Underground

~Rosa~

My entire body leaped into big sister mode as Hayden stepped closer to the girl. I went for his pack and was rummaging in it.

"Rose?" He asked, looking at me with a question in his face.

"I put one of those when-you-need-it-ice-pack-thingies in here." I found it quickly and started squeezing it together to make it cold. I then set it on her ankle in hopes to get the swelling down. "We have to get her inside."

Hayden was already about five steps ahead of me, Raven in his arms. He was walking carefully and I held the ice-pack gently in place. It took longer to get back than it should have, but we did get there. People immedietly started to help us. Another man took Raven from Hayden and I smiled at him.

"I'll pray for you everytime I think of you. Love ya brother." I gave Hayden a hug, "You've got to go. I'll miss you." What I wanted to say was, don't you dare think about not coming back here, but I knew he couldn't promise a safe return. We all knew the risk.

And I left with Raven. She would have to wake up to a face she knew.

Name: Jason Williams

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Side: Under cover risistance member(Snuck into the U.S. Government Agent system)

Appearance:Blond Hair, Built, About 6'4''. Blue Eyes, Although those are just contacts. His real Eye color is Hazel, along with his real hair color being dirty blond.

Personality: Lives in his own little shell. He cannot let the real part of himself come out or he would be caught. He is very untrusting and goes off of what his eyes can see, his ears can hear, etc. When you finally do become his friend, he will fight to the death for you no matter the cost to himself and others around.

History: When his parents died, he ran for the mountains. As a resistance member, he decided he would be more valuble in the network then sitting back at base. As an agent, he is in charge to watch over the schools in Territory 7.

Other: Up for love. Dont worry, i have a plan to get him back to the mountains eventually.

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Jason Looked around. These suits were really starting to annoy him, but that was the way it was when your working for the governmet. Kinda.

As he walked to the school he was in charge of, he thought about what would happen if they ever caught a believer or a resistance member. Would they take them away, or would Jason hide him and act as if he had gotten away or as if he had never existed? He would worry about that when the time came.

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Raven

I groaned. My head ached and my ankle was throbbing. What had happened? Had I crawled home? My eyelids fluttered open and I stared up into a young woman's face.

Everything slammed into me. I hadn't crawled home. I had been caught. She was smiling at me. Did she not see my raven black hair and brown eyes?

"It's okay," she said, softly. I shook my head, but what she said msde sense. She wasn't like them. She had brown hair, not blonde.

"Rosa?" I asked. She nodded. "What's going on?"

"You're safe, evrything's okay," she replied.

"Safe? I can't trust that. I need to know where I'm at. I need to know everything," I said angrily. I got up, my head spinning. Rosa came foward to steady me but I backed up.

"Please, just sit down. You'll know things soon enough," Rosa said kindly.

Was she really worried about me? Well I guess that was nice. I closed my eyes. What was I doing? If there was anything I had learned it was that you could never count on anyone. You had to do things alone. Love never prevailed in the end. Not for me.

"Just stay away from me," I whispered angrily. "I know how to protect myself. I've done it my whole life. Now will you kindly tell me what's going on?"

Hayden-

I arrived at the passing point where another undercover christian was to help me get ready. As I stuck the blue contacts in my eyes, Jake got out the papers with my fake identity.

"Okay, you'll stay here and only come home at night just before the territories curfew. If anyone asks, you are the nephew of George and Meagan of house 35. They have a girl about the same age as you named Susan."

"So I'm Susan's cousin?" I asked and combed back the blonde died hair.

"Yeah. You know where the school is. The first bell sounds at 7 a.m. and that's when the doors close. If you aren't in there by that time, this mission is off."

"I'll be there Jake, don't worry," I assured him. He stuck out a bundle of brown and tan rough clothes.

"The territory's uniform. Make sure it's clean and pressed every morning."

I nodded and took a deep breath. "So, how do I look like? A true American citizen?"

Jake snorted and nodded, trying to contain his laughter. I contrasted so much to the real world that it was funny. But the only thing that mattered was that the contrast would blend in once I got into the territory bounds.

Jason looked around. It was 6:45 leaving 15 minutes for any students that werent here yet to get here fast. The main job that he had to see if there were any obvious wigs or color contacts. This would mean they were more than likely christians trying to infiltrate the system in order to spread the word of god. Jason enjoyed the idea of it, but thought it was too riskey. They could spread the word of god once the govt. was overthrown.

