Beneath the whispers

Chapter 31

I watch as Tony and willow fill the girls in on our recent development. Apparently we are a part of some grand plan that involves clients and we have no clue what it is we are needed for

“We need to get out of here… and fast” Rose panics again – it was kind of expected since she was the most affected by all this. Good thing I have calmed myself down so they only have to deal with Rose

For some reason, Thelma is not so much surprised and Olivia is quiet as usual leaving our dear Rose to play the drama queen

We had arrived at the hut not so many minutes ago and while the boys tell the story I munch on the snack that Thelma brought ignoring her piercing side eye

Rose eventually managed to hold herself together after that sentence, she just sits on the mat and fold her legs with her palms below her jaw and not saying anything further

“In essence we need a plan and not the kind that involves fighting shadows or preventing their attack but a plan that involved literally finding our way out and back to civilization” Willow chips in

“This whole ghost stuff was just a front… but that does not explain how they pulled off our being missing. If we cannot remember how we got here, we must have been kidnapped” Tony says rubbing his chin

“I was approached at the hospital by Two men and they made me agree to something and sign the documents. The next thing I know, I wake up in a cab with somewhat faint memory of coming here” Willow hesitates for a short while

He continues “For the first week I did not remember meeting those men and suddenly the memory started to click so I left the hotel in secret. Next thing I know everyone was gone already”

“we all woke up in a cab too” Rose says, hitting her palm on her fore head softly

“the good thing here is that, when I arrived… everyone I came with went missing one after the other. But this time they seem to be waiting for something” Willow continues

“probably the clients… said something about them taking orders” I add with a mouth full of crunchy snack

“wait what? are they selling us?” Rose jumps to her feet again “I am starting to wish this is some virtual reality game”

“you do know Bella came up with that to feed her over pouring optimism” Thelma snaps at Rose and she goes quiet looking to me to do something but I don’t say anything - I really thought we were in that together

I shrug and force another bunch into my mouth – she is not exactly wrong still

“that is risky but they could fiddle with our memory again” Willow says “I mean, they did it before”

“Oh my God! We need to get out of here and now” Rose starts to pace around the hut and Tony grabs her, pulling her to a stop

“but you started getting back your self didn’t you?” he ask Willow and we all look at him

“yea, but not you guys” he runs his hands roughly through his dreads “we need a plan to think this through. We don’t know how many they are and how powerful they are… they also have this shadow thing working in their favor”

“so what? we should go study them… I mean you have been doing it for over a month now”

“and look where it got us, first we need to remove all the toy stuff in the village and then we need to destroy the source of the shadows and then taking care of these men incase they try to stop us from leaving” Willow states pacing like a commander in the middle of war

“but we will be outnumbered and I don’t want to be sexist but there are mostly women here and the only other group of people that count as men are old as grey” Tony counters

“that is why we need to ambush them in their meeting place and use something like fire to hit them off” I add.

We might be weaker physically but we have other areas to display strength - areas like in strategic thinking

“so we need to first find out where they meet up in” Thelma adds “and when they will all be present. Maybe for a meeting”

“we also need to go back and fake plan so we keep them entertained, that way we can figure out how to bring them all in one place” I add, stealing a glance at the red light slivering into the hut through the beaded curtain – so much to do and so little time or should I say time is not a constant factor here

“the sun is kissing the hills, we should hurry” Rose voice breaks

“we are with weapons” Thelma counters rolling her eyes at Rose

“yet still even the dumbest of them will suspect us if we don’t get back early. One of their men died remember?” I add

If anything we need to return since the organizers have nothing to say we are doing at the moment and that will make them uneasy

“she is right, we should head back” Tony declares