SUBJECT 042(F.G), 047(L.G) ARRIVING
[Tuesday]
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The school finally ends with the familiar ringing of the bell and I jump up from my chair, hurrying outside.
Without even looking at the other students, I directly begin to search after Leah with who I am supposed to meet for buying some stuff we will need for the party tonight at my house.
When I finally see her already impatiently waiting at the entrance from the school, I walk fastly over to her while she waves at me.
''Hey!'' I greet Leah and smile a little while she already pulls out her phone for showing me a shop she found on Google maps where we, as it seems, definitely have to go.
''Hi Finn, look at this! It looks so pretty can we please go there?'' She asks beggingly and I am not able to say 'no' any longer when she looks at me like that.
''Just because you are my best friend.'' I laugh and she grins.
''Cool, then come on.''
With that words, Leah grabs after my arm and we walk outside to the next bus station.
''Why do we have to take the bus? I have a car you know.'' Leah sighs and I just shrug.
''It is hard to find a place where to park the car when we are in the mall.'' I mumble a bit and bite my toung for that. I used to pinch myself every single time I mumble without wanting it but one some point when Leah was there and I pinched myself once again she stole one of my many bandana until I had none left. So I am getting more or less threatened with stop hurting myself because of that.
''You're right, dumb question.'' The girl sighs repeatedly and I smile at her warmly while the bus finally arrives and we get inside, sitting down at the seats in the back.
''It's okay.''
The bus starts to drive and Leah seems to get a little nervous with every minute which passes by.
How I recognize that? She i my best friend since years so I think I am able to see when something is wrong.
''What's wrong?'' I ask her with a worried look in my face and she winces a bit on my voice, which is quite concerning in her case.
She used to have a lot of nightmares and anxiety attacks around two years ago because of some idiotic boy who cheated on her and treated her like shit. I wish I'd have get to know that basta--.
''Nothing. I was just in.. thoughts.'' Leah shows me a weak smile and I raise an eyebrow, not believing her, but also knowing that I shouldn't continue asking when it is like this.
For almost the rest of the drive, we are sitting in silence. Waiting for the bus to finally arrive.
Which obviously happens, after around fifteen minutes.
''Hey Finn?'' Leah begins and types something on her phone with a terrified look on her face.
''Yeah?''
''Two people from our school are missing. No one has seen them since yesterday.'' She talks quietly and seems like it really hits her that they are missing.
''Who is it?'' I ask and am immediately in shock, when I see who it is.
I know them. The one with the glasses is in my English class, I think. Oh- and the other one used to go to the same elementary school like me, Parker Heegan it was, I guess.
''Fuck. That's terrible. Sure they aren't just, I don't know, sick?'' I ask and feel how my chest gets tighter. It's nothing what just happens everyday. People don't just disappear mysteriously without a message or at least a tiny bit of a sign.
Leah shakes her head, a sad look in her eyes.
It takes me a few moments until I realise, that she used to have a crush on that Parker guy around a year ago.
''They'll be found, I'm sure.'' I try to convince her, and also myself, but she just sighs again and we go out of the bus, both perhaps thinking about the things we just read.
''No one just disappears, Finn.'' Leah sighs and says the exact same thought I have in my mind out loud.
''I know but it's only been two days so far. We should wait a little before we start to worry even more.'' I smile weakly at my best friend, but she just shrugs and starts to step into the mall.
''Wait up, I should get my purse out of my bag, it's somewhere deep down in it!'' I shout and Leah shows me thumbs up before she shouts back.
''I will wait inside!''
''Okay!''
Fastly, I open my bag and search extremely annoyed after my purse.
''Come on-!'' I hiss and nearly hit someone with my elbow because of my hurry.
When I finally find it, I put the purse into my jacket. Which I am actually only wearing because it is winter and Leah was convinced I have to wear it, so that I won't get sick again.
Leah is sometimes a lot of a worried Mom.. With that I am not saying she's annoying!
I hurry inside the mall after her and look around, but can't spot Leah anywhere from what I frown.
Why would she just go away?
I decide to text her and put out my phone, writing a short message.
~Leah!~
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|>Where r u at? I can't see you<
|Sent
It is weird that the message isn't delivering. Maybe she isn't having internet? No, that makes no sense. She is normally always online.
~Leah!~
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|>It's not funny. We just talked about missing
| people and you run away?<
|Sent
I slowly recognize how I start to get more worried than I already am. Not only because in this whole town people, especially teenagers, go suddenly and out of nowhere missing.
Leah just isn't that kind of person who leaves without a word. She always does exactly how she promises and that is, what I and many others really appreciate on her.
I go around in the mall, looking in every single shop and restaurant, where she could be but there's no sign of Leah at all.
Even though I know I didn't miss one single shop, I go through them again and again before I don't know what to do anymore.
I shouldn't have stayed outside for that shitty purse.
''Maybe she went home because of the missing thing and her phone wasn't charged?'' I try to calm myself and see how several people look at me in a concerned way, like I am some criminal at a police station.
Not knowing what else to do, I start to walk out of the mall and at home, at first not noticing the black Van or car, which seems to follow me on my whole way.
The moment I notice that I speed up and get shivers over my entire body Agrowing bad feeling in my stomach which makes me want to run far away from that and just in my room with locking every single door and window in it and hiding there forever.
I run around the next corner into my neighbourhood and finally think it disappeared into nowhere and I am just being paranoid, but when I suddenly see the van right infront of me with two persons comepletely dressed in black who have-- wait what?
Is that Leah?!
I look closer and am sure now. It is most definitely my best friend Leah. She seems to be unconscious or something like that and even though, everything inside of me wants to run away and hide, my legs begin to walk towards the van for the daring mission 'saving Leah' from the bad, bad men.
''Hey, get her out of there!'' I shout, hiding my shaking voice for looking like I am stronger than them, which is a lie, when you look at their bodies.
''042 is finally found. Soon ready for transport.'' One of the men talks into something and I feel how cold sweat runs down my back.
''What?!'' I yelp and stumble a bit backwards, the moment the other man comes closer to me, holding something like a hat in his right hand.
''You will know soon enough.'' He answers with a robotic voice and I gulp, trying to catch a look into the van and exactly because of this distraction, the guy makes a few big steps forward, closes the distance fastly and I feel how I fall to the ground, something suddenly pulled over my head which avoids that I can see anything but darkness.
''Let me go!'' I scream but the sudden cold, kind of metallic and sharp pain in my arm steals my breath and I am not longer able to create one clear thought.
''We are ready for the transport. 042 and 047 are catched.''
That is the last thing I am hearing before I fall into the unconsciousness.
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042 and 047 are now also on their way to the camp, good job.
That makes four people who we already have, but there are still 11 missing.
We need to act fast, it is only three days until every single part, except for the camp and our security place, on the entire earth will get unlivable.
Any special commandos, 002?