War Torn Hearts Part 2

There was a knock at his door and a young lady came in to set his dinner at the table. She was followed by Nellie.

“I hear you and Uncle Dan had some words this afternoon,” Nellie said as she plopped down on the couch next to Elijah's feet.

“I wouldn't call it words,” Elijah said. “You've seemed to make yourself at home.”

Nellie blushed a little. “This was supposed to be Auntie's quarters when she went into hiding. Quarters were arranged for our whole family.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah, the quarters we live in now had been set up for my mom, dad, Michael and me. Auntie had made arrangements for the whole family to be here, but they had other ideas. They felt that they were of better use where they were. Mom had Auntie take my brother and me. It was hard for awhile, realizing that they weren't coming back. I mean try, explaining to a five and ten year that their parents are dead. Have to admit that Auntie has done her best. I think sometimes she tries to shield us from the war. She doesn't want us involved in it. I've been trying to convince her to let me go into combat training for a while now. She always says that children should not fight in a war that their parents start. She's always telling me that you know the right path when you're willing to die for it. She said that our family was willing to die for the people and to protect us. Is there something out there that you're willing to die for?”

Elijah looked at Nellie. He couldn't give her an answer. He had never felt conviction so strong that he would die for it. He shook his head. “No I haven't,” he said sullenly.

“Oh,” Nellie said surprised. “Auntie keeps telling me not to choose a path just because I think it's expected of me. But I want to go. Families shouldn't be torn apart like this. I mean we aren't the only ones. Uncle John lost his wife. She was taken into custody by the IG and was executed before the Resistance could rescue her. And Aunt Cindy rarely talks about our family. I think it hurts her too much to talk about it. I mean, she never mentioned you to us. And the rumor is that you're the last person she dated. She's always trying to appear strong to us, but no one can be that strong all the time. It has to be exhausting.

“Well, I should get going. I've probably more than talked your ear off and I promised Aunt Lucy that Michael and I would have dinner with her family. I hope you have a good evening. And if I don't see you before you leave, please tell my Aunt that Michael and I miss her. And give this to her.” Nellie grabbed Elijah's hand and put something in it. “She always wears it in the compound. She left it behind in case someone on the outside recognized it.”

Elijah nodded. Nellie got up and let herself out of the unit. When she was gone, he opened his hand. It was the cord necklace with a blue ceramic dolphin tied on. He shoved it in his pocket and went to eat his supper.

The next couple of days went quickly. Conner showed up at Elijah's quarters and escorted him out of Section 8. They followed the long halls through the compound till they got to an area that was significantly cooler than the rest of the compound. Conner stopped outside a door. “You might want to put this on,” he said handing Elijah a jacket. Conner typed a code on the key pad and the door opened, sending a blast of icy air towards them. They walked through the door into what looked like a large garage and airline hanger combined into one. Elijah was amazed by the amount of vehicles he saw in the room.

“We're over here,” Conner said pointing in the direction of what looked like an IG aircraft. “We have to disguise our vehicles to avoid suspicion, and to avoid being searched every five miles. When we get to our location, we'll have a road vehicle to go search for Cindy and John. We'll be in the cargo hold. Unfortunately, I can't let you look out since you still don't have the clearance to know our true location. Or the location of where we're going.”

Elijah nodded his understanding. He felt that it was a small price to pay for the answers that he had been seeking since before he was brought in almost six months ago.

The flight was long and was passed mostly in silence. Elijah found himself napping for most of the trip. Sleep, it was something he had always said was a waste of time. He wondered what Cindy would say if she caught him taking a nap.

“I'm okay John. My leg just hurts a little that's all.” John and Cindy had managed to escape IG Headquarters with a little help from the inside. One of the Preacher's guards was actually a spy for the Resistance. He helped them plan their escape and managed to keep most of the guards occupied. Unfortunately, part of the escape involved scaling a wall. Cindy had jumped from a height that she had thought was safe and was now limping as her and John traveled through the forest.

John looked at Cindy in way that told her that he did not believe her. They were only one more day away from one of the safe houses. They would be able to rest, get supplies, and treat any injuries there. Cindy hoped that they wouldn't hit anymore trouble on the way there. She doubted she could run on her leg, and had a bad feeling that she had broken or at least twisted something. She and John kept walking, taking several breaks due to Cindy's leg. They discussed the last couple of months in IG custody. The IG had first tried interregating them. But that seemed to die down. Blood samples were taken. Cindy breathed a sigh of relief over the fact that she had rigged the vaccine to be untraceable in the blood stream. Even her markers weren't traceable unless someone knew to look for them.

