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Chapter 8 - Cliffhanger

Isabella

Sun shined into my eyes, blinding my vision. "That's bright! It hurts!" I covered my eyes quickly. As I felt, someone grab my leg and threw me out of the truck. I rolled onto the ground, as I faced the truck, the back of it, I saw Aria also getting dragged out too. I watched Nathan, fight back. "Take this! You bastards!" As he punched, someone of who seemed to be guard.

The guard, grabbed Nathan's arm and twisted it behind his back and he put his knee against back, pressing down. Nathan fell, face first. His arm and face, didn't break but I could tell Nathan, was in great pain. I yelled "Stop hurting him! Please!" I pleaded. I wanted to fight back, but I felt weak. This weak feeling came... when that guard, put a needle into neck.

The same lady, who ordered to kill all the innocent people, yelled at the guard with an angry tone. "If you break his arm! Or! His face! I will break you!" The guard coughed and let go of Nathan in an instant and got out of the truck, jogging away. She turned to me on the ground "Can't use your ability? Figured. You can use your lightning but you can't use it when your body is in weak condition." The lady faced me with a smug look,

I was so enraged, I could feel her arrogance. "Fuck. You." Those were my last words, until the lady had hopped into the truck. Looking at Amelia, who looked to be in a trance now. "Amelia, your ability can let you know a couple things about someone with mostly just looking at them, but you go into a trance.

She quickly turned to Mason, who was still sleeping. She took steps toward's his body. Kicking it slightly. Mason's body shifted but no physical reaction.

"Mason, your ability works best in, shadows. In the night, mostly weaker in the morning's to afternoon's."

She then looked at Aria, who was a couple meters away from me.

"Aria, you can turn people to stone with just looking at them, and you can turn them back to normal, but, put contacts over your eyes or flash your eyes with a flashlight. Your useless."

I watched the lady, pull out a flashlight and flashed my eyes and Aria's. Now, we were annoyed and pissed off.

She walked over to Nathan, looking down on him "Nathan, your pretty useless until you have any weapon in your hand. You become relevant."

I stood up, trying to keep balance so I would not fall. I was confused of why, why she was telling us this in the first place. "Why are you telling us this? I don't get it."

The lady turned and lightly jumped out of the truck, faced me and said, "Because, I want to make a deal, but first-" She smiled normally, but I could see through it. It was a vicious smile. I didn't have a good feeling, I wasn't eve going to trust anything she said. In the next second, I felt pain at the back of my head, something had hit me. The force was strong enough for me to be knocked out.

Leo

I woke up on the log, laying down, I looked up at the cold blue sky. It was a relaxing view. Well until my belly rumbled. I needed food. "I hope to god, that the townsfolk are still alive." I looked down at my feet, my shoes covered in dirt and I saw foot-tracks "These have to be mine.." Looking back, seeing multiple footsteps unmarked of my shoe. I walked towards it, heading back to Linheim. While walking, I feel the wind breeze through the forest. The leaves flew into air or it had fell slowly to the ground, I stepped onto the leaves, every step has it's own unique crunching sound. Minutes later, I arrived at the burnt down house, I quickly entered it. I tried to find anything, that wasn't in ashes. But, everything was in ashes. The fire must've been, very powerful; Wind blew through the house, I quickly covered my face, as ashes flew around or out of the house. Walking out the front door; I saw bodies.

So many, the smell of rotting corpses and dried blood filled my nose. It was putrid, I turned around and puked. "Ah, fuck. Oh my god..." I had realized that lady wasn't kidding. Flies buzzing around the dead bodies and crows pecking through the soft flesh of the people. "I am so sorry... You weren't supposed to be involved w-with this.." I rose up my hand, aimed it at rotting corpses, and, I shot my wild fire into a focused beam of fire. The bodies went ablaze.

I looked at the fire and thought to myself "I need help, no, I can't trust anybody. I must become a ghost. Someone, someone that can hide from anything. Not reveal anything." Looking down at my clothing, the all-white clothing was stained with dirt and little strands of broken leaves.

Sun was covered with clouds, dark ones. It was about to rain. I felt something on my foot, I looked down and I found. A burn't black cap, I put it over my head. I then looked at the entrance, the gate from a small distance away. It was still open, walking towards it, as the heavy rain fell upon me, I didn't run; I let the rain soak me, in my mind. It felt like rain were heaven's tears, but that wasn't it;

I had then realized, my life was going to be. A, living. Hell. Putting out my hand, fire erupting. The flames were more ferocious, petty rain wasn't enough to put it out. But, I felt empty in the inside, being by myself... again... It did not, feel good, I've lost too much. I can't afford to lose a friend, my only friend left anyway. I looked up at the dark clouds, rain drenching my face. I thought to my self.

"Isabella... I will save you, I swear on the old man's life. I'll get you back. Safe, and, sound."

I: Brought my head down, wiped my face with my hand, and then looked forward.

I started to walk, down the abandoned road. Walking, past the metal entrance sign of Linheim. I quickly snapped my hand backwards, shooting a beam of fire at the sign. It went through it, in an instant. I didn't turn back. I just kept walking. Forward.