Chaos by Katie Holland

Author:Katie Holland [Holland, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kingston Publishing Company
Published: 2020-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

The next morning everyone packed up their belongings and made their way back to the study with the secret bookcase door. Luckily, there wasn’t some crazy way to open it like at Fox Hollow, she simply had to pull on the side of the bookcase and it opened.

They went to the blue door and Alix thought about where they needed to be. She opened the door and went down the hallway. As soon as she opened the next door, she knew they were somewhere different.

The air smelled different and the room looked like a tropical hotel lobby. She guessed they were in the living room. When everyone was through the door and their luggage was set aside, they fanned out to explore the house. It was about the size of the one they’d just came from.

Alix didn’t know what they were supposed to do. James had told her she was going to be met by someone, but no one was there. She found a clock in the kitchen, it was 11:09 am. It had just been 7:00 am when they left California. It was strange to walk a few steps and have a four-hour time difference.

“Hello?” a voice said from the front door.

Alix went to see if it was who she was waiting for.

“Hi,” Alix said. “Did James send you?”

“Yes. Alix?”

“That’s me.”

“Oh good. I wasn’t sure when you would be here. Have you been waiting long?”

“No just a few minutes … um …?”

“Oh sorry, my name is Celia. It’s a pleasure to meet you. James called you Alix, is that okay?” she asked.

“Yes, I insisted that everyone use my name and not my title. So, what happens now?”

“I’m supposed to take you and your team to the lab that’s analyzing the virus. How many of you are there?”

“Ten including me. I hope you brought a van,” Alix said smiling.

“Not a van, but we have two large SUV’s outside. They should be able to accommodate everyone.”

“Great, should we leave now?”

“Yes. We need to get this under control as quickly as we can.” Celia told her.

“Okay, I’ll gather everyone and meet you outside.”

Celia nodded and headed back to the waiting vehicles.

Alix found everyone, and they divided themselves between the two SUV’s. Alix, Shay, Ben, Kris, and one of their Warrior guards went with Celia. Natalie, Rick, Sonya, and the two other Warriors went to the other waiting vehicle. They left the safe house and entered a heavily forested area.

“How far do we have to go?” Alix asked.

“We’re a little less than an hour from where the CDC has set up their headquarters.”

“All we know is that this virus seems to have been created by the Grynn,” Alix said. “What can you tell us about what exactly is happening here?”

“It’s like nothing we’ve seen before. We don’t know how it spreads but for the most part when someone contracts it, they only live for a few hours,” Celia told her.

“That’s terrible,” Shay said. “What happens to them?”

“Unfortunately, there’s not much warning. People just collapse and end up in a coma-like state.

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