Last Hope

“You’re insane!” Jess’ voice could be heard through-out the large store as Sophie, Josh and I made our way back from getting some supplies from off our list.

“This is a good idea, trust me!” I heard Baden’s voice exclaim back and I rolled my eyes, looks like trouble was brewing, I thought as we entered the hide-out.

Jess stood, hands on hips her hips as she glared at Baden with disapproval. Baden wasn’t fazed at her words as he went about gather random ingredients and putting them on the dining table.

“Guys, keep your voices down. We’ll be in trouble if we get found here.” Josh stated, frowning at the pair.

“What’s going on?” I ask, putting my bags down and folding my arms across my chest as I waited for a reply.

“Baden’s trying to make home-made bombs.” Jess hissed, jabbing an accusing finger at the large male.

The rest of us gawk in disbelief at hearing the news before I was stomping over to him and grabbing him by the collar, dragging him down so he was my height so I could stare him in the eye.

“Don’t you dare.” I glower at him, tightening my grip.

“It’s a good idea! We could take out more Omega’s, get rid of them faster and then-”

“Then what? We live happily ever after?” I asked, my voice low with anger. I remember what the Omega had said, about being a monster and shake my head in disgust, “a bomb… a bomb is dangerous. You could get our own group killed.” I let go of his collar and turn my back to him. “You aren’t making any bombs, that’s an order.” I state, picking my bags up and going back to my room, the rest of the group broke away to do their own things. Jess smiled triumphantly as she went away.

I couldn’t help but feel uneasy about the situation, Baden could be stubborn but I refused to give in, he wouldn’t make any home-bombs so long as I could help it.

I sat at the desk I had set up in my room and marked a few of Hailee’s items off the list.

“Hey Jordan, Sophie told me you had some stuff you wanted to load into the truck? I do as well so do you think we can go do that?” She asked with a small smile.

“Oh, yeah sure, perfect timing.” I reply, getting up and grabbing Hailee’s things before grabbing my weapons and slinging them on my back. We walked out of the base, Jess had put our gear into a trolley and I had my katana knife ready to swing at any Omega’s if we ended up stumbling across any.

“I’m really worried.” Jess stated, glancing over at me as we entered the corridor leading to the garage that held our truck.

“About Baden and his stupid idea?” I question, but know what she means.

“Yeah, he never learns, what will happen if he makes it against your orders?” Jess asked.

“If he disobeys me he’ll have to face the others, it’ll become a group decision on what is to be done with him. It’ll be tough, because in reality we can’t afford to lose more people, but if he’s going to willingly risk the lives of people that are meant to be his friends than what choice do we have but to cast him out?” I said gravely, sighing at the circumstance.

When we’d made it to the truck I unlock the back and we load everything in cautiously into it before locking up. I did a quick area check to make sure everything was locked down; it’d be a pain to have a gap or a door unlocked where an Omega could sneak through.

After carefully searching the garage and coming up with nothing out of the ordinary we walked back and I couldn’t help but wonder why everything was like this. We had lost so many people we loved, we continued to fight for our own survival, when would all this killing end? Not until the Omega’s were satisfied, I guessed, letting a sigh escape my lips.

By the time we’d gotten back to our base no one was around, I found a note from the others saying that’d gone out again to grab some more gear and they’d be back soon. I walked over to the fridge and got an apple. I’d never thought about it before but life now was almost at a standstill, what where we truly meant to do with ourselves now? Try to live life as normally as possible? I suppose so, considering Soph and Josh were getting married, and Ryan and I were going to be moving in together, or not, depending on his decision.

I paused realization smacked me in the face because even though I was busy trying to lead a group, fight for my survival, build a better, safer life for myself, I was still a teenage girl and I still had teenage problems, like the possibility of being dumped for example. I walked back into my room and flounced onto my bed with a groan.

“Being a hormonal teenager sucks!” I exclaim, staring at the ceiling and wondering what I should do with myself. I hope the rest of the time here can be peaceful and death free, that’d be nice, I thought. I shake my head realizing I probably just jinxed myself.

“Damn it.”