Fighting Back (Battle Ground YA UK Dystopia Series Book 4) by Rachel Churcher

Author:Rachel Churcher [Churcher, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taller Books
Published: 2019-11-19T22:00:00+00:00

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We move through the agenda, committee members updating us with progress on various projects and initiatives. We talk about the budget for the compound – about hiring staff and changing contractors for the maintenance of our buildings. We talk about printing costs, and supplies of the Face of the Resistance poster. Who is making the next delivery, and how we hide them from the guards at the border. We talk about Jake, and the arrangements to get him to the Netherlands.

No one mentions London. No one mentions PIN, or the prisoners, or fighting back.

The last item on the agenda is listed as ‘Coalition’. I lean back in my chair to listen to more discussions of things I don’t understand.

“Caroline has sent us an update on the Dutch government’s attempts to form a coalition.” There’s a rustling as everyone pulls a stapled stack of paper from their briefing folders. I reach fowards and find mine, sitting back in my chair to look at it.

It’s from Caroline. Newcastle Caroline. Caroline Wallis, who got us out of the UK, and had to run herself, because of me.

I sit up, putting the update on the table in front of me.

Caroline is the new liaison between Neesh’s training camp and the government of the Netherlands. I take a moment to read the first page while Fiona explains the new developments. I should be listening, but I’m not. All I can see is the report in front of me. A report about Caroline’s efforts to bring other countries together to fight. To free the UK from Martial Law. To restore Parliament, and bring back democracy.

Caroline is recruiting other armies to fight for the UK.

Neesh’s army isn’t the only army preparing to march on London.

Fiona is calling for a vote, but I don’t know what we’re voting on.

I look up. “Excuse me, Fiona. Can you explain that again?”

“Sorry, Bex. I know you haven’t had a chance to read this in advance. Perhaps you could sit this one out, and we’ll talk about it later.”

I shake my head. “There are other armies, ready to fight with us?” I’m trying to understand what I’m reading.

She sighs. “It’s complicated. We’re trying to persuade the Netherlands to send troops to London, and they’re trying to persuade other countries to join in. We’re trying to build a coalition. An international force, to fight alongside us.” I scan the document in front of me, looking for the progress report.

“Who’s with us? How many armies do we have?” I feel sick. I feel as if I’m falling. My pulse is drumming in my throat, and my voice feels tight. This could be our chance. We could save Mum, and Margie. We could change everything.

Fiona shakes her head. “It’s early days, Bex.”

“Who is coming with us to London?” I’m trying not to shout, but my voice is loud in the quiet room.

“No one yet. There are plenty of countries who’ve shown an interest, but we’re still trying to persuade them to commit.”

“What are they waiting for?”

“It’s complicated.

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