CHAPTER 140: 140-THE MONSTER BOARDED THE TRAIN

Clementine:

As soon as Jack heard Joshua, he got to his feet to follow him and attack the man. But before they could even approach, Ian and Haiden jumped in front of him.

"Back off, you jackass," Ian grunted, shoving Jack with his hands.

I noticed how far Jack stumbled back before Joshua caught him.

"You cannot fucking attack your own crusaders for a man who’s been capturing and torturing our innocent people," Joshua yelled.

While they argued, my eyes shifted to the side. Something was appearing in the far corner of the station.

"Guys," I muttered, trying to get their attention.

"That’s not up to you to decide, not after how you’ve shown you only care about your own squad. So don’t give us this lecture about sticking together, because we know damn well you never intended to stick with others, or stand up for them," Haiden shouted at Joshua, who straightened his shoulders, squaring himself up.

"Why are we even taking that bastard back to the mainland? Why give him a new life? We should leave him here for the monsters, after cutting off his legs so he can’t defend himself," Suki said. Immediately, Joshua and Jack started nodding.

I wondered who the real master was in their squad. At first it seemed like Joshua, but maybe he was just the face, and the others whispered in his ear. That still didn’t excuse his behavior.

"Let the ringleaders decide what to do with him," I said, anxiously nudging Haiden’s arm, trying to pull his attention to what I was seeing at the station. Silhouettes were forming on the wall, but they didn’t clearly define whoever or whatever was casting them. I was confused.

"Of course, she comes in and suddenly everyone melts," Joshua smirked, mentioning me in that weird tone.

"I am sorry? Are you talking about Suki?" I shot back. His smile vanished. Jack’s face went blank, almost neutral.

"Hey, get my name out of your mouth," Suki hissed from behind Joshua. I couldn’t even look at her with Joshua and Jack standing tall and broad in front of her.

"Guys—" Troy’s anxious voice cut in, making me realize he had seen what I was seeing. The fucking fleshmingos had found a way into the station. Of course it wasn’t a haven, it was still part of the North. Sooner or later, those creatures were bound to show up.

"Guys, fucking—fucking get off our carriage!" I yelled, with the others shouting the same thing.

Oriana and her group tried to close the door. They managed to shut it, but it swung open again because the white squad members were still in our carriage.

And while everyone panicked, Joshua decided to be the biggest douchebag.

"It’s either the Carapamingus rex get in here, or you throw this man out for them to feed on. The choice is yours," he told the other squads.

And everybody started looking at us. Now he was using the others to control us, to turn them against us.

"I think you should throw that man out," one of the Green Squad members said.

"If you listen to him this time, they’ll make you obey him at other times too. Let’s not forget they’re the reason Melanie died." I took the stand, climbing on top of a chair and announcing it loud. Everybody gasped. I guess some of them didn’t even know what happened to Melanie

"What? She died because of them?" someone yelled.

I squinted, remembering Oriana had said the same thing to the White Squad before. But I guess they hadn’t been paying attention then.

"Don’t listen to her. Even if she manages to bring witnesses to support her fake story, it doesn’t change the fact that we’re not leaving this carriage. Not until we kick this man out," Joshua added, showing he stood firm.

"Well then, we’re left with no other option." Yorick finally got up after sitting and staring at everyone in silence. Then he attacked Joshua.

The second he lunged, my other squadmates did the same to the others. They shoved them back toward the front carriage.

"Ow, ow, ow!" Suki screamed. She had been hiding behind their backs for a while, and now she was getting squished as they were forced out.

Finally, once they were out of our carriage, Joshua threw a punch. He raised his fist and tried to slam it into Haiden’s face, but the door closed at the same time and his fist crashed straight into the hard glass.

It had to be magical, because an alpha’s punch can do wonders. But we just watched him grimace in pain, clutching his hand while the others checked on him. Then, suddenly, the doors shut tight and the train started moving.

"Finally," I grunted, pressing a hand to my chest and taking a deep breath.

But then we saw commotion in the carriages behind us. We couldn’t hear the noises, but we saw them panicking, slamming and banging on the glass doors nonstop.

"Wait, what is going on?" I asked, reaching the red squad’s carriage door.

Oriana stepped aside, pointing behind her. The others moved out of the way too. And in the last carriage, I saw two fleshmingos boarding the train.

Now they were trapped in a closed space, since every carriage shut separately. But I guessed while every squad had quickly tried to close the doors, the last carriage shut after the fleshmingos had already jumped in.

So now, we were safe until the train stopped. Because when it stopped, the doors would open. That much we knew.

"Fuck," I muttered. I heard Haiden grunt too. Yorick paced around, running his hands through his hair, clearly anxious. Troy was all tensed up.

Even though our squad was the last one before the fleshmingos could reach us, it didn’t change the fact we were worried for the others.

Unlike the White Squad. Once they realized what was happening, I saw them smirking. Of course. Even when we managed to close the door, they still found a way to cause us more trouble.

Now we were all waiting for the train to stop, worried about the doors opening.