Chapter 9
I dedicate this chapter to GlowingAngels because I want to. :3
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I can't move. This can't be. Elizabeth can't be gone. This is a nightmare, just like the t-principal. This can't happen! I begin to break down, but Chelsea is way ahead of me. We sob.
"Let's tell my mom. Should we tell her about the tunnel?" Sarah says between cries. I think I know what she's thinking about the most. The warning, the mind control, the fact that she's gone, maybe come tell with mind control. The fact that it said all of us. Any of us could be next.
"Yeah," Chelsea says shakily. She breaks down easily, if you couldn't tell. "We could get police to help us."
I stop feeling bad for us. I half my tears. We can't cry here like cowering puppies. We need to do something, as much as they might hate that. As much as it might scare them. As much as we could get in trouble for it. No matter what it takes, we will rescue her and put an end to this madness.
"No. We will do this by ourselves. We can tell that she's gone, but we are NOT going to stand by as this happens." I'm shocked with my sudden bravery, and I think it will bite me back later. I'm just filled with that kind of foolishness right now. "Let's go." I can see the shock in their faces.
"She's right, as much as I don't want to admit it." Chelsea returns the favor by shocking me. No offense to her, but she's always afraid. "I'm tired of being afraid. I won't settle for my fear any longer. I won't just be brave, I'll be Dauntless." Now is not the time for references to Divergent, I think.
Sarah doesn't move. If I didn't know better, I would've thought she just saw Medusa.
"I don't know," she admitted. It's then that I realize: she just swallows her worry. She thinks she needs to hide her emotions. She breaks down inside, not out. But she just couldn't contain it this time.
"It's time to go. We can't tell your mom that she's missing. News stories will go out. We'll be held back, and they'll know police will investigate. They'll know their secrets are at risk of being found out. They'll hide the evidence. And do whatever they're going to do to her even faster. We need to sneak out and attack, and now. Who's with me?" I'm shocked at how brave I sounded, but I was tired of being a coward.
"I am, and I won't break down, and I'll be at your side," Chelsea jumps up with anger all over her face and stands beside me. "Are you with us?"
After a moment of thinking, Sarah reluctantly got up and said to our faces with fear, "I'm with you. Let's go get these monsters."
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