𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝

'A Plan In The making.'

The Incident: Book 7, Part 2.

W/ Enzo, Masoma And Corniyah.

Setting: In The Middle Of Nowhere, endless plains, Dark And Cold. A Small Building Up ahead.

No One's POV/3rd Person:

Masoma Spots the Building. Squinting through the darkness, straining to see. Masoma Breathed A Sigh of Relief. "Well That Was Quick." Masoma Says. Enzo Nods. He looks back At Corniyah, A Slight tinge of worry in his Expression. "You Holding Up Alright?" He says. Corniyah Nods. But She froze. Enzo Continues to study her, the best he Could In The Darkness. "What Is It?" Enzo Asks. Masoma looked in their direction, to see what was going on. "Don't You.. Hear That?" Corniyah Says. they all went silent, trying to listen. She was Right. There Was Faint... Talking. Masoma Brightens Up. "What If it's Elona?!" Masoma Says A Little Too loud. Loud enough for whoever those people were to hear her. And they most likely did, because the talking trailed off. Enzo Sighs In frustration. Corniyah Glances at Masoma like 'Seriously?' Masoma Mouthed a bashful 'Sorry'. Before Looking towards the Direction where the talking was once present. After Moments Of Studying, Masoma piped up again. "I Say we go ahead and check it out– OW!" Masoma says but was cut off by Corniyah's angry pinch on her Arm. Masoma Whipped her head over to Corniyah Who just glared at Her. Masoma Scowled. "I'm Serious, Masoma." She says. Enzo Just watched the two girls fight it out. Finally, He Speaks up; "You Guys Can Bicker as much as you want later, but We Have to do something. We're sitting ducks out here, and we have no clue if there's capybaras or a worse threat out here." Enzo Sternly says, grounding them once more. "You Guys stay here. I'll check if we're in the clear. If I Don't Return, Don't bother looking for me. Just Run and Hide." Enzo says, preparing to walk further into the dark night. For the first time, he was doing something out of his element; Taking Unnecessary risks. Corniyah And Masoma Look at each other, exchanging worried glances."I Have A Bad Feeling That this isn't the best Idea..' Masoma says, Glancing Around, Her nerves felt fried. She felt vulnerable in the night– she's never been out in the open with the outbreak at night time. When her, Elona, And Corniyah, where on their own before they ran into Enzo, They Spent most of their time in the treehouse. Too scared to leave most of the time, and when they would go on supply runs, they'd go together; It wouldn't help that Oliver would Occasionally Bark, Growl, Or Whine at what seemed like nothing was there outside at night– but there probably very much was something there outside the tree house. But back to Present, they Just had to wait for Enzo To Let them know that they were in the Clear.. But that's if he even came back.

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W/ Enzo, Searching For the source of the talking.

Enzo Saw Two Silhouettes Not Too Far from him. He furrows his brow. "...." He Reaches for his gun that was resting in His Holster, Grabbing the handle of it as he took a few steps closer, Just In Case. He Had no problem killing anything that was a Threat, especially if that meant Protecting People He cared about or was close to. "WATCH OUT!" A Teenage Male Voice called out to the other silhouette, as the other turned around. Enzo Drew Out His Gun and Swiftly and sharply aimed at them. Then He Realized who the Two were ; Elona.. And... What. LIAM? Liam just stared, wide eyed, while Elona Just seemed shocked.. And relieved to see a familiar face. "I was Wondering where you were," Enzo says To Elona, his surprise now washing away with a new tone of seriousness. "Doesn't exactly look like you're on a 'supply run.' as you were ordered to do so." Enzo says, And Elona's expression changed from shock to annoyance. "Yeah...but-" "But What?" Enzo says, getting increasingly agitated. Elona Huffed. "I might've gotten a Little Lost, and I found Liam, and-" Elona says, and Enzo Shifts his Gaze To Liam, wearing a flabbergasted expression. "Enzo..." Liam says, As they made eye contact. "Never thought I'd see you again." Enzo deadpans, trying to hide his surprise. Liam nods. "Mutual thoughts." Liam says, before turning To Elona. "You've been surviving and living with Enzo?" Liam says to Elona, who nods. "Yeah... me and a Couple others, actually. My friends." Elona gave a dry, forced chuckle. Liam raises a brow in question. Elona looks over at Enzo once more. "Where are the others, Enzo?" Elona says to Enzo who exhales sharply. "Right." He says, before turning to face the direction he had come. "It's alright, we're in the clear. It's Friendlies." Enzo had said To Corniyah and Masoma who finally walked over once he had updated them on the situation. "Elona?" Masoma says, staringfor a few stunned seconds and charged towards her, embracing her tight. Elona Staggered back slightly from the impact, before putting an awkward arm around Masoma in an uncomfortable half-hug. "Yeah... yeah.. Good to see you too." Elona winces, cringing in her mind. Corniyah watches the situation unfold. Corniyah spots Liam, and she immediately itches to ask who he was, but she was unsure if she should question just yet. She looks back at Enzo, then Elona and Masoma. Elona pried Masoma off of her as she dusted herself off. "Ahem.. Uhmm.." Liam cleared his throat.. They all looked at him. He looked at Elona, it almost seemed as if they were communicating telepathically. It Dawned on Elona after a few seconds, before nodding. "Yeah, right." She turned back to them. "Bet you're wondering where I came from, as I showed up out of nowhere, yeah?" Liam adds. They all listen intently. "I came... from a Community. A well-structured one. Well, as good as 'well-structured' can get in a world like this." Liam continues. "Sounds good, right?" "Well, not so good when you realize the person who ran it wasn't exactly your closest friend." Liam says, and The others started to get slightly confused with where he was coming from with this. "Are you familiar with The Names 'Mya' And 'Julian?'' Liam asked the group. They all froze. "No way." Masoma says, and Liam grimaces, sucking in air between his teeth before he stands and balances on the balls of his feet awkwardly. He scans their expressions. "By your reaction, I'll take that as a 'Yes'." he continues without the full answer. "Well... Mya ran the community. Julian came along with someone else.. I can't quite remember his name. 'Chase'?" Liam half-heartedly tried to recall Chad's name. "Whatever. He's not important." Liam shrugs. "Long story short, I used them. And I Set the community on fire, blah, blah, blah, and had this weird physical back and forth with Mya, her idiotic friends find me and they practically chase me out and whatnot." Liam causally summed it all up and They stared, in confusion. Elona, Corniyah And Masoma all exchange glances. "We know her. But were her other friends with her? Like Karis, Kennon?..." Masoma says. Liam shook his head. "Nope." He says. Enzo glares at him in suspicion. "And what are you exactly getting at?" he asks Liam. Liam chuckled awkwardly. "What I'm trying to say... is that Elona already knows about this... but..." Liam pauses. "I wanna make a comeback." Liam says. Corniyah scoffs. "Like a duel? Fight?" Corniyah says in disbelief. With a smug smirk, he points at her. "Exactly what I'm thinking." Liam says. After moments of silence, Liam sensed their hesitation. Though Enzo didn't seem to care, like he was thinking of something. "And I think you guys want the same thing, in your heart, even though your mind might say no. So I recommend you take this opportunity to go against them while you can." Liam says. Enzo, on the other hand, was thinking, when he had realized. 'Those names sound oddly familiar...' he thought, racking his brain to remember. A bell went off in his head. 'Those were the kids... that Benjamin was with when they had ran into me back at the auto-repair shop.'

To Be continued.

Word Count: 1377