They were subjected to what she considered attempted brain washing. The Preacher met with both of them alone each day and went on for what felt like hours about how it was a religious war being fought. And if they didn't join the IG their souls would burn in Hell for eternity. Cindy felt pity for the Preacher. He was delusioned into believing what he said. When she was younger she used to fight with him on the subject of religion. She rebelled against being a minister's daughter, just as her mother had rebelled against being a minister's wife. She admitted to herself that she had chosen to study science just to spite him. But when she found she had a talent, she couldn't leave. Her college education became a topic of argument between her and and father until long after she earned her doctorate. Then it was turned to her lack of marrying. She never told anyone the real reason why she never settled down. She just gave plausible excuses.

“I have been wondering all this time,” John started when they stopped for a break, “why was it that you wanted to go after Elijah. I know you said he was an old boyfriend and that he hadn't chosen a side yet. But anyone could have been sent on that mission. Why us? Why didn't you just go to the General and ask him for help. And why after eleven years, you haven't even mentioned the guy's name, did you risk your life for him. I know you have the vaccine now, but you're still an important asset to the Resistance. We're supposed to find a cure for the virus as well. Or have you forgotten that point?”

Cindy looked at John. They had been friends since they were in grade school. There wasn't much she hid from him. And keeping her reason for having Elijah rescued to herself was a difficult choice to make. She sighed and replied, “Elijah's more valuable than even I am to the Resistance. With him in IG custody, it would have been only a matter of time before the vaccine would be useless, and use designing a cure would be that much more harder. They would have killed him.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Elijah's DNA was the template I used for the vaccine. He has a gene that makes him immune to the virus.”

“How did you get his DNA?”

“When we were sending people out to collect samples from random people. Holding mock clinics and such. I sent someone to get a sample from Elijah. I wanted to be sure he was safe and virus free. I didn't expect to find out that he would help provide the vaccine. And I hope part of the cure.”

“And you didn't even think to tell me?”

“I wanted to. But you know our work was being watched for such a long time. I needed to prevent leaks. If the General had gotten word about Elijah, he would have ordered Elijah brought in. The poor guy wouldn't have had a choice. He would then hate the Resistance and believe that the IG is doing the right thing. I wanted Elijah to be able to make the choice on his own.”

“But you basically made the choice for him. By having him rescued and sent to the Resistance. They will keep him in lockup until they know for sure that he isn't a threat. And since you hid the information about him being immune, they won't know until we get back.”

“Oh they know by now. I injected my data chip into him right before we were captured. Alice will have accessed the information by now. The General will keep Elijah under protection. I didn't want it to happen this way. But the IG would have killed him. Then the information of who he is might leak and whomever designed the virus would have mutated it making it harder to control. I couldn't have that. I'm not in the business of killing.”

John sighed and looked at her. He wanted to be mad at her for not telling him why they had put themselves at risk to save Elijah. But he couldn't. These were times of suspicion, and while they had been through everything together. He knew that the less people who had known about Elijah, the safer he had been. Cindy was not one to put people at risk for no apparent reason. She valued Life too much for that.

The day passed slowly. By the time they had made it to the safe house, both Cindy and John were extremely exhausted. And Cindy was in visible pain from her leg. John pulled up the keypad to the door and entered his code. The door opened and they both entered. The place looked like it hadn't been used in a while, but it was safe. Cindy sat down in a chair while John went looking for medical supplies. He knew that despite Cindy stated that she was okay, her leg was most likely broken. He needed to set it. When John found the needed supplies he returned to Cindy.

He started feeling her leg and found where the break was. He started talking to her about Elijah. Hoping that it would distract her while he set her leg. “So which boyfriend was Elijah?” he asked.

“Remember when I called you upset because the cake I tried making for his birthday was a disaster.”

John nodded.

“I kept trying for over a week trying to perfect that chocolate cake recipe. I wanted to surprise him with one for his birthday. But no matter what I tried, it just wouldn't turn out right. He had this thing for chocolate cake. Whenever we went out he would order this amazing cake and request extra fudge sauce. It just tasted wonderful. We would be so high on chocolate after that.”

John smirked.

