Chapter 21

Three hours after he had left in a hurry, Drew’s father returned to the house.

“Come on you all, you have to go.” He called as soon as he opened the door

“What’s going on? Is it bad?” Drew asked

“Where are we going?” Kenzie wondered

“No time for questions, come on now!”

They hurried to the hallway and quickly put on their clothes and followed Drew’s father out the door. On the drive way they found two police cars waiting for them.

“What about our cars?” Aidan asked

“Leave them here.”

Suddenly they were all very worried about what might be going on. But they did not have time to discuss anything before they were ushered into the cars. As soon as they had closed the doors the cars went off as pull speed, with the sirens on.

“Is that really necessary?” Shae asked the driver in her car

“Yes, of course. There is no curfew up here.”

“Why not?” Jackson asked

“There hasn’t been any need for it. Until now.”

In the other car Kenzie and Aidan motioned to Drew to find out what was going on.

“So… Where are we going?” She asked her father

“To the school. There will be a helicopter there to pick you up.”

“What! Why?” Drew asked

“An old man has gotten very ill, and needs to get surgery. Only the military is allowed to fly at the time, and the helicopter they’re sending can take 20 passengers. We’re sending some more people with health problems. It’s going to your city and there is room for six more persons, so I’m sending you with it.”

“But I can’t leave you and mom when the virus has come here!” Drew protested

“It’s not a question.” The way he said it made it clear that he would do whatever was necessary to get her on that helicopter

In the other car they were not so lucky though. No matter how they tried they could not get any answer from the policemen in the front seats. Actually, they did not even bother to answer. Boris thought they were very rude.

After a while they arrived at the school and drove straight to a large field. As they arrived they could see a huge crowd of people gathered around the helicopter. In the middle were a group of policemen trying to keep people away from the prepared landing site, but it was not easy. As the two police cars drive arrived the crowd turned around and came running at the cars. They were shouting and started banging at the windows. The car up front honked the horn, but the people would not move. They were all desperate to get on the helicopter.

“When I find out who the hell leaked the information about the infected ones I’ll…” Drew’s father cursed

“What about those infected persons?” Drew asked her father

“As soon as we found out about the couple those incompetent guards let in we brought them into custody. They had not been in contact with anybody except the guards, and they did not get very close to those. They are the only people who have gotten ill.”

“What do you want me to do?” The driver asked

“Hold on.” Drew’s father called the policemen at the helicopter and told them to help clear the way, but it was hopeless.

“The pilot wants to take off right now.” They reported

“Ok. That’s it.” Drew’s father said. “Fire a warning shot.”

The policemen did so, and some of the people backed off. Those who didn’t, however, went berserk and started kicking at the windows of the cars, trying to get into the cars.

“Drive on!” Drew’s father ordered. “But slowly. They can’t keep the car from moving forward.”

Slowly the car pressed on. The people up front were squeezed as the car pushed from one side, and the people behind in kept pressing towards the car. The policemen in the middle started wrestling people and tearing them away so that finally the two police cars could get through.

As soon as they arrived at the clearing the policemen made a chain to hold people back so that the people in the cars could exit and get to the helicopter.

“Ok. Hurry!” Drew’s father said

“Don’t you dare go and get hurt!” Drew said