Chapter 31
*Celosia Robin Douglas's POV*:
My eyes widened.
F.E.MA officers were everywhere, all of them were fighting against soldiers in green camouflage wear. To the distance I saw the Sally port, destroyed. It put this hellhole in a vulnerable state, giving access to the inside.
Roars, shouts and gunshots filled the air around us. If not for the cold, crisp winter wind, the smell of gunpowder would've been stronger.
It reminded me of the revolt back at the extermination camp, five years ago.
The death, the shooting, the negative energy that filled the space. It was all too familiar.
I stood there like a statue, not even seeing the officers who led us out join in on the fighting . I couldn't move, speak or even think about anything but those terrible memories: doing harsh labor and fighting back in the same temperature I was in now.
"I see Danny!", Gaia shouted as she pointed to our far right, snapping me out of my thoughts.
Happiness filled my body as her words confirmed my suspicion. Shimizu came! He came with people from the shelter to save us. He figured out where we were just in time, the night before our execution.
Danny was hard to spot. Because it was dark out, I had to squint to see the area Gaia was pointing at. But lord and behold, there he was, hiding behind a bush.
"Why is he hiding?," I asked, offended that Danny would hide instead of helping Shimizu.
"Nevermind that! Come on!", Kimberly shouted as she ran towards him.
"Kimberly!" I shouted angrily at her impulsiveness.
I and Beval, while he grabbed onto Gaia's hand, made our move after her. We crunched down as we ran towards the bush, preventing unwanted attention as we ran around the hundreds of soldiers and officers fighting.
The closer we got to the bush, the more I could make out two more people. Little people.
"Danny!", Beval shouted, which startled him.
He got up and pointed a semi automatic at us.
"Whoa, whoa!", I pleaded as we froze in place with our hands up. "It's us! It's us!"
When Danny realized it was his beloved friends, he blew his breath in relief, letting his guard down. Near him was Hikari and Tyler, huddling together in fear.
"It's okay! It's okay! It's just us!", I crouched down to hug them. They hugged back tightly.
Kimberly, Gaia and Beval crouched down behind the bush. We could barely hear each other over the war that was behind us.
"Why are you guys wearing F.E.M.A uniforms?", Danny asked us before taking a look at Beval. "Jesus! What did they do to you?!"
"It's a long story. I was beaten badly for trying to fight the officers who were raiding our home shelter. They jumped me. Alex. Alex betrayed us," Beval explained sadly, taking Danny's hand off his face after he examined him.
"I'm aware. After he turned you in, he teleported back with the bag of money in his hand, but said nothing for two days. When you guys didn't show up for our plan to fly back to California, me and Shimizu were worried and searched everywhere for those two days and asked everyone if they knew where you were. That's when I had a voice in my head tell me to turn on the worldwide news channel. That's when we saw your faces, in hand cuffs, walking from our home shelter."
"You saw it live?", Kimberly asked.
"No. The news was from two days prior but was still a "hot topic" worldwide. There was only one way you could've got to California that quick. Alex. After some brief interrogation, he confessed to his crimes, him turning you in for millions of dollars, and even how he felt guilty and regretted it. He didn't confess earlier because he was afraid. That coward. He gave Shimizu the money though, but that wasn't enough. Shimizu gathered the soldiers up and Alex teleported them back willingly, including me, Hikari and Tyler, Sargent Thompson, Ashley and Trevor. I was commanded by Shimizu to hide with Hikari and Tyler to keep them safe."
"Where is Shimizu?", I asked, lifting my head up to look around .
"Somewhere leading the army, now keep your head down!", Danny scowled as he pushed the top of my head downward. "Anyways, had you idiots listen to me and not trust someone you barely know, we probably wouldn't be in this situation!"
Gaia sighed.
"Listen Danny, you have to go inside of the prison. Hikari and Tyler will be safe there. Not only are our people being freed by Thomas, but Isabella is giving birth as speak!"
Danny's skin grew pale.
Silence grew around us for a few seconds.
"When did it began?", he asked in a shaky tone.
"About thirty minutes ago. As much as we would love to chat, you, Hikari and Tyler need to go in now! Give Hikari and Tyler over to Thomas and go find Isabella! We will be okay!", Gaia reassured.
"The code to get in is 82578", I said slowly.
Danny nodded, trying his best to control his breathing as he repeated the code to himself. He looked at Hikari and Tyler and nodded. They nodded back, knowing they didn't have a choice.
Danny sat the semi-automatic onto the ground for us to use for protection. Together, they arose off the grass, yet still crouching. They held hands as they ran towards the way in which we came. We watched closely, making sure they got in safely. After Danny put in the code to get in, the doors opened. Hikari and Tyler ran in and Danny followed.
"Okay! We need to create a plan. A way to get to Shimizu!", I said, trying to think of anything, anyway to get closer to him, to let him know we're okay.
"Celosia, I understand you love Shimizu and all, but if we go out there, we'll die. Shimizu's soldiers will kill us, thinking we are FEMA. I mean...look at what we're wearing. Our best bet is to stay hidden and watch", Kimberly said, staring out through the thick bushes.
I stared with her. Shimizu's army was closing in, slowly getting closer towards the prison building as they killed more and more officers. Some officers managed to get on top of the prison building and shoot down at them, but were swiftly brought down by bullets. Shimizu was winning this.
"W-what do we do then?!", Gaia asked, conflicted. Her voice was so naturally soft that even her shouting couldn't be heard through all of the chaos.
"What can we do?", Beval spoke up, looking at her.