Cindy winced with pain. “He was the one I made the hat and scarves for. He was the only boyfriend I actually sat down to make a gift for.”

“Well, if that doesn't say love, I don't know what does.”

“He was a great cook. I would always suggest that we eat in because I loved his cooking so much. He'd wake me up when I was having nightmares. I thought I was the luckiest girl on the planet when I was with him.”

“What caused the break?”

“I was in school, and he worked. Thing is with school, your day isn't over after eight hours. There's homework and projects. He never complained, so I thought things were fine. But I guess he had felt neglected. The day he left was one of the hardest days in my life. He just said “Goodbye” and completely cut me out of his life. I did try asking for a second chance, but he refused. That's when I decided to focus on finishing my doctorate without any distractions.”

“I'm sorry I wasn't there for you.”

“John, we were accepted in different programs. I couldn't have expected you to be there to bail me out of every troublesome event in my life. Besides, that was over eleven years ago. I've adjusted.”

“Well, your leg is set. We'll stay here for a few days. There should be a vehicle in the underground compartment. We'll use that to get to Location 1. As for now, I'll get us something to eat. It's a good thing the Resistance keeps these houses well stocked.”

There was a vast supply of canned goods stored in the house. John made them a meal of some pasta with red sauce, and green beans. Cindy fell asleep while he did the dishes. He hated the fact that she acted so independently. And while that independent spirit had gotten her where she was, John couldn't help but wonder how many great things she had missed out on because of it. He found himself hoping that someone will be able to tame that spirit of hers. Eleven years ago, he had hoped that it was Elijah who would be able to tame her. He was wrong. After Elijah left, Cindy just became even more independent spirited and more stubborn than before.

They spent three days in the safe house. The vehicle in the compartment looked like an IG vehicle, which meant less stops for them. And it was fully gassed up. It would cut their travel time down by more than half. John had a feeling though that Cindy had other plans than going straight to Location 1. He knew she wouldn't tell him till the last minute, so he found himself packing more supplies than a trip to Location 1 would require. John also knew that whatever Cindy was planning, it had to do with the vaccine. They had lost two months of being in the know at the Resistance, which meant that Cindy would be wanting to know if the vaccine was being distributed. And if it wasn't, he had a feeling Location 1 would have to wait.

On the day they decided to leave, John approached Cindy. “If I'm going to be doing the driving, I need to be let in on your plan. Where are we to be heading once we leave the safe house?”

Cindy pulled the map from her bag. “I need to check on a few places before we go to Location 1. But you already knew that I wasn't planning on going there right away. We are only a couple of days away from HS3. I need to see if the vaccination has been distributed yet and if not, we need to get started on that. It can't wait,” Cindy replied.

“But your leg needs proper attention. I've set it for now, but it needs to be checked.”

“You know that HS3 is a hospital location. They'll have everything we need for a broken leg. And they'll be able to inform me if the vaccine is out. If it's not, they'll have the supplies needed to get it out,” Cindy responded.

John finished loading their stuff into the vehicle. “You know I'll take you to where you need to go. Since the vaccine is so important, we'll go to HS3.”

“Thanks.”

Cindy and John headed off towards HS3.

“Where here.” Conner shook Elijah awake.

Elijah opened his eyes. He got up and stretched a bit, then followed Conner out of the aircraft. They walked into another hanger very similar to the last one he had been in. But this one was much warmer than the one at the Compound. Elijah, guessed that they must be at a location with a much warmer climate.

“This is one of the few locations where the residents have access to the outdoors,” Conner explained. “We even send our children here for a sort of boarding school. You'll get to see a bit of it before we head out.”

“I thought we were here to get Cindy.”

“Well, this is the place she'll be headed. But since we don't know if she or John is injured, we're going to head out and see if we can catch up with them. A team will be left here in case she chooses a different route than ours.”

They met up with a guy who looked like he was in charge there. Conner and he held a hushed conversation. When they were done, Conner turned back towards Elijah, “Our quarters have been prepared for us. We'll head there to wait for the rest of our team to show up.”

Elijah, had given up on asking questions by then. He had thought that the whole rescue team was already there. He didn't know who else they would be waiting for. But since most of his questions remained unanswered, he just nodded and followed his brother to their assigned quarters.