As jason looked to his left, he noticed a girl named susan and a boy he didnt know walking up to the school. They both looked like they were sixteen or seventeen. Somehow jason thought that he recognized the boy from someplace other than the school. Jason walked up to the boy.

"Hey, kid, have we met before? I think i recognize you."

**Hayden, doesn't have a wig, he dyed his hair temporarily.**

*well that screws up my plan..... oh well. Ill change it.*

Hayden-

I went to the randevous where I was supposed to meet Susan my "cousin." She looked like everyone else, medium build with blonde hair to her ears and blue eyes, wearing the tan and brown rough cloth clothes of a citizen.

"Are you Susan?" I asked her quietly. She nodded her head. I then smiled and she led me to the school. About a few yards from her house, I suddenly collided with a stranger.

"I'm so sorry-" the girl looked up at me. I smiled.

"It's okay. I'm Jack, what's your name?"

"Mina..."

"Well, we should probably get to school before we're late," I told Susan. The two girl were whispering on the side of me as we walked into the building. Susan and Mina must have been friends.

"Hey kid, have we met before? I think I recognize you." I froze and turned around. It was a government agent that called me. Crap. My cover was blown now and I barely did anything.

"Um... I don't think so, sir. If I had known a government agent, I would surely remember him," I said, trying to be polite and humble.

"I'm sure I recognize you from somewhere though." Stupid agent! Didn't he know there were cameras and microphones everywhere? What did he want to do, get me in trouble?

"I really don't think so, sir. I must be going to class." I turned around and left him to catch up with Susan and Mina.

"What was that about?" Susan asked.

"Nothing."

Now jason was sure he had recognized him. Only somebody who was nervous, stressed, or an extreamily good liar could pull off talking to him like this.

Jason decided to wait untill the school day was ended to have a more 'formal' chat with the kid. He had better do some talking. Jason kept knawing the picture of the boy in his head, trying to figure out where he remembered him from.

Then, he remember. It was like being shown a movie on the television. He had a flashback of a younger child, but still definately the same boy who he had recognized. It all made sense now. Jason groaned. The believers were at it again, trying to get the kids in the school to learn about the word of god. And this kid seemed to be there way of doing it. Jason seemed to recall the kids name being Hayden, or haidon or something..

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The school bell rang as Jason was sitting on the cobblestones right outside the school gates. As Hayden (or Haidon) came into view, jason walked up to him.

"Hey, we need to talk. Come over here for a few minutes." said jason motioning for his car. It was one of the few places that he knew the government had not had bugged or any other type of spy ware devices.

~Rosa~

"It's hard to protect yourself when you've been ordered not to move." I said cheerily.

"What?"

"You aren't to move until that ankle heals up. If you really want to know what's going on, I'm not the one to ask. That would be my boss." I touched her hand gently and she jerked away.

"I demand to speak with him then."

"Go right ahead, he's always listening. Without him, you would probably be dead right now. The temperatures have dropped severly and you would've frozen. God really was watching for you."

Raven's eyes snapped open.

"If you must know, you're in the Underground, a place where Christians run to...though we tend to run back and get more people."

Raven

So she was a Christian. Well if she thought that she was converting me she was sadly mistaken. I was done with God. He hadn't helped me before.

But isn't that the point, a voice in the back of my head sounded. Isn't that what God is trying to do? He's testing your faith.

Shut up, I ordered it.

Normally I would have been slightly disturbed that I was talking to myself, but today I was just out of it.

"Listen Rosa," I said. "I just want to get out of here. I'm not right for this place."

"Really? Then who are you really right for?" She asked, cocking her eyebrow. I sighed. She would never listen.

"I'm out of here," I replied.

"Not yet," Rosa said, grabbing my wrist as I walked by her. I eyed her fingers clutching me and she let go.

"Why? What better time then now to leave?" I questioned. "I'm certainly not going to wait for the weather to warm up. That would take way too long." I smiled a little.

"Just...just wait until you get better," she pleaded. Did she truely care what happened to me. No on cared about me since my brother. I stopped my thought. I couldn't think about him. It only caused pain.

