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Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

That was better than it could be. 24-48 time window was a long window. “Thank you. I appreciate the information.” He frowned for a moment as he thought before turning back into the unit leader he once was. “alright, I want you to make this your priority. If there’s information to be had, you get it. Find yourself a team who can help you obtain it. The second you know more, I need you to funnel it back to us. We will be in touch with General Fontaine. I’m going to try to find Commander Hollis as well in the relatively near future. I think they will want to know.” He nodded a sincere dismissal and looked back at Josh and the soldiers with them. “So. We bring them back to cells we set up where they stay for 48 hours. In that time, we give them food and blankets and keep a thorough eye on everyone. If anyone starts to get out of control and dangerous.” He breathed. “We let them go. They do not get to endanger the rest of the survivors.” He looked at Josh. "So let’s get that set up.”

With the pencil, he wrote down the ideas. “Wouldn’t it be nice to have paint and canvas for that too?” He asked as he wrote that down as well. “You know what? We’re going to make a list of everything we want to make this place better. They are ‘clearing’ out areas right? Getting their own supplies? Then they can also bring us back supplies. That seems fair.” He wrote at the top ‘Supplies’ before continuing. “And I think we should go meet the neighbors. See what they want too. We need each other’s support. We can’t leave everyone on their own like this.” He paused. Breathed. Ran a finger over the ring that brought him hope. “We can do this together. You and me. The best brother team out there.” He smiled wide. No one could stop them.
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh listened to the soldier and thought about that time window. How many had been infected before the world ended? He looked at Soren after the soldier was dismissed. The soldier had nodded before he left. Josh nodded as he looked at Soren. “Where do we set these up? And how many can we set up at a time? It’s a big city and we might run out of cells for everyone coming in.” Josh said, though the plan made sense to him. He just wasn’t sure if it would work out well. There were so many people in this city, infected and non infected alike.

“So we definitely need like seating, but I’m not sure how easy that will be to get.” Jacob said as he sighed. “Well let’s go talk the neighbors and see if they have anything they need or want.” Jacob said, getting to his feet. He held a hand out for Hayden and smiled. “We can make one huge list for all of us.” ​

 

[icedthemoon]

Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

That was another question he wasn’t sure how to answer. It really was a huge city. “Well, let’s go look. Since you and I just took this over, maybe we take that over too. It may be easier to visualize if we can literally visualize it.” He turned to another soldier. “Do me a favor. Anyone in charge of any of this, can you get them to meet us at the main gate. I don’t know if it will stay main for now, but that one. We’re going to do a walkabout, and then we are going to make some decisions. I hate sitting around for other people to tell us what to do. Shall we, Officer Smith?”

Hayden took Jacob’s hand and stood up. “I am sure someone in this place can build furniture if we can’t find any. Put those soldiers to work.” He laughed as he headed to the door. “And I am sure that everyone is going to have many opinions.” He tapped his notebook. “So let’s get to know everyone out there.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh nodded as he looked at Soren. "Sounds like a plan to me." Josh agreed, knowing it might be easier to see this if they could visualize it. He looked at the soldier before he turned to head back towards the entrance of the base. "Let's go Officer Truelson." Josh said with a smile, heading out of the base and waited just outside for Soren.

Jacob smiled as he helped Hayden up. "I'm sure we've got at least one carpenter in this building." He agreed as he headed towards the door. "I bet they will, so let's go get to know everyone." Jacob said, opening the door and leading the way out and went to the door across from them. 402. Jacob knocked on the door and a woman around his age opened it with a curious smile. Just behind her legs was a young almost two year old with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He peered up at the two men with a curious face. "Hello. It's nice to meet you ma'am. My name is Jacob Smith, and this is Hayden Gaines. We're from the two apartments across the hall and we're working on getting a supply list to make it a little more like home here." Jacob said as the woman smiled and opened the door wider, inviting them inside. "It's nice to meet you boys. My name is Emily Lachlan, this is my son Kaiden." She introduced herself to them.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Being capital o Officers came with advantages. People moved out of their way when they walked by. They may not have currently had anything to signify the rank that he may have appointed them, but the way they moved was enough to speak authority. It also meant that they acquired several other people as Soren pulled them. That was what he used to do before, so there was no reason not to do it now. They moved back to the entrance. Having only been here for a few hours, Soren did not expect a difference. There was, though. They are already started to fortify it more. That made sense. “Alright, Officer Smith. Show me your vision. The rest of you. I want everyone’s opinions. If we are quarantining potentially infected individuals, I want to make sure that we can do that safely for both them and us.”

