Family Reunion

Here is the post that I promised everyone. The novel has been leading up to this moment from nearly the first page, and so I give to you the long awaited reunion scene. I hope that everyone enjoys this, because I had a blast writing it. Where will the story go from here? Logan and Ruby have been reunited, true, but this is merely on of the main plots of the novel. You have to keep reading to find out about the rest! Thank you, and enjoy! -Logan

“Logan!” Ruby shouted as she leapt from the ground where she had been attending to Wenbing’s wound, in her excitement forgetting her responsibility. Then the realization that Wenbing’s life could very well depend on her staunching the flow of blood from his wound, she sank back down. “He’ll be fine. He’s been there all this time, he can wait a little longer.”

            “Go. Get him. I’ll sit with baimu here and take care of his brother. Wenbing saved both of us from a nasty execution, so I guess it’s mine turn to return the favor.” Agong said, taking Ruby’s position by the fallen Wenbing. Agong looked back after a moment and noticed that Ruby was reluctant to leave them behind.  “kuiquba.” And with that Ruby turned and sprinted out the door. The rain was still pouring, but she didn’t care. She ran past the still open driver’s side door and back around to the bed of the truck. The tailgate was open and the floor was covered with evidence of the firefight. Blood was smeared across the floor and scattered around were broken crates and shreds of green, cabbage strewn about. Ruby climbed up into the truck bed, and began searching for the hidden compartment that Ashong had mentioned. In the center of the bed, where Wenbing had been found, there was a layer of boxes covering the floor. Ruby moved these boxes out of the way, uncovering a section of the flooring that looked slightly different from the rest; while the large part of the wooden floorboards were flush against each other, these few lengths of wood had gaps in between them and looked as in they were barely held in place. Heart thumping, Ruby lifted the first segment of wood. And discovered the hints of a small form huddled down underneath. Excited by her discovery, Ruby quickly tore away the remaining panels. There, in the hollowed out portion of the truck bed, lay Logan. And by his side a young boy whom she did not know.

            “Ruby!” Logan cried as he noticed her. He looked a little dazed at first, probably from spending so much time in his hiding spot, but he quickly recovered, and tried to raise himself from the depression. But Ruby didn’t give him a chance. Leaping on top of him, straddling him at the waist, she bent down and kissed him furiously. And Logan kissed her back. Time seemed to stand still. For the moment they could both forget about the war that raged around them and the struggle that they had endured. Right then, the only two people in all of existence were them.