The next few days passed quickly. Elijah, was able to go outside for the first time in months. He was right about the warm climate. They were in some sort of jungle area. According to Conner they were located in what used to be Mexico. The few days gave Elijah time to catch up with his brother. He had found out that their sister, Jeanne, and her husband were still safely part of the Resistance. They both had taken on the responsibility of being teachers for the children in the Compound. Their mother was there in Location 1. Conner had made arrangements for them to have supper with her their first night there. It was an emotional reunion. Elijah was not prepared for the amount of emotion he felt when he saw his mother. She was apparently in charge of the children whose parents were lost in the war.

During their third night at Location 1, Conner came in. “The final member of our crew just came in. He'll be joining us in our quarters for a briefing in half an hour,” Conner said and then walked back out.

Elijah felt relieved. He wanted to get this mission over with. And he was also curious as to who this final group member was supposed to be. He ended up passing the next 30 minutes pacing around the quarters.

When it was time Conner came in. Five minutes later there was a knock and Dan and Lucy entered. “Sorry about being late, traveling with a child has it's own obstacles,” Dan replied.

Elijah was about to comment about Dan being there only out of residual feelings for Cindy, but Conner cleared his throat to signal that he was about to talk.

“I hope you found the lab here to your liking,” Conner said to Lucy. Lucy nodded her approval. “You ready for this?” He asked Dan. Dan nodded. “We'll be living in two days. You will be bunking with Elijah and me. Do you have any way of tracking her or do we have to do it the old fashioned way?”

“As far as I know, I don't have any easy way of tracking her or John,” Dan answered.

“What about the data chips that Lucy said you all carry. Can't you track her with that?” Elijah asked.

“Cindy put her chip in you. And even if she hadn't, it wouldn't do us much good. She never had a tracking mechanism in it. Neither did John. It's a choice for scientists, they don't have to have trackers, everyone else does,” Dan explained.

“Okay then, I'll have one of our guys map out all possible routes Cindy could be taking to get here. We'll split up and follow the most likely ones. Hopefully, we'll catch up to her before she gets into any real danger,” Conner said.

The meeting was adjorned. Conner and Dan left to go over maps. Lucy stayed behind a bit. “I take it from your expression that Conner didn't tell you we were coming? I know you don't like Dan, because you think something happened between him and Cindy.” Elijah opened his mouth to argue but Lucy kept going. “I thought the same thing when I first met them. Dan was already working in the computer lab downstairs of the building I was in when Cindy first showed up. She had just gotten her doctorate and I thought she would be another one of those pompous new grads. She wasn't. She listened intently to what even the techs had to say. And when she presented her idea for a new route to try for a cure to Doctors McAffee and Pierson, she didn't take the credit for herself. She said it was suggested by some old boyfriend. She didn't even take credit when it turned out to be the key we were looking for. She gave credit to our whole team when she did the press interview telling the world that AIDS was no longer a threat. During the time of our research, her and Dan used to meet up during breaks. I used to watch envious. Then one day she dragged me over to met the guy. You can imagine my relief when she said he was a friend. Dan and I have been married for almost seven years now. And have never doubted his fidelity. I take it you didn't know,” Lucy said when she saw the look of shock on Elijah's face. She smiled. And gave Elijah a pat on the shoulder. She left the room.

“What do you mean, you haven't heard about the vaccination being sent out?” Cindy almost yelled. Her and John had gotten there a few hours prior. At John's insistence Cindy agreed to have her leg taken care of first. The man on the other side of the desk flinched. Cindy might have been a petite woman, but she was not a person to disappoint. Cindy took a deep breath. “Okay, I figured this would happen. Do you have a lab free?” The man nodded. “Good, then John and I will need full use of it and any staff you can spare,” Cindy said. “You can find me or John in our quarters when preparations have been made.”

Cindy and John walked out of the man's office. “Why do we need a lab?” John asked her.

“We need a lab to start producing the vaccine. We also need to get to work on the airborne vaccine,” Cindy replied.

“But you put your data chip in Elijah's shoulder,” John stated.

“I did, but I kept a copy. Thought I might need a backup. Good thing I did.” They reached Cindy's quarters and parted for the evening.

The following day, Cindy and John were showed to their new lab. They met the people who would be helping them. Cindy brought up the data she had on her chip and got most of them synthesizing a new vaccine. She dismissed the others for the day. “Why'd you do that,” John asked her.

