Justice

Chapter 8: United

"I know where they are." Steph's colleague said.
   "Who?" Head Steph asked.
   "You know, the trio, Logan, Eleanor and Tyle. They are in Zone 3. " The colleague said.   
   "Well of course they are in Zone 3. They live there!" Steph cried with exasperation.  
   "Though," Steph coughed, "I didn't know that. They are in our colony are they not?" Steph asked.
   "They are from our colony, Lucent, and I think the boy, Logan, knows about the war. The revolution." The colleague finished.
   "I shall think. Now just leave me in peace." Steph replied.
   "Yes sir..."
...
Logan stormed out of Raven's office feeling he didn't quite get it. Eleanor was waiting outside the door and happened to seem like she eavesdropped on the conversation.
      "If you think I eavesdropped on you, well, you're wrong." Eleanor said innocently. Logan didn't believe her but went along.
   "Do you know where Tyle is?" He asked, completely changing the subject.
   "No, but why don't we check his room again, he might've returned some how." Eleanor suggested.
   "Sure!" Logan agreed. I mean somehow they got secret passes or something, because everything was normal and all. It's great for the ghost of the first Elder to speak. Which, I have, I told you the story so far, but you just want to know the swaggin' story, oh well here it goes...
      So Eleanor and Logan tried to re find Tyle's room. They eventually did. On the bright side, someone was in the room and it was Tyle by the look of his crazy hair. But on the negative side, he was with someone else. He was with Reli. Oh that's good.
   "Hey Reli!" Logan said.
   "Hi Logan!" She said ruffling his hair. Tyle sat next to her, knee touching knee. Eleanor side stepped from behind Logan to say hi to Tyle but when she saw that Tyle was all smiles that Reli was sitting next to him, she side stepped back behind Logan, resting her arms in his shoulder. How cute! She glared at Reli on the way.
      "Hi Reli, I'm Eleanor," she still managed to squeak. Logan was loving this every minute.
   "Hello Eleanor. I suppose you know Tyle, your friend." Reli replied with a greeting.  
   "Yes, he is our friend," Eleanor said stiffly. Now Logan didn't like the awkward silence.   
   "Um Reli, can you um, leave for a sec, you know, talk in private." Logan gestured.
   "Of course! You could've just told me earlier!" Reli smiled. At least that went easily.   
      Reli left the room leaving the trio all standing there, apart from Tyle, who was sitting on the bed.
   "Hi Logan, Hi El, long time no see. Do you know where we are?" Tyle said.
   "Yes. Apparently we are in the lair of the Neutral, or the headquarters or whatever, they aren't in any colony, so I've heard..." Logan said.
      He then told the rest of his meeting with Raven to both Eleanor and Tyle.
   "Sooooo..." Said Eleanor, pretending she didn't know. "We're in Colonies." Eleanor finished off.
   "I know right. The swaggin' fish Colonies. And then Zones. It is really confusing my dumb brain." Tyle commented and then sighed.
    "So are we teamed or what ever? Are we with the Neutrals or not? Can we trust them?" Tyle bombarded with questions.
   "I don't know, I don't know, I don't know and I don't know." Eleanor replied as she sat down next to Tyle and patted his shoulder.
   "Humph!" Tyle rolled his eyes and shaking her hand off. Eleanor blushed red.
   "I sort of have a plan." Logan said oblivious of the small scene. "We could always ask Reli about, I don't know, what they are planning to do."
      And then they had another one of those arguing conversations:
Tyle: Yeah! Let's ask Reli!
Eleanor: No way! We can't trust her or anything!
Logan: We can try asking Raven, but I don't think it would work, he's too stubborn.
Eleanor: I agree with Logan, let's try asking Raven.
Tyle: Who's Raven?
Logan and Eleanor: This guy who is in charge of this place. Reli is his sister.
Tyle: If we trust Raven, then we ought to trust Reli, they're siblings.
      Eleanor decided to not reply. She hated Tyle's behaviour. She was the one that liked Tyle not some new girl who they don't even know liking him. Eleanor slumped back onto the bed, her arms folded, her eyes closed.
   "No. I don't trust them. First, I say that we wait a few more days. Two, we try to find out if we can trust them. Three, we ask them about any thing that we need to know, which I am not sure yet. I just have a feeling that we need to do something and that something bad is happening. But what exactly I do not know." Eleanor said.
      The two boys thought for a while then agreed with her.
   "Good idea!" Said both Tyle and Logan. And they decided on that.
   "Our next step is to have breakfast!" Exclaimed Tyle rubbing his tummy. Like it was a coincidence, the door opened again.
      "Breakfast!" An all smiles Reli said. Without a fight, the three teenagers headed out the room, to the dining hall.
      The dining hall was lined up with rows and rows of tables and chairs. All lined up in order. At the front of the dining hall, there were food stations set up with different types of food layer out. A smell of boiled lobster wafted into Logan's nose. His mouth watered. The smell was delicious, if smells could be tasted.
   "Come on! I'm starving!" Said Tyle. The four of them, counting Reli, grabbed a tray and spooned some soup in a bowl, and then chose some other food to eat. They sat down together at a back table. Not one Being even looked at them.
   "Are there anyone that are similar to us, like humans, here?" Whispered Eleanor once the other tables started to chatter.
   "Yeah, there are some of them. Have you ever heard of the the myth of the the great big squid? Well Raven transforms into the great big squid and when ever there are storms above Zone 3, he rescues them. But that was back on Earth. And that was back in oceans that aren't in Zones." Reli replied.
   "So there are humans here apart from us!" Logan said chewing on his lobster claw. "Just remember, we aren't alone." Reli finished.