of younger kids but it didn't appear that anyone was all that bothered what these select few had to say. Lee hated to admit that had he not been involved he wouldn't have given a damn what any of them had to say either.
"The best solution for caring for the younger children is to have a rotational system of all the kids who are older than ten I think. We probably won't have to take care of them for long until the adults come back but until then we need to make sure the youngest of us are all well looked after. We split it into three shifts morning afternoon and nights, each shift will have four picked kids to take care of them" Sienna explained as they got closer Lee listening in on what she was saying intently it appeared she'd come into some self proclaimed leadership role, he thought she was bossy and naive. Why would anyone listen to her, why would anyone listen to any of them they weren't adults what could any of them do if someone refused to play their part. Nothing absolutely nothing because they weren't in charge, they weren't adults.
"We'll need food brought to the day care. Everyone is fine getting their own but we need formula, soft food and diapers with got a little still in the day care but younger kids are showing up or being brought by people who find them in house or wondering the streets. I'm fine taking care of them but we need to make sure we've got the supplies to do that" a girl called out that Lee didn't know a boy at her side holding her hand and nodding they were a couple he guessed both looked tired.
"We should tell them" Cameron whispered to Lee and he admitted they did need to step up and make it known because no there was something keeping them in and they could be stuck without adults for a long time they needed to be prepared more than just taking care of the younger kids and feeding them "Say something they'll listen to you man" Cameron shoved at Lee's shoulder and didn't like that he was being put forward as spokesperson for their duo but that had always been the way Lee went in first Cameron normally cleaned up the mess or soothed those who Lee hadn't been as kind to in his blunt attitude.
Lee stepped forward then clearing his throat Sienna stopped speaking then fixing Lee with an odd look he didn't understand and couldn't decipher its meaning. Kale smiled at him widely and snorted which only made Lee smile slightly and shake his head, he noticed then that Riley was here too she was cleaned up now but wore some large male's jumper and jeans. Even clean she looked exhausted and timid as if she was scared of her own shadow, it saddened him in a way she'd normally seemed so happy and forward full of an inner confidence now she looked as shattered as the legs of her friend.
"We've got problems that are more important than the little kids" before Lee could even continue some of the kids were calling over each other annoyed at the way he'd said it Sienna looked pleased at the response he'd received which only fuelled his already deep annoyance "You know what yeah we do" he growled out at them "I get that the kids are important but your all planning for only taking care of them for the short term like the adults are showing up any day now and are going to say sorry kids we forgot to tell you we wanted a weekend away" Lee said sarcastically as Kale laughed loudly hunching over slightly which made Lee grin sheepishly even Cameron's smile eased Lee a little "A few of us said that adults would know by now something wasn't right that your relatives or those who worked out of town would have figured and come and checked something out. No one is coming though" Lee said firmly with no room to argue as those around looked at him worried "Cameron and I went up to Clifftop and..." Lee sighed how did he explain it "maybe you won't believe us but there's something out there you can't see it unless your close but there is a barrier like an optical illusion that shows us what should be there but when you're up close it's a wall" Lee shrugged his shoulder the small group was silent now "I don't know why it's there I don't know if we can break through but I know this. No one is coming to help us, no one is coming because if they could they'd already be here by now but if there on the other side of that barrier they can't get through it either. It's keeping them out all around us and I bet even above" Lee threw his hands up at the sky then stepped back and little with a heavy sigh "I just thought you should know. I'm done" Lee wiped his hands together in front of him and then walked off from the group to give himself some space as he watched them all explode and talk over each other about the new information about something that was locking them in some sort of dome like barrier. He felt bad as he watched them all question Cameron but part of him felt it was some sort of payback for him calling him a freak, maybe him and Cameron would be fine he wouldn't hold his breath though just like he wouldn't for the return of the adults. It was a different world now it was the FAYZ.
There you go another chapter just like to thank you all for staying with me Chapters may slow up for a little because things are getting really busy on my end. I'm going to try and keep it to posting more than twice a week but as I said they'll come when I can write, hope your all enjoying each chapter that comes and please let me know what you think. Ideas or even questions are always appreciated. I've received a few characters for Coates kids and I'd just like to say they will be making an appearance in the future chapter's most probably sooner than later I have very big ideas for Coates that might surprise you all. Like always I'd like to thank HpHgPjGone, MyCrazyBeautifulLife, The Lady Cloudy, ShadowDude90, Stalking dream and DeathAngel80. No new character's this chapter but those of you who submitted character's and I replied to you over PM don't worry they will make an appearance and to those who are disappointed that your character wasn't in the chapter I'm sorry but I'm working on a story line which will involve some more then other's at time. It's the gone series I'm retelling which means I plan to do more than one of the books in rewrites so your character could be around for a long long time in my own series.