“Because of this,” Cindy responded pointed to the computer screen. Data was registering on there at a rapid rate. “I had sent out trial samples of an airborne vaccine. All the data from the subjects' chips over the past three months are uploading into this computer and copying onto my chip. We need to go over all the data. If it checks out, the rest of this group will be synthesizing the new vaccine. Then we can arrange to have it distributed on a world wide scale.”

“You mean, you already had an airborne vaccine?” John said.

“It was still in trial. The shot finished trials much more quickly. I had hoped that while we were gone, the Resistance would have distributed the vaccine. We need to get it out there, and then I'm going to go find out why it wasn't sent out in the first place.”

The day was spent mostly with Cindy and John going over all the data from the airborne trials. It looked promising, but Cindy wanted to be sure. So they both went over the results till late in the evening.

Elijah, Conner and Dan had been on the road for a week. They had stopped at the safe house nearest IG Headquarters. There were signs that Cindy and John had been there. John's emergency pass code was logged in the keypad file. Medical supplies were missing, so was a good portion of the food and the vehicle. “Well, one of them must be wounded, how bad we don't know. So we don't know if it will slow them down, but it's very likely that they will try to head straight for Location 1. We'll follow the straight route, and I'll send Richard's group on the zig zag,” Conner said.

“Are you sure they'll head straight for Location 1? There aren't any hospital locations nearby?” Elijah asked.

“There's one but it's two days drive out of the way. The next safe house is a day away if they walked. And the hospital location is mostly used for those who are infected with the virus. They would be taking a risk of contracting the virus if they went there.”

“But you said Cindy had designed a vaccine,” Elijah commented.

“She did come up with a vaccine, and E1 says they each received it. But we have no real record of it as of yet. And we haven't put it into mass production yet. I highly doubt Cindy would take the risk,” Conner said. “We'll stay here tonight and head to the next safe house in the morning.”

Dan left the room to seek out supplies and gas for their vehicle.

“If you're just a bodyguard, how do you know so much about tracking someone. And how can you command a whole group of people without them questioning your authority,” Elijah asked.

Conner looked at his brother sighed and responded, “Because I'm not a bodyguard. I was for a while but then it was decided that I would be of greater service as a spy. I brought back the news that Cindy had been captured, before Dan brought you back. A fellow spy at IG Headquarters arranged for her to escape. We're used to having to switch from lifestyle to lifestyle, depending on our assignment.”

“Does...”

“Lena know, yes. And it worries her every time I'm away. She's afraid there will be a time when I won't be coming back.”

Now Elijah understood the look of relief on Lena's face the first time he saw her. She hadn't seen her husband in quite some time and him in her presence let her know that he was alive and safe. Elijah figured that these separations were torture for Lena, though she never let on in his presence. She was a true spy's wife.

The next morning they packed up. And headed out to the next safe house. It only took them a couple of hours to get there by vehicle. There was no sign of Cindy and John along the way. And when they got to the safe house, there was no record of Cindy's nor John's emergency codes on file. No sign of them in the house either. The safe house vehicle was still there. Conner explained, “If Cindy and John had stopped at this safe house, they would have exchanged the previous safe house vehicle for the next. It helps keep the IG from tracking the one vehicle, and guarantees a gassed up and functioning vehicle for quick getaways. Since they haven't been here, let's head to the next safe house. We'll stay there for the night. Hopefully, there will be some sign of Cindy and John there.”

After a quick lunch the team loaded up and headed to the next safe house. There was no sign of Cindy and John there either. Connor stepped out to discuss options with other members of his team, leaving Dan and Elijah alone in the cabin.

“So you and Cindy never tried hooking up after I left?”

“No. Neither one of us had feelings like that for one another.”

“But you have feelings for her?”

“Yes, but it's complicated.”

“How is it complicated. You have feelings for her, sure you're married now but that's never stopped anyone.”

“Well for one, I love my wife and daughter. Second, she doesn't have feelings for me. And third, she's family.”

“Yeah but she's not blood family.”

“Actually, Cindy is. She's my sister. I know she's only a couple of months younger than me. Parents make mistakes. Cindy was my dad's mistake. He was away on business, met Cindy's mom. My mother knows about her. And they didn't tell me till I was in college. Cindy and I met and hung out a lot.”

“Yeah I know that.”

“It felt like hanging out with the little sister I never had. I mean, there were guys who liked her and she went out. But she always ended up at my place, going over dates, playing video games, or watching movies. She felt like family even then. Well, my parents were afraid things would go too far. So they pulled me aside one day and told me the truth.”

