Taken By Surprise (Taken Trilogy Book 1) by Jessica Frances

Author:Jessica Frances [Frances, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-09-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two – The Future

After a couple of hours of watching television, we all start to feel on edge again. It’s hard to forget that we’re in a place we don’t know, with people we don’t know, being held against our will. Inaction really doesn’t seem right.

None of us have spoken about what we found out from Stan. We’re to serve our country? We’re being forced to become part of a war? I’m not sure how to feel about that. For one, I can never be expected to hold a gun and the thought of me having to kill someone makes me feel sick all over. There is no way I can be forced to do that, to be a person where doing that is acceptable.

I’m pulled away from my thoughts when I hear scratching noises from behind where Charlie and I are sitting. I turn my head and look closely at the door that the two guards had dragged the bleeding boy through earlier.

I think that might be where the noise is coming from, though I’m not certain until I’m proved correct when I see the door handle moving and listen to a click before the door pops open. It doesn’t sound like any key I’ve ever heard before and a man wearing all black rushes in and closes the door behind him. He doesn’t face us, but stays concentrating on the door while crouching down. The same noises from just before happen again, except this time louder and clearer.

“What—” Rose tries to ask, but the man holds up his hand to silence her.

We all give each other questioning looks, however no one knows what’s going on. Charlie rises from the couch and I do the same. Something about this situation doesn’t feel right and having a better vantage point to run feels safest.

When the man finally relocks the door, he stands up straight and slowly turns to face us. His eyes fall directly to mine as he holds his fingers up to his lips to keep us quiet. My mouth drops open when I see him, but I keep my gasp in. I think at first it’s Sam, Drew’s older brother, but that can’t be right. It looks more like Drew’s Dad, except he passed away two years ago and even then, this man is younger than what Drew’s Dad had been.

The man points towards the hallway where our rooms are and then walks carefully and slowly down it. We all glance questionably at each other before we silently decide to follow. He enters the room I had woken up in earlier and we all pause outside it, peeking in.

I watch him over by the desk where he appears to be searching for something. He makes a mess of the papers I hadn’t noticed were sitting there and then pulls out a pen from the drawer. He scribbles something down and walks back over to us. We all hold our breath as he reaches out and hands Charlie the paper.

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