The Great War

Chapter 12

Joel's POV

I knew how much trouble I was gonna be in. Letting not only Luke stop me, but also, he took Taylor with him. I had somewhat of an idea of where he could be, besides that I was screwed. Klara wasn't gonna be too happy with me, but I'll get them. I know I will. I was able to escape the dressing room. As I walked through the halls, I saw that there were a few of Klara's backups dead. That must've been why they didn't answer my call. I got into my car, and I drove around looking in places I thought Luke would be. Eventually, I went home to "report" what had happened at regionals.

As I walked through the front door, my siblings were all waiting there, which I had not expected. "Oh Joel! Are you okay?!" My mum came running up to me and gave me a hug.

"There's blood on your shirt." My sister, Rebecca pointed out.

"Guys, I'm fine! I just don't know where Taylor went!" All of them stared at me once again, and Ben headed out the door to go tell Taylor's mom. "Ben, I'll tell her." I didn't know if Taylor was already home, she hadn't texted me, nor would she. Luke probably had her at some secret place in the middle of the woods... That's it! I remembered finding some old cabin in the middle of the woods, training with Klara. Luke must have his secret hideout there. I left my house "to go tell Taylor's mom that she was missing". Surely, they would notice that I was gone for quite a while, but I do have an excuse that I was looking for Taylor.

If Luke was there, he must be expecting me at all times. I decided to call my most trusted friend, Scarlett, she was pretty high up there. She has been working with Klara longer than I have, and I've known her for quite some time. Scarlett wouldn't tell me if she knew she wouldn't get in trouble. Scarlett would never let her victim escape anyway.

The two of us met up in the back of my neighborhood since there weren't very many people living there. Any other place would have cameras to where Klara would be able to see. "I think Luke's in a cabin in the middle of the forest. Klara and I saw it one time and wondered why it was there." I spat out once we got to our location.

"He's not very good at hiding, so I'm sure that's accurate." Scarlett commented back. Scarlett and I made a plan that should work. We would be able to catch that traitor and be able to get Taylor. We'll probably kill whoever Luke's working with as well.

Ronnie's POV

After I gave Taylor her stuff, I went off back to the kitchen to meet back with Luke. I was one of the only people to know that he never actually sent any of the notes. It was always Joel doing so. He's able to write in different handwriting. Luke just took the blame because he knew he wasn't gonna be able to convince them that it wasn't him. Luke's been filling me in on what he says around Klara, and the plans they create, he's like a spy. Now why he didn't stop anything and decided to create more tension, I have no idea.

Luke's POV

I felt stupid. I've never wanted to put Taylor's life at stake before. I still don't, but now it's all under my control. Before long Joel and Klara will find me, with who knows how many men and guns with them. I'll die. Ronnie will die. Taylor will... die. There's nothing I'm gonna be able to do about it. The only thing I can hope for is that they don't find me. I told Taylor they wouldn't, but I wouldn't be too sure that they won't. Klara knows how to find anybody, but that usually means someone died in the process.

Taylor's POV

I still couldn't stop thinking about Luke. What if Ronnie was lying and just trying to mess with me? He's pretty scary, and of anything he's doing a good job of getting in my head. I tried to watch some movies, but the only ones I like are romantic and crime. Neither of those genres sit right with me at the moment.

I looked at the one piece of equipment that had caught my eye earlier. Luke probably wouldn't be okay with me using it. This is all his stuff, even though it was tempting. He wrote songs so it didn't surprise me that he had that.

I just grabbed the notebook and the pencil Ronnie had given me and decided I should write something.

I vowed not to fight anymore if we survived the great war. Is that too much for this moment? Could I really call this feud with Joel a war? Luke probably would be perfectly fine with it.

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. I quickly shut the notebook. I was a little scared of myself and what I was writing. Something in me forced to open it again

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 

𝘜𝘩-𝘩𝘶𝘩, 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 

𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳 

𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳

𝘜𝘩-𝘩𝘶𝘩, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 

𝘐 𝘷𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 

𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵 

It definitely has some sort of ring to it. I wasn't sure if I liked it or not. Knowing me, I would end up adding to it later and deciding if I want to keep it, or put it into the vault. 𝘎𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥. I knew that my brain wasn't gonna allow this one not to be the most personal song I've ever written.

Suddenly, I heard a knock on the very front door, and prayed that it was anybody but Joel.