Chapter 5

The convey rumbled across the road, with its high-density beam lights shining through the grey thin sea of fog and the occupants inside with rifles at the ready looking for anything menacing out on the open.

"Last known survivors were held at coordinates: Northwest, Coordinates confirmed." Responded a soldier in the radio dispatch microphone. Once the soldier place down the radio, he glanced at the broadside of the Humvee.

"At least we are being paid double for this shit." murmured the soldier to himself. His rifle was on his lap and a insignia of Arrowhead on his left shoulder of his fatigues.

"You do believe that the Copeland Girl is connected to the mist?" Asked another soldier "Corporal ?"

"Who gives a shit. I don't really care about the girl, not our problem; it just some makeup bullshit from the crazy town people. They had no idea that we made this shit up for extra hundred bucks." Said the Corporal. "All for the greater good."

"No Mission too difficult and no sacrifice too great." Finished the other soldier. "Let get them out. Command has used for them. I need a dam drink."

The small convey continued on their journey. In the skies, a drone was surveying the fog covering the region from the thermal lens.

Alex blinked for a moment as she wrapped her arms around her legs looking around the secondary lounge on the second floor of the clubhouse. A sleeping Conner was resting his head on the couch, Her parents were sleeping on another couch. Mia and Vic were at the table chatting quietly as they work on the radio.

She glanced at her sleeping parents on the couch together; her mother warned her to be careful about Jay since and her father advised her to scream if Jay tried something on her. Alex knew the truth about her own family's secret.

Outside, the soldier pulled up his thermal binoculars stared right at the clubhouse through the mist. Thermal imaging recognized seven heat signatures in the building.

The soldier smirked as he placed a magazine clip into his rifle. "Party time, squad on me." The doors of the humvee swing open, a boot touches the ground.

Alex glanced behind her shoulders to see if her father or mother following her to Jay. She found Jay staring at the front windows of the lounge. He sat on the couch quiet and alone.

"Jay." Said Alex.

"Alex. Hey." Said Jay offering a simile as Alex sat down beside him.

"Couldn't sleep same here, just come down here for night watch right." Said Jay and he was expecting a barrage of apologies from her for putting him through a crisis for a crime he didn't commit.

"I know." Said Alex with a soft smile on her face as they both look at each other.

She hesitated for a moment,

"You don't have to apologize for putting me through this hell." Said Jay. "Your dad kind of had a long chat with me." He hesitated again as Alex's father's warning remain fresh in his mind.

"He make sure that I...I had nothing to do with you." He spill out. "He told me this isn't my fault."

"My dad can... act like mom but not like this. I don't care what dad or your dad say to you."

A squad of five soldiers rushed forward towards the clubhouse. They ran through the parking lot as fast as they can, avoiding the main entrance and ran towards the corner of the clubhouse. Another squad charging towards the main entrance.

"It okay Jay, I just...want you." Said Alex as she came closer to Jay.

She stared into his eyes. "My mom told me something before we were thrown out." Staring at his eyes

"My mom told everything my dad wasn't my real father but it is your dad." Said Alex. "It Conner."

Jay listen carefully as he nodded to Alex. "He told me about it and said things he wasn't seriously proud of with your mom. I know."

The glass door opened as two soldier moved in with night vision googles active with assault rifles at the ready walked with the rest of the squad behind in defensive formation. They advance through the hallway before pausing in the corner leading to the other room.

"He told me about it. He knew." Continued Jay. "You are so my.." Putting the pieces together "half sister."

"You are my brother. Half sister" Finished Alex as she held his hand tight then wrapped her

The squad leader peek from the corner to see a clear hallway with corridors learning to the lounge and the dinning room. Signalling forward and two men to walked forward with weapons at the ready followed by the rest.

Alex wrapped her arms around Jay as they both lean their forehead against each other. Refusing to let go of him. As they share their moment on the couch together they didn't notice that someone was watching the club house.

Vic yawned as he step out of the bathroom, wiping his mouth as he walked through the hallway. Rubbing his eyes, walking in the hallway before Vic turned a corner. He yawning with annoyance then he rise his head up to see a four squad team of soldiers with the gas mask looking at him. They had assault rifles too plus the arrowhead insignias on their fatigues. They draw their rifles first as they saw him.

"Oh god." Chocked out Vic as he froze with horror.

"On your knees." Demanded a soldier. Vic turned trying to run only to be smack in the forehead by the squad leader's rifle but. The soldier nodded as he tied up Vic on the floor.

"One hostile down, rest is in the house."

Alex gave another kiss to Jay's lips as she gentle push Jay down flat on the couch. Her hand rubbing against his chest. She let out a sight as Jay hurried his face into her neck. A small stream of soldiers huddled beside the wall with guns drawn, they advanced forward and one soldier reaches for the glass door handle.

Placing hands on Jay's face, Alex smiled as her lips press again. She kissings Jay then she rubs her face against his neck. "Please tell me we both can't do this." She pleads desperately as their kisses becoming more intensive.