“And you told Cindy?”

“No. Cindy doesn't know. My parents asked that I not tell her. And while I may not agree with that decision, I do respect it. Cindy never tried making a move on me anyways, so it wasn't hard to “just be friends.” So even now, Cindy thinks she's the daughter of the Preacher. She'll probably get it all figured out eventually, but for now you can't breathe a word to anyone.' Elijah nodded. “And she never complained about me acting as a big brother. I even insisted on meeting you when the two of you started dating. She was so happy when I told her I approved. Guess I shirked that brotherly duty. When we went to rescue you and I saw the guards behind her, I wanted to leap out of the car grab her and leave you there. I will do what it takes to protect my little sister. I will never see her hurt like that again. But she had given explicit orders to get you out of there no matter what. And with experience, I learned that she always has a reason.” Dan left Elijah alone in the cabin.

The next morning Conner came in with two guns. One was a simple hand held, the other was an automatic. He handed them to Elijah.

“What are these for?” Elijah asked.

“Protection,” Conner responded. “Everyone is armed except for you. We're going to keep going towards Location 1, but I just got word that there are IG patrols out and about. Remember, you shoot when I tell you to.”

“I don't see why we can't go and check the nearest hospitals for Cindy. She's a scientist, she's not going to go to some safe location without knowing that her work is being carried out how she wants it to,” Elijah said.

“We are staying on the decided path,” Conner said and left the cabin.

Dan had entered with some gear. “Here,” he said to Elijah, handing him what looked like a small view screen with colored dots. “The blue light on there is your brothers tracking chip. And this green light is this,” he opened his hand and revealed a small chip. “This is the one Cindy put in your shoulder.”

“But I thought Cindy's didn't have a tracker in it,” Elijah commented.

“Not one that anyone knew of except myself and her. She didn't like the idea of being traced, but she understood the importance of her team knowing her location when she was on a mission. This device,” Dan pointed to the little screen, “is the only one that can read her tracker. I programmed it that way. I'm the only one she trusted with it.”

“And why are you telling me this? Cindy doesn't have it on her.”

“Yes, but now you do. I agree, Cindy is not headed for Location 1. She probably went straight for the hospital. There she would have found out that the vaccine hasn't been distributed just yet. Which means she will be staying there and making sure it gets out.”

“Why hasn't it been distributed? You've had it for a while.”

“The General is as anal as Cindy is when it comes to going over all the facts. He's been going over all the results that were available on her chip. He wants to be sure that there aren't going to be any consequences. Unfortunately, he's wasting his time. Cindy would have done the same thing before having her own team vaccinated.”

“And why are you giving me this?”

“You aren't a member of the Resistance, which means you can't be punished for disobeying orders. If I go, I can be punished. The hospital is the yellow light, I marked it on the screen for you. Just make sure your dot is moving towards the yellow light. When you meet up with Cindy, just head towards the blue dot. That's Conner. He'll follow his chosen path all the way back to Location 1 before trying a different route. That might be too late if Cindy meets up with trouble. I have a sack packed up for you behind the cabin. Conner will be leaving on a “wild goose chase” in about half an hour. He'll be gone long enough for you to get going. The vehicle in the garage is gassed up and working well. It'll help cut time off of your trip.”

Elijah looked at the chip in his hand. “What about Lucy, she was using the data on this chip to start working on an airborne vaccine?”

“Lucy already made a copy of all the accessible information. She'll be working at Location 1 till you bring Cindy back. Lucy felt that somebody should be finishing Cindy's work. Now you better get ready to go. I'm taking a big risk trusting you with the rescue of my sister so don't let me regret it. And you better take these.” Dan handed the two guns to Elijah. “There's plenty of amo in your sack. I'm not saying that you'll have to use it. It's just better to be prepared.” Dan left the cabin. Elijah stood there in shock for a bit. Then he realized that he was wasting time and started preparing himself to leave.

Right on schedule, Conner came in and said that he got word that IG patrols were closing in. He was taking the guards to ward them off. Elijah was to stay in the cabin till they returned. Elijah felt guilty for lying to his brother. But he wanted to find Cindy as badly as anyone else in the Resistance. When Elijah saw that all the guards were gone, he went down to the garage and got into the vehicle. He started it up and left, making sure that his green dot was going towards the yellow one.