Protocol Final Timer, part II.

Francesco Village is a sixteen-year-old guy. he is wearing shorts with a pattern of red squares with green and brown. he is wearing a green vest. he has a light pale-yellow shirt with short sleeves with pink touches. he is wearing glasses. he has freckles. he has light honey brown curly hair. he wears a bright red tie.

Francesco has always been there. since the beginning, but he is kind of invisible to others. for the most part he is ignored by everyone. just today he was about to get left out by the damn bus driver. there is not a single time he isn't ignore, even by his family. 

Francesco is drinking some hot teat with two cubes of sugar. then out of nowhere Hanna sits on top of him. she looks at his teat. she takes it and drinks the tea. she then turns behind to thank him as she leaves with the teacup.

"Damn. not the tea." said in a tragic tone as he mourns his gone tea.

the bus was supposed to arrive at some new resort. it was on an artificial island. the road to the resort is between 5-7 hours. they need to make some stops. 

the bus stops at some rest area. most of the kids go to do their business. some of the kids stay behind because they are either sleeping or don't feel like leaving. between the kids who stayed behind are Bernard and Grace. they start talking about multiple things. Bernard blushes and looks away every now and then.

the original plan was for Bank, Bark, and Bob to attack once they were at the resort. they will kill the kids they find too dangerous or suspicious on their sleep. but there was something they weren't counting on. Pierre's team is right now surrounding the resting area.

the moment Pierre left the bus. he gave a signal. it was then that the team understood that the attack will take place in there. a team of about four dozen slowly moves. they all have heavy equipment to eliminate.

Josh and Alice are making out on the back of the bus. they found the scenario romantic and ideal to show each other's love without crossing the line beyond their lips. Josh may be some bad boy kind of guy. but he loves and respects his girlfriend his way.

Mrs. Bank and Bob are also inside the bus. they are pretending to not know anything. sometimes is better to ignore awkward situations. Mrs. Bank gets ready to eliminate two of the kids inside the bus. Bob stays in there doubting their actions.

Jack and Chloe also stayed behind. Jack wants to talk out. he wants to change. he wants to improve as a person. Chloe ignores him. she has better things to do. she then stands up. she looks at Bernard. she remembers the old days. she feels wrong to be with someone she hates so much like Jack. she feels like she deserves better.

"Jack, you condemn me to eternal torment by your tongue." said Chloe.

Bernard looks directly at Grace's eyes. he feels horror to think that there may never be a tomorrow for him. he wants to spend the rest of his life at her side. but question lies on the fact if she feels the same way or not.

Bernard stands up. he wants to leave his soul at the nude. exposed all to see. leaving not a single corner hidden. all his faults and weakness in the open. Bernard swallow saliva and bites his lower lip. he gets ready to speak. then BANG.

Mrs. Bank was getting ready to start. she grabs a pistol. she puts bullets on the pistol. Mrs. Bank gets closer to them. she hides the pistol behind herself. then BANG. she turns around bleeding from her left shoulder. she looks at some soldiers wearing black uniforms with leather jackets and gloves. they are surrounding the bus. 

Bob gets a shotgun out. he starts to shoot outside of the bus. he doesn't aim at anyone in particular as he shoots. he just shoots to keep them away. Mrs. Bank right away reacts and pulls her gun out as she starts shooting.

Chloe and Jack hide behind their seats. Alice and Josh keep making out, but in the floor as they are too attached to each other to care about what is happening around them. 

"We are fuck. those are the royal Assmann army." yields Mrs. Bank.

"Don't focus on the details. focus on shooting at the target." yields Bob.

Francesco walks around the bus. he is ignored by his own team. he gets inside the bus holding a bag of cookies. he is eating as he walks towards his own seat. he sits down looking at others fighting for their lives. he really hates his job. so why even try.

Bernard stands next to Grace. he hugs her as a way to protect her. she punches him in the stomach as she feels like his actions are stupid. she can protect the both of them just fine any time of the day. Grace notices that Bernard is bleeding from the left side.

"What happened to you?" asks Grace feeling concern.

"I am fine. it was nothing." said Bernard smiling at her.

there are multiple armed people out there shooting. Bob turns around to look at Francesco in the middle of the chaos. he recognized him right away. he then looks at Mrs. Bank. the situation is bad. it would be hard to get away from it alive.

Grace forces Bernard to lie down on the floor. she takes a look at his wound. with the limited tools at her disposition, she tries to extract the bullet. Bernard cries loudly. Grace slaps the back of his head out of frustration as she asks him to not move.

Mrs. Bank stops shooting for a moment she then looks at Francesco. then at Chloe and Jack who are also inside. then her eyes stay on Bernard. now it could be a good time to eliminate any possible threat to the future, her present.

"To act blind is to act out of arrogant stupidity. we're the chosen fixers of time. our duty as such is to fix not break time." yields Bob reminding Mrs. Bank of her duty.

Bob reloads the shotgun as he takes cover. he then starts shooting. Mrs. Bank also reloads as she runs out of bullets. she keeps shooting. the issue that brings both of them into a moment of doubt is the fact that they are running out of bullets. they don't have enough bullets to keep fighting forever. sooner or later the intruders will get inside.

"Gals and boys, be kind and help us find instruments to protect and attack the mother truckers outside. and you the one raising your hand. shut the front door. no talking, just acting. now Bob be a dear and get ready to exit the bus." said Mrs. Bank.

Grace keeps taking care of Bernard's wound. she stares at his back. she touches his back feeling warmth and soft tissue. his body feels soft like a stuffed animal. she has fun touching him and caressing his back. while he blushes. he covers his face feeling shy.

out of nowhere the shooting stops for a second. someone gets inside the bus. they all are in shock to see Hanna walking inside just fine. they wonder if she may be also from the future or maybe even the dictator himself. then she smiles at Francesco.

"How kind. they say I was too pretty to die." said Hanna with a dumb smile. she then walks directly towards Francesco. she pulls him from the collar and kisses his cheek. she tells him that he is just her type. Francesco blushes in confusion.