Hayden was a little nervous to meet other people, but that had been how he was before everything turned upside down. He liked people enough. Nothing was ever as bad as he thought it would be, but his anxiety usually got the better of him. The door opened, and as he nodded to this woman with her nice wide smile, his eyes were drawn to the small child behind him. He bent down and waved. “Hi, Kaiden.” He stayed in a crouch still outside the door. “I’m Hayden. It’s nice to meet you.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh noticed people moved out of their way when they walked past, and he noticed other people were acquired as they walked. Once they made it to the entrance, he looked around. The fortifications were being made and Josh hummed for a moment. "If we put the cells here, we can make at least fifteen back to back and side to side. There's enough space between the entrance and the cells." He said, pointing to a spot a few yards from the entrance and with more than enough room for the cells. "We can make them out of metal so they're sturdy too." He added, looking back at Soren. "What do you think?"

Jacob looked at Emily, before his eyes caught on Hayden focused on the kid. A small smile crossed his face. He entered the apartment with her as Kaiden stayed still. His head tilted to the side as he watched Hayden. "H- Hi." His voice was quiet and soft, big brown eyes watching the man before him. He took a step forward, and waved with a giggle and smiled. Kai crossed the distance and stopped in front of Hayden. "'Ayden" He said, not quite getting the 'H' sound out. He took Hayden's hand and pulled. "In" He said, pointing to the apartment where Jacob was talking with Emily about what she wanted to add to their list of supplies.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Soren stood by Josh so that he could have the same view as him. He beckoned over the rest to also look in that same direction. General Fontaine was on his way over as they discussed this, bringing his own entourage of soldiers and officers with him. Soren nodded to Josh. “I think that could work. Each one can be spacious enough to not be so cramped that it’s debilitating, but also we can still have a good number of people in each.” Soren caught the general up with Josh’s thoughts and he considered. Soren added that this would potentially be less of a hassle once that had more accurate information about transmission of the infection and the incubation periods. The general stared at the space then too nodded. “Make it so. We are going to need this to work, and it’s the best idea we have so far.” He frowned. “How fast can we get this up? I want to start clearing out that downtown area tomorrow.”

Hayden was not about to tell this kid no, so he stood up only as much as he could with his hand still taken by this little one, and he walked inside. He gently closed the door with his other hand. He really should have joined Jacob and Emily, but he didn’t want to leave this little one. He was cute and probably in need of a friend. Hayden knew what it was like to need another person around. He had Jacob. Kaiden had Emily, but did he have anyone else? As he moved into the area that the other two were in, he added, “And we were also thinking that maybe we have some sort of get togethers sometimes so that no one ever is too alone for too long. We are all in the same boat right now, so we should ride it together. I don’t know what we would do yet, of course.” He sat himself on the floor and looked at Kai. “What do you think little buddy? What should we do?” He doubted that they would get an answer, but it was fun nonetheless.
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh looked over at Soren and smiled as he nodded. "Exactly what I was thinking." Josh said as he looked over to see the General coming over to them with his own entourage. He stood up straighter as he heard the General tell them to go with the cell idea. "We can get it up before night." Josh said, confident in his and the others ability. It wouldn't be hard to get them up, just needed a large amount of people to get the metal up and secured appropriately.

Jacob glanced over to see Hayden walk inside, being led by little Kai. It made his heart smile, those two looked like they needed each other. Sure Kaiden had his mom, but his dad wasn't really around. He was a soldier with FEDRA too. Kaiden looked at Hayden and saw him sit down on the floor. Kai imitated him and sat down too. Emily watched the two with a smile before she heard Hayden's words. "That sounds like a wonderful idea. As for what I need? Kid friendly foods. Rations are good for adults who can handle it, but I've got one picky eater here who prefers canned foods like spaghetti and ravioli." Emily asked as Kai looked at Hayden. He didn't have an answer to that, but he clapped his hands and took off into the second bedroom of this larger apartment. He came back with a book that, while he could see the pictures, he couldn't read it well. "Read?" He asked, handing the book to Hayden as he sat down beside him, big brown eyes watching the adult.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Though Soren felt like before tonight was a bit of a stretch on what exactly their capabilities were, General Fontaine definitely approved. “Good. How many men do you need?” Soren blinked a few times. He looked up at the sky. That was only a few more hours before dark. Could they really do this in that short amount of time? He looked around them at the people everywhere. So many people. “Anyone you can get us. Everyone.” General Fontaine nodded. “Done.” He pointed to one of the people who came with him. “Grab Laurence and the engineering team and get them out here to start planning the build immediately.” He pointed to another. “Every bit of metal we can scrounge up needs to get here instead of wherever they’ve got it. Anyone who isn’t actively working needs to be down here.” He turned to Soren and Josh. “Start mapping it out before you get your troops and supplies. The faster we get this done, the faster we can move people out of other places.”

