The Seed of Hope

Chapter 11: Initiative

Kate walked around the empty halls of their new building, pondering this uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. She hasn't spoken much since being hospitalized, making her friends and family worry. Kate still felt weak and sore due to the internal bleeding she sustained, which made her walking a bit uneven and slow. She made her way toward Logan's door and stopped in front of it. His side of the hallway was always so dark and gloomy, almost depressing in a way but since it was his space, it was somewhat comforting. Kate pressed her forehead against the door and sighed.

-"Logan..."- her voice vibrated.

The door slightly opened, revealing Logan's bright yellow eyes looking down at Kate.

-"You doing okay?"- Logan's husky voice sounded almost concerned.

-"I feel like I failed..."- Kate's voice cracked halfway and she kept her head low.

Logan didn't take his eyes off of her. -"But you didn't."- He said.

-"Ivee and Rai told me everything you did, and what I can tell you is that you didn't fail."-

Kate stood silent, looking down at the floor.

-"My people hate me...they kicked, they screamed, they spit on me, they insulted me!"-

Kate clenched her fist, popping her knuckles in the process. -"And all I did was try and save them..."-

Suddenly, Logan wrapped his arms around her, his warmth embracing her bruised skin. Kate has hugged him before but to be hugged by him was something completely new. This time, his energy was different, it was comforting instead of intimidating or cold.

-"No one ever said it would be easy..."- Logan's voice rumbled in his chest where Kate's head rested. Streams of tears ran down her cheecks and her nose reddened. Small hicks errupted from Kate's chest and throat. She was holding back her painful screams.

-"You did not deserve to be treated like that. Especially after what you did for them, but as I said, you did not fail, we will get them eventually."-

They stayed embraced for the next few minutes as Kate filled Logan's shirt with tears.

He eventually began slightly shifting his weight between his feet, attempting to soothe Kate. Then he caught himself getting comfortable. -"Okay, stop..."- Logan gently pushed Kate off of him and she wiped the tears from her face as she sniffed and tried to calm down. He looked down at his now wet t-shirt, and with a somewhat disgusted and annoyed sound coming from his throat, he lifted his shirt over his head and off. Kate stunned at the visuals of perfect abs and chest.

-"Oh, please, don't exagerate."- She sniffed, hiding her eyes from gawking at Logan's ripped body. -"Okay, so I should just walk around with snot on my shirt for everyone to see..."- He tauntingly leaned against the door frame. -"Since when do you care what anyone thinks anyway?"- Kate gave him a side glance and silence filled the space between them. She felt as if she was blushing but it could be the pain and exhaustion taking over.

-"I wanna finish what I started..."- Kate tried to breathe but her nose was stuffy. Logan stared at her, not knowing what she meant.

-"Yenziel come down and he yelled this name, I wanna know if you recognize it, or if you can find him in that book thing you have."-

Logan raised his eyebrow. -"What's the name?"-

-"Malphas..."- Kate whispered.

Logan's eyes widened slightly and sighed sharply.

-"You okay?"- Kate asked as she has never seen Logan's expression before.

Logan hesitated to speak but he nodded. He turned around and walked into his room, leaving the door open for Kate. He pulled the book from his closet and opened it.