Evolution- ON HOLD (for now hopefully)

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

JAMES'S POV

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"Luna! Luna!", I scream at the top of my lungs. I whip around and glare at the person who is now in charge because the person who was in charge before just left the room with Luna and two others. "Where are they taking her?" 

"She will not cooperate so she must be taken to Victor. He will know what to do with her", he tells me. His face holds no emotion at all which pisses me off. He might not care about her but I do. 

"Well, what's going to happen to her?!" I yell at him. 

"I would worry about yourself at the moment", he says to me as the kid named Will steps forward towards me. 

I stare into the eyes of this young boy. He must be only 11 at the most. He had brown slicked back hair, dark brown eyes, and chubby cheeks. He stared right back at me as I felts something slam inside my head.  

It felt like a thorn was being dragged through my mind. I felt emotions that I did not feel bubble up inside me. In a span of 2 seconds I went from ecstatic, to raging, to devastated, and back to my own emotion. And it wasn't over yet. My whole life passed in front of my eyes like a movie, but in fast forward. My dad and I fishing. My sister on her first birthday, the day my dad died, the day my mom and sister died. Then it paused when I met Luna. Here Will lingered over every single detail of our trip here. He was especially interested in Luna. I caught a drift of his thoughts and he was curious about her because he could not penetrate her thoughts.  

After about five minutes, though it feels like twenty, he finally backs out of my mind. It feels like a band aid being ripped off as he pulls out of my mind. I drop to one knee as the connection between us snaps. I hadn't realized it would be this tiring and strenuous!  

"Well, does he check out all right?", the man asks Will. 

"Yeah, he's fine, but you'll never guess who that chick was!", he looks like a kid on Christmas morning, "that was Luna Felis, The Luna Felis!" 

"No.... It couldn't have been! Are you sure Will?" The man says looking dazed. 

"Positive! It said so in his memories! And why would she lie to him? Anyways, if someone made up a fake name why choose that? I mean it is a pretty well known name.", the kid says nodding his head. I am so confused right now. 

"What are you all talking about?", I ask looking at everyone. They were staring back at me like I was crazy. Then the man in charge walked up to me and put a hand on my shoulder. 

"You may want to sit down, it is kind of a long and hard to believe story." 

I shrug off his hand and sit down on a chair in the corner. I wonder if this is here for a reason for it is the only chair in the room. The man walks in front of me. 

"My name is Bryan, just so you know in case you have any questions. Now, Luna and her family, Ian and Amy Young, used to live here. I think she was born here. Now, nine years ago, her father did something terrible. When on an scouting mission he apparently ran into some normal person, or so we thought. Actually it was a hunter and he tipped him off about where our hideout was. Well they showed up alright and luckily our lookouts spotted them before they got to the lake for we were able to confront them and kill them all_" 

"But what does this have to do with Luna?", I ask. 

"Just give me a sec I'm getting to that part! Ok so anyways after we took care of the hunters we went and confronted Ian for a hunter squealed on him. Well we were there, and our old leader went and discussed it with him and be didn't even deny it! Then.... Well this is where it happens. He attacked! He started to fight is way out and that woman did too! The two of them, it's said, were the scariest thing there was! At first, I heard, Luna didn't fight, but when more of us started to show up, she did the one thing she knew would break our ranks and confuse as enough to escape. She killed our leader. She changed into a cat with spots and tore his throat right out. And I'm really sorry to say but I wouldn't doubt it if she is executed the second she sees Victor because our old leader was his older brother...... It's a shame it is. But, if Victor does allow her to survive and join..... Well there are a lot of people who will recognize her and they will not be pleased to see her back either. And that's the story of why.... Well, why Luna Felis is such a big deal I guess", he finishes lamely, but I'm not paying attention to that. I can only think about Luna.  

I'm angry that she didn't tell me of course! But I understand why she didn't. And that makes it better I guess. But mostly I'm scared. Not of her but for her. I don't want this to be the last time I see her. I think I love her..... 

I'm lead to my new room by Bryan and some other guy. I barely notice anything except when I walk into the room Bryan puts his hand on my shoulder and whispers "sorry". I walk in a daze over to the bed and lay down. I stare at the ceiling and feel a single tear roll down my cheek. The chances of her surviving is... Slim. That just causes me to sink deeper into sadness.  

I close my eyes and will myself to sleep, to sleep and not think. It comes after hours of pacing and thinking and misery. And even after, I cannot escape my dreams. She is in all of them. I never even got to hug her. I miss her brown hair and those piercing blue eyes. Those eyes, those eyes, those... Eyes