All Chapters of Rain's Rebellion: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

Casualties were starting to add up. Reports continued to come in of Mothers who’d fallen victim to sniper fire, explosions, and the occasional combat death. Jaguar wasn’t in charge of the mission anymore, not since President Violet had sent Mother White in, just as she was about to lead her forces across the River Red, over a week ago, but she knew enough to understand that the situation was not working out the way the Mothers had hoped. Now that she was in charge of the detail meant to ensure that any surviving members of the rebel party could not proceed any further north, she felt as if she had a small amount of power restored, but it seemed to be too little too late to actually accomplish what they’d set out to do.She’d known the importance of catching them before they crossed into Oklasaw, probably better than anyone. White was fooling herself now, if she thought they could actually find them. It was like searching for a spe

It was starting to get dark. Rain thought that might be helpful, keep them from drawing attention from the Mothers, until Seth flipped on the headlights. She hadn’t thought about those. Maybe that would make it easier for the truck to be seen by unwanted eyes.For the last few hours, his friends had been calling in to let them know that they’d been engaged with the Mothers. The initial altercation had started when his friends on the main road had been stopped at a roadblock where the Mothers demanded they all get out of the vehicle and that the truck be searched. His friends had refused, saying they had no authority in Oklasaw territory. Shots were fired; three Mothers were killed, and one of Seth’s friends was wounded. After that, there’d been no holding back the others. They’d opened fire on the Mothers in the mountains, who’d also returned fire. As of the last report, three of Seth’s friends had been killed an

How Seth was still driving, Rain wasn’t sure, but he had to be exhausted. After she’d woken from a nap of about three hours, she’d offered to let him pull over and sleep while she watched out the window for any approaching threats, but Seth had refused. Now, two hours later, she could see he was struggling to keep his eyes open. They were on hilly roads with large drop offs on either side. While they hadn’t seen anyone coming in the other direction for most of the day, Rain was still worried.“Really, Seth, the sun is going to be up soon,” she said, reaching over and touching his arm. He jumped, as if he’d forgotten she was there. “You need to get some sleep.”“I’m fine,” he said again.“I don’t believe you,” she replied, tugging on his sleeve. “Pull over! You’re going to wreck and kill all of us.”

Louis City wasn’t anything like what Rain was expecting. As the truck neared the metroplex, she stared out the window in awe. In Gretchintown, the place where she’d lived her entire life until she’d run away, she’d just assumed their way of life was like everyone else’s, or at least like everyone who lived in a city, as far as transportation, housing, and a million other considerations were concerned. Now, gazing out the window with her mouth hanging open, Rain couldn’t believe everything she was seeing.“Good grief, there are so many vehicles!” Mist said from the back seat. She seemed to be feeling better. Earlier that morning, when Seth had been sleeping on her lap, and Rain had been listening to the sounds of the world awakening, Mist and Walt had awoken before Seth, and it was pretty clear she was well enough to add their own song to the ones the birds were chirping. Rain had wished her ears closed as e

The Gate was even more astounding standing beneath it in the large patch of green grass the people of Louis City called Gate Park. Rain had spent the entire day there the day before, and now, late in the afternoon of the day they were supposed to head north, she was still fascinated by the way the sun glinted off of the metal surface, the way the wind blew it so that it swayed slightly from side to side.She’d been speaking to many of the people who hung out in the park over the hours. From their discussions, she learned that it was possible to go up inside of the Gate, though no one had done so in centuries. They’d found pictures of people in little elevators that went up to the top in the rubble from a building that had been located nearby, which had been destroyed in the war. Rain stared up at the marvel, wondering what it would be like to go up there and look out over the world. Would a person feel the wind swaying the building? How brigh