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About five hours later we reach the hut exhausted. Winter stops and turns to look at us.
"If you two are done holding hands then I can cut to the chase."
Me and Sam hesitate but we release each others hands. I stretch my now numb fingers and I see that Sam is doing the same thing. I've never held a guys hands for five hours strait.
"What's wrong Winter?" Sam asks.
Winter looks from Sam to me.
"I can't find Kai."
I gasp. Sam, on the other hand, shows no emotions.
"So she's out doin somethin. . . She'll come back eventually."
Winter gives him the hardest stare as his deep brown eyes turn silver.
"That's not the point you bastard! Kai wasn't here when I came back from droppin ya off. She's been gone ever since. I've had this eerie feeling that only Dr. Death has given me. I. . . I think he took her. And what do ya two do? Ya serenade ta each other! Get your sorry excuses for brains out of your fantasies and come back to reality! Kai's gone and probably dead! Do you two understand me!?"
I run into the hut and feel a hard pressure against my skin as I pass him.
"Kai! Kai! Kai where are you! Please! Kai!" I yell to the walls.
I run outside to the entrance of the forest and look through the trees, using my enhanced vision to see a mile into it. My vision blurs as tears fill my eyes.
"Kai! Kai! K-"
"She's gone you idiot! Don't' you-"
"Kai! Answer me! K-"
Winter grabs my collar and pulls me to my knees. Hard. . The wind is knocked out of me and I suffocate. A whimper escapes from my lips. He points one of his guns down at my head.
"Hey! Hey, hey! Lets all just calm down-." Begins Sam both hands in the air.
Blade points his other gun at Sam.
"Whoa, whoa!"
"Winter-" I start.
"You don't care! Did ya know that? Sam, ya just don't care," Winter interrupts. "Her God da-. . .her body could be layin out there. Body parts and all. And you wouldn't give a da-a care! All you care about is Cleo and no one else! Am I right?! All you want is you and her to be happy. You think your life is pitiful? You're the one who's pitiful!"
He then looks down at me, his silver eyes flaring.
"And you! You have no life and no care for anyone else. All you want. . .all you want is for people to care about you! You! I'm sick and tired of you!"
He juts his weapons at the both of us. "Both of you! Why the hell am I here? 'm here to find a normal life! Away from S.H.I.E.L.D.! Away from Emily! I'm here to save your sorry butts cause ya two couldn't protect 'em if they were in front of you!"
He twists the both of his weapon toward his back and they are swords by the time they slide into their holster.
"Kai needs us and all ya'll can do is think of yourselves! I'm outta here!" He states and stomps into the forest.
"W-wait!" I exclaim.
I jump to my feet gasping for air. I begin to sprint in Winter's direction but Sam grabs my arm.
"Just let him go Cleo. He's the one who obviously doesn't care-"
"No!" I yell and snatch my arm from his grasp.
As I thrust my wings out as the sky darkens and the trees in front of me rot and the grass turns black. I back up and knock into Sam who steadies the both of us.
We hear sinister laughing that grows louder as the world around grows darker.
I try to grab hold of Sam but he disappears into the darkness.
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Life Catcher
Teen FictionErik Winter's adventure has eneded but life isn't through with him yet. A sequel to Winter's Beggining, Life Catcher is an adventure about a lost being with no knowledge of her previous life. She lives in the dense forests of Canda living off of squ...
