Ok I started writing this chapter early because I hate watching the numbers slip. Sorry if you think I'm obsessive about the number. Anyways thanks for the reads and please tell me if there's anything you want to know etc. Thanks! YES I'M BACK UP THE LIST! Thanks everyone! This is what I get for taking so long to write. I'm off the list so yeah... anyways hopefully this chapter will be awesomer than before. If it's getting boring let me know asap. Thanks.
Here is the link to a cool trailer someone did of the Supernaturalist. It uses actual dialogue from the book so check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=var_Sr253sk This one was made by some kids for a school project and this second one was made by some kids in an English AP class. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=y5bcc-gqbb0&NR=1 The second is more proffesionally done but the first contains more of the story. Stefan and trenchcoats, lol. Watch and see for yourself!
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Cassandra cringed forward when Stefan grabbed the back of her chair and began to tilt the chair forward and drag her backwards. The heavy chair left drag marks on the worn carpet. A boy and a girl appeared in the hallway with words blurring together. "Don't! No! Stop! You! Can't!" Cassandra couldn't make sense of it because of the rush of fear she felt. "What have I done? What have I done? What have I done?" was all she could repeat over and over and over.
At some point, Stefan pushed the chair back down and it tilted forward alarmingly before settling with a thump. Cassandra opened her eyes, not realizing that she'd closed them in attempt to hide from the obvious. A simple question escaped her lips once more and she realized that she'd overstepped the invisible boundary. "What have you done?" Stefan echoed, shaking his head in disbelief, the ghost of tears filling his eyes, "You've destroyed all that is good in this universe. Thousands, maybe even millions are in pain now because of you." Obviously they hadn't been able to destroy the Faustino NuSun, a part of Ellen still lived on. "But- but, they take your life!" "Liar."
The elevator had reached the top level and Stefan pulled her out onto the roof. Once they made it to the center, he stopped and turned around to face her. "I don't know what you've been telling yourself so you can sleep at night while others are suffering but the Parasites only take the pain! They're repairing everything we destroyed including eachother, except..." Stefan trailed off, a far away look covering his eyes as he stared right at Cassandra while seeing someone else. The thunder rumbled and a single drop of rain fell near the edge of the roof. "No." The horror of what the boy was doing dawned on her. "No!" her cry grew louder. "You will tell me everything!" Stefan shouted over the roar of the oncoming water and turned away, back to the safety of the building, leaving Cassandra to the mercy of the rain.
Rain in Satellite City was different than most places. Due to all the chemicals and pollution in the atmosphere, the water bonded more efficiently, causing them to fall to the earth like stones. (Sorry about the lame description, I was in danger of copy-right infringement as Eoin Colfer's description is just too good and I really didn't do it justice, sorry) Most stayed inside when the freak rainstorms came, not wanting to get injured by the 'mutant rain'. Cassandra had to do her best with ducking her head against the water to protect herself as best as she could. It would be over soon and he would be back but before he returned she had to figure out what he meant by 'you've destroyed all that's good in this universe'.
Parasites take pain, not life? Parasites take pain, not life? Cassandra misunderstood, there was still a piece of the puzzle missing. Imprisoning several hundred parasites should not have caused so much suffering, in fact with the Supernaturalists helping them to reproduce so fast, the several hundered would not have been even half. Ellen Faustino had spoken very highly of the Supernaturalists and sometimes a certain wistfulness coloured her tone. Knowing her aunt, Cassandra knew that Ellen would have done anything to be a part of the group that was really saving the world. If only the Supernaturalists could come save her now. If only the supernaturalists could come save her from angry Stefan.
The rain continued, longer than usual, for a freak rainstorm. A realization dawned on Cassandra, if what the boy said was true and that parasites did take pain, how many more would be in pain in this very moment than before? The heavy rain hurt and Cassandra was almost glad when the cold numbed the pain. Nothing could numb the thought of being so completely wrong though. A tear escaped Cassandra's eye and was soon followed by a flood of others, mingling in the rain. Cassandra needed strength but she dreadfully needed her mom back.
Cassandra remembered little of Aerial Bashkir, her mother having died when she was little over twelve. It had been a sunny day, ironic if anything and her brother was driving proudly in his police cruiser, he had just passed the police jockey test. Cassandra had her report card in her bag, proud. She had peaked when the teacher wasn't looking and couldn't wait to tell her brother with his crazy hair and her kind mother the wonderful news. She remembered walking down the street towards her brothers' shiny new police car, waving at her mother and brother, when it exploded.
Right before her eyes, she lost everything. The blast had thrown her against the nearest building, she somehow recalled it was a restaurant. She lay there for a while, frozen, not believing her eyes. Eventually Ellen had found her, half-hidden behind a pile of dislodged concrete and iron. By then the tears had come and gone and Cassandra realized that things could never be the way they used to be. Cassandra closed her eyes now in the fading light and tried to picture his face and failed. "Tefan?" she murmured his nickname to the silence, "Where are you now?"
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