70 Bad News

The group of girls rushed towards the address, the longer they wait the more chance that the family will be found, and the children taken.

It took them a hot minute to run there, Maddie and Dakota were exhausted by the time they reached the street. Unlike Tamika, they didn't have high stats, so this took quite a toll on their bodies.

Fortunately, once they reached the street they slowed down to a speed walking pace, just so they don't look suspicious.

They reached the driveway of the house, the girls understood why the family had managed to keep it a secret for so long. The house was large, and it was surrounded by trees, making it a perfect place to stay hidden while in the city.

They walked up the gravel driveway towards the door, once they reached it they knocked hard and a few times.

*Knock*Knock*Knock*

Silence, no one answered the door for a couple of minutes. The girls felt hopeless and were about to go around back and try to find another way in, but the door opened.

The one that answered the door was a middle-aged woman, she was gorgeous. She stood roughly 5'3, had long brown hair they reached past her shoulder blades, vibrant green eyes that sparkled with curiosity. All her facial features fit just right, there were almost no imperfections.

"What do you want?" The woman asked, she kept the door relatively closed, only showing half her body.

The girls were a bit stunned by the appearance of this beauty but quickly resumed normal behaviour. Understanding why the woman was so protective they talked in a calm manner, "It's okay, we're here to help you, you just need to trust us".

The woman had a hard time processing what they said, that was until she realised they knew her secret. She closed the door even more, only showing the top of her face which was tilted at an angle.

"How do you know that?" She asked, her voice slightly quivering.

"Your sister in law said it out loud, purposely making us hear it. She probably wanted us to call authorities, but don't worry, we're only here to help people like you," Tamika calmly said, her friendly grandma vibes coming into effect.

The woman opened the door, what she had done was a great risk to her. However, she knew she needed some help. Hiding in the shadows was beginning to get to her. So if these random people that came knocking on her door could help her, she would gladly take the help.

"Oh, my names Michelle, please take a seat," Michelle said kindly as she gestured towards the couch.

The girls walked over and sat down, the couch was comfy, quite soft and the materials felt nice. They waited for a few minutes before Michelle walked around the corner with glasses of water in her hand.

She passed the water onto the girls, who gladly accepted it and drank.

"So how do plan to help me?" Michelle asked.

"We're apart of a group, or organisation you could say. Our main goal is to protect unique children, children that had been cast aside by the world and left for dead. We heard that you have such a child and were wondering if you would like to join us," Tamika said. It was like she was a professional dealing with people, Michelle started to relax around them. Maddie and Dakota decided to let Tamika handle this, from they've seen it seems she's a pro.

"I would love to, but where is it located? How many are already involved?" Michelle started to ask questions.

"Our current base is located at Mildura in Victoria, there are currently 15 of us along with a bunch of children we take care of. We plan to make it big, internationally recognised. This is all to make people accept the unique children," Tamika explained their plans, all while keeping her calm composure.

"Alright, I know others that are in a similar situation to me," Michelle said. This surprised the girls, they had been looking for so long but found nothing, now they got a huge chunk of information.

"Where?" Tamika asked.

"All across this neighbourhood, that's the reason the authorities haven't discovered us yet since we're all in the same situation we all stay silent," Michelle explained.

Michelle continued, "Give me a second I'll message for them to come over, my house is the usual meeting spot".

"That'll be great," Tamika said enthusiastically.

Michelle sent the message, so while they waited she turned on the television. On it was just a bunch of news about what's happening across the world, any current events taking place.

But what shocked them was the first thing that popped up was the faces of Lachlan, Dylan, Chloe, Flynn, Georgia, Joe, Zoe, Simon, and Maddie. There were a few more faces now, the authorities probably connected the dots and investigated. Although they still don't seem to have the parents, it was still bad that they discovered Maddie.

This was especially so for the current situation, they were just running around Adelaide to make it here. Plenty of people saw them, most of which probably immediately reported them to the authorities.

The most surprised was Michelle, at first, she still didn't completely believe them, but once she read the news she now believed she could trust them.

"We need to go soon," Tamika said.

"Why?" Michelle was a bit shocked by the abrupt news.

"The military probably knows we're here, if we don't move soon we might be surrounded," Tamika explained, she quickly got out her phone and messaged Simon, telling him they've been compromised and need to get out soon. She sent the address of where they were.

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Outside the city Lachlan and Simon were starving, they forgot to have breakfast before they left and now that their faces have been posted around the city they can't go in and get food.

Fortunately, there were a few unsuspecting beasts around, rather small ones. Although they were small, that was in comparison to the size of the normal beast they've seen.

Lachlan went ahead and caught a few, killing them in the process before he set up a little area and started a fire. The place the meat on some sticks and stuck them into the ground.

After a while, the meat finished cooking and they were ready to eat. Lachlan and Simon grabbed a stick each and dug in. For some reason they felt like a caveman, out in the wild eating meat they hunted that was cooked on a stick.

After they finished eating they went back to their spot, onto of the trees just relaxing. Simon went on his phone a few times, just checking to make sure they haven't missed anything. Lachlan, on the other hand, was just staring at the lively city.

He found it slightly odd that some people seemed so oblivious to the dangers that are right next to them, but he just put it under the fact that a majority of those people might not have experienced the stuff he has.

Simon suddenly jumped up from his branch and jumped down, looking up at Lachlan he shouted, "The girls have been compromised, we need to get them out of there!"

Lachlan also jumped off as soon as he heard the news, he quickly summoned Catastrophe before jumping up on it. Simon summoned Storm and jumped on. They both shot off, Lachlan followed after Simon as he knew where the girls were.

Flying over the city brought a great amount of attention to them, authorities were quickly informed and set out. They knew who Lachlan and Simon were, they didn't want to mess up.