That's when my eyes gazed downward, at the semi-automatic on the ground.
"I...I think I know how to help!", I exclaimed, grabbing onto the gun. "We have to help bring down these sons of bitches. It might not be a lot, but it's something."
I peaked up slowly to look at the scenery. I categorized both. Shimizu's men were in the green camouflage, while the FEMA officers were black gear.
"Shimizu's side is slowly winning, eventually they will kill them off."
"You have a little bit too much faith in this man", Kimberly shook her head with cut eyes.
"You can shoot?", Beval asked with confusion.
"Yes!", I answered, a little offended he would ask, knowing I was a hunter. "Shooting is one of the things I was taught by Noah, then I taught Kimberly when we were hunters. We had to know how to defend ourselves in case we got caught."
"Well, what are you waiting for? Get to shooti-"
Beval paused and turned his head towards the crowd.
We saw the FEMA officers retreating towards the Sally port, away from the prison.
Bewilderment overcome all four of us.
"What?", I scrunched up my face in confusion, lowering the gun. I poked my head upward.
"Girl! Keep your head down", Gaia quietly scowled, pushing it down with great force may almost hurt my neck. "We don't wanna cause any attention to ourselves!"
The farther and farther they ran, the happier I became, the safer we were from being spotted.
"They're running away, away from the prison! Shimizu scared them off!", I smiled, followed by a relieved chuckle. I stood up slowly and looked at my friends. "It's okay! They won!"
A loud cheer arose from Shimizu's soldiers, whom were scattered all over the field. They crowed together as they watched the officers retreat. They held their guns in the air high, with mighty cheers.
Many dead bodies from both sides could be found everywhere. Seeing them would've triggered me or cause me to throw up, but I was numb to it. It was like it didn't bothered me. I've been through enough that dead bodies wouldn't phase me.
There had to have been almost a hundred of Shimizu's soldiers left alive.
I scanned the scene.
Eventually, I spotted him, my lover, Shimizu. He was at the front of the crowd, cheering.
I found Trevor, with Ashley next to him. I spotted Sargent Thompson in the middle of the crowd of soldiers, near Trevor and Ashley. Alex was in the far back, near the prison.
As my friends arose with me, I jumped up and down, cheering along with the soldiers! Gaia was the only one who joined in. Kimberly looked around suspiciously and Beval shouted but didn't join us in the jumping. At this moment we could've been mistaken as FEMA guards and shot. I was too happy to think. I was ecstatic.
Loud shouts of yes's and woohoo's from us reached out towards them. I was sure they couldn't hear me until I saw Shimizu unintentionally look my way, to his far right.
His face scrunched up in confusion but when he recognized that it was us, he smiled at and dropped his shoulders, relieved. He lowered his gun and blew a kiss at me.
I would've blown a kiss back but I kept cheering, just happy that the fight was over and that we could ALL go back to the Philippines's shelter like nothing ever happened. Shimizu again has saved the day, but this time he didn't "die" or lose another leg.
I felt Gaia and Beval run over to embrace me. I hugged both of my best friends tightly as I laughed. All that was left was to bring down the World Leader. It seemed easy as pie at that point. This fight was finally over.
Or so I thought.
"Uhhh", Kimberly said, interrupted our hugging session. Her eyes were up towards the night sky, but to the distance.
"What?", Beval asked her, his eyes followed to where she was looking. Me and Gaia did the same and my skin went pale.
It was a helicopter, but not just any helicopter.
It was an attack helicopter.
"It's not over. It's not over," Kimberly muttered, backing up slowly.
"SHIMIZU!", I shouted as loud as I could, urgently.
He swiftly turned his head at me.
I pointed up, to which he followed the direction of my finger. The helicopter was almost right above the field that separated the prison from the Sally port.
The Sally port was a wall that surrounded the prison. The prison was at the very center. We were in front of the prison but behind the Sally port. There wasn't many trees but a lot of bushes, which meant there weren't many places to hide. Our best bet was to either return to the prison, or run.
"EVERYONE! SPREAD OUT! SPREAD OUT! LOOK FOR COVER!", Shimizu ordered before running near our direction. The soldiers got the hint as they spotted the helicopter arriving. They ran in different directions to look for cover, some even close to where we were.
The helicopter didn't drop bombs, nor did they shoot bullets, no.
They dropped missiles.
I watched as one fell from the helicopter and pierced the ground with a loud explosion. I fell to the ground as I shielded myself with my arm, screaming.
I could've sworn I seen it kill at least ten men. These missiles weren't big enough to wipe out a town or city but they were big enough to wipe out several people at a time.
"GUYS, WE GOT TO GO! WE GOTTA GO BACK INSIDE THE BUILDING! NOW!", Beval shouted as he grabbed Gaia's arm.
Before we could run, we crouched down to protect ourselves from explosion, but this time it was at the center of the field, even closer to us. Soldiers were spotted shooting up at the helicopter.
I could've sworn I was teleported into a "Call of Duty" game.
"Wait! Wait! What about Shimizu?!", I protested, trying to spot him. I unfortunately lost track of him.
The helicopter dropped another missile near the prison. It was wiping out a large percentage of the soldiers and I feared I would lose the person I loved like no other.
"Listen Celosia! He will be okay! But we won't unless we get out of dodg-"
"GUYS! LOOK OUT! CELOSIA, MOVE!", Kimberly looked up and screamed, interrupting Beval. She grabbed my shirt, tossing me away from her. As she did, my ears were pierced with a loud boom as my body was being lifted and then thrown to the ground with great force before I ascended into darkness.
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