"No, fuck no. It not right, not like this." Jay protest as he held her in his arms genteelly. He places both of his hands on her face. " I just want you. I care about you. One more thing."

Before kissing again, they held each other across the couch, a pair of their hands squeezed together. Alex glazed into her brother's eyes, a part of her want to feel him inside of her. Before he could say it.

The first soldier opened the door as the squad move into the lobby and they catch the two teens off guard. Alex shrieked as she turned to see masked soldiers with guns, Jay immediately shielded her behind his back.

" DAD!" Shouted Jay

"Don't move! Get on your knees!" Shout the first soldier

"Mom! DAD !" Cried, Alex.

"Hands up!" Barked the other soldier. "Do it now!" Alex and Jay look at each other and stared at the soldiers.

It was a total nightmare for the group as they were attacked, and subdued by those mysterious military men. Kelvin was pushed on his knees with his hands cuffed with plastic resistants, he glances at Eva and his daughter next to Jay. Mia was on the ground trashing with a soldier kneeing on her back.

There were over nine soldiers wearing gas masks or face mask stood guard over them. Eva spotted the badge with the name arrowhead on their fatigues.

The squad leader with the corporal strips was studying the photograph of Kelvin's family as he sat on the couch. His assault rifle on resting against the couch. The corporal glanced at Kelvin staring at him with tense ease.

"You are Kelvin Copeland? Right." Said the Corporal glancing at him then his wife.

"Uh, what are you doing?" Asked Vic.

"Let me guess you, your wife and your kid are connected to the mist? Ha, that hilarious because someone told us but I don't care."

The rest of the soldiers snickered and another held up Mia's bag with money inside. "We hit the jackpot with two birds in one stone Corporal." Call out a soldier

"That mine assholes!" Shouted Mia "That my life there? My god dam life in that bag."

"Finder keepers bitch, but thanks for the bonus for my men. Thank god I get paid triple" Sneered the corporal. One of the soldiers glanced at Alex who stared down on the ground with Jay glancing at them nervously.

"Come on you guys !" Plead Vic "You guys are the military right?" Getting the attention of the soldiers in the lobby. Clearly, the military was here but what are they doing? Going rogue for profit.

"You are supposed to rescue us not tie us up and send us to Guantánamo Bay." protest Vic

"You shut up!" Growled a soldier.

"You the Copeland girl Alex ?" Demanded a soldier with a feminine tone drawing out a handgun from her hostile. Her face covered in a balaclava with lean eyes.

She grabbed Alex but the collar of her shirt and placed a gun on her neck! The rest of the group reacted with horror with Eva and Kelvin attempting to lash out only to be pinned down on the ground by the soldiers.

A soldier drew the rifle on Jay who tried to intervene.

"NO!" Cried both Conner, Kelvin and Eva.

"Does your mom taught you to be a dirty slutty little lying bitch?" Taunted the soldier with a grin behind her mask then push away Alex as she flinches in frighten. The soldier punching her in the stomach. Alex dropped to the ground on her side coughing. The soldier raises her leg and kicks her in the stomach. Alex whimpered and cried. The rest of the soldiers and the Corporal laughed with humorous as the soldier gave Alex another kick to the stomach.

"Don't !" Shouted Vic

"NO!" Screamed Eva!"

"Leave her alone!" Shouted Jay as he raised on his feet ignoring the soldiers, the soldier turned away drawing her sidearm at the Sheriff's son.

"Leave him alone. He didn't anything." Shouted Mia

"Let me guess you the boy who rape this Copeland girl?" Chucked the soldier aiming the gun at her.

"Did you rape this girl boy?" Demanded the Corporal turning his attention at Jay as rifles raised. Jay swallowed a gulp. "No, they said I am innocent."

"Kick his ass Corporal."

The Corporal removed his helmet and gas mask revealing to be a black man in full black hair.

"I see a rapist in our mist so what do we do with you? A bullet to the head is too good but let's make it hurt. I am going to skin you alive." Drawing a combat knife out of his poach as he walked towards the boy.

"Get that kid on the ground." Ordered the rogue corporal.

"No!" Cried Jay as the two soldiers pinned him down on the floor much to non-insane group's horror as they plead.

The rogue corporal placed a knife between his throat. "Let see how you bleed fast!" He sneered

"He didn't do it! I know who did. The real boy who did this to my daughter." Exploded Kelvin rose to his feet stopping the Corporal.

"He is innocent." Plead Kelvin as he came face to face with the corporal. "I ..I saw the real person who rape my daughter right under our noses. A monster. It was Adrian. It was him not Jay."

Kelvin's eyes's flare angrily "You have to kill that kid, that kid is a monster."

The Corporal glanced at him along with the rest of the soldiers and sudden look doubtful and annoyed. Changing his mind.

"Okay. Alright people bag them up! Bring them all of them. Even him!"