sight of the rundown town.
The pilot swung the plane around and
lined us up with the runway for a landing, "Eastcroft, this is LL01
requesting clearance for landing." the pilot said into his radio.
He pushed on the steering wheel forcing
the nose of the plane down and I couldn't help but dig my nails in more as the
plane thrashed around in the wind.
"First thing we are going to do is
get your nails cut." Ronnie grabbed the back of his leg.
I couldn't ease up at all.
The wheels touched down and rocked
violently on the uneven ground beneath us, "I'm so sorry Ronnie." I pried
my fingers from his flesh.
Chapter 10: ATN
"I hope you guys are ready for
this." Sam opened his door and climbed out of the passenger seat.
The pilot remained.
"I don't know what I'm ready for
anymore." I followed Ronnie out, Kenny and Sandy following behind me.
We left the hanger through a long
hallway that led to a door built into the rock. The door exited out onto a
street, where an SUV sat parked on the shoulder. The sun was falling behind
the mountains making it hard to tell what the time was.
We all crammed into the SUV. Silence
and Hothead helped Vanish into another small car before speeding off into town
without a word.
"Where are we going? I would love
to get a shower." Sandy said from the backseat. "We have had
people working all day to prepare a house for the bunch of you to move into and
it’s ready so we are going there right away.” Sam said.
We drove down an outer road that was
hardly paved. It went around the far outreaches of the small town right up against
the base of the mountain range. He pulled into the driveway of a two story
house with large windows on the second floor and on either side of the front
door. The rest of the house lacked windows altogether.
“Why are there no windows on the rest of
the house?” Sandy took the words right out of my mouth.
"The sun never hits those parts of
the house. There are three bedrooms, so there will be sharing. There is a
full kitchen and two full bathrooms on the first floor. There is a computer
and a TV, but the computer is a little old. We are working on getting you some
money so you can go out and buy clothes, laptops, whatever you need to feel
like home." Sam put the truck into park and cut the engine.
We all climbed out of the truck and went
inside. It was medically sterilized and the furniture looked like it had never
been used.
I went up the stairs. There was a landing
with five huge bay windows and three doors. Ronnie, Kenny, and Sandy all
climbed up a second set of stairs on the other side of the landing. They all
looked happy, something I hadn’t seen, ever.
"Who gets their own room?"
Kenny asked.
"We share." Ronnie smacked
Kenny on the back of the head.
"Sandy? Rachel?" I asked.
"You take it Grace." Sandy
said.
"Yeah, I'm good to share." Rachel
walked into the middle room followed by Sandy.
I walked into the last room with the
feeling that no one wanted to be too close to me, just in case. The room
wasn't small; two beds could comfortably fit and have plenty of room for other
furniture. The bed was pushed up against the back wall and the dresser was
placed at the end of the bed. There were no windows. A thick blanket was
folded on the bed and two pillows were stacked behind it against the headboard.
I sat down on the bed and folded my
hands in my lap. I looked around the room. I was supposed to call this home
now. My home before was not the greatest, but I knew it as a norm. I had no
idea anymore what a normal life was or if I would ever have one again.
I looked up to see Ronnie standing in
the door way.
"Hey." He said when he saw me
look.
"Hi." I said quietly.
"What do you think?" he walked
into the room. He leaned against the wall next to the bed.
"I think that we have a chance to be
normal." I said, “Whatever that may be.”
"I think that our current situation
puts us
The pilot swung the plane around and
lined us up with the runway for a landing, "Eastcroft, this is LL01
requesting clearance for landing." the pilot said into his radio.
He pushed on the steering wheel forcing
the nose of the plane down and I couldn't help but dig my nails in more as the
plane thrashed around in the wind.
"First thing we are going to do is
get your nails cut." Ronnie grabbed the back of his leg.
I couldn't ease up at all.
The wheels touched down and rocked
violently on the uneven ground beneath us, "I'm so sorry Ronnie." I pried
my fingers from his flesh.
Chapter 10: ATN
"I hope you guys are ready for
this." Sam opened his door and climbed out of the passenger seat.
The pilot remained.
"I don't know what I'm ready for
anymore." I followed Ronnie out, Kenny and Sandy following behind me.
We left the hanger through a long
hallway that led to a door built into the rock. The door exited out onto a
street, where an SUV sat parked on the shoulder. The sun was falling behind
the mountains making it hard to tell what the time was.
We all crammed into the SUV. Silence
and Hothead helped Vanish into another small car before speeding off into town
without a word.
"Where are we going? I would love
to get a shower." Sandy said from the backseat. "We have had
people working all day to prepare a house for the bunch of you to move into and
it’s ready so we are going there right away.” Sam said.
We drove down an outer road that was
hardly paved. It went around the far outreaches of the small town right up against
the base of the mountain range. He pulled into the driveway of a two story
house with large windows on the second floor and on either side of the front
door. The rest of the house lacked windows altogether.
“Why are there no windows on the rest of
the house?” Sandy took the words right out of my mouth.
"The sun never hits those parts of
the house. There are three bedrooms, so there will be sharing. There is a
full kitchen and two full bathrooms on the first floor. There is a computer
and a TV, but the computer is a little old. We are working on getting you some
money so you can go out and buy clothes, laptops, whatever you need to feel
like home." Sam put the truck into park and cut the engine.
We all climbed out of the truck and went
inside. It was medically sterilized and the furniture looked like it had never
been used.
I went up the stairs. There was a landing
with five huge bay windows and three doors. Ronnie, Kenny, and Sandy all
climbed up a second set of stairs on the other side of the landing. They all
looked happy, something I hadn’t seen, ever.
"Who gets their own room?"
Kenny asked.
"We share." Ronnie smacked
Kenny on the back of the head.
"Sandy? Rachel?" I asked.
"You take it Grace." Sandy
said.
"Yeah, I'm good to share." Rachel
walked into the middle room followed by Sandy.
I walked into the last room with the
feeling that no one wanted to be too close to me, just in case. The room
wasn't small; two beds could comfortably fit and have plenty of room for other
furniture. The bed was pushed up against the back wall and the dresser was
placed at the end of the bed. There were no windows. A thick blanket was
folded on the bed and two pillows were stacked behind it against the headboard.
I sat down on the bed and folded my
hands in my lap. I looked around the room. I was supposed to call this home
now. My home before was not the greatest, but I knew it as a norm. I had no
idea anymore what a normal life was or if I would ever have one again.
I looked up to see Ronnie standing in
the door way.
"Hey." He said when he saw me
look.
"Hi." I said quietly.
"What do you think?" he walked
into the room. He leaned against the wall next to the bed.
"I think that we have a chance to be
normal." I said, “Whatever that may be.”
"I think that our current situation
puts us
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