"How about I stay the night. I really need to get going. Thanks for everything, but I have to take care of myself you know," I replied. Rosa gave me a knowing look.

"Alright. Maybe you'll see things differently tomorrow. For now, how about we go and get something to eat?" She suggested.

I was going to deny, but of course my stomach growled with the mention of food. how long had it been since I ate? Three days? Maybe four? Food was scarce and I didn't need to pass up a free meal.

"Alright. Maybe a little something," I agreed. Rosa beemed, grabbed my hand and led me out of my sleeping quarters. Where ever I was.

~Rosa~

"Take this." I told her as soon as we'd left the room we'd put her in. In my hand, extended towards her, was a crutch. She scowled at it but I wouldn't put my hand down, "If you put too much weight on it, you might hurt it again. Then I'll just have to strap you down for days until it's healed."

She took it, grudgingly. This made me giggle and I just got another glare from her.

"Raven, what are you so worried about?"

"You're kidding, right?"

"I'm completely serious. I care about you, Raven. While I'm around, I'll do everything in my power to help you." I smiled again, trying to reasure her. I had no idea if it was working or not, but it was better than just looking at her, "This way."

Leading her to the food, the aroma was making my mouth drool, I started a meaningless conversation about birds. I'd always had a fasination with them, and the conversation was mainly one-sided, but I didn't mind. Raven may have, but I didn't.

After recieving our food, I grabbed a table and sat down. Before I even looked at my silverware, I started to pray. When I looked up, Raven was glaring at her food.

"Sorry if I made you uncomfortable." I said, quite honestly.

"If you're trying to convert me, you can stop right now." Raven said, being honest herself.

"Convert?" I laughed, "We, my dear, do not convert. We answer questions and try to help people. There are many here that are not born-again, just hiding. The Christians, like me, are the ones that are constantly going in and out. We never stay still. We just don't have time to convert. We make aware of what we believe and the choice is up to the person involoved."

Raven

I looked away from the girl. She was a tricky little thing, wasn't she? That's okay, I could pretend to be dumb for her.

"Oh okay," I replied, nodding, like I was confused. I was a good liar. The best from the rebellion. I could fool even my brother. I swallowed the lump in my throat.

Stop that, the voice in my head ordered. I obeyed. I knew the rule. Show no weakness. None at all. Especially not in front of strangers.

"Well, maybe I can get you to trust me a little," Rosa said, kindly. "That would be nice, wouldn't it. Maybe you could stay a little while longer?" I wanted to gag and roll my eyes. I wished she would stop insulting my intelligence.

"Yeah, perhaps," I replied, trying to ignore her. I knew I couldn't stay longer. After my ankle was better, I needed to get out of here. And fast. There was something about this place that was just...too diffifernt for me.

Hayden-

"What is it sir?" I asked.

"This is one of the few places that the government hasn't bugged yet. Now whata are you doing here?"

Wow, that wasn't blunt at all. How did he know I was an infiltrator?

"Why do you ask?"

"Because I have seen enough people try and infiltrate this territory and fail. I'm one of the only ones who have succesfully done so and with each unsuccesfull wannabe, my mission is in jeopardy."

I frowned. Well, this man certainly didn't have a problem speaking his mind at me.

"You don't have to worry about too much. I won't be here too long."

"Well, you might want to rethink you stay. I already have inside confirmation that your "cousin" Susan and her family is in trouble."

I looked at him hard. "And I should believe you?"

"It would be wise to. But if you don't, that is your risk. Goodbye Mr. Hayden."

My frown deepened as the agent walked away. I left the corner and saw Mina looking at me oddly.

"Is something the matter?"

"No, sorry," she said softly and then left. I watched her leave and felt my stomach clench. Was my mission in that much danger?

Well this is just great! Now im going to have to follow him back to the mountains to make sure he gets there safely. If i dont, i know that ill have this on my mind for months or years to come, and i know i cant deal with that.

I looked out the window to watch the boy walk away. Slowly, i pulled out and started following him on his way back to his 'house'.

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Sometime during the night, Jason saw a figure sneak out of the house. As he pulled up close behind him, he let the lights burst to life. It lit up Hayden like a christmas tree.

Jason pulled up next to the boy and rolled down the passanger window.

"Need a ride back to the mountains?"