Short Story

it is life, Mama!” Mama: “Oh—so now its life. Money is life. Once upon a

“I’m sure. The Saints were here. Menendez paid me a visit with two of his men while the others wired some type of bomb they put in the clubhouse.”

"Well I guess we can let this one slide only if you join the team Jeremiah, and that means going to every practice on time and not causing trouble." said the officer looking straight into Jeremiah 's dead eyes.

“Oh sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt y’all, but can I join your group?” Ryan asked as he looked around for Nikolai, but he was teaching one of the students how to throw a knife effectively.

Flanagan had reached her desk and picked up the receiver to her phone. “Once second, Sir. I have to give an update on this report or I’ll get another visit from an impatient detective,” she said as she dialed Bobby’s extension. The man got quiet as she heard the connection ring once then twice. Her heart was sinking until she heard the click.

“All right, now you two need to listen to me carefully and do exactly what I say. Starting right now, you need to begin prepping the bunker as quickly and quietly as possible. Stow as many provisions as you can fit in there. Think in terms of what we will need to survive for years, not weeks. That bunker needs to be fully prepped and ready for residents immediately.”

When we got back to the house there was a message on the answering machine. Uncle Charlie went up to the machine and hit play.

“We are planning to use this suit when we attack Iraq later today, and you will be in the suit during the attack.” said General Carl. Later in the day, Tom went back to the building with General Carl, and strapped on the suit and picked up the gun. “Ok, so we will be attacking in thirty minutes, so you better be prepared.” said General Carl. Tom waited for the thirty minutes, and was learning how to load up the gun. When thirty minutes was up, the attack

“Let's get dressed and we can go find them,” Hailey said pull out her change of clothes from her bag.

“Alright, everyone,” Victor suddenly said. “Our first mission is to let the new guy remember how it feels like to have friends. Meet at Yogurtland precisely after school. If you are late, no snacks for you. Got it?”

Mother kisses the top of Clem's head and calls for Dad to bring her school. He sets his newspaper down and gets up. He walks over to me and kisses me on the forehead and grabs my hand, giving it a firm squeeze. This is an odd gesture to me seeing as affection is not necessarily allowed in our city. Apparently it is a form of self-indulgence, which is frowned upon in Rauhallinen.

Isaac sighed as he rubbed his eyes, He was surprised that he was able to speak to her as well as he did. Feeling that he could possibly die during his fight, he didn’t hold back on his opinion. He was still a bit shaky, but he didn’t have anything to lose when he looked back at it. He avoided looking her into the eye as he heard a knock on the door. He knew it was the guards who were outside, waiting to take him to his fight. Renee gave them the okay to enter the office. Four guards entered the room, grabbing him by the arms as they took him out of the office.

“Well we need to get to our game. Don’t you want to get there early to warm-up better than we always do?”Asked Adrian.

The smattering of rain on the roof overhead calms me, beating out an irregular rhythm like an anxious child unconsciously tapping his foot. The dim glow of my phone screen washes over me as I wait for the light to return, cut off by the flash flood inducing rain. I look around, and sigh; yet again, the lights on the ceiling are blank, leaving me with nothing to shield myself from the impending darkness.

Back in his room again, he was starting to feel like a little boy who was not allowed of out the house for fear he might hurt himself. The thought that he was kind of being held here returned and it made him even more suspicious. Also he was now starting to notice that everyone kept pushing the idea of him being safe inside. A little disconcerting if not odd.