The UPSIDEDOWN Love / Henry Creel / 001 / Peter Ballard

009: power

I didn't quite understand what he meant by saying that. Who is he?
"What do you mean?" I asked him as he looked at me. He caressed my cheek.
"I'll tell you when it's the right time." He said and stood up. His steps were echoing as he started to walk around the room.
"Have you met the new children?" Peter asked me.
"Only Eleven. She helped me a lot." I said. Peter slightly smiled and continued walking around.
"How did she help you?" He asked me as I put the aid kit back.
"She told me that she saw you being dragged by some men. Then I realized that you're in danger." I said and stood up as well. Peter started walking closer to me. He was much taller than me so I had to look up at him. I saw his powerful blue eyes shining in moonlight. He gently put his one hand on my waist and the other on my cheek. I tried to pretend that I feel nothing but it was almost impossible.

The way his long cold fingers were tracing my body drove me crazy. Now he was only inches away from my face.
"Why did you help me?" He asked me and pulled my waist closer to him. I was basically melting in his touch.
"Because you helped me." I said knowing it's not only because of that. It's because I care for him and I want to protect him no matter what. He smiled and I felt his breath on my lips. I looked at his lips so desperate for his kiss when I heard the door opened. We both froze and looked at each other with mouths slightly opened.

"I'm afraid it's past your bed time, Seven." I heard an unfamiliar female voice saying. I looked worried at Peter once again and he slightly shook his head. I slowly turned around only to see the new woman orderly which arrived with the new kids. She was smiling like a psychopath standing in the door. I saw no good in her. She started slowly walking towards us as I stepped in front of Peter.
"Oh hi Peter, you're here too, darling?" She said as she noticed Peter behind me. At that nickname my jealousy was screaming at her but on the outside I was quiet.
"Don't call me like that, Natalia." Peter said standing next to me. So Natalia huh? It made me smirk as he told her that. He knows his place, it's next to me.

Natalia's smile faded and she put on that death stare again.
"What do you want?" I asked her and she stepped closer to me.
"I want you to leave me alone with Peter." She said seriously as I chuckled. After what they did to him, there's no way I'm leaving his side. And especially not with her.
"In your dreams." I said confidently as Peter noticed how angry I was getting, he gently took my hand in his from behind me and walked out next to me.
"Don't worry about her, love." Peter spoke up while I froze at that nickname. Love.. Natalia gritted her teeth.
"I recommend you to do as I say so, otherwise Papa will find out about you wandering the lab at night." She said but as I wanted to talk back Peter stepped in front of me.
"And I recommend you to leave and shut that plastic mouth of yours, otherwise you will regret being alive." He said and I smiled with his hand still grabbing mine and squeezing it.

Natalia scrunched her nose like some angry little kid and looked at me.
"You will regret this, Seven." She said and stormed out of the room. I looked at Peter as he looked at me.
"What the fuck was that?!" I whisper-yelled at Peter. He just squeezed my hand even tighter. I bet Natalia called Brenner.
"You need to leave, now." Peter said as I looked confused at him.
"You're coming with me." I said and Peter shook his head.
"No, I can't protect you now. Please go and save yourself." He said as I grabbed his other hand.
"I'm not leaving without you, Peter." I told him and he swallowed his saliva meaning he's scared.
"I can protect us." I said confidently. At this time I knew I'm capable of saving us. Of using my powers.

I realized that I have control of my powers when I need them. When I'm angry, when I'm scared, when I want to protect the person I care about the most. Peters breathing got heavier as we both heard footsteps running towards the room we were in. I looked at Peter. I could see he was so worried. Not about himself but about me.
"Trust me." I heard the door shut open. I quickly turned around and saw three men with tasers. I stood in front of Peter, covering him with my body.
"Stay behind me." I said as I got a deja vu from him protecting me like this the last time they caught us.
"To the wall! Both of you!" One of the men shouted as none of us moved.
"To the wall!" He repeated but I shook my head.
"No." I said they looked at me thinking, that they'll win.
"Take them." One of the them ordered and they started running our way.

My eyes widened as they both started floating. It was me. I was using my power. I felt blood from my nose dripping down my lips but the blood in my veins was boiling hot. Anger and revenge was controlling me. I wanted them to feel the same as Peter did because of them. I wanted to kill. I lifted up my arm and threw them to the wall, making their head bloody red. Crashing the wall, they fell down unconscious leaving only one left. He was standing in the door shaking and falling to his knees begging for mercy. I walked up to him and looked down. My breathing got heavier, I quickly switched my head left, breaking his neck and falling down. I kneeled down next to them checking if they're alive. They were not. I killed them all. But I didn't feel sadness, I didn't feel guilt. I had no mercy, not anymore.