Unnatural by Jakob Farrar

Author:Jakob Farrar [Farrar, Jakob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Safehouse

“What was that?” asked Kaytlen as they walked inside the mansion the Peters lived in. They had decided to split up and search the huge house in teams of two, Gabe staying behind with Phoebe in a safe place near the front of the house.

“That was an…acquaintance of ours,” Byron said.

“This place seems empty,” she said, “How big was your family?”

“It wasn’t just my family that lived here,” Byron said as they walked up a flight of stairs, “This place was also used as a private school, mainly overseen my parents and siblings, of which I had five.”

“Five brothers and sisters?” Kaytlen said, “I don’t think I could live with that.”

“I wasn’t here very often,” Byron said.

“You weren’t at home? Then where were you?”

Byron stopped, wondering if he should tell Kaytlen this. He could go into another Dive. “I was…researching,” he said, honestly enough, without having to go into any details, “That’s strange,” he said, “My mother would have come out by now and greeted me, I would have thought.”

“Are you sure she’s not afraid of you? She might be hiding.”

“Yes, I’m sure,” Byron said, “Out of anybody in the world, she wouldn’t hide from me.”

Byron opened a door, but jumped back when he saw what was inside. Kaytlen screamed. Stephen and Mark were there in an instant.

In the room, which had been Byron’s parent’s bedroom, was a squadron of soldiers, one with his gun pressed against Byron’s mother’s back.

“What’s going on?” said Byron, looking into his mother’s eyes. She wasn’t scared, she never was. She was always calm, always taking in her circumstances with peace and patience. Even now, her eyes were filled with tranquility instead of fear.

“Surrender, Unnatural,” the soldier said, “We have been sent with orders to arrest you on the basis of terrorism and the murder of Governor Willard Poore.”

“Wait,” said Byron, “We don’t want to hurt-”

“Surrender,” the soldier said, tightening his grip on the trigger.

“Let me-”

“You’re under arrest!”

Byron felt the air heat up next to him as Mark quickly drew fire into his hand. Time seemed to slow down as Mark threw the fireball forward. It collided with the soldiers, sending them flying back into the wall and onto the ground.

But not before the soldier pulled the trigger.

Byron’s mother fell to the ground. Byron screamed, rushing to his mother’s side.

“You’re finally home,” his mother said, gasping in his arms. Tears flooded Byron’s face. “I knew you would come back eventually,” she said, “Everyone did.”

“Where’s everyone else?” Byron asked, “The children? The school?”

She shook her head. “We were cleared out when the soldiers came this morning,” she coughed, “They’re looking all over for you, Byron. You have to leave.”

“Not without making sure you’re alright.”

“There’s no saving me. You have to go. The soldiers are on their way already.”

Byron shook his head. “You were the last part of my life, mother,” he said, “You were all that I had left.”

“This is the end of your life, Byron,” she said slowly, “This is the end of your life here in Sector Seven.

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