Fever by Selina Brinkmann (readict TXT) 📕

Tamara was the first to say something. Her black curly hair was forced into a braid and her sharp features combined with her unusual yellowish eyes made clear that she wasn’t a woman you wanted to cross.

“Hi Roan. How are you? I heard that you are willing to discuss our situation, I am glad that you considered our request.”

George was the next one to speak after having signalled them that his line would be clear in a minute.

“We are really busy right now. Sorry for that. I really appreciate that you are helping us out.”

Roan nodded and gave them the basics. “I will open my gates again to ease the rush into your sanctuaries. However I won’t let something happen again. The refugees will have to sit through an interview with either me, Taylor or Liam. And I would advise the same for you. If you have someone who is accomplished in telepathy and trustworthy you should ask him or her to run those tests.”

Tam and George looked at the document he had let Taylor sent them. In it there were specific questions and a plan on how such a test could be run.

“If you don’t understand it just ask me!”

George frowned and looked at Roan almost immediately. “I don’t think that we have someone on level four here. I think the highest we got is level two. I might need some help there.”

Sending Taylor a questioning look and receiving a nod Roan offered, “Taylor could come over and train some of the lower levels to do it. She can assist you until I had the chance to speak to some of my level fours here.”

Thanking him George turned his attention back to the paper. However Tamara had another question.

“As Europe and Asia have also declaimed our citizenships the need for help is bigger than ever. We would like to get some help in developing our sanctuaries. Would you be willing to do that? I also spoke to a group of German survivors. They want to build up another sanctuary near Cologne. However as it is the first one they might need assistance and resources. Their leader is Tom Wilder and I have known him for almost two years now. They are quite small, not even 20 but I think it would be good to have another safe haven for survivors which is not across the ocean.”

Roan considered the idea. With all the stuff that was going on right now it would be tough.

“I cannot guarantee that the German idea will succeed but I would appreciate if you can arrange a meeting between this Wilder and me in the near future. When Taylor is going to George she will go with two of our constructors. And I think it is time to have stationary men again. It made it easier to keep up with everything and exchange information. I only have two more men free right now because of the gate opening but those two should arrive at Refug in two days’ time.”

Giving Tamara and George time to comprehend all the information he signalled to Taylor to inform Aleksandra, Søren, Lukas and Philipp.
After having cleared some smaller issues concerning different abilities and setting up some meetings between his trained staff and the newest arrival in Refug and Libertat Roan finally logged off and threw the headphones aside.

“Well I think they will be happy about leaving New Terra for a while. They probably missed their travels to the other sanctuaries. At least it gave the guys something to brag about in front of the woman.”

Roan laughed at that and stood up. Through the monitors of the room he saw that it had already turned dark and he had missed dinner again.

“You wanna join me for some food?” he asked Taylor.

“Sure why not.” She got up, grabbed her On-Screen in case she had to look up something or a new message arrived.

“Are you ever turning off this device?” Roan tapped at the frame and the screen manifested.

Taylor just groaned, rolled her eyes and took it from his grasp. “Yes I do. Not often but I am capable of it!” And with that she pushed it into her bag and followed him up the stairs.

Arriving in the cafeteria they both chose the lasagna and set down next to Aaron. He was sitting opposite of Elma having a chessboard between them and concentrating on his next move. The little girl moved her figure without touching it and checkmated Aaron.

He just huffed and pushed the board aside. “No more chess today.” Looking at Roan and Taylor then gesturing at Elma he just added, “She beat me three times today. It ain’t fun if a girl who hasn’t even reached 10 wins every time.”

Taylor just laughed and gave Elma a kiss on the cheek. “I see your practicing your telekinesis today! How are you doing?”

Elma giggled and held up four fingers. “Uncle Aaron I won four times now! And,” with a glance at Taylor she declared, “I can hold up the cube you gave me for five minutes now.”

“Oh you mean the Rubik cube!”

“Yeah that one. I know you gave it to me totally mixed up but I didn’t like that. I solved it!”

Taylor coughed as her drink went down the wrong tube. “You solved it?”

Seeing her tutor almost choking Elma’s eyes filled with tears. “I didn’t mean to upset you! I can mix it up again if you want to. I remembered the former state just in case you didn’t want it all in order.”

Taylor started to laugh and hugged the small girl. “You didn’t do anything wrong. It is actually quite good to hear that you solved that vicious cube. I have a bitter and traumatic past with it.” Roan and Aaron looked at her surprised. “I never solved it and I didn’t want to cheat by gluing the colours in the right order!”

