ChapterTwenty: Raided

November 2155

It was the next day, and everyone was back in school...in some form or another. Hannah ran inside the school, looking for Emily. She wasn't sure if she was bitten or not by the Natives. She found her at the lockers looking quite calm. Hannah ran up to her, and hugged her tightly. Emily hugged back, even though she was confused as to what was going on.

Hannah told her happily, "I'm so glad you're alive!"

Emily said, "Yeah, I'm alive. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because of those demonic Natives! I saw them bite my boyfriend!"

Emily gasped as she pulled out of the hug. She said, "Oh god, I'm so sorry! Have you texted him?"

"I have all night on Saturday, but he didn't reply back until yesterday morning."

Emily sighed sadly, and gave her a sympathetic hug. Suddenly Hannah felt her phone vibrating in the inside pocket of her jacket. She took out her phone, and saw that James texted. He said, "Meet me behind the bleachers."

Hannah raised an eyebrow at the text, but she shrugged it off as she told Emily about the text. Emily told her, "Go to him! See if he's okay!"

Hannah smiled nervously as she jogged to the athletic field behind the school. She walked up to the bleachers. She went behind them, and looked around for James. She saw only one person, and it appeared to be a guy with broad shoulders and muscular arms squeezing in the school's blazer. She slowly walked up to him, and asked, "Who are you?"

The guy turned to face her. Hannah was shocked by what she saw. It was James...but he had a huge purple-blue-ish bruise all over his jaw, and he had bandages on his fingertips. Hannah walked up to him cautiously and with fear. She was face to face with him. She gently pulled down both his blazer and his shirt on where the bite was. She saw a gauze on his shoulder.

James said to her with a shaky voice, "I'm...I'm one of those monsters."

Hannah thought for a moment as she tried to piece the puzzles together in her head. Then her eyes widened as she realized what had happened to James: He was turned into a Native by the bite of a Native! She hugged him sadly and cautiously.

Then she asked him softly, "What happened after that Native bit you?"

James sighed as he sat on the grass. He explained, "I don't know, but I felt a sharp pain in my mouth. I felt something stabbing me on my fingertips. Before I knew it, I felt something come over me. It was like I lost complete control of my body. I saw myself hunting...for something, for anything. I heard myself growl in the most inhumanly way. I felt like an animal! I also heard a male voice in my head. He didn't sound like my voice, but he kept telling me to keep moving and look for anything I wanted. I soon grabbed something, I think it was some jewelry box. I grabbed it, and then I passed out.

"I woke up the next morning. I felt like I had more control of my body again. I found myself in some back alley behind a store. I saw my clothes were ripped to shreds. I mean, look at me? I look like those Mutants dudes with their ripped abs and their arm muscles!"

Hannah sighed as she looked at him a bit more closely. He definitely looked like a male Gen-Mod, with his beefed up arm muscles. His torso looked like he might have a six or eight pack underneath his shirt which looked like the buttons were about to rip off. Yet, his skin complexion was still the same pale, zombified, corpse-like color. Hell, he was still wearing his sun-goggles.

After a moment of silence, James asked, "Who took you away?"

Hannah sighed as she explained everything that happened. She was explicit in her details, from the moment when Mason marked her to the time when she found history books concerning both the Natives and their time. James had many emotions running though his mind. Yes, he was angry at Mason for claiming what was his, a new feeling he never felt before. But his ears perked up when heard about the history books. Even though he never liked the Natives, despite being one himself now, ever since he was told about them, he has been curious about who they were, what they were, and their mysterious history.

So he decided to break the conversation by asking, "Wait, there were history books?"

Hannah nodded as she replied, "Yeah, there were. They named this planet 'Rossa,' and they called themselves 'Rossians.' But if you want some more strange stuff concerning the Natives, I can tell you if you like."

Just as James was about to respond, they both heard sirens at a far distance...

At the same time, Cassie walked into the school with many emotions. She clutched at her backpack as she looked around for Damon. She was happy that she that could keep Damon as her mate, yet she still felt like she was lied to about what he was. He was still a dark mystery to her. There was still a lot she didn't know about, and yet she still couldn't deduce him.

She found him at his usual locker. She walked up to him with an uneasy smile. Damon looked up at her, and gave a small yet sad smile. Cassie walked up to him, and hugged him with both hesitation and love. Damon was surprised by this. To be honest, he wasn't sure what to expect from her. He tried not to worry about at how she would treat him after she found what he was, even though he wasn't sure what he was.

Cassie took a deep breath, and said to him, "My brother is letting me stay with you, and on this planet."

Damon smiled cautiously as he said, "That's good. You're sure you want to be with me?"

Her smile grew into a genuine grin as she replied, "Yes, I do want to be with you."

Just as the two shared a hug, they also heard sirens blaring just outside the building. They were both concerned, so Damon asked, "What's going on?"

Cassie deduced what was going, then suddenly her eyes widened. She grabbed his wrist, and ran deep in the halls of the school. Then she stopped at a door that said "basement." She kicked opened the door, and went in with as she dragged her mate. She blocked the door with a steel bar right beside the door, and walked down into the basement. She was able to see well as she had night-vision as one of her superhuman abilities.

They walked into a corner of the basement, and sat down. Cassie looked at Damon, and asked, "Can you see well?"

He turned to face her, and replied, "Yeah, I can see well. What's going on out there?"

Cassie sighed as she explained, "Since the...um, incident on Saturday, there are soldiers coming to this school to round up the Natives, and the...the Hunters. That's your people's official name, Hunters because you hunt while in some Jekyll and Hyde mode."

Damon sighed as he asked, "Why are they doing this?"

"They want to send the Native Hunters back to their Native cities. As for the Earth Hunters, they just have to verify they're from Earth."

"But I am from Earth!"

"I know you are, but that's what these soldiers have to do. They have to make sure no one is lying."

Then there was silence. Cassie hugged Damon protectively as they hear the sounds of feet running and voices shouting from above. They now had to be silent. The soldiers were up on the surface, gathering all of the Hunters regardless if they came from GH569 or not.

Cassie took out her phone, and texted Damon, "Do your people have telepathy?"

Damon nodded as he smiled. She mindlinked to him, "My brother told me that your people can get radiation poisoning just like the Normals. There were reports of the Hunters biting the Gen-Mods, but the Hunters died of radiation poisoning."

Damon sighed sadly as he mindlinked, "Don't worry, I won't bite you."

She hugged him warmly and lovingly in silence.

At the same time, James and Hannah ran back into the school as they were confused when they heard the sirens coming closer. The two entered the school from the back, and saw everyone standing around, just as confused.

James asked Hannah, "What's going on?"

Hannah shook her head as she wasn't sure. The two walked up Liam, who was hugging Kylie lovingly. 

Hannah asked Liam, "What's going on with the sirens outside?"

Liam raised an eyebrow as he asked, "There's sirens outside the school?"

As Hannah was about to reply, the entrances to the school were burst open with many soldiers. One of the soldiers was holding a megaphone. He spoke into the mouthpiece, and announced, "ALL NATIVES AND FORMER UNDERGROUNDERS! PLEASE FOLLOW THE SOLDIERS FOR EVALUATIONS!"

Both the undercover Natives and the Undergrounders stood there, confused as to what was going on. Suddenly, the soldiers grabbed all of the students, regardless if they were Natives, Undergrounders, or even Gen-Mods. Half of them tried to fight off these powerful Gen-Mod soldiers, others complied with them.