When Kaiden ran off, Hayden wasn’t sure what to do. He stared after him but didn’t know if he should follow or what. He never really had much experience with children. So instead he looked over at Emily. “That’s probably a great idea. I don’t know how we can manage that but we’ll have to figure out something. Rations are for soldiers in the field not for just people who are trying to live.” Hayden’s attention turned back to Kai as the little boy came back. Oh. A book. “You want me to read to you? Okay.” He took the book from him and looked at the cover. “Ooh, I love this book.” He opened it up and placed it between them as he began to read.
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh listened to the General as he gathered all the men he could for them. He moved over to a table and stole a piece of paper and a pen. He drew a rather crude map of the checkpoint and then looked at Soren, waving him over. "Okay, so we have the gate here, and then if we put the cells like this.." Josh muttered as he worked up a map of the cells and he looked up at Soren once it was done. "What do you think?" He asked, showing the map of the cells and how they'd need metal on all four sides, a metal roof and they'd have a bench inside for the person to sit and lay on.

Jacob listened to Emily and nodded as he listened to both of them. He wrote on the supply list; Food for everyone of all ages. Emily looked over to see Kaiden sitting beside Hayden when the man started reading to him. Kaiden leaned his head on Hayden's side as he read, a little smile on his face. Emily remembered when she and Justin would read to Kaiden every night before the world went down. That book was Kai's favorite one and it warmed her heart to see him taking to the male. "Kaiden is usually very shy, but he seems to have taken to your brother." She commented as Jacob smiled and nodded. It certainly was a sight to see.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Soren moved with Josh and followed along. “I mean, I’m not an engineer or architect or whatever, so I don’t really know, but it looks good to me.” A couple of the other people around agreed with few suggestions. Eventually the actual experts came in asking Josh to explain it once more so that they could plan it out and determine what they were going to need. More soldiers came in ready to work as soon as supplies got to them. They trickled in gradually as units brought existing structures from throughout the zone. “Josh,” Soren said as this started to happen. “I think we a really could get this done today.”

Without much thought, Hayden moved his arm so that it encircled the little boy as he read. That way it was more comfortable for him as he leaned there. He read the book while Emily and Jacob talked. This was perhaps not exactly what he had planned on doing when he told Jacob that he wanted to talk to the neighbors and get to know them. It was getting to know them. Or getting to know one. When he finished he handed the book back. “Hey little man, I have to go meet everyone else too. I loved reading with you though.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh kind of figured that would be an answer but he also heard a few suggestions and redrew and added those. When Josh explained it to the engineers and then things started getting built and supplies moved in, he looked at Soren. “I had a good feeling we could get this done today. If we help them, we can get it done faster and perhaps they’ll let us go home tonight.” Josh commented as he set the paper down and looked at his friend.

Kai was engrossed in the book, the arm around him reminded him of his dad. He didn’t know what his father was doing but he knew his mother hated him. When Hayden was done reading and handed the book back, Kai pouted and huffed. “No..!” Kai said, not wanting Hayden to go. Emily dismissed herself from Jacob who nodded and walked over, crouching down in front of her son. “Kai. Sweetheart. They have to go, but I’m sure they’ll be back.” Emily said glancing at Hayden, and so did Kai. “Really?” Kai asked quietly.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Soren grinned. “I promised we would, so we better get to work.” He nodded towards the rest of the work. “Let’s get these built quickly.” He moved towards the rest of the workers and announced, “I have muscles, where do you need me?” There was a very large influx of people as many stayed to work and many moved in and out as they obtained more materials. They took from anywhere to get what they needed. Some people were meant to tear old things apart and some were putting new parts together. Shockingly, despite having never worked with these specific teams before, these cells went up strangely quickly and without much issue.