Realizing that Taylor wasn’t mad at her Elma took a step back and grinned. “If you want I can teach you how to do it!”

Having spent lunch with Charleen and Roxanne Evy decided to have a short break to sort out her new stuff and then join Roxanne for some work in the healer’s wing.

Back in her room Evy decided to finally have a long shower and then decide on what to wear. Standing under the steady stream of hot water she remembered her dream from the night before. Even though she had stated that she found him not attractive it wasn’t true. His rough features had captured her attention from the first time they had met and his eyes were so dark and hardened by his past that she wanted to discover everything that happened to him.

But the moment he had drawn her closer she had feared to be helpless again. Not being able to control what will happen to her. Fleeing was the only thing that had been on her mind and she was glad that there hadn’t been another encounter with Roan today.

Washing out her hair Evy took time to untangle the mass as good as possible with her fingers. It felt better than it had days before and maybe Roxanne knew someone who could bring it back into its former shape. She didn’t like the length of it now. It remembered her of her past and shouldn’t be part of her future.

Shutting off the shower Evy dried herself with one of the soft towels Roxanne had insisted on getting from the supplier and went back into her bedroom. The two bags of clothes were still sitting on the chair next to her table and she poured the content onto her bed. The underwear came first. Taking the plain black bra and a matching pair of panties she put the rest into the top drawer of her wardrobe. Choosing the black jeans and a dark green top Evy added her dark brown boots and put her hair up so it wouldn’t wet her back. Deciding against leaving her stuff lying around she put her dress on a hanger and folded the shirts neatly to put into the drawers. Her other pair of shoes were put next to the door and the extra pair of jeans was put next to the dress on a hanger. Feeling like a woman again Evy placed her hands onto her hips and twirled around.

The curtain was put to the side and she opened the window to let a bit of air in. From here she could see the gate she presumed was the main one and several huts standing randomly in the valley. It looked peaceful. Near her window was a tall tree and she could see a family of squirrels running up and down the branches. A bird was singing out at the top of its lungs and Evy felt the custom draw of the air.

“We promised that we bring you home!” it whispered. And for the first time in forever Evy didn’t feared it but embraced it and felt truly at home.

“You did and I have never been so glad!” And with that she turned around and left the room to find Roxanne. Following the floor down to the main living quarters Evy turned right and soon reached the familiar corridor. One of the doors was open and Evy knocked lightly at it before entering. In it was a boy with a cast and a sheepish grin on his face.

“You know the next time you and your friends decide to go climbing without the right gear I will let you wait for a day. By then you should have learnt your lesson, don’t you think so too, Roxanne?” the guy who was standing in front of the patients bed asked.

“Oh, I am not Roxanne. It is Evy!” upon hearing her voice the man turned around and smiled at her.

“So you are the famous Evy. I heard a lot about you mainly from Samantha.”

“Glad to know that everybody knows me however I don’t think that we met.”

He held out his hand and said:

“I am Hannan and the poor fellow here is Jack. And in case you were wondering Samantha is my daughter!”

Evy laughed and took his hand. “I guessed so. Your skin colour gave you away I am afraid.”

He looked at his hand, “Yeah the brown colour is a dead give-away. There aren’t too many black guys here right now. I heard in Refug are quite a few. But here we are sadly overpowered by you bleached guys!” he grinned and took a step back.

“Yo Han.” Jack waved his cast to gain the healer’s attention. “Can I leave now or is there something else you have to do?”

“You mean besides telling your aunt about the reason for your cast? Nah you can go now. Just be back next week and we can take it off!”

Jack looked at Han surprised. “Are you really gonna tell her. You know that she will freak out.”

“Might serve him well”, the healer whispered into Evy’s ear but shook his head and laughed when Jack run out the room.

Shaking his head he made the bed and put his stuff away. “I am sorry Roxanne had an emergency but she asked me to show you around in case you still want to help out today. And don’t worry if there is a raging middle aged woman running my doors down not all too soon. I doubt that Jack will get away with a cast and not telling Rosie the whole story!”

Grinning Evy decided to stay and enjoy the new company.

“I just hope that you are a bit less talkative then your daughter. She is adorable but I think that by now I can give you the whole list of her toys names.”

“Yeah she can be a handful and trust me I get a new list each week as she loves to change the names! But,” he gestured for her to follow him, “we are not here to exchange the current list of toy names but to do something. So