One Week Later

I was walking to breakfast when a hand appeared out of nowhere and pulled me into a supply cupboard; shock filled my body as I stood in the darkness, the only noise was the heavy breathing of the other person in the small space. What could this person need me so urgently for?

Suddenly, the other person flipped the light switch and I realised that it was just Lance, smirking as he always did. From my week in the Mole base, I had learnt that Lance was in fact that leader of the strange group and seemed to be adored by everyone around him which surprised me as I found him intolerable.

"I need your help," his voice didn't sound panicked but there was some slight desperation in his eyes. I was still confused as to why he had chosen me to help him out of everyone at the base and I think that confusion showed in my face as he sighed before speaking again, "We have to send half of you newbies to a different base, and I'm still undecided on who should stay here."

"You have other bases?" I asked in shock- I hadn't realised how large this 'Mole' organisation was! Lance rolled his eyes and chose to ignore my question.

"So far we have a rough idea of who is staying and who is going. We want to keep the muscly builder one, the American pretty girl, the guy with an afro, the Thai girl, the Australian one and you," he looked at me straight in the eye, as if gauging my reaction. Of course I felt honoured that I had been picked to stay, but at the same time I felt a sinking feeling inside of me at the thought of being split from Niall. I was still trying to figure out if I had feelings for him.

"I'm assuming you mean Coby, Zara, Maz, Azul, Adam and me," I said in a quiet voice, still trying to process the idea of being away from Niall. The idea of maybe never seeing him again.

"Yeah whatever. I just want to see what you think about that selection," Lance looked down at the floor, it was obvious that he didn't like asking for other's opinions on his ideas.

"I mean that is a good group of people but..." An idea struck me like lightening, "What about Niall? Surely he's more useful than Azul?"

Lance looked like he was trying to remember who Niall was and then he looked bewildered, "You mean the singer? What can he offer us here?"

"Lots of things," my voice was becoming very fast and high pitched as I tried to think of things that would appeal to Lance, "He is strong so he can fight, I saw the guns in your training rooms. I don't know what they're used for but I'm assuming fighting. He's a good character to have on a team, always encouraging people..."

"The guns are used to kill mutants, just to inform you. I suppose we do need some entertainment at the base, he could sing to us. I'll talk it through with some people, see what I can do," he winked before opening the door and walking out, leaving me quite baffled. I hoped I had done enough to keep Niall at the same base as me.

***

Later that afternoon, all twelve of us were called to the communal area where we would be told who would be staying and who would be leaving. I knew that it would be an emotional experience, we were all so close.

Lance began to read the names of those who would stay and I held my breath, waiting to hear if Niall would be kept with me.

"Coby, Zara, Adam, Maz, Dara and..." Lance looked at me and smirked, "Niall."

I almost fainted from relief and ran over to the blonde haired Irishman and hugged him tightly; he chuckled loudly and peeled me off him, smiling down at me.

I began to hug all the people who were leaving, everyone had a few tears in their eyes but I wasn't crying too much- the people who were being transferred to the other base weren't my closest friends. The people that were staying with me were the ones that I trusted the most, they were my best friends. But I knew I would miss those six people that were leaving, I had been through a lot with them and I would never forget them. Especially not bossy Azul.

Once our goodbyes were said, I watched as six people left my life- I had a feeling that I would never see them. Zara came over to me and rested her head on my shoulder, murmuring something about how glad she was that we were still together. She also still had Adam, her baby's father.

I looked over at Coby who was wiping the tears from his eyes, I knew he was crying about Indigo. Everyone knew that he loved her more than anything in the world. I couldn't imagine what was going on in his head, I wondered if he was thinking about the fact he might not ever see the child that he made with Indigo. It saddened me that two babies would grow up without a father because Maz and Coby were at one base whereas Ellie and Indigo were somewhere else.

Shaking the negative thoughts out my head, I focused on the positives- I was still with Niall. Maybe we could pursue a relationship in this new environment? I smiled to myself at the idea of possibly having a relationship with Niall. A adult, romantic relationship.

So I suppose this is last we'll see of Indigo, Ellie, Madeline, Azul, Gary and Jack for a while :( What's going to happen now to the remaining people at the Mole base? We'll have to see...

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