Hayden smiled and took Kai’s little hand. “We will be back all the time,” he reassured the little boy. “Whenever you want. Every day if that’s what we can do. That’s why we’re doing this. So no one is too alone.” He slowly stood up, and even though this little boy was so young, he still addressed all of his words to him. “Jacob and I have to go knock on everyone else’s door and make sure they know we are here for them too. But I’ll be back tomorrow.” He squeezed that little hand. “You go to sleep and then I’ll be back.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh nodded as he looked at Soren. "Same here." He said with a chuckle before he turned to the others. Josh worked hard with the people that came to help them set it up. It seemed to go pretty quickly and eventually Josh was looking at a large number of cells that they could use to quarantine incoming citizens. "How many checkpoints do we have? Because it wouldn't be a bad idea to construct these at the others especially now that we have the design and construction down."

Jacob watched the two as did Emily. The older brother could see a bond between them, but it was yet to be known how strong that really would be. Kai felt Hayden take his hand and he nodded fervently. "Every day.." Kai agreed, and while he could understand most of his words, he knew the words 'be back' for sure. "Bye" Kai said, feeling the squeeze as Emily was able to gently hold him so the two men could continue meeting the neighbors.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

“As of now, we only have four, but we’ve heard talk of closer to ten.” Soren nodded at the soldier’s answer. He stepped nearer to Josh. “This is good for now. We should all rest. And then tomorrow, while the pilots are picking up people and sending them out, we can make more.” He smiled at their work. It was not his favorite thing in the world, but it was only for max 48 hours he hoped. And until then, they could bring them food and water and everything else. Assure them that this was for everyone’s safety and it was going to be okay. “Sir! Sir! Sir!” Everyone turned to face a man who was running up to General Fontaine who was also around praising his people. “Sir, it’s the WHO. They can’t do it. Make the cure. They said it’s not possible. Even with the information from all the hospitals. It gets in the brain. They can’t make a cure for that. Anyone who gets it is just.. gone.”

Hayden smiled at little Kaiden as Emily picked him up and took him away. He walked over and booped his nose. “I’ll be back tomorrow. Bye little man.” He looked at Emily and also smiled. “It was so nice to meet you.” Then he turned away and walked out into the hall, ready to meet more people. “Okay, how many more down this floor alone? This is going to take forever if they all have cute kids like that.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh listened to the soldier and nodded before he turned to look at Soren when he stepped nearer to him. "That's probably a good idea. Take some rest and we can work hard tomorrow." Josh agreed before his attention snapped to a man who was running up to the General. Josh's heart sank as he heard the man's words. No cure. And they all had a pretty good idea of what that meant. Martial Law was inevitable. "Soren. Should we still go rest for tomorrow?" Josh asked unsure.

Kaiden giggled at the boop to his nose and waved as he watched Hayden leave. Emily smiled as she held Kai and nodded. "It was very nice to meet you too." She said to them both. Jacob nodded as he headed out into the hall as well, the door shut as he looked at Hayden. "I think there are five more? Three more on Emily's side and two more on our side. As for that, I'm pretty sure that kid likes you." Jacob said with a chuckle. "Better be careful or he'll be coming over all the time." He added as they headed towards the next door.​

 

[icedthemoon]

Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Soren groaned as did a whole bunch of other people. No cure meant several things. That meant that people who were exposed were simply gone. There was no saving them. That changed how these cells were going to work. Soren really was hoping that they could get that cure and give it to every person in quarantine. That would mean they had to stay in that cell for only as long as the medicine worked. But now they were staying in there with a hope that they weren’t going to die. It also meant that there was no guaranteeing that the rest of them were going to be safe. The last thing it meant was that yes, Martial Law was all but in effect right now. He turned to look at General Fontaine’s face which was as hard as stone. He addressed his people. “You know what that means. FEDRA is taking over. The government cannot keep us together, so we will. We are an emergency and disaster front, and therefore qualified to handle this kind of situation.” He glanced at the cells. “I need all engineers back in the headquarters. If you can still work, we have things to get done before you pass out. More checkpoints means more cells. We are going to be putting up better walls. I am in contact with Central Headquarters and other FEDRA locations. We have shared our fortification plans.” He seemed to be considering something with the cells. “We are going to need more quickly. We bomb tomorrow early in the day.”

