I gasped for air as soon as I was up.
" You idiot!" She screams. "I thought you were dead!"
I rubbed my eyes trying to remember the rest of my dream. My memories of Abeo were fading. I was still having a hard time catching my breath. I woke up five minutes before my alarm went off. I watched the bright green numbers blink on the screen. Sighing I swung my legs off the right side of my bed and stood up. I notice bruises on my arms, they were turning blue and deep purple. Abeo comes to mind again. I remember the way her father would beat her; she would come too see me and there would be bruises on her wrists and arms. She would never cry and her mother didn't care enough to stop. They were both drunk bastards. I stopped looking at my arms;pulled a sweater over my body and walked to the bathroom. The generals would come check up on us in ten minutes like they usually do. I turned the faucet on, looking at the mirror and ran my hands over my face. The ice cold water was able to wake me up.
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" Mendez you're up. That's good." He says. He runs his hand through his hair. Hid deep blue eyes pierce through mine. Poor kid. He's been here since he was six; I didn't arrive till i was fourteen. I smile at him. He was seventeen now.
" I guess it is." I say in a monotone voice.
" I don't get it. How are you always so miserable?"
" I don't know try watching..." I stop talking when I see Imogene walk out of the ship.
Her deep brown eyes were brought out by her black liner. Her whole outfit was black. She was already an officer in our little sad society. Her short chin length hair is plastered onto her head. She was in the rain recently. Must have been chasing zyrinds. They live in rainy regions mostly; they're completely insane. I walk over to Imogene and she looks up and grins.
" How was it ?"
She frowns and her deep brown eyes show sadness. " Well we weren't able to save all of them... But maybe it'll be safer now since we've set up a base there." she hugs her self and tries to smile. I can tell she's not satisfied. She wasn't able to save everyone, but well one can't really ever save everyone. I should know.
" So training ?" she suggest. I nod. I garb my hair band from my wrist and head towards the training room. There are already people there. I decide to fight an older looking girl to start off with.
" Come on rookie!" she snarls and gets into a fighting position. She spreads her feet apart and places her fists in front of her face. I stand in front of her and smile. She lunges towards me and pins me to the mat. She's stronger than I thought; I still manage to get her off of me. I kick her in the face; she grabs my leg and pulls behind her. Her face is completely red and she's already sweating. My arms throb from all the movements. I manage to balance myself and I lunge at her. When I pin her to the ground I roll off and put my foot at her neck. She grips my ankle but I only push harder. When I think she's done trying I get on top of her and she spits at me. I punch her hard. There's a cracking noise and I'm pretty sure I broke her jaw. I'm suddenly need to punch her again and again. She starts talking but in a different voice. Zhetta. She disappears and it's just Zhetta. He smiles wickedly and I keep punching him. I don't stop I just keep going. Someone manages to pull me off of her. I scream still thinking it was Zhetta , whom I was hurting. I keep screaming at him.
" Give her back you son of bitch!" His laughter fills my head and I scream again.
" Raine stop it!" I look at her and I feel the tears rolling down my cheeks. I'm finally able to see the girl's bloody face. She's unconscious. Imogene gets me up and walks me outside.
"Damn it Raine."
" We have to find her." Is say trying hard not to tremble. The tears are still streaming down my face. It feels like they never will stop.
" Yeah I know, but I'm no closer than I was last time."
" You should let me help you." I say looking at the white wall behind her. They wouldn't let me help. We both knew that. I was labeled as unstable. Her smile is a sad one. I hear footsteps behind me and she gives me a worried look.
" Raine." He starts " You have to come with me" It's always him. He has to always check up on me. Damian one of the commanders in the society's army was here to conference with me for the millionth time. He told me the same thing every time. I sighed and turned around.
" Well fuck." I stepped towards him and laughed. He was such an idiot. He always gave me chances to improve. I still don't just get why they haven't killed me. I mean Imogene was pretty unstable too but now she's an officer. I cant imagine what I'm going to be. He patted my head and lead me back to his office. I sat in his maroon colored chair. It was my favorite one in his office, it made me feel like a queen.
" Raine, you can't keep hiding things from me. The whole point of this is to help you. If I don't know everything that troubles you how am I supposed to help you." He looks concerned but I don't buy it.
" You know D, I always thought you would be better suited as an assassin. I mean you don't seem like the kind of person who would listen to people talk about their problems. Because the D I knew did not give a fuck about humans." He grinned. The little dimples showed up and it reminded me of the old days.
" How many times do I have to tell you not to call me D?"
" A million. I'm thinking that this is all about Zhetta?" I take a sip out of his water bottle. He tries to get it back but instead i get up and chug it all down. I throw it on the other side of the room. He raises his eyebrows as jump on his desk and begin to kick all of the papers off of his desk. The papers fall like feathers and I smile. Damion is no longer surprised by my actions due to the fact that I do this every time he brings me here. He doesn't even say anything anymore. He opens the right drawer and pulls out a notepad and his favorite marble pen.
" Well you see, " I look down at him. " Zhetta is the worst person you could ever meet. And I was wondering if you would let me track him down." He doesn't look at me. He leans back in his chair and sighs. His hair is a mess and you can tell he hasn't gotten any sleep in days. He looks too damn tired for a twenty year old. He pulls his hands away from his face and places them neatly on his desk. I jump off and sit on my favorite chair and pout.
"Raine" he starts but I interrupt him.
"Look if you let me I promise to reorganize your papers and never kick them off your desk again.
He looks at me and clenches his jaw. I stare at him and wait for a reply for what seems like eternity. Finally sighs and chuckles to himself.
"Okay, I'll let you, but I'm coming with you." he says in a strange and distant voice. I'm so shocked by his reply that I almost forget to breathe.
