Claimed and Wanted

Chapter 12: Two Involved

The shear horror throughout town was very easily read. People were terrified, heart broken and felt alone. Watching their mayor be slain in front of everyone has left the people of this small town almost dead inside. That man helped bring this town to where it is now. He was an advocate in making Wallace the new "it" town without making it over exposed or unauthentic. He worked closely with funders, including Heath DeBordaux to ensure the town got what it needed. Without him, people felt depressed. They felt worried that they would be next on the list to be slaughtered and displayed for the world to see. The times have changed and Gustavo has only made his threats more legit. No one knows what to do, where to go but now leaving was not an option. 

When Heath said that outsiders would catch wind of this, he was not kidding. They did and came in full force. Media coverage has been swarming the streets, harassing the town folk, looking for answers and clues. FBI and othe

initialed groups have been in heavy force throughout the town as well. Heath has been instrumental in helping the town get the security they requested and felt they needed which means armed forces have been present. The curfew has become extremely strict  stating that no one is to leave their house after 4pm. The roads are to begin being cleared by 4:30pm only allowing commuters whom are going home from work or after school activities. Once the sun has set, Wallace becomes ghost town, leaving only armed vehicles and Black SUV's to watch over us. 

The goal is to have the people live their normal lives during the day knowing they're safe however at night is when they should secure themselves behind locked doors. Heath tried to limit the attention on the town but there would be no letting this go until the outside world had answers. Answers in which we could not provide without fabricating a story somehow. But how could we find someone and pin the murders on them, knowing that the murderers are vampires? Until we find Gustavo and stop him, the town would be forced to live in fear and with many unanswered questions.

Though the town lock down was supposed to help people feel more secure it has caused other issues. For instance, currently in the school, the ventilation system has been clogged up or broke down. Though the temperatures have been getting slightly warmer here in Wallace, it still is too cold to go without heat, which is what has been happening for the past two days in school. The issue is getting it fixed. Due to our janitor and maintenance person being reported "missing" the school has no one to go into the ducts and fix it other then Uncle Chris. If he could, I'm sure he would. However due to the overwhelming demand to have things fixed elsewhere, he was unavailable.

The only other option is our outside maintenance crew whom haven't been answering our calls. They probably are terrified to enter the town. 

Sitting in this school all day shivering hasn't been the most enjoyable thing to do, but knowing that in a few moments, I'd be going to cheer practice where I'd begin to sweat from a workout was promising enough. I found myself twirling the necklace that Heath got me in between my fingers while I stared at the clock. The platinum chain shimmered when light reflected on it but the charm it held was what was most striking. The specially designed cross was gorgeous and looked like no other cross i've ever seen. The design, used to sheets of platinum and overlapped them almost like a braid. That was the horizontal bar of the cross, where the main vertical piece was one solid piece of metal with a sharp point at the end. In the middle was one large diamond that sparkled every time it moved.