Hayden followed Jacob down the hall, turning back to look at the door of the apartment they were just in. “I don’t mind that. I’ll take him with me. Think about the usefulness of a little kid. He’ll make everyone happy, and they’ll do whatever we want with him around.” He grinned like this was the real reason to keep Kai around and not that Hayden already loved him. He never really had that kind of immediate connection before. The only thing similar was his immediate connection with Josh, but that was different. He wasn’t sure what was happening. “Alright, let’s go meet a million more people.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh groaned softly, knowing these cells would work differently now. They'd have to stay in there the full 48 hours to prove they aren't infected. Joshua looked at General Fontaine and heard him. It was official. Martial Law was evoked and FEDRA was in charge. The government that they knew was gone. Joshua looked at Soren and then at the General. "I guess rest will have to wait." Josh said, moving forward. "We have more cells to make. Walls to fortify."

Jacob looked at Hayden and chuckled hearing him. "No one can resist a kid, that's for sure." He said in agreement, as he saw the grin on his brother's face. Jacob moved to the next door and knocked, a young man opened the door and introduced himself as Paul. His husband worked for FEDRA as well, he was a soldier. He was a carpenter before and said he'd be willing to help them build things if they got wood and tools for him. Then it was on to the next apartment. "You were right Hayden, we do have someone who can build us stuff." Jacob commented with a chuckle.​

 

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Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Morale was wavering. Soren could tell. General Fontaine could tell them that they had to work all night, and they all knew this was truth, but it did not make it any less daunting. He groaned too like many of the other soldiers and officers. This was not what any of them wanted to hear, but who was going to argue with doing what they could to save their families and the people that they got in there already? No one. No one was going to argue with this, and if they did, then they could spend a night out there without the protection of these walls. He pressed his fingers to his lips and raised them up high as he closed his eyes and thought about Jacob. It was going to be a very long night. “Okay, let’s do this. Josh, you and I make the best team I think I have ever had in my many, many years as a soldier. Want to keep working on these cells? We already figured them out. The engineers can move to the walls to get those working with the soldiers who can put them up so that the checkpoints are ready by the time we move that way to put more cells up. What do you think?”

Having a carpenter on their side was going to be extremely useful. The next apartment had a young woman named Leah who was currently very pregnant. Her husband was a FEDRA soldier as well. She cried about it for several minutes before they were finally able to slip away with the promise of seeing her again soon. All she wanted were greens. Parsley, peppers, cabbages, and more. It was a bizarre thing to crave. “Yeah, I don’t know how we are going to help her with that,” Hayden sighed as they moved on to the next apartment.
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh knew that life was different now. They were to do everything that had to be done or they'd be outside the walls. Joshua looked at Soren when he pressed his fingers to his lips and raised them. I'll be home as soon as I can baby Josh thought as he looked at Soren. "Let's do this. We make a very good team, and we can put these cells up quickly, knowing them. The engineers would do better on fortifying the walls for sure and make sure that they're ready. You ready to drive to the next checkpoint and get this going?"

Jacob had paled when they'd met the young woman Leah. There was a reason he stayed in ER and Trauma. Jacob always found that crying pregnant women made him uncomfortable whereas Logan could talk with them for hours and by the end, they were usually much better. He wished his brother was here now. Jacob was more than thankful to slip away and he heard Hayden. "Maybe we can raid a farm." Jacob suggested, "Or find seeds and grow them, but they wouldn't be ready that quickly." He added as they knocked on the next door. Inside was the wife of a soldier and all she wanted was an animal to keep her company. That sounded like it was going to be even more difficult to do. As they moved from her apartment and across the hall, he looked at Hayden. "Maybe we could find some dogs that have been abandoned? Or cats."​

 

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Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Soren nodded and was about to move out to his own truck when the General stopped him and Josh. “Use one of ours,” he pointed to the FEDRA trucks. “That man is in charge of the keys. Grab a team with you so that you can get more done.” Soren nodded again and turned to the people they were just working with. “You heard the general. Let’s move to the truck, people!” He jogged towards the trucks and grabbed one of the keys to them. “Load in let’s go. I don’t care where you go, but I’m driving and shotgun is already taken.” Once everyone else was in, he hopped into the driver’s spot.

