Avatar 2-If a girl named Eve was in it

Chapter 9

Eve

TW: Child abuse-Neglect, Physical abuse

While watching Quaritch getting brutally beaten up, I couldn't help but think about how to escape.

No chance that Spider could survive long enough with the mask, and there was no way that I was going to leave him here.

Even when we found a spot camped out for the night, since it was late, I still couldn't reach a solution.

I sat on a rock, and Spider stood beside me. "Why don't you have a mask?" he asked.

I look at him, startled. Right. I never told him.

I told him the whole story about how I was captured, about the chip, and how I lived before I met him. "That must have been like hell." he said when I finished.

"Oh yeah." I said. "It was."

"How was your life before this?" he asked.

I hesitate. "You don't have to tell me." he said.

"No, I need to." I need to get this off my chest.

"So, I lived a pretty normal life." I said. "Loving parents, good home, good school, amazing friends."

I look in on my life, remembering it as a movie, not as something that actually happened to me. Maybe to keep myself from crying.

"I loved my mom, but my dad and I were best friends. We did played together, read together, and made each other laugh."

"It was amazing really, but then, one day, he died in his sleep. The doctors said that it was due to a heart attack." I remember the news sinking onto me like cold water. I was depressed for a month.

"Soon, my mom met some guy at work. They dated, then eventually got married. That guy, let's call him Gus, was nice at first."

"He would try to be like a dad. He got toys and treats for me everyday after school. I loved him, but soon, things changed."

I pause, took a deep breath, and continued. "He forgot about the toys, and suddenly ignored me one day. He would forget that I even exist. When I ask for something basic, like dinner, he would snap at me, and I would starve until the next day."

"What's worse is that he changed my mom too. He made her focused on him only. They both forgot about me. I dropped out of school because they stopped paying for me, and I would get only a banana everyday, as breakfast, lunch, and dinner."

"Soon, I snuck food from the kitchen. I was good a it, but, one day, Gus caught me."

"He yelled at me, and beat me, but, what's worse is that my mom didn't even stop him. She just sat in the living room, ignoring the sounds of me crying."

"Soon, I got smart, and left. I don't know why I decided to go to Pandora, or how I got on the spaceship, but I felt that I would go someplace better. You can see how that turned out."

I chuckle a little, then stayed quiet. I looked down, trying so hard not to cry. Then, one tear fell, followed by another tear, and soon, I was crying quietly. I felt strong arms wrap around me, and a chin placed on the top of my head. I turned, buried my face in Spider's shoulder, and cried.

After I was fresh out of tears, I pull back, and look at Spider. "I'm sorry." he said.

"It's fine."

"No it's NOT." he said. "You suffered more than I ever had."

"It was only for a year." I mumble, then lied down. I felt tired, and the sky was turning dark. 

Spider sighed, then lied down next to me. "Will your oxygen last?" I asked.

"It had before." he responded.

I look around, and saw that many avatars were asleep, but some, including Quaritch, was awake, guarding the spot we're in. So, we can't escape.

Yet.

I sighed and closed my eyes. Just then, I felt those arms wrap around me again, pulling me close. I stayed in the warmth coming out of Spider's body, then drifted to darkness, like it had every night since dad died.