Chapter 65: Ambush
The week had flown by, and soon Friday arrived... Kurt hadn’t shown up since the day his pursuit failed. And Lucien and his friends bought a lot of resources daily and sent most of them to William’s house.
Every day after school, they stopped by. Lucien used his inventory to take some of them to Nina’s house, where she was hiding them in a storage room no one in his house used. Afterward, Lucien would return to William’s house once more and help his friend organize his supplies. Only then would he fill his inventory with his items and leave.
At some point, one of them suggested they all gather in one place. But they all knew that convincing their parents or other adults to believe children’s chatter was impossible. So, everyone agreed to activate the radios as soon as everything started, and they even learned how to repair them in case the technology became a problem.
All food was also canned, dried, or preserved to prevent spoilage without proper refrigeration. There were some frivolous and superfluous items, such as chocolates, cookies, potato chips, and instant noodles, but everyone knew these things had a short shelf life, except for the instant noodles.
Of course, Lucien filled his inventory with hot and cold foods he’d ordered from a few restaurants, as after testing, he’d confirmed he could preserve the good stuff there. He simply promised his friends he’d bring some of this food to them when he could safely leave.
When Friday’s classes ended, the three of them left together again, planning to go to William’s house one last time. Since Saturday would be their last free day together, and Monday and Tuesday, everyone planned to skip classes to avoid attracting as much attention...
However, the three friends’ plans for the day were interrupted when, not far from school, five boys were waiting for them. This time, not only were Kurt and his three classmates there, but there was also an older teenage boy who looked similar to Kurt and even had dyed blue hair like his.
William recognized his attackers from the other day and froze in place. Nina, noticing the aggressive way the boys surrounded them, began to tremble and approached Lucien, grabbing his arm for protection.
Unlike his two friends, Lucien was also frightened but didn’t show it. The reason he was afraid wasn’t because of the extra-older boy, but because Kurt and his three friends were holding huge pieces of metal and wood as weapons...
Kurt stood out in front of the group, limping, and smiled. He said,
"Come on, Lucien, you can run... I’m sure you can escape. But the fat guy and the girl won’t make it very far..."
"If you want money, you can take everything we have, but let those two go, and I’ll stay to solve any problems you have..."