“At least this one just wants a friend unlike wanting a whole new diet.” Hayden let out a deep breath. “Okay, that’s everyone on this side. Two more on our side. Let’s see who else we are working with.” He knocked on the door and waited. There was no answer. He knocked again, and there was no answer. “Maybe the partner is away too? Let’s try the other one up here and come back.”
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh had made to move with Soren to his truck when the General sent them to use one of FEDRA's trucks. He followed Soren to the truck as he grabbed the others they were taking. He slid into the shotgun seat and waited for Soren and the rest to get into the truck. He wanted to get this done as quickly as he could. "What do you think of all this?" Josh asked as he glanced over at Soren.

Jacob nodded as he heard Hayden and sighed softly. "True. Very true." He said, as they walked across the hall and the first one was quiet. "Okay, let's the next one and come back." He agreed as they came to the last door. He knocked on the door and a young teenage boy opened it. His father was a FEDRA soldier and apparently his mother had passed away before this mess even happened. He explained that the only thing he really wanted was stuff to do, books or games or something because he was bored on his own. "I think we can see what we can do about that." He said, adding that to their list as well. The door shut and Jacob looked at Hayden. "Wanna try that other door again?" ​

 

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Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Soren turned the key in the ignition and started moving the truck just as other trucks were doing the same. He glanced at Josh before looking back out at their surroundings. “What do you mean? Other than I think I am about to be exhausted in a handful more hours, I am trying not to think too much about it all. We are doing what we need to do to protect everyone, right?” Soren was hoping that it was right. He was hoping that they were not about to make some horrible mistake. But it all made sense for now. It had to. “What about you? How are you doing with it all?”

Hayden felt so bad for this teenager. He did not deserve to have to go through this kind of crazy world alone. He could only imagine how bad it was for him. “Alight, back to the other door.” They moved to the one they skipped and he knocked again. Stil no answer. “Maybe no one is home? That seems strange, right?” He tried one more time. Still nothing. “Maybe we should go to another floor-“ He paused, because this time it sounded like movement. He turned to the door and it slowly slid open. A kid about fourteen or so opened it. She frowned. “You’re being very loud,” she whined. “He finally fell asleep.” She crossed her arms over her chest and stood there like a guard who hated her job but did it anyway.
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[EquineGurl23]

Joshua and Jacob Smith
FEDRA Officer, Former ER & Trauma Nurse | 24, 30 | Current location ;; Washington State

Josh looked at Soren when he heard him and sighed as he nodded. They were protecting who they could, saving the ones that could be saved even if they'd be in cells for twenty-four to forty-eight hours. "I'm.. okay. I know what we're doing is the best way to protect and save as many people as we can. And perhaps with these cells, we can prevent the needless killing of those that have a high chance of not being infected." Josh said as he sat there, looking out the window before glancing to Soren. "I'm not sure I like this, but it's what's needed."

Jacob looked at the door as Hayden knocked on it again. "It's certainly strange." He agreed before he heard movement on the other side of the door. Confusion filled his face as he saw the kid open the door and felt a smile cross his face as he looked at her. "Sorry about that. It's nice to meet you though, my name's Jacob and that's Hayden. We're building a list of supplies and would like to know if you need anything? Also.. if I may ask, who is He?" Jacob asked curiously.​

 

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Hayden Gaines and Soren Truelson
Citizen of Seattle, FEDRA Officer | 24, 35 | Current location ;; Washington State

Soren sighed and placed a hand on Josh’s leg. “Hey, you’re doing a great job for me dragging you into the apocalypse. Amazingly well. We’re already changing things.” He followed this makeshift road around until finally they reached their destination. “And you’re gonna get back to him. I know that worries you too, especially how he’s handled all of this. He’s going to be okay. He’s got you to make it okay.” He parked the truck with the rest and hopped out. “Alright ladies and gentlemen. I believe we have some work to do, and I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have places I would like to go sooner rather than later. So let’s make this go fast, okay?”

This girl stared at them for a moment, her whole body looking like she was annoyed at their presence before finally she relaxed and peered behind her like someone was there. “I’m Rachel. I would like anything to do I guess. I miss reading and listening to my music but all of that got left at our house.” She moved aside to let them in. “This, uh. This isn’t where I live. I’m downstairs. I’m just, um.” Her eyes cast into the living room where a little boy was curled up on a blanket pile on the floor. “I’m just supposed to watch him. Both his parents are soldiers so there’s no one else to look, and they promised they’d pay me or something. He’s Theo.”
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