Beautiful Ruins

Chapter 72

I walk hesitantly over to the person, hoping they aren't dead. "Are you hurt? Do you need an ambulance?" I ask, the person doesn't respond. I reach them and the person rolls from their side onto their back. It's a man, he looks to be in his forties with brown hair and brown eyes, he has a scar on his cheek. He suddenly jumps up. I step back, the hairs on the back of my neck rising, did I just make a terrible mistake?

"You're coming with me, Storm, and so is Henry" the man says, pulling out a gun. A strong gust of wind immediately knocks the man back to the ground and sends the gun flying into leafy, green bushes. I turn and race back to the car, Henry has already jumped into the driver's seat and started the car. I shut the door and he starts driving but then we see something hitting the back wheel.

"Fuck" Henry says as the car stops moving. We both jump out of the car and see a group of people approaching us. This is not ideal, we never should've stopped, but how was I supposed to know it wasn't an injured person?

The gun goes flying, hitting multiple people in the head. I've never been more grateful for Henry's telekinesis than in this moment. A strong gust of wind sends some of them flying backwards while Henry lifts our car up into the air, it lands in the middle of the road.

"Run, they have a way of stopping our powers" Henry warns me, my eyes widen as I remember my powers not working when I first woke up at Stark towers. I follow Henry as we sprint down a random street, we need to outrun them and then steal a car or something, we're seriously lucky that Henry can read people's minds, well only people without powers, but it's better than nothing.

A person jumps out at us with a gun, knocking Henry onto the ground. "Freeze" the lady says, holding the gun at Henry's head. Henry quickly forces the gun up, hitting the lady in the nose. She swears as blood starts pouring out, Henry grabs the gun and gets to his feet. Vines emerge, forcing the lady to stay on the ground, one fastens around her mouth, preventing her from being able to yell out that we're here.

"Come on" I say as we start running again, how many streets have these people covered? Who are these people? They don't have powers. My heart freezes as I remember what Clover said but I shake the thought out of my mind. I'm sure there are multiple groups who are against both the x-men and the avengers, this group could even just be against mutants.

I glance behind us, nobody is following us currently, but I have no doubt they're still looking. We pass a red-brick house with a white roof, it looks empty. I debate hiding in a random house for the night but decide against it because if they're desperate enough they could start checking empty houses. I have no idea who these people are and how desperate they are, I'm guessing a group similar to Clover's, but they could also be working for the government and getting captured by the government will be a disaster and probably end in our deaths.

"We can't run forever, should we steal a car or find a train station or something?" Henry hisses, a train station isn't a bad idea except we have no idea what time the next train will be, we don't want to be sitting ducks while we wait for a train. Stealing a car is probably the best move but all these houses must have garages, there isn't a car in sight. All the houses are massive, I think this is a rich neighbourhood, they're probably worried their cars will get stolen if they keep them on the street overnight.

"Maybe a car" I suggest, Henry knows how to break into a car and make it start. Henry nods in agreement and starts running even faster, I roll my eyes but quicken my pace to keep up with him, we turn down another street and there's a black car with dark tinted windows parked on the side of the road. Henry glances at me and we both wordlessly sprint to the car.

We stop running, both of us panting slightly. Henry's eyes widen and he jumps back as the car door opens. I jump as I'm grabbed from behind and I feel something sharp in my neck, I kick the person's knee and get out of their grip, I try to make fire emerge at my fingertips, but it doesn't. I glance at Henry, fearing the worst and he nods slightly. Our powers aren't working, this isn't good at all. Two people pull out guns and aim them at us.

"You can either come willingly, or we'll shoot you in the leg and drag you" a man says, the man who was lying on the road. He steps closer and the gun touches my temple. The back car door opens, and two men step out. I've never seen them before, I have no idea who these people are, they know who we are, so we're kind of at a disadvantage.

"Get that away from her, we'll come" Henry snaps, glaring at the man. The man pulls the gun away from me and gives us both questioning glances. The two men grab Henry and force him to the ground, tying his wrists and ankles together, they place a blindfold over his eyes and force him into the back of the black car. The car drives off, I want nothing more than to run after the car and save Henry, but I can't outrun a car, I don't have my powers, and I don't want to get shot.

A man grabs me and ties my wrists together, he then forces me onto the ground and ties my ankles together. I don't struggle, they seemed pretty serious about shooting us if we didn't comply. A blindfold is placed over my eyes, and I hear a car door open, I'm shoved into a car, and I hear the door shut. The car starts driving off.

My heart sinks, what the hell have I gotten usinto? Where is Henry? I really hope he's ok, I have no idea what these people want,and I can't protect Henry if I'm not with him or if I'm tied up. I just hopewe're being taken to the same place; I don't want to get separated.

*Author's Note* A familiar character